Celebrate Federation Day!

MJ's Star Trek Portal and The UFP Galaxy International Star Trek Fan Association are very proud to announce the co-founding of the very first Federation Day celebration.

In the Star Trek universe, Federation Day, first mentioned in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode #117, "The Outcast," is celebrated every year on May 8th, in commemoration of the founding of the United Federation of Planets, when the articles of the Federation were ratified, thus forming the Federation in the year 2161. This is the beginning of the Federation and Starfleet as a whole, and every citizen on every member planet celebrates this day.

Previously, we had been observing Federation Day on February 22nd of every year based on information from "The Price of Freedom," a game which had been endorsed by Paramount, and published by Last Unicorn Games. This information had not specifically been contradicted by the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd Edition) or any other source, however, no other source except "The Price of Freedom" had specified the exact date. That is, until we picked up a copy of a book called "Star Trek - Star Charts" published in October, 2002, and also endorsed by Paramount. Star Trek - Star Charts specifies in the section entitled "United Federation of Planets Chart IV" on the last page of the book that Federation Day is celebrated on May 8th of every year. Since "Star Trek - Star Charts" is a newer publication endorsed by Paramount, we have chosen to change the date on which the campaign celebrates Federation Day as well. An additional factor in our decision is the fact that "The Price of Freedom" is no longer being published and the company which published it, Last Unicorn Games, went out of business sometime in 2001 (approximately). This makes "The Price of Freedom" an unreliable source with which we could argue whether one date or the other is more correct. Armed with all of this information, and examining it as deeply as possible, we have decided to change the date on which the Federation Day Campaign celebrates its anniversary to May 8th of every year.

What does it mean for you and me? Well, Michael Angelo, webmaster of MJ's Star Trek Portal, and Allen Johnson, webmaster of the UFP Galaxy web site, and Commander in Chief of the UFP Galaxy Star Trek Fan Association, conceived this celebration to bring together all Star Trek fans in appreciation of the phenomenon that is Star Trek. Since our friends at Captain.net seem to have lost their web site due to an unknown reason, we decided to start this campaign to pick up where they left off.

Look at the list of Federation Day Sponsors!

Instructions for joining the Campaign

Step #1: Choose a banner or graphic below to place on your site. Right click (Macintosh users, click and hold) your choice of icon and save (select "Save As...") it to your site. Next, link the image to this page at one of the following URLs, so your web site visitors can come here to submit their site as a sponsor in this campaign.

http://www.ufpgalaxy.com/FedDay/

You must upload the banner with the hyperlink within 7 days or your application will be discarded.

Official Federation Day Banners and Logos

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Step #2: Fill out the application form below to submit your page link to the Campaign.

Your Name:
Your Email:
Your Web Site Name:
Your Web Site URL:

All information given in this form must be accurate, including the direct link to your web page. Do not give us a banner exchange credit link or Top Sites list voting link to your site, or any similar link which is designed to give your site credit above and beyond single hits to your site associated with clicking on your link on our sponsors page. Your application will be rejected if you do not heed this instruction. We cannot accept a site for sponsorship which qualifies as a "members only" site, such as a message board or similar site.

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Do you acknowledge that you are at least 13 years of age and that we may maintain the information you supply in this form for our records and for communicating with you in connection with the Federation Day Campaign? May we publish your web site and email information on our Federation Day Campaign Sponsors page? You must indicate that you are at least 13 years of age and that you permit Federation Day Campaign Management to maintain the information you supply in this form in their files, and publish information such as web site, URL, name and email address in connection with this campaign. You will not be spammed by us in connection with this campaign, or any information supplied in this form. NOTE: Recently enacted U.S. law requires us to receive acknowledgement from you. Failure to provide acknowledgement (by choosing the "yes" or "no" option above) of this request may limit or disbar your participation in this event.

Activities on this site are carried out in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. Under that Act, we may not ask a child under the age of 13 years old to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary in order to participate in an activity on this site. We comply with this requirement, and any personally identifiable information collected from a visitor on this site is used only for the purpose of enabling the visitor's participation in activities on this site. Please read the site's privacy policy for more information on our practices in this regard.

Step #3: Once you have completed Steps 1 and 2, your application and web site will be reviewed by the Federation Day Campaign Management. If you have followed the instructions above, your site information will be added to our sponsors page. Please remember to keep the banner updated with the latest campaign version listed above.

Failure to implicitly comply with these instructions could cause an indefinite delay in the listing of your site as a sponsor of the campaign or removal from the sponsors page.