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CHALLENGES

There are currently 2 challenges in progress at STARFLEET Medical:
 
STARFLEET MEDICAL READING CHALLENGE
Duration: Ongoing, no set end date
Scope: Fleetwide (open to all members of SFI)
Description: Reading has been linked to the following benefits: improved brain connectivity, encourages better  sleep, reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, lowers heart rate, fights depression symptoms and prevents cognitive decline associated with aging (link)
 
The STARFLEET Medical Reading Challenge commenced on the 1st of March! But you can join at any time.
 
 
You must answer the questions and provide your SFI membership number (SCC) to join as per STARFLEET regulations. You will not be permitted to join if you do not answer the questions.
 
All files required for the challenge have been added to the facebook group.
 
The challenge is simple, you just read. Read whatever you want, as much or as little as you like, any genre, any age. You will fill out a live excel spreadsheet (that is in a post in the featured section) with your name, SCC number, ship name, region, book title, author, and pages read. The spreadsheet will auto calculate totals.
 
Certificates will be awarded to everyone who participates.
 
There will also be monthly awards for the most read per person, per ship, and per region.

There will occasionally be monthly challenges, for instance, this month we may give double pages read for Sci Fi, or historical…etc. MAY’s SPECIAL TOPIC IS STAR WARS.
 
Always, any Star Trek books or STARFLEET manuals will be double pages scored.

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS…AND TOGETHER WE CAN ALL REACH FOR THE STARS, ONE PAGE AT A TIME.
 
 
STARFLEET PROXIMA CENTAURI STEP CHALLENGE
Duration: March to Dec 2024 (you are welcome to join at any time)
Scope: Fleetwide (open to all members of SFI)

Description: Walking can offer numerous health benefits to people of all ages and fitness levels. It may also help prevent certain diseases and even prolong your life. Walking is free to do and easy to fit into your daily routine. All you need to start walking is a sturdy pair of walking shoes. Read on to learn about some of the benefits of walking –  (link)

Each month, we will travel along another leg of our journey to explore and establish a human colony in the Proxima Centauri system. At 4.25 light years distance, Proxima Centauri is the closest star system to our own Terran system. Research has shown that one of the planets in the Proxima Centauri system exists within the habitable zone of that star. We aim to travel there and establish the first extra-solar system human colony on that planet.

Each month’s new destination and step turn in dates will be announced on the SFI Members Only, Fleet/Regional STARFLEET Medical and Regional Fleet Facebook groups, as well as on the medical channel on the SFI Discord server.

Phase III in our mission to Proxima Centauri:

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MAY 2024: “FLY PAST PLUTO”
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Our ion drive is functioning at peak performance. We accelerated past Saturn last month and we will continue to accelerate until we reach interstellar space.
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Our next landmark of note is going to be Pluto. It will also be the last familiar object we see from our particular neighbourhood of the Milky Way. Once we cruise past that big, beautiful heart, we will be reaching the outer limits of our solar system and flying well beyond where any human has ventured before.
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HIT IT!
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As a participant, you will keep track of your own steps using an app, a smart watch, a pedometer, etc. and submit your steps to your Regional Assistant Surgeon General. The schedule for May will be:
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Week 1: May 1 to May 10
Week 2: May 11 to May 17
Week 3: May 18 to May 24
Week 4: May 25 to May 31
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Once the week ends, you will total up the steps you have travelled over that period. You will then have 48 hours to submit those steps to your Regional ASG (ie. Week 1 ends on Friday, May 10th, therefore you have until Midnight PST on May 12th to submit your steps). Any steps submitted after that time will not be accepted. Please submit steps and only steps, no other units will be accepted.
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If you do not know who your Regional ASG is, please consult the following website:
https://medical.sfi.org/office-of-the…/serving-officers/
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If your region does not have an ASG, please submit your steps using the following form:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeOFfOYPqv…/viewform…
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I wish an exciting and safe journey for us all. I’ll see you at the bulkhead windows when we fly past Pluto!!!Here is a handy conversion guide: (link)

If you do not know who your Regional ASG is, please consult the following website:
https://medical.sfi.org/office-of-the-surgeon-general/serving-officers/

If your region does not have an ASG, please submit your steps using the following form:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeOFfOYPqv…/viewform…
 
STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE. PROXIMA CENTAURI AWAITS!
 
CHALLENGE LEADERBOARD – See who’s leading the challenge!