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Other than Brandt Heatherington, Jim Herring was just as unprepared as he could be in becoming the 11th Commander. He had three strikes against him:
1. He was only appointed Chief of Operations, STARFLEET, in April, replacing the popular Admiral Cindy Krell, and had served in that position for a little over six months;
2. The out-going Commander, STARFLEET, Fleet Admiral Daniel McGinnis, was less than cooperative with Herring or the Chief of Communications, STARFLEET, Rear Admiral Doug Glenn, who would be acting as the Coordinator for the up-coming STARFLEET elections;
3. That he was considered (unfairly placed) as a member of the McGinnis' "Gang", those members of his Executive Committee that had supported the former CS's position concerning what would become the McGinnis Debacle, moniker that would hang on his back for several years.
However Herring had two things for him: He was older than Heatherington when he became Commander and he was NOT McGinnis.
However James Herring was more competent than most members of STARFLEET was willing to give him. The first thing he did when he was to refuse promotion to Fleet Admiral. He knew he would only serve a little over a month an a half and felt he did not deserve the rank. He did promote himself to the rank of Rear Admiral (he was a Commodore).
TheWith Herring living in nearby inMissouri, theso neighboringhe statewent ofto Missouri,meet Herringwith wentMcGinnis to andretrieve metas withmuch of the formermaterials Commanderas andpossible. It retrievedwas whatonly heafter couldHerring fromhad McGinnis.to Onlypersonally when'retrieve' herecords, returnedfiles toand hisother homematerials andfrom goneMcGinnis throughthat the materialstruth didcame heout. findSTARFLEET outwas thein serious trouble both truefinancially extentand physically. The only trace of McGinnis'funds duplicity.Herringbelonging broughtto theSTARFLEET found evidencewere those belonging to the ExecutiveScholarship Committee'sfunds. attention,Traces asof wellfunds asbelonging severalto membersSTARFLEET ofand theother Admiraltycharitable Board. Herringprograms administered by STARFLEET were not found at that theretime.
was
In noresponse moneyto inthis eitherunprecedented theappearance Generalof Fundduplicity and circumvention by the moneyformer gatheredCommander, forSTARFLEET, theAdmiral RyanHerring, Whitewith Fund.the Thereapproval wasof verythe littleSTARFLEET moneyExecutive inCommittee, thestripped ScholarshipFleet Fund.Admiral MissingMcGinnis wereof equipmenthis thatlifetime weremembership, ownedwhich byis STARFLEETgranted andto thousandsany offormer dollarsCommander, inSTARFLEET, as billswell (mostlyas towardtaking the publicationunparalleled step of thedemoting Communique).ItFleet wasAdmiral clearMcGinnis to Herring whatthe McGinnisrank hadof done. SinceCaptain. heThis was outa ofsuperfluous reachaction foras theCaptain immediateMcGinnis futurehad duealso toresigned his resignationmembership noton onlyback ason Commander,Nov. STARFLEET, but14.
also
It hiswas membershipduring inthis thetime association,the thereword was notsent muchout anyoneto couldthose do. Howeverwho Herring,had withmembership therenewals consentdue ofbefore the Executiveend Committee,the couldyear, doto somethingdelay thattheir wouldrenewals beginuntil the healingnext administration. A change of address was put on the hurtold causedpost byoffice McGinnis.Thebox, firstto thingprevent henew didmemberships wasto be sent to demoteCaptain theMcGinnis. formerIt Commander,was STARFLEETalso fromfound thethat rankhundreds of Fleetmembership Admiralforms tohad thenot rankbeen ofprocessed. Captain,This thetook lowestuntil rankmid-1997 thatbefore heall couldthese do. Thenmembership heforms, strippedas McGinniswell ofas histhe Lifetimemembership Membership,forms whichfor wasthose towho bewaited granteduntil McGinnis1997 asto asend retiredthem Commander,in, STARFLEET.to be full processed.
But Herring's immediate problem was how to hold an international election for the next Commander, STARFLEET. He would find a way, with the help with Election Coordinator Doug Glenn, and others who had faith in the association.
Despite the disinterest and obstruction of the former Fleet Admiral, now Captain McGinnis, the election occurred and on January 3, 1997, the results we finally confirmed and announced. With that Jim Herring relinquished leadership of STARFLEET to the newly elected Fleet Captain Michael D. Smith.
Only then did Rear Admiral James Herring sat back as the Commanding Officer of the USS Arlington and helped out as best he could with what was now in others hands. In 2006 Herring would be elected the Coordinator for Region 12.
1. He was only appointed Chief of Operations, STARFLEET, in April, replacing the popular Admiral Cindy Krell, and had served in that position for a little over six months;
2. The out-going Commander, STARFLEET, Fleet Admiral Daniel McGinnis, was less than cooperative with Herring or the Chief of Communications, STARFLEET, Rear Admiral Doug Glenn, who would be acting as the Coordinator for the up-coming STARFLEET elections;
3. That he was considered (unfairly placed) as a member of the McGinnis' "Gang", those members of his Executive Committee that had supported the former CS's position concerning what would become the McGinnis Debacle, moniker that would hang on his back for several years.
However Herring had two things for him: He was older than Heatherington when he became Commander and he was NOT McGinnis.
However James Herring was more competent than most members of STARFLEET was willing to give him. The first thing he did when he was to refuse promotion to Fleet Admiral. He knew he would only serve a little over a month an a half and felt he did not deserve the rank. He did promote himself to the rank of Rear Admiral (he was a Commodore).
TheWith Herring living in nearby inMissouri, theso neighboringhe statewent ofto Missouri,meet Herringwith wentMcGinnis to andretrieve metas withmuch of the formermaterials Commanderas andpossible. It retrievedwas whatonly heafter couldHerring fromhad McGinnis.to Onlypersonally when'retrieve' herecords, returnedfiles toand hisother homematerials andfrom goneMcGinnis throughthat the materialstruth didcame heout. findSTARFLEET outwas thein serious trouble both truefinancially extentand physically. The only trace of McGinnis'funds duplicity.Herringbelonging broughtto theSTARFLEET found evidencewere those belonging to the ExecutiveScholarship Committee'sfunds. attention,Traces asof wellfunds asbelonging severalto membersSTARFLEET ofand theother Admiraltycharitable Board. Herringprograms administered by STARFLEET were not found at that theretime.
was
In noresponse moneyto inthis eitherunprecedented theappearance Generalof Fundduplicity and circumvention by the moneyformer gatheredCommander, forSTARFLEET, theAdmiral RyanHerring, Whitewith Fund.the Thereapproval wasof verythe littleSTARFLEET moneyExecutive inCommittee, thestripped ScholarshipFleet Fund.Admiral MissingMcGinnis wereof equipmenthis thatlifetime weremembership, ownedwhich byis STARFLEETgranted andto thousandsany offormer dollarsCommander, inSTARFLEET, as billswell (mostlyas towardtaking the publicationunparalleled step of thedemoting Communique).ItFleet wasAdmiral clearMcGinnis to Herring whatthe McGinnisrank hadof done. SinceCaptain. heThis was outa ofsuperfluous reachaction foras theCaptain immediateMcGinnis futurehad duealso toresigned his resignationmembership noton onlyback ason Commander,Nov. STARFLEET, but14.
also
It hiswas membershipduring inthis thetime association,the thereword was notsent muchout anyoneto couldthose do. Howeverwho Herring,had withmembership therenewals consentdue ofbefore the Executiveend Committee,the couldyear, doto somethingdelay thattheir wouldrenewals beginuntil the healingnext administration. A change of address was put on the hurtold causedpost byoffice McGinnis.Thebox, firstto thingprevent henew didmemberships wasto be sent to demoteCaptain theMcGinnis. formerIt Commander,was STARFLEETalso fromfound thethat rankhundreds of Fleetmembership Admiralforms tohad thenot rankbeen ofprocessed. Captain,This thetook lowestuntil rankmid-1997 thatbefore heall couldthese do. Thenmembership heforms, strippedas McGinniswell ofas histhe Lifetimemembership Membership,forms whichfor wasthose towho bewaited granteduntil McGinnis1997 asto asend retiredthem Commander,in, STARFLEET.to be full processed.
But Herring's immediate problem was how to hold an international election for the next Commander, STARFLEET. He would find a way, with the help with Election Coordinator Doug Glenn, and others who had faith in the association.
Despite the disinterest and obstruction of the former Fleet Admiral, now Captain McGinnis, the election occurred and on January 3, 1997, the results we finally confirmed and announced. With that Jim Herring relinquished leadership of STARFLEET to the newly elected Fleet Captain Michael D. Smith.
Only then did Rear Admiral James Herring sat back as the Commanding Officer of the USS Arlington and helped out as best he could with what was now in others hands. In 2006 Herring would be elected the Coordinator for Region 12.
