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Flotilla 51
Newsletter – December 30, 2002
Past
Flotilla Meeting
–
Christmas Party was well attended including a nice contingent of Station
Vallejo personnel. No formal meeting.
Public Education
– The BS & S class went well. Anyone desiring to teach a subject in
the next BS & S Class, please contact our new Public Education Officer.
Member Training
– Please
feed your desires for 2003 training to Dennis Eaton or Michael Dohm.
Flotilla Meeting
– Our
next Flotilla Meeting is our Change of Watch (COW) at Travis AFB. See
below for details.
Flotilla Staff
Officers’ Meeting
– TBD
Web Site
–
http://www.uscgaux.org/~1130501 (Flotilla
51) - Changes made monthly.
Flotilla Change of
Watch
- Our COW will be held at the Delta Breeze Club on Travis AFB, January
9th. Members are free and guests are $20. We must have an accurate
count. Please remember if you do not have a DOD sticker, you will be
required to have a valid form of ID, vehicle registration, and proof of
insurance to drive onto Travis AFB.
USCG Station Vallejo
– The
dedication held on December 7th was a great success. Our
flotilla was well represented and our Division Captain was aboard. Any
member desiring to be a watch stander at the station, see Petty Officer
Fjestad for requirements and to schedule training. This is a super
opportunity to serve the Team Coast Guard in a very local and personal
way and will not require you to get ‘wet’. Call (707) 643-2975.
Awards & Recognition.
A big BZ to all those who coordinated, instructed, and assisted with the
BS & S Class. In case the FC does not know or get me the scuttlebutt,
feel free to email this or any submission to:
mdohm@earthlink.net
or call (707) 644-3588.
Help Wanted
– Our flotilla is in desperate need of a few staff officers, especially
Secretary. Please contact Dennis Eaton or Michael Dohm if you can help.
Division/District Activities
Division 5 Change-of
Watch (COW)
– The Division COW is scheduled for 1830hrs, January 4th,
2003, at the Benicia Yacht Club, 400 East Second Street. Dress is
Service Dress Blue, Alpha. Cost is $25, no host cocktails. Entrée
choice is beef, chicken, or salmon. Send reservations to Mary Smith or
Marlene Phifer.
Radio Net
– Gerald Grossardt announced there is a division radio net each Tuesday
at 2000 on 143.280. Questions contact him at: 707-447-0869 or
KD6JSB@ix.netcom.com
CHDIRAUX requests that you pass on to your fellow Auxiliarists, as well as any other interested parties the web address of the Chief Director's Web Site (http://www.cgaux.info) and the Chief Director's
Mailing List (http://list.cgaux.info). Some of the new information from this site:
A.
ALCOAST 537/02 Interim Ch-1 To The Boat Crew Training Manual And U.S.
Coast Guard
Station Operations Manual
The boat crew training manual establishes minimum performance standards
for qualification, certification and currency maintenance for all
personnel (regular, reserve and auxiliary) serving as crew members on
all shore-based and cutter-based coast guard boats. It explicitly tasks
unit commanders with responsibility for the training of boat crews, and
provides them with guidelines for the establishment of a successful
training program. The program is based on the fact that sailors are made
at sea and to be successful, significant amounts of underway boat
operations are required.
http://www.cgaux.info/g_ocx/publications/alcoast/alcoast-537-02.html
B. Member Survey - 2002 Member Survey is now online. The NADCO-MS has
requested we spread the word about the electronic version of the 2002
Member Survey. Please take a moment to reply so that the national
staff can continue to assess progress in meeting your needs:
http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/personnel/2002survey.htm
C.
"C" School - FY03 Schedule - The 2002 FY schedule for all Auxiliary "C"
Schools has now been posted. http://www.cgaux.info/g_ocx/training/c-training.html
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Flotilla 51 - Vallejo, California
