04/24/09
eNEWS - 23 APR 2009
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Additional AUX-12 Marketing & Public Affairs Course Offered
An Additional Aux 12 C School is now scheduled for June 12-14, 2009 at Coast Guard Air Station San Diego, CA. Qualified FSO-PA/PB,SO-PA/PB, DSO-PA/PB and Elected Officers are eligible to apply. Please submit your STTR to your Flotilla Commander to apply. For further information please check out the AUX 12 Website as we update the information on the class. http://www.training.auxpa.org/aux12/ To find out what to do next please go to http://www.training.auxpa.org/aux12/enrollment.shtml This class has a pre-class assignments before you attend you need to go to http://www.training.auxpa.org/aux12/students.shtml See you at the class.
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There is a planned amateur radio special event that will be held in October 2009. It is in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the CG Auxiliary. Deadline for registration is September 15, 2009.
Click here for further information: http://www.auxodept.org/documents/Special%20Event%20Announcement%20Oct2009.pdf
Click here for the procedures guide: http://www.auxodept.org/documents/Special%20Event%20Procedures%20guide%20Oct2009.pdf
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APC Course Now Available Online
The Administrative Procedure Course (APC) ? is now available on Auxiliary eLearning. This course is will prepare you to take the APC test on the National Testing Center, which is a prerequisite for holding elected office . It takes the student through the subject matter in a systematic way, introducing and summarizing existing Auxiliary resources and evaluating the student?s progress. The APC covers a lot of material ? essentially the entire Auxiliary Manual, and many of our members have had difficulty passing the test due to inadequate preparation. If you can take this course, and complete the chapter quizzes with a score of 90 percent, you will almost certainly pass the online test as well. You can access the course at: http://64.207.134.26/usr/moodle2/course/view.php?id=43. You may need to create an Aux eLearn account if this is your first visit. If you have any questions or comments on the course, contact Nick Tarlson, DC-Td at nick@tarlson.com.
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NACO's Vision, Auxiliary Mission and Strategic Imperatives Published
The National Commodore's Vision, Auxiliary Mission and Strategic Imperatives document has been posted at AUXNACO.org.
http://www.auxnaco.org/documents/NACO_VisionMissionStrategicImperatives.pdf
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Spring Cleaning - The I Want a VSC System
Please help us do some Spring Cleaning...
We need your help to do some spring cleaning and to spruce up the I Want a VSC system with new VE Volunteers.
Please visit http://safetyseal.net and use the I Want a VSC link and enter your ZIP Code. If you see anyone from your unit that you know is no longer in the Auxiliary or who is no longer qualified as a VE, please report it to webmaster@safetyseal.net so we can remove them from the database.
Along with this, if you know of Vessel Examiners in your Flotilla that are not on the list, please show them how to join the list to be volunteers to provide VSC's in your area for web visitors that are attempting to find a local VE.
The "I Want a VSC" system is a volunteer system and volunteers must sign up themselves.
The sign-up is on the National V Departments Members side of the site at http://safetyseal.net/index3.asp.
Please help spread the word to all examiners in your area.
Thanks,
Paul Mayer, DVC-VC
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The 2009 Grants Handbook has been posted on the Boating Department web site. Consult this document for sources of 2009 awards and grants.
http://auxbdept.org/pdf/GrantsHandbook2009.pdf (PDF download)
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2009-Q1 Edition of Education Connection Now Available
The first quarter 2009 edition of the E-Department?s Education Connection newsletter is now available online at http://cgauxed.org/newsletter.html. This edition features an insight into what one Florida flotilla is doing to promote recruiting through the cooperation of its PE and VE efforts, a look at the fast growing Stand Up Paddleboard sport, a discussion of how digital selective calling (DSC) works and why boaters should embrace the technology, a report on a cooperative liaison that has been formed between an 8CR flotilla and the Red River Army Depot Federal Police, and a thorough look into the problems associated with barnacle growth on recreational boats.
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Introduction to Personnel and Membership
A new online course - Introduction to Personnel and Membership ? is now available on Auxiliary eLearning. This course will be of interest to anyone who would like to learn how to recruit, enroll or retain members. It takes the student through the subject matter in a systematic way, introducing existing and new Auxiliary materials and evaluating the student?s progress. The course should be particularly useful to new personnel services officers and flotilla commanders, who have an essential role in enrolling new members. You can access the course at: http://64.207.134.26/usr/moodle2/course/view.php?id=27 You may need to create an Aux eLearn account if this is your first visit. If you have any questions or comments on the course, contact course developer Vincent "Tex" Boyer at vincentboyer@bellsouth.net or DVC-TD Nick Tarlson at nick@tarlson.com.
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HELP WANTED POSITIONS (from the National Web Site)
The following "Help Wanted " ads appeared on the National Web Site as of the date of this newsletter:
http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/cgi-bin/wantads.cgi
NEW: UNIFORM DIVISION -- Dante J. Laurino DC-P -- 4/1/2009 11:14 AuxChef National Rollout -- Dante J. Laurino DC-P -- 2/5/2009 09:43 WEB PROGRAMMERS WANTED -- Bill Pritchard -- 2/4/2009 12:24 Wanted Somali Linguists -- Klaus G.E. Baumann, N-II -- 1/12/2009 18:00 SITREP Webmaster -- Thomas Nunes, DC-Ad -- 1/7/2009 00:21 Webmaster -- Thomas Nunes, DC-Ad -- 1/7/2009 00:18 Branch Chief-Publications -- Kelly Johnson DC-V(d) -- 1/1/2009 12:19
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