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NORTHWIND
July 2008 Published
The NORTHWIND is D11NR Magazine is now
published electronically. The free Adobe Reader 8 is available on the
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[Posted: 06 July 2008 - Source:
George Knies DSO-PB]
District Search and Rescue (DSAR) Winning Team
from Division 8.
CONGRATULATIONS
to team members! First Place: Alan Porteous, Bill Barlow,
and Thom
O'Connor from Crescent City
Flotilla 8-11. Second Place goes to Division 1:
Allen Coddington, Raymond Freedell,
and Nick
Tarlson. All teams are commended
for for their expertise and participation.
The First Place team will represent our district in the
2008 National Search and
Rescue (NSAR) Competition held in Cape May, New Jersey on October
3-4, 2008. Learn more, visit the
NSAR Website
DSAR Competition Winners: Alan Porteous,
Bill Barlow, and Thom
O'Connor
[Posted: 07 June 2008 - Source:
CWO4
Kenneth H. Frost,
Photo by Anita Farnholtz]
2008 Recreational Boating Safety "Eagle" Award of Excellence
It is my great pleasure to
announce that Mike Lauro DSO-VE has been chosen by our National Area
Commodore - Pacific as the Pacific Area recipient of the 2008 RBS
"Eagle" Award, to be presented at NACON this August in Orlando,
FL.
"The Office of Boating Safety, Recreational Boating Safety Awards of
Excellence, (also known as the Eagle Award), are presented each year
to recognize one of the top contributors to recreational boating
safety missions in each of the three Auxiliary organizational areas.
Each National Area Commodore (ARCO) is responsible for selecting one
member from the area they represent.
Area candidates are nominated by each District Commodore and
forwarded, with
supporting data, to their
respective ARCO. Based on overall contributions,
each ARCO selects an award
recipient based their own qualitative or quantitative
evaluations of the data submitted
in support of the candidates. The USCG Chief
of Boating Safety makes the
individual presentations."
This is in recognition of his
great and sustained contributions to our VSC program, not only in
performing a huge number of VSCs, but because of his total
commitment to the program through teaching, recruiting, and more
recently, helping to develop our VE web site.
Congratulations to Mike for a well deserved recognition!
[Posted: 21 May 2008 - Source: COMO Vic Connell]
National Safe Boating Week (NSBW)
Saturday
May 17 was the kick-off date for National Safe Boating Week (NSBW).
CPT. Swatland, and many other representatives from BOAT/US, National
Safe Boating Council, Cal Boating, with local Sheriff and Fire
Depts. USCG Auxiliary was represented by Mike Lauro DSO-VE to
help the kickoff of the summer campaign of the 2008 “WEAR IT
CALIFORNIA” life jacket program at the Stockton Ports Stadium in
Stockton. A VSC was preformed on the vessel. For more information
about this program, visit
Wear it California
[Posted: 21 May 2008 - Source:
Mike Lauro DSO-VE)
Fleet Week San Francisco will be October 9-14
Fleet Week will feature both the
U.S. Navy's "Blue Angels" and the Canadian Forces "Snowbirds" in
addition to U.S. Navy ships and "Team Oracle" aerobatics.
The parade will be on Saturday,
October 11, from noon to 1300, followed by the air show, with the
Blue Angels scheduled for 1500. The air show will be repeated on
Sunday, October 12, from 1300-1500, followed by the Blue Angels at
1500 again. There will also be an "Italian Heritage Day" parade on
Sunday from 1230 to 1500.
Note that the dates no longer
conflict with the National Search and Rescue competition scheduled
for October 3-5 in Cape May, New Jersey. So if you were reluctant
to sign up for the District SAR competition (DSAR) because of the
conflict, worry no longer!
[Posted:
07 May 08 - Source:
Steve Salmon, Auxiliary Sector Coordinator]
Operational Exercises (OPEX) and
Operational Training (OPTREX)
The purpose of this guide is to provide
information for flotilla and division leaders considering presenting an
Operational Training Exercise or an Operational Exercise for their
members. There is no attempt to mandate a course of action or imply a
requirement except where such might be referenced.
[Posted: 05 May 2008 - Source: COMO Gail Ramsey
DSO-OP)
Boating Hotline
A recent notice from CHDIRAUX brought to our
attention the discontinued Coast Guard support of the toll-free Boating
Safety Hotline number 1-800-368-5647. This number is widely listed on
some pamphlets and boater education materials, including ABC (Page 50)
and the newly released BS&S (Page 27). Please strike that number from
such materials you have on hand, but continue to promote the
www.uscgboating.org site which still provides boat recall and other
information, and the CG Auxiliary Hotline number 1-877-575-6296.
Corrected BS&S instructor slides
[Posted: 01 May 2008 - Source: Roger Haynes DSO-PE)
Wear It
California 2008 Campaign
California Dept. of
Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating) will be conducting the Wear It
California 2008 lifejacket campaign in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
starting next month. Cal Boating has invited AUX 11NR members in the
Delta region to assist with the campaign:
Information sheet
(.pdf file) Schedule
(.xls
file).
Volunteers will receive
for their efforts a "Wear It California" t-shirt for their first shift,
and if you do 15 shifts you get an inflatable lifejacket. In addition
to that, there's a cool ski boat that's involved in the promotion, and
there are opportunities to assist with operating it.
[Posted: 29 April 2008 - Source:
Bill Kinsey DSO-PA)
District New
Member Application Cover Sheet Updated
The New Member
Application Cover Sheet is required to accompany ANSC 7001 Enrollment
Application as described on the New Member Process page
...link
Also available on the Download/Forms
page ...link
[Posted: 09 April 2008 - Source:
Rich Thomas DSO-PS]
CAPT Swatland, Deputy Commander Sector SF
CAPT Swatland, Deputy Commander Sector SF, receives Honorary
Auxiliarist membership.
His Letter of
Appreciation
District 11NR has had a great long term relationship with
CAPT Swatland, and he has supported us in many important
ways. We wish him good luck in his next assignment - CAPT
Swatland will be transferring to Hawaii as D14 Chief of
Response.
[Posted: 07 April 2008 - Source: COMO Vic Connell]
Opportunity to assist with
Sector's Contingency Response Plan
Sector San
Francisco's Contingency Planning Department would like to
have an Auxiliarist working with them on Sector's
Contingency Response Plan. In particular, the Auxiliarist
would work with the Department's staff in developing the
tsunami response portion of the plan, as well as other
sections.
Those
interested in helping in this way, please contact
Steve Salmon. Previous planning experience would
naturally be helpful, but is not required.
[Posted:
21 March 08 - Source:
Steve Salmon, Auxiliary Sector Coordinator]
2008 D-TRAIN is a Rewarding Event
Nick Tarlson,
Awards Committee Chair (top)
Fun
Night Celebration (left to right)
CAPT John
Bingaman, D11 Chief of
Prevention
(left)
Rick
Saber, FC12
COMO Victor Connell, Auxiliary D11NR Commodore (center)
Steve Salmon, RCO-OMS, ASC
CDR David
Chareonsuphiphat,
D11NR DIRAUX
(right)
COMO Victor Connell
2007
Awards...link
Additional information will become available, check back!
[Posted: 16 March 2008 - Irene Wetzel DSO-CS & Photos by
Curtis Han ADSO-CS/PG]
Past Captains Fair is a Grand Success
Coast Guard Island hosted two hundred
and fifty USCG Auxiliary members, including twenty five
members attending a National Public Affairs “C” School as
part of for the Past Captains Training Fair February 16 &
17.
The use of Gresham Hall for
registration, the District Store, snacks/fluids and Boat
Show demonstration booth, worked extremely well and will be
incorporated in future PCA Training Fairs. Gresham Hall
became a natural meeting and gathering spot for all
attendees.
Report
[Posted: 20 February 2008 - Source: COMO Gail Ramsey]
ZEBRA MUSSELS FOUND IN CALIFORNIA RESERVOIR
Zebra mussels have been found in the San Justo Reservoir
in San Benito County, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
confirmed. This is the first population of this destructive
invasive species to be found in California waters.
Dept. of Boating & Waterways
[Posted:
02 February 08 - Source:
DBW]
"Tall Ships" from all over the world - FESTIVAL OF SAIL
Including the U.S. Coast Guard barque "Eagle,"
tall ships will be visiting San Francisco Bay from July 23rd
to July 27th. The event is called the "Festival of Sail."
Sector San Francisco's Waterways Management Division is
looking for Auxiliarists to help with several tasks
connected with the Festival of Sail. If you would like to
volunteer for one of the positions detailed below, please
let me know and I will forward your name. Please include a
contact telephone number.[email]
Like the great Cape Horn square-riggers built during
the first three decades of the 20th Century - the twilight
era of sail - the Eagle is constructed of modern materials.
The Eagle has a steel hull four-tenths of an inch thick, two
full-length steel decks with a platform deck below and a
raised forecastle and quarterdeck. Its weather decks are
made of three-inch-thick teak over steel. The Eagle
eagerly takes to the element for which it was designed,
effortlessly and gracefully driving under full sail in the
open ocean at speeds up to 17 knots.
[Posted:
02 February 08 - Source:
Steve Salmon, Auxiliary Sector Coordinator]
2008 Will Initialize National SAR Competition
Watch
the Action of ISAR 2007 - The Coast Guard Channel
District Teams will compete at National SAR Competition Oct 2-8, 2008.
Three member division teams will first compete at the District SAR
completion on June 7, 2008 All crew qualified members are encouraged
to compete at the division level. With the talent and skills of D11NR
members, we have an exceptional opportunity to succeed.
[Posted: 28 January 2008 - Source:
Nick Tarlson DSO-MS
and Kay-John Kavanaugh]
Graduates and Presenters of D11NR Officers
Training 2008
Officers Training is an annual event for
members with information focused for the elected leaders. The
day event on Coast Guard Island was beneficial to all, January 20, 2008.
Power Point Presentations from the training are available on the
"Download/Forms" page...link
[Posted: 20 January 2008 -
Source and Photo, Harry McBain
ADSO-PA/P]
Interpreter Newsletter
The Auxiliary presently has 260+ linguists covering 46
languages.
Our National Commodore requests that we get the word out
to the membership so as to expand this important Auxiliary asset.
[Posted: 28 November 2007 - Source:
COMO Vic Connell]
Auxiliarist Support to CG Health Care Facilities
The Coast Guard (CG) recognizes that the
CG Auxiliary is composed of many skilled volunteers, some of whom are
trained, qualified, and licensed or registered to perform many of the same
health care activities as are performed by active duty and reserve
personnel. Some Auxiliarists are willing to perform health care activities
on a volunteer basis for the USCG. Visit
USCG
Headquarters
[Posted: 11 November 2007 - Source:
COMO Vic Connell]
E-mail
Blockage Advisory
Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) bock our
messages needed by members. If members report our messages as
spam, it causes all messages to be blocked with our e-mail extension
(d11nuscgaux). If a member wishes to be excluded from district
communications, then just delete the message and remove oneself from the
District email lists altogether. Removal instructions are included
on all messages.
For those who want to make sure they get the
messages, there are steps you can take to help increase your chances of
getting important messages from us. Please check out the Advisory
document on the "Downloads" page
...link.
Unfortunately,
when an ISP blocks us, it may take several days to get them to unblock
us. The only way to assure receiving district messages, white list
district messages and email addresses.
[Posted: 01 November 2007 - Source: Ed
Sweeney DSO-PA]
Change in Auxiliary Dues Policy
National has just announced that dues billing will change.
The Association will now be billing for members in the quarter in which AP status is designated....NOT when the status is changed to IQ or BQ.
[Posted: 9 September 2007 - Source:
DSO-FN 11NR]
2007-08 11NR Business Plan Update
This Business Plan update provides a basic framework for District 11NR program operations for 2007-08. Its purpose is to describe our vision and mission statements, key values, key business drivers, strategic imperatives, tactical direction and specific programs. [...More]
[Posted: 8 April 2007 - Source:
DCO 11NR]
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