FLOTILLA 10 - Dunedin

DISTRICT 07 DIVISION 11

Important Stuff

Secretary

Elaine Clark, FSO-SR 

USCG AUXILIARY

Flotilla 11-10

11-10 Flotilla Meeting

10 September 2009

Clearwater Air Station

Call to Order – 1900  by Jim Ryder VFC 11-10

Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence

Led by Bob Holden

Members in Attendance:

Buddy Casale, Al Vacca, Larry OBrien, John Tassinaro, Roy Berke Nike Nelson, Charles Gilbert, Henry Losher, Max and Marie Garrison John Fiorello, Rosemary Bloomfield, Bill Albright, Leroy Wolf, Guy and Heidi Warner, Steve Rea, Jim Ryder

Guests: Ngyer Nha Thuy

Brian Cross USGG Representative from Station Sand Key

Adopt minutes of August meeting.

Motion to Accept  Steve Rea

Second                   Guy Warner

Passed

Financial Report by Charles Gilbert

Motion to Accept  Heidi Warner

Second                 Buddy Casale

Passed

Staff Reports:

CM & IS:  Walt Murray submitted the following report

·         He experienced problems with 7030 forms submitted from FORMS page; everyone is encouraged to check their time & hours

·         14 patrols in August; 4 covered by Watchstanders, 10 by Station Sand Key

·         Watchstanders are asked not to leave trash in the radio room containers

MS:  Max  Garrison

·         Member roster is being updated but will not be finalized until renewals have been processed

CS & PE:  Larry OBrien

·         There are scheduling problems with upcoming BS&S class due to the Division SC&E class.   Larry will modify the class schedule

·         Heidi & Larry are meeting with the Board of the Dunedin Boat Club regarding designing a specialized class for them.

I feel we gained a lot of interest in our boating education programs as well as started a bridge to new relationships. The Board was very receptive to promoting our programs through to their members. We discussed the following:

·         Boat Club members attending our public education courses (They’ll send an email blast of the attached with special discount pricing)

·         Scheduling a Nav course for the Dunedin  Boat Club (January?)

·         Possibly BS&S class for the Boat Club

·         Suddenly in Command for the Boat Club

·         Radio specific presentation / discussion

·         Local waterways knowledge sharing

We completed our ABS Course on August 30^th , graduating 11 students. Thank you to Buddy, Skipper, Tom, Henry, Charlie, Heidi  and Maria for a job well done! I think we had the highest scores yet on the finals. Below are the highlights from the Course.

• 2 students scored 100% on the core as well as FL Law
• The lowest class score was a 90% Core and 90% FL Law  No one was under 90%
• 2 students filled out membership Applications
• The Course generated 385.00 to our Treasury

MT & VE:  Bill  Clark

·         QE coming up for Buddy (cxn), Bill Albright, Walt Murray, and  John Tassinaro for crew at the end of September

·         Bill will schedule the mandatory sexual harassment class for one of our fall meetings

NS:  John Tassinaro

·         A dangerous situation exists at Marker 1 of Hurricane Pass.  The broken piling is submerged at high tide and not visible.  It has been reported

·         3 Aton patrols were completed in August

·         Some of the discrepancies we have reported have been listed in LNM

OPS:  Bob Holden

·         24 missions scheduled in August, 16 completed 8 cancelled due to weather

·         10 vessels participated in the northern area fam mission; some problems were reported due to lead boats speeding & smaller boats unable to keep up while dealing with their wake

·         September schedule include 5 C-130; 3 B-0 standby; 3 OEX weekend; 3 area familiarization – South; 2 QE Requal missions

·         Please reply to requests for availability promptly

PA:  Heidi Warner

·         Northern area familiarization photos will be posted on website

·         Heidi and Tom are working on the radio public service announcements

·         Success at last with the St. Pete Time

PS:  Marie Garrison

·         4 new enrollment applications are in progress

·         In addition to the BS&S class, the ABS class or an online course that is approved by the CG will meet requirements for enrollment

PV:  Buddy Casale

·         All Program Partner visits are up to date; several new partners are in process

·         Thanks to all who participated in the Marina Day celebration and flag raising

MA & SR:  Elaine Clark

·         Thanks to Larry OBrien for taking minutes at the September flotilla meeting

FC Comments

CO Station Sand Key, Mr. Dudley, has expressed his appreciation for the enjoyable evening that he and his wife Vicky spent with us at our last flotilla meeting.  He enjoyed meeting all of our members and stated unequivocally that it was the best flotilla meeting that he had ever attended.

“I want to thank everyone for another month of dedicated and professional work on the water, in the classroom or in your office, as crew, coxswains, instructors, students, and staff officers.”

Old business

Membership dues – 2010 - $45.00 – Past due

Past events / accomplishments

Rosemary Bloomfield received her ID card

Area Fam North (Suzy 2 & Going Once) August 30

ABS course August 29/30 (Buddy & Tom)

SC&E course continues (7 students & 5 Instructors)

OE weekend Sept 5-7, 6 members attending

New Business

Brian Cross, our  USCG representative from Station Sand Key, discussed the upcoming District picnic and answered general questions from the members.

Copier for Classroom

Flotilla Meeting location – October

Upcoming / Ongoing Events

Sept 10-13 District Conference – Hilton Bayfront Hotel - St. Petersburg

Sept 15 – FC & SO reports due

Sept 20 – Area Fam – South

Sept 26 QE Requals

Oct 10 Division Picnic – Station Sand Key - $3.00/person + potluck – Reservation deadline Sep 25

Break for refreshments provided by John Fiorillo

Recognition:

Course completions

Elaine Clark – AUXWEA (Weather)

AUXPAT (Patrols)

Bill Clark – AUXWEA (Weather)

Awards

Sustained Auxiliary Service Award for 750 hours of volunteer service.

John Fiorillo - 1^st award

Henry Loscher - 2^nd award

Roy Bertke - 2^nd, 3^rd, & 4^th award

Max Garrison - 6^th, 7^th, & 8^th award

Buddy Casale - 7^th award

Walt Murray - 10^th award

Training

Henry Loscher – Hurricanes

Adjourn 

Motion by Larry OBrien

Second by Nick Nelson

Motion Passed

last updated: 09/16/2009