Our next business meeting will be Thursday, June 17, at 1930. It will be in the Administration Building Conference Room at Base Mobile.

The 1999 Spring Roundup was a great success. Flotilla 39 had

a good turn out and ended up providing the most facilities. There were three other Flotillas represented along with the regular Coast Guard (some of who were there on their day off). The theme of the day was an introduction to crew qualifications for the 41 footers. Photos from the roundup are shown on this page.

1. All boat crews must be current in the BCM program.
2. Boat crews must have a minimum of 3 persons.
3. One of the crew must be Coxswain qualified.
4. Any combination of crew is permitted.
5. 1 Trainee is permitted as long as the minimum crew of three persons has been satisfied.
6. No QE's will be allowed to enter. (We don't want to stack the deck)

1. Knots - four basic knots: Bowline, half hitches, large line to small line and one other.
2. Towing - Small boats, large boats, and sail boats.
3. Communications - SAR boat to Distressed Vessel and to CG call out.
4. Simulated SAR on the water and under way.
5. Towing under way.
6. Man over board under tow and under way.
7. Along side tow to a dock.
8. A debrief of the crews after each event. TCT
9. Total under way hours of the crew from January 1^st to September 30^th with copies of the actual Member's reports.

There is a dark blue T-shirt available for Division 3. The cost is $7.25 for all sizes except XXL, which is $8.25. To order, send checks (payable to: USCG AUX Div 3) to Sandra Watson SO-FN 8CR, 1902 Kensington, Ocean Springs, MS 39564. Be sure to include an order form with your name and Flotilla #39 on it as the T-shirts will not be delivered directly to your house. This shirt is authorized for use on patrols as long as the entire crew is wearing it.

Flotilla 39 has started into it's summer schedule of Public Education Classes. The next class was Saturday June 12th at the Alba Club. We will be offering a Boating Safely course in July, August, September, and October at the Alba Club starting the second Saturday of each month. We will also offer a Boating Safely Course at Spring Hill Baptist Church Activity Center starting the 27th of July.

We are continuing to get inquiries daily about the courses we offer. Capt. Steve Andrews, our new member, will be assisting us with the Basic and Advanced Coastal Navigation and a brand new course Navigating with GPS (a two hour introduction to the Coastal Navigation series).

17 June 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

26 June 1999 - Division 3 Meeting, Base Mobile

4 July 1999 - Fireworks at Convention Center

9 July 1999 - DEADLINE for Driftwords

10 July 1999 - Boating Safely, Alba Club

15 July 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

16 to 18 July 1999 - Dauphin Island Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo

24 July 1999 - CME Station, TBA

27 July 1999 - BS&S (6 Lesson), Spring Hill Baptist Church

14 August 1999 - Boating Safely, Alba Club

19 August 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

11 September 1999 - Boating Safely, Alba Club

16 September 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

9 October 1999 - Boating Safely, Alba Club

21 October 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

\\3 November 1999 - Division 3 Meeting, Fairhope

18 November 1999 - Regular Meeting, Base Mobile, 1930

11 December 1999 - Christmas Banquet

If 1999 finds you with a new office or other change in your national e-mail directory information, please take a moment to revise your listing. If you have access to the Web, this can be done quickly by going to http://209.41.115.186/uscgaux/directory_revise.html You will be taken to an automated form that will quickly take care of any changes.

If you DO NOT have web access (JUNO users), you can update your directory information by sending e-mail to [email protected] giving your full name and member numb

er, and describing exactly what needs to be changed.

In January of 1999, the Chief Director authorized the creation of a new Staff Officer position. Communication Services Staff Officer ( "CS" for short), is a very important appointed position at the Flotilla FSO-CS, Division SO-CS, or District ADSO-IS/CS level. These officers will help or organization transition into the communications of the next millennium!

Whether we are talking about E-mail, electronic media Specialty Nets, WEBWatchers (to help relay information to those members not yet "connected"), or Websites with a dedicated Webmaster/Webmistress at the helm, they are all part of the "CS" system. You can get detailed information on the "CS" officer position at AIRS: http://209.41.115.186/airs/

In an effort to give you the tools you need for the job, OCX at HQ is now offering special website and other electronic media training at Oklahoma State University. Detailed information on OSU training can also be found at AIRS.

Training will also be ongoing at District workshops, and a very special session will be held at NACON 99 in Orlando. Jeff Mahl DVC-IE will be giving a unique PowerPoint session at that time. It's a presentation you won't want to miss! If your unit does not have a "CS" officer and you are interested in this challenging and rewarding position, speak to your FC, DCP or VCO and let them know! You'll be glad you did, and you will be helping us into the next century of Auxiliary communications.

Jeff Mahl

DVC-IE

[email protected]

Please send information and stories to me by Friday, July 9. Even if the only things you have are event dates, please send them to me. You can e-mail me at [email protected] or [email protected] .