Meeting January 18, 2012, with 31
members and 12 guests attending.
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| Photo by Greg Guederian |
After preliminaries, Dave Shuster
introduced guests David Crockwell, Division Commander, and Cynthia Crockwell,
Division Secretary of Records, visiting members Janet Richardson, Barry
Novakoff and Ernie Stewart, and guests Jim Spotz, Ross Tisci, John Abatecola,
Leonard Nuzzo, Stephen Vercollone, Jim Wiedman and Paul Thompson.
Ray Mino and Richard Laughlin
were sworn in as new members.
U. S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
Flotilla 96
13531
Vanderbilt Drive
Naples,
Florida 34110
General Meeting
18 January, 2012
General Members present: 18
Staff Officers present 13
Staff Officers Aides present: 0
Guests Present 12
The meeting was called to order
by Dave Shuster, Flotilla Commander at 1900 hrs. The pledge of allegiance was led by John
Gaston, Flotilla Vice Commander. Shuster
called for a moment of silence in remembrance of our fallen armed services
personnel.
A motion to approve the minutes
of the November 16, 2011 General Meeting was offered by Jordan Pollack and
after due second by Grant Skaggs, those minutes were approved as submitted, by
voice vote without dissent.
Shuster then announced the recent
passing of Flotilla 96 member Carole Martin.
Flotilla Commander’s Report
Introduction of Guests;
Shuster
introduced David Crockwell, Division Commander and Cynthia Crockwell, Division
Secretary of Records and visiting members Janet Richardson, Barry Novakoff and
Ernie Stewart.
He then
introduced the following guests and potential members: Jim Spotz, Ross Tisci,
John Abatecola, Leonard Nuzzo, Stephen Vercollone, Jim Wiedman, and Paul
Thompson.
Swearing in of New Members:
Shuster and
Gaston swore in the following new members,
Ray Mino and Dick Laughlin. (Mr
Laughlin was actually sworn in later during the meeting)
After a few remarks by Crockwell,
Shuster reported from the Division Board meeting:
The ongoing fuel problem has
hopefully been resolved. If a patrol has problems getting fuel at the station
call Shuster, he will then call Mr. Kerner who will deal with the issue
immediately.
Please mark the following date on
your calendar, the next Division meeting is scheduled for February 4th
at St Hillary’s
The CGAUX mesh ball caps can no
longer be used and any scrambled eggs on the bill and any ball cap cannot have
Flotilla specifics embroidered on the cap.
The Republican Convention will be
held August 27th thru the 31st in Tampa and the CG may need
extra crew from the auxiliary. The AUX
patrols will be utilized for distress calls instead of active duty
personnel. This is to avoid active duty
CG from being pulled away from the immediate area.
Guest Speaker;
Shuster next introduced Cpl. Jim
Vliet from the Collier County Sheriff’s Marine Bureau as the evening’s guest
speaker. Cpl. Vliet spoke of the many
different issues that the Bureau’s officers encounter, i.e. abandoned boats,
smuggling operations, fishing violations, etc.
Shuster introduced AUXLO Samuel
Muentes for a few comments; Muentes reminded those present that the CG and
CGAUX are not a towing service. He also
encouraged the members to take advantage of the joint training being offered on
Wednesdays at the FMB Station.
Shuster then reviewed the
priorities in the Flotilla Plan:
1. Recruitment
and Retention. We need to speak to any
and all groups that will have us, i.e. men’s clubs, boat clubs, fishing clubs,
etc.
2. and
3. Expand organization relations,
improve mission performance, by carefully selecting missions that can be
supported by our resources and support each other.
Vice Flotilla Commanders Report:
VFC
Gaston introduced the staff officers for 2012: Neil Arnal- PV/VE, Mike Clukey-
PE, Greg Guederian-PA, Emily Harris-PB, Ned Herrmann-OP, Robert Morrison-IS,
Grant Skaggs-NS, George Stancil-MS/MA, Allen Thompson-FN, Larry
Urbanek-MT/IPFC, Ed Walters-CM and Bill Willsey-SR.
OP: The
next Operations meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25th at 1900 hrs. The
meeting will focus on SAR assistance policy
VE: The
next scheduled day for vessel examinations is Saturday January 28th.
Gaston reminded the members that
we are sharing a booth with Flotilla 93 at the Naples Boat Show, starting Jan.
26th and we need volunteers.
Old Business: None
New Business: Crockwell reported that the CGAUX
needs interpreters and that there is a need for members to take the AUX Chef
course. He also reminded those present
that AUX Ops courses are available on the web.
Grant Skaggs is the proctor for AUX Ops courses.
Grant Skaggs asked for a show of
hands of those members that would want to take the ATON Verification
course. He reminded those that have
taken the course that the requirements have changed and you should retake the
course.
The meeting was adjourned at 2045
local time.
Submitted by: FSO-SR, Billy R. Willsey
