The first
quarter of 2012 has been very successful and we’re ahead in all of our goals.
The credit goes to flotilla members who gave their time and effort, and to the
staff officers and their aides.
So what’s our
emphasis for the second quarter of 2012?
Not surprisingly, we need to stay the course and stay focused. Within the next few weeks our snowbird
members will be heading back north. I
would encourage them to continue their Auxiliary service. Find a nearby flotilla and become a visiting
member. Continue performing your Vessel
Safety Checks and your Program Visitations. Keep teaching safe boating classes, going on
patrols, and attending or teaching member training classes and workshops. Remember, Flotilla 96 receives credit for any
Auxiliary hours and activities you perform.
Stay engaged and active. Make new
friends and expand your fellowship opportunities at your summertime flotilla.
When
activities in here slow down for our full-time residents, we need to keep
pushing toward our core goals. This is
also a good time to review our programs and courses, to improve their
effectiveness and to provide more motivating
programs. We will also prepare to end
the year with a strong finish.
The District
is releasing a powerful new tool to help us measure our performance and focus
on needed improvements. It is a flotilla
dashboard, similar to the dashboard we now use.
However, this new dashboard measures our current year performance
against the previous year.
It will report the following six performance
measurements after each quarter and at the end of the year. They are the percentage increase or decrease
for:
- Number
of Public Education graduates
- Number
of Vessel Safety Checks
- Number
of Program Visitations
- Number
of Member Training Hours
- Number
of Patrol (Lead) Hours
- Net Number of Members
This report
measures our core mission areas. It
enables the flotilla to easily see if we’re doing what we’re asked to do by the
Coast Guard, and whether we’re making incremental improvements
Thank you for
a great first quarter. Stay focused on our 2012 flotilla goals for recruitment
and retention, improved mission performance, and expanding organizational
relationships.
