U. S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
Flotilla 96
13531
Vanderbilt Drive
Naples,
Florida 34110
General Meeting
23 October, 2013
General Members present: 29
Staff Officers present: 5
Staff Officers Aides present: 0
Guests Present: 2
The meeting was called to order
by Jim Mayer Flotilla Commander (FC) at 1900 hrs. He led the pledge of allegiance and then
called for a moment of silence in remembrance of our armed services personnel
who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
Mayer waived reading of the
September 25th General Meeting minutes and called for a motion to approve those
minutes as presented. The motion was
offered by Ed Walters and after due second by John Gaston, those minutes were
approved as submitted, by voice vote without dissent.
FC Mayer reviewed the meeting’s
agenda and introduced guests that were in attendance. Mr. Marc Miller and Elliott Tubbs were
introduced as prospective members.
Flotilla Commander’s Report
Division
COMO Tyson reported that budgeted funds were to be sent to the Auxiliary by
today. As of a recent ruling, Watchstanders (WS) can have multiple WS’s in
attendance; however, the lead WS must also be a Tele-Communications Officer
(TO).
A
Flotilla Leadership training course, for Flotilla leaders, is scheduled for
January 11, 2014.
Division
Nine Commander Dave Shuster reported that the division election will be held
November 11 at the Bonita Springs Fire Department and the COW is scheduled for
Dec. 9th at the Stage in Bonita Springs.
There
will be an ATON Verification class and a Program Visitation class sometime
after January 1, 2014.
The
Division received $3,200 dollars for upgraded supplies and FL96 was able to
purchase a tent and new signs for VEs.
Election of Officers
Seventh
District Commodore John Tyson conducted the election. After calling for
nominations from the floor in proper form, 3 times for each office, the
nominations were closed. Jim Mayer was
properly re-elected as FC and Richard Laughlin as VFC, by one vote each.
A
motion to approve the election was offered by Division Commander Shuster and
after due second by FSO Walters, the motion to approve the election as
conducted was approved by voice vote without dissent.
Awards and Certificates:
FC Mayer presented Sustained
Service awards for SC&E, Weather, Seamanship, Patrols and NAV Rules to Mike
DiPierro.
He then presented a VE (Vessel
Examiner) certificate to Sue Brugett and PV (Program Visitor) certificates to
Paul Thompson and Frank Raab.
Staff Officer Reports
FSO-OPS – DiPierro reported that due to the gov’t shutdown there
was not much activity for the past month.
FSO-HR – Hart reported that we have 92 paid up members and two
strong prospects and year to date we have 16 new members. FSO Hart then congratulated those members
that have successfully attained another year on this planet.
FSO-PA
– Poyser reported on a meeting with the SW Spotlight Magazine writer on
an overview of FL96 activities which should be highlighted in their Nov.
issue. He then reported that the media
needs adequate lead time in order to publish our events. Any documents need to be in Word format, not
PDF and he will follow-up on this.
He then said that he needs the
2014 PE schedule. The 10/23 Banner shows
an ad for the Nov. 11 and 16 ABS Class.
FSO-FN – We have a membership that is 100% paid up. We planned for dues income of $6,600 and
contributions of $1,000.We have receipts of $6,300 in dues (90) members and
contributions of $900.00. The largest expense, to date, is for the two phone
lines. If any member has a suggestion
regarding the reduction of this expense- please contact him. He then added that the cost of acquisition
and maintenance of uniforms is tax deductible.
New Business: Frank
Raab reminded the group that there is a fellowship gathering scheduled for this
Friday evening at the Landmark Condo Community in Naples. Also, on the first
Sunday of each month there is a brunch scheduled from 9 am till 10:39 am with
the next brunch scheduled for Nov. 3rd.
FSO-HR and member Frank Raab
presented a discussion regarding protocol and courtesy for meetings’
highlighting the up-coming COW.
FC Mayer reported that Collier
County has been a very good lessor and have offered a new 30 year lease.
Phill Smith reminded those
present of the parade of boats and VEs scheduled for this Sat 9 Nov. 26th
at the Pelican Isle Boat Club starting at 10:30 am. Proper dress will be ODU shorts and tees, underwear
and white socks are also appropriate.
A motion to adjourn was offered
by Jordan Pollack and after due second by Ed Walters the motion was approved
and the meeting was adjourned at 2017 hrs.
