Michael DiPierro, Program Visitation

Snowbirds have flitted north and we have had another impressive month in May.  We made 24 partner visits and added three new partners.  We have one new program visitor, Laly Santiago.

So far this year we have:

Michael DiPierro making partner visits and promoting joint
operations with the Italian Coast Guard while in Capri.

  15 program visitors

  24 visits

  54 partners

  197 total program visits through May.

Grant Skaggs, Navigation Systems

The flotilla verified 15 private aids to navigation in May for a total of 269 for the year. There are about 400 aids to navigation in our area of responsibility so we still need to observe about 130 aids as soon as we can.  A lot of the remaining aids are in Spring Creek. These will be difficult to observe because of the shallow water and narrow channels in that area.

We are still formulating a plan for training aids to navigation (AV) verifiers.  The staff officer for navigation systems for our division, Paul LeBlanc, is now qualified to be a mentor and qualification examiner (QE) for verifiers.  I am working with our flotilla commander and our member-training officer to provide AV training in the future. But first we must make a plan with the division staff officer for navigation services so our instruction will meet division requirements.

Notations on the map  show the general areas where our aids to navigation are located.

June Calendar

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
June 6 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Operations Group Meeting	Flotilla Building
June 9 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps
June 13 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Staff Officers Meeting	Flotilla Building
June 20 - 6:00 to 7:00 PM	Members Social Hour	Flotilla Building
June 20 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Members Meeting	Flotilla Building
June 23 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps

July Calendar

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
July 11 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Staff Officers Meeting	Flotilla Building
July 14 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps
July 18 - 6:00 to 7:00 PM	Members Social Hour	Flotilla Building
July 18 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Members Meeting	Flotilla Building
July 28 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps

August Calendar

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
Aug. 1 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Operations Group Meeting	Flotilla Building
Aug. 8 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Staff Officers Meeting	Flotilla Building
Aug. 11 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps
Aug. 15 - 6:00 to 7:00 PM	Members Social Hour	Flotilla Building
Aug. 15 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM	Members Meeting	Flotilla Building
Aug. 25 - 9:00 AM to Noon	Vessel Inspections	Wiggins Pass & Lovers Key Boat Ramps

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