I'd like to thank Whit Vick for his
guidance and support as our Immediate Past Flotilla
Commander. Whit has made my job easier by leaving us
with a strong and growing flotilla with many exciting
prospects and opportunities. Of course those exciting
prospects and opportunities reside within our members
and their activities as volunteers for the Coast Guard
Auxiliary. I am seeing so much enthusiasm in the
flotilla lately. I hope that we can continue the
momentum in the coming year. I look forward to leading
Flotilla 14-8 along with the help of our new Flotilla
Vice Commander, John Hadley, a man who devotes more time
as a volunteer for the Auxiliary than most people do in
their full time jobs.
Goals for 2013 include:
Membership; Build
on our recent success in recruiting and developing new
members.
Meeting Participation;
We grow through activity and participation, not
email. Attending the monthly meeting and fellowship
events benefit both the members and the flotilla.
Operations;
Training and qualification of 3 to 5 new Coxswains and
crew members. We could also use a new facility or two.
Public Education;
More instructors, more students. we can build on a
successful PE formula developed over the past two years.
In 2013, we plan on moving our classes to a new facility
on Phillips Hwy, one mile north of Butler Blvd.
Member Training;
Developing new members in the areas that interest them.
Reporting; Not
only our hours in AuxData, but documenting our
activities, with photographs, and stories for our
monthly newsletter other Auxiliary publications, and our
community papers.
Fun
and Fellowship; Encourage our members, and
interested friends to come and share the activity. We
will continue our monthly fellowship dinner on the 3rd
Thursday of the month. Check our website,
http://www.SafeBoatingJax.com for the location.
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