Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Captain Myer, Commander Sector Portland congratulates the USCG Auxiliary on 70 years of service
Sector Portland held a celebration to commemorate anniversary. Recognizing that the Sector has Auxiliarists serving across Oregon and significant portions of Washington and Idaho, Sector Portland Commander, Captain Myer, prepared a video message for those Auxiliarists, friends and family unable to attend in person.
[Please note the video may not be visible if you are inside the Coast Guard Data Network]
Event photos:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
AUXILIARY RECRUITING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Background:
One of the main goals of this US Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Service Announcement is to further general public awareness about the USCG Auxiliary and ultimately provide a resource for recruiting more auxiliarist.
Scope:
Scripts and storyboards have been created and are currently available via MII. By means of flotilla commanders and other auxiliary officers, candidates will be chosen to participate in film shoots conducted by the Director of the 13th District Auxiliary's Public Affairs Team and Central Washington Universities Film School.
These film shoots will take place throughout the month of June in locations approved by the LCDR Andre Billeaudeaux and Professor Michael Ogden at Central Washington University.
Post-production and distribution will be handled predominantly by Central Washington University with oversight coming from LCDR Andre Billeaudeaux.
Schedule:
Filming will begin on the 6th of June and will run through the end of June. A final project deadline has not been confirmed but will be no later than August 1, 2009.
Staff:
Auxiliary Lead: Corey Christiansen - USCG Auxiliary Public Affairs Specialist (ph. 206.220.7038)
CWU Lead: Michael Ogden, PhD - Professor & Director, Film & Video Studies (ph. 509.963.1067)
Please get behind this, embrace the idea and support our staff when asked to take part in this.
V/R
Eastern Area Conference
Thank you so very much! Kathy Goodwin, DCAPT-E
http://www.d13cgaux.org/docs/eac2009.pdf
Patrick Wills DSO-PB-D13
Monday, June 8, 2009
Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon Volunteers!
Mary Ann Chapman Sector Seattle Auxiliary Coordinator
-----Original Message----- From: Owens, Ronald LT Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:37 PM To: D13-SG-SectorSeattleAllusers; D13-SG-MFPUAllusers; D13-SG-ISCSeattle Subject: Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon Volunteers!
Good afternoon shipmates, I wanted to pass along an opportunity for you to participate in Seafair outside of the traditional time frames centered around Fleet Week, Blue Angels and Hydro races. The great folks at Seafair are looking for volunteers to assist with the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & Half Marathon. The email I am forwarding you below outlines the specific needs that they have. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks in advance for your participation.
Respectfully,
LT Ron Owens U.S. Coast Guard Sector Seattle Response Dept/Enforcement Div External Affairs (206) 217-6094 Desk (206) 510-7741 Cell Ronald.A.Owens@uscg.mil
-----Original Message----- From: adriane@seafair.com [mailto:adriane@seafair.com] Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:01 PM To: Owens, Ronald LT Subject: Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon Volunteers!
Dear Joe & Joanne Coastie,
I am writing to proudly announce that the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon is less than one month away! This Seafair Signature Event has sold out with 25,000 participants, placing it as the largest running race in Pacific Northwest history!
The Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon features live bands and energetic cheer teams every mile of the scenic Northwest course. Legendary guitarist, Keb' Mo' will also perform at the Headliner Concert following the race.
With over 25,000 participants, thousands of volunteers are needed to assist every aspect of the event and we need your support. Our biggest volunteer need is for the Health & Fitness Expo (June 25 & 26) and the Start Line (June 27).
In order to register or view more details about these volunteer opportunities please visit:
All volunteers will receive a FREE ticket to the Headliner Concert, t-shirt, and goodie bag. Please invite your family, friends and coworkers to join in this historic event.
If you have any questions, please contact Volunteer Coordinator, Adriane Ferguson at Seattlevolunteer@eliteracing.com or 206-728-0123 ext. 109
We are looking forward to kicking off this year's festivities shortly!
Thanks again for your support.
Sincerely,
Adriane Ferguson
Adriane Ferguson
Seafair Volunteer Coordinator Work: (206) 728-0123 ext. 109 Fax: (206) 728-9506 adriane@seafair.com <mailto:sam@seafair.com> 2200 Sixth Ave., Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98121 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
District Elections in September 2009
The positions of Commodore and District Chief of Staff are elected for two year terms, and elections to these positions were last held in September 2008. Elections are not due again until September 2010.
The qualifications required to be a candidate for the office of District Captain (formerly Rear Commodore) are laid out in Appendix D of the Auxiliary Manual.
In addition Article 7.1 of the D13 Standing Rules states that candidates who wish to run for the position of District Captain should submit a letter of notification to the district Commodore of their intention to run no less than 90 days prior to the election. These Standing Rules also provide for floor nominations at the board meeting.
If you feel that you meet the requirements for the office of District Captain and would like to run for office for the calendar year 2010 please submit a letter of intent to COMO Hoppman, with a copy to the DCOS, no later than Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Leterrs of intent may be submitted by email. COMO Hoppman's email is _dennishoppman@gmail.com_ (mailto:dennishoppman@gmail.com) ; Peter Raiswell, DCOS email is _PFWR@aol.com_ (mailto:PFWR@aol.com) .
Peter Peter Raiswell District Chief of Staff
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, District 13 Tel: (360) 681-4450 (Home) (360) 461-1291 (Cell) (360) 681-4451 (Fax)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
District officer appointment
COMO Hoppman is pleased to approve the appointment of COMO Fred Bell to the position of DSO-OP for D13. He replaces Joe McClain who has assumed the position of DDC - Response, as previously announced.
COMO Bell has extensive experience with auxiliary matters in many positions, including being a coxswain. His experience and insight will be of great value to the DSO cadre of this district.
Please join with me in welcoming COMO Bell to his new position.
Peter Peter Raiswell District Chief of Staff
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, District 13 Tel: (360) 681-4450 (Home) (360) 461-1291 (Cell) (360) 681-4451 (Fax)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sector Portland AUX-C
Peter Peter Raiswell District Chief of Staff
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, District 13 Tel: (360) 681-4450 (Home) (360) 461-1291 (Cell) (360) 681-4451 (Fax)