Captain Myer, Commander Sector Portland congratulates the USCG Auxiliary on 70 years of service

Today, Tuesday 23 June 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

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]

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AUXILIARY RECRUITING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

RE: 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

Dennis L. Hoppman DCO USCGAUX D13

Eastern Area Conference

The below link is the Eastern Area Conference Agenda & Registration out district. This is the document that failed to arrive in our previous email. Please click on the link to access this form.

Thank you so very much! Kathy Goodwin, DCAPT-E

http://www.d13cgaux.org/docs/eac2009.pdf

Patrick Wills DSO-PB-D13

Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon Volunteers!

Here's an opportunity to participate in a great new event, particularly for rock 'n roll fans. A concert ticket is included in the deal.

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:

www.rnrseattle.com/volunteer

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.

District Elections in September 2009

At the Board meeting to be held at the next district meeting (September 18- 20, 2009) we will hold elections for the positions of District Captain East, North and South. Elections for these positions are held annually and the term is for the one year period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.

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)

District officer appointment

All,

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)

Sector Portland AUX-C

COMO Hoppman is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Mains as the Auxiliary Sector Coordinator for Sector Portland and Lynn Easton as the assistant Sector Coordinator for Sector Portland. Todd has been serving as the assistant coordinator under Danny Dail, who completed his term in that position this last weekend at the Southern Area training conference. The United States Coast Guard awarded Danny the Auxiliary Commendation Award in recognition of his outstanding service while acting as the sector coordinator. Todd and Lynn bring considerable experience and energy to their new positions, as they work with the active duty to coordinate auxiliary augmentation act ivies in the area served by Sector Portland. Please join with COMO Hoppman and me in welcoming Todd and Lynn to their new positions, and wishing them every success.

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)