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Sail and Power Boating America's Boating Club DISTRICT 28
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Sail and Power Boating America's Boating Club DISTRICT 28
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The Lead Line is the official publication of District 28 and is published twice a year, in January and August. Articles may be submitted to the Editor, P/D/C Lee Whitehead, SN. Selected articles are included on this website. A complete copy of the Lead Line, in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf), can be
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Spring
2007Fall
2007Spring
2008A freeware reader can be downloaded from Adobe.com * * * Commander's Message
by D/C Chuck Peterson, SNOnce again, D/28 had a good year. We collected a number of awards at the Norfolk Governing Board. One very special award was for achieving 1% or greater Growth. Only three Districts in all of USPS received this award. And we won that because YOU put on boating classes, recruited new members, and kept in touch with current members so they didn’t fall by the wayside. I’m sure we’ll collect a number more awards in Dallas in a few weeks, again because of YOU
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Each of us is a “marketeer” for USPS. We all have opportunities to spread the word through our various contacts. As an example, the Vessel Safety Checks are 15% ahead of last year, a great way to reach the public. The Power Of One program recognizes that it’s the present members that get new members, one at a time, so please do your part and bring in your “one.” National has been working on corporate memberships and strategic partnerships which will not only generate income but hopefully eliminate our status as “a well-kept secret.”
Dallas is the site for our Annual Meeting in a few weeks, the closest it has been in a long while. Come meet your National officers and hear first hand what’s going on to improve our organization. And you’ll hear a number of seminars and presentations. Many of those at the Governing Board were not only interesting and informative, but also useful for our squadrons and district. Another benefit—you’ll make a lot of new friends and acquaintances.
Recent years have been ones of change in USPS, but I felt this past year had even more change, perhaps because the actions of National were more visible to me. Our National leaders are working hard to stop the membership decline and judging from the latest reports, the retention portion has improved. National is working on new marketing materials and has hired a marketing professional to address the other part of membership.
USPS is now running in the black, not an easy task with declining membership revenues. Reorganization has cut committees and travel to be reimbursed. Eliminating one Governing Board was a big step. And the reorganization approved at Norfolk allows our Operating Committee to manage USPS in a timely manner.
Our National Educational department keeps cranking out new seminars and incredibly improved course material such as Seamanship, Junior Navigation, and Engine Maintenance which are selling at three times the rate of a year ago. The updated Junior Navigation course is generating renewed interest in Navigation. Phoenix just completed a JN class with 10 people taking the exam. Seminars are great vehicles to introduce the public to USPS, require much less effort to put on than a Boating Course, and don’t require that attendees make the commitment of a Boating Course. Most squadrons have sold a number of seminars; our Assistant NEO indicated that, next to membership dues, profits from educational materials are the greatest revenue producer to USPS. More than 8,000 copies of seminars have been sold, and that was based on only four seminars; in 2008 there will be more than a dozen seminars available.
One significant accomplishment for D/28 this year was to create another provisional squadron, South Bay. They quickly found a way to contribute when we discovered that Southwestern Yacht Club could not host our Councils since they were remodeling. South Bay stepped up to find a new venue for us in the interim and host the Councils. For those not familiar with our South Bay squadron, their region is from San Diego South to the Mexican border and East to Arizona.
Our Spring Conference is at Phoenix this year. The Chief Commander’s representative to the Conference is none other than the immediate past Chief Commander, Ernie Marshburn. He is one of the National Bridge officers that has helped make the changes our organization needs. Please come meet and talk to him. He’s young, personable, obviously knowledgeable, and very easy to approach.
I’ve certainly enjoyed my year as your District Commander. Along the way, it allowed me to get better acquainted with many great people and to meet many more. The recent squadron Change Of Watch events let me meet and thank many of you in person. I thank you all for your support to me, the bridge and to all the departments. We are an organization of volunteers and that’s what makes it all possible.
* * * District 28
Nominating Committee Report
30 December 2007
In accordance with Section 2.9.1 of the District 28 By-laws, the District Nominating Committee hereby submits the proposed slate of Elective Officers for the 2008-2009 bridge year:
Commander Katharine S. Law Executive Officer Wanderley (Van) Diehl Administrative Officer Connie J. Johnson Educational Officer William D. Bridge Ass't Education Officer Maria (Cida) Diehl Secretary Doug Frazier Treasurer Richard W. Tripp Nominating Committee Willam A. Johnson (continuing) Adriaan Veldhuisen Wesley S. Heusser Richard W. Tripp Rules Committee 1 year Frank T. Fitzgerald 2 years Robert Schloeman (Continuing) 3 years Thomas S. Swift Audit Committee 1 year Daniel L. Rancourt (Continuing) 2 years Shaun McArdle 3 years Open * * *
The next Lead Line issue will be in September 2008. Article deadline is August 15, 2008Squadron Publications Online Balboa Power Squadron's Trident
Lake Mohave Power Squadron's No-Wake Zone
Phoenix Sail & Power Squadron's Bos'n's Pipe
San Diego Sail & Power Squadron's Ship's Mail
San Luis Rey Power Squadron's Mariner's NeedleOther Regional District Publications Online District 13's Pelorus
This page last revised January 22, 2008
