[Phoenix] A bit of Tribal Knowledge

[Schloemanb at aol.com]

Operation of the Squadron involves you and some "standard  practices."  Among 
the latter are the Squadron bylaws and Policies and  Procedures (P&P) that we 
should all be at least familiar with or have ready  access to.  The Phoenix 
Sail & Power Squadron website has both the  Bylaws and P&P available online for 
direct viewing or download.
 
The link to them is not all that obvious in order to keep them  semiprivate.  
You need to go to the Site Map page and look for the link  "Squadron 
Operations."  I will save you the time, just go to:
 
_http://www.usps.org/localusps/phoenix/sqdops.htm_ 
(http://www.usps.org/localusps/phoenix/sqdops.htm) 
 
That page will give you links to the documents as well as the squadron  
roster.  The bylaws and P&P are presented in three ways, online  viewing, MS Word 
format for those that wish to suggest any changes, and  Acrobat format if you 
wish to just download and print.
 
The squadron roster is a fully private website that requires you to be a  
USPS member and a member of the Phoenix SPS to access (the login/password  of 
certificate number and zip code are required).  
 
A feature of the roster is that you may update  your information directly for 
the roster by clicking on  your blue underlined name and editing the data  in 
the text boxes.  When your editing is done just click on the  Update button 
at the bottom of the page.  The change/s  will be made to the online roster 
immediately and I will receive a notice to  update the squadron database.  Once I 
have updated the database and  submitted it to HQ (usually within and hour or 
so, but please don't time me)  your latest information will be available for 
all levels of the USPS  organization that need it.
 
Question: Can I change information for other members of my family?   Answer: 
Yes.  Go to the top of the roster page and click on the "Logon as a  different 
member" followed by the selection of the individual from the list and  typing 
in their corresponding certificate number.  Then use the procedure  to edit 
as above.
 
So please keep it updated so that we can keep in  touch.
 
Bob Schloeman
Webmaster, Database Manager, and so  on
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