[Psml] What's in a name?

[MARK RICHEY]

I had actaully liked the "Americas Boating Club" we tried 
awhile back and still use on some of the PR stuff. It was 
more friendly and upbeat. However, in keeping with our 
charter, maybe it should be "Americas Boating School" 
which actually closer represents who we are.

If we must stick with the "Squadron" name, I would suggest 
we put Sail first only because it seems to flow better and 
it would move the intials to look like USS which is 
indicative of a ship.

DC Mark Richey, JN
District 16


On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:20:55 EDT
  RichTerry at aol.com wrote:
> Yes, we should consider a name change. since so few 
>people know who we are,  
> a name change will not have a significant impact on us 
>as a group. As you 
> stated  many squadrons have changed their names to 
>include Sail & Power. The 
> sooner  we make the change the better. We might even 
>consider changing the squadron 
> part  also since most people associate the word squadron 
>with planes during 
> World War  II.
> 
> P/C Richard J. Terry, JN
> Great Blue Hill Sail & Power D12
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/18/2008 12:39:00 P.M. Eastern 
>Daylight Time,  
> Uspsd3ronf at aol.com writes:
> 
> I have been mulling over the idea of proposing that we 
>change our name to  
> "United States Sail and Power Squadrons". I have come to 
>this conclusion for  
> several reasons:
> 1) When someone who doesn't know us hears our name, they 
>either think we  are 
> a flying club or somehow work with the electric company.
> 2) When we use the initials "USPS", we are perceived as 
>the folks that  
> deliver the mail.
> 3) Our neighbors to the north, who have apparently been 
>bucking the trend  of 
> falling membership have recently changed their name. 
>According to their  
> website, although initially known as the Canadian Power 
>Squadrons, "The  name was 
> later changed to Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons to 
>reflect the  broadening 
> interests of all boaters".
> 4) Even those folks who are not boaters will recognize 
>that with "Sail  and 
> Power" in our name, we must have something to do with 
>boating and not  
> providing electricity.
> 5) A large number of our members are sailors.
> 6) Individual squadrons can change their name to "Sail 
>and Power" - my  
> squadron is now known as the "Neptune Sail and Power 
>Squadron". While we were  
> discussing the name change, one of our members brought 
>up the point: "Why  should 
> we change our name if National hasn't?"
> 
> I know that we were formed to be distinct from sailors 
>after showing that  
> power craft were indeed a viable and safe conveyance, 
>and our history is  
> steeped in that tradition. However, most yacht clubs now 
>have a mix of  sail and 
> power boats, with most larger sailing craft having 
>auxiliary engines.  Here on 
> the Long Island Sound, most sailboats become power boats 
>in late  August due to 
> the lack of wind. I think that we can attract a larger 
>cross  section of the 
> boating public if we were known as a boating group from 
>the  get-go i.e. from 
> our name.
> What do you think?
> 
> P/D/C Ron Friedmann, AP
> D3
> 
> 
> 
> 
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