[Psml] PSML Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1
WMMILLER at aol.com
WMMILLER at aol.com
Sun Aug 10 10:55:47 EDT 2008
Ray, I sense your frustration, however, recognize that the majority of those
who handle the other side of this situation are the same USPS volunteers.
As an example, several years ago at a GB during my presentation about web
sites I was ripped by a member that they had to fill out all the lines in the
squadron record when changing their email address as the ITContact for their
squadron. The individual questioned why it couldn't be automated to access the
headquarters files and fill in all the holes. Well that happened. Now
everything on the form references the individual membership certificate number.
The database accessed is supported by input from the DB2000 program. I
reported this at the DC meeting at the annual meeting, in Dallas, that it was now
up to the individual to advise their squadron DB2000 administrator of any
change in email address or other BDU information. The squadron DB2000
administrator then must upload that data to USPS. That has made it as simple as
possible to keep everything updated. There are lots of other features now built into
the system. All data is updated nightly and checks are made to assure all
data such as email addresses are valid. It is unrealistic to consider that
all 45,000 members should be able to email or call headquarters and expect that
sort of information update be made by a single administrator. Please stop
and recognize that as this automation effort takes place there will be times
when what you do seems a duplicate, but over time it will be fixed. Remember
however that those fixing the problem are volunteer members just like you.
Bill Miller
Web Site Coordinator
In a message dated 8/10/2008 8:57:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
rdaybell at earthlink.net writes:
In a general reply all forms we fill out for USPS need to be set up so they
can be filled out on our computers and then saved to a file on our computers.
Can't microsoft word forms be setup where when they are filled out they can
only be saved is some form other they the template file name of the form.
We are volunteers and to cooperate with request for forms etc we need the
simple methods to do so.
On a similar subject any place that we are told that use of a process or
form is "mandatory" to report something to national is inappropriate. When I am
told as a volunteer that I must do something "mandatory" my response is to
simply not do the task at all.
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> 1. Near Zero Emission Genset's (dockstoy)
> 2. Re: Near Zero Emission Genset's (John & Judy Gill)
> 3. VSC Examiners summer zip codes (Markus Ritter)
> 4. Re: VSC Examiners summer zip codes (Barclay M. Thomas)
> 5. Anniversary Billing (Phil Arcuni)
> 6. Anniversary Billing (Phil Arcuni)
> 7. Ga. water (Tom Roscoe)
> 8. Re: Ga. water (Dave Donkers)
> 9. FW: Why we love boating (D C *Mac* Macdonald)
> 10. Re: Chapman Award Template (Robert Miller)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:25:00 -0400
>From: "dockstoy" <dockstoy at optonline.net>
>Subject: [Psml] Near Zero Emission Genset's
>To: "'Robert Miller'" <boatsafe at comcast.net>
>Cc: 'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List' <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <000001c8c4a3$4e4de420$eae9ac60$@net>
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>Does anyone have any information on the new Near Zero Emission Generators
>that are being offered on new boats. I'm rafting up with boaters and they
>don't seem to have any concerns about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide. As one
>boater said last night to me that you could put your mouth to the exhaust of
>the genset and you'd be OK. My concern is the public being lulled into a
>false sense of security or do these new genset's really eliminate those
>concerns. Is zero emissions really that.?
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:33:56 -0400
>From: John & Judy Gill <twojscom at quadnet.net>
>Subject: Re: [Psml] Near Zero Emission Genset's
>To: "dockstoy" <dockstoy at optonline.net>
>Cc: 'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List' <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <2FD48AE9-E575-45DB-9C30-50D8562FA9E9 at quadnet.net>
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>Dockstoy and List,
>
>Our old generator gave up the ghost on the last leg of our America's
>Great Loop trip (6,724 miles). When we returned to our home port
>marina, we had a Westerbeke CO Safe generator installed. If you read
>the owner's manual carefully, you will understand that while they are
>the safest generators on the market, nothing is fool proof and that
>all prudent precautions should be taken.
>
>We certainly would not put our mouth to the exhaust and breath the
>fumes. Nor would we leave the generator running while swimming off
>the swim platform.
>
>Our advise to you is to install one 12 volt Marine CO detector on
>your boat and ALSO buy two (or more) of the new 110 Volt CO detectors
>which measure in parts per million. Plug one in an outlet in your
>salon and another in each sleeping area. These units are amazingly
>accurate. The firm that tried to repair our old generator had a
>professional CO detector that cost him several thousands of dollars
>and ours only measured 2 ppm more than his! The 12 volt units we
>have seen do not have gauges that read in ppm's.
>
>John and Judy Gill
>Two J's V
>AGLCA Loopers
>Pennsway Power Squadron in D/5
>Orillia Power Squadron, CPS-ECP
>
>==========================================
>
>
>On Jun 2, 2008, at 7:25 AM, dockstoy wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any information on the new Near Zero Emission
>> Generators that are being offered on new boats. I?m rafting up with
>> boaters and they don?t seem to have any concerns about the dangers
>> of Carbon Monoxide. As one boater said last night to me that you
>> could put your mouth to the exhaust of the genset and you?d be OK.
>> My concern is the public being lulled into a false sense of
>> security or do these new genset?s really eliminate those concerns.
>> Is zero emissions really that.?
>>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:13:48 -0600
>From: "Markus Ritter" <markusritter at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Psml] VSC Examiners summer zip codes
>To: "'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'" <psml at usps.org>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <BAY123-DAV31CB0365F1036F61485E1D0A00 at phx.gbl>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>Dear fellow Power Squadron Members
>
>I am finding out that locating a VSC examiner within 15 miles of Menominee,
>MI is impossible,
>and when you select the 30 miles radius you get the ones living in Door
>County that are about
>120 miles away by highway.
>
>I?m very sure that there are a number of VSC Examiners who spend a lot of
>time in the Menominee, MI area
>during the weekends of the summer months. It would be great if these VSC
>Examiners would register multiple times
>at http://safetyseal.net/index3.asp to cover all the ZIP codes they are
>willing to service
>(or all the ZIP codes that they can conveniently serve at various times).
>
>For most examiners this will require just one extra listing. The one for
at
>home and the one for where they?ll be spending their weekends on the boat.
>Or you can ask the webmaster at safetyseal.net to simply change your town and
>ZIP code to where you keep your boat and spend your time on the weekends.
>
>This would really help those looking for a VSC in Marinette, WI or
>Menominee, MI. This is all in the spirit of making sure we are where our
>customers are. The VSC customers are going to be where their boats are,
>which is also where our boats are not where our homes are back in the big
>cities hundreds of miles away.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Markus Ritter AP
>Webmaster for the Door County Sail? Power Squadron
>usps.org/door
>
>
>?Monitor your e-mail address at least twice a week to see who wants a
>examiner.
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:58:35 -0400
>From: "Barclay M. Thomas" <barcthom at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Re: [Psml] VSC Examiners summer zip codes
>To: Markus Ritter <markusritter at hotmail.com>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <623034FC-888F-4DA6-9DC4-101676D3A1C5 at sbcglobal.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
>
>Marcus, Why don't you post this on the VSCList as well. There may be
>more VEs who read that list than PSML.
>Just a thought, good luck,
>
>Barclay
>--
>P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP
>Vessel Safety Check Chairman
>Saybrook Power Squadron, D/1
>barcthom at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:32:21 -0400
>From: "Phil Arcuni" <plarcuni at sprynet.com>
>Subject: [Psml] Anniversary Billing
>To: <psml at usps.org>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <003901c8e05f$fade80a0$6601a8c0 at phildesktop>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>Hello all,
>
>I have a desire to list all members in the order of their dues renewal
>date. I have the date joined, but no record of the renewal dates. If
>anyone can remember the date when Voluntary Anniversary Billing began,
>please advise. My squadron was in it when it started, but I cannot
>recall the exact date, and not sure where to find it. My records of
>National Meeting Minutes does not go back that far.
>
>Thanks, Phil
>
>P/R/C Philip Arcuni, SN
>Key West Sail and Power Squadron
>
>
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:08:56 -0400
>From: "Phil Arcuni" <plarcuni at sprynet.com>
>Subject: [Psml] Anniversary Billing
>To: <psml at usps.org>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <00c701c8e125$b5469340$6501a8c0 at phildesktop>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>Thanks to all who responded to my query. For D/8, in the first large
>scale VHQAB testing, the program began in Mid 2005. Early testing of a
>few districts began in 2004.
>
>Regards, Phil
>
>P/R/C Philip Arcuni, SN
>Key West
>
>
>
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>Message: 7
>Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:27:59 -0400
>From: "Tom Roscoe" <Trawler34 at verizon.net>
>Subject: [Psml] Ga. water
>To: "PSML USPS" <psml at usps.org>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <2646A91F2F8545BABDE07C3C0188A02F at TroscoePC>
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>
>Does anyone, out there, boat on Lake Lanier in northern Ga.
>
>I went to HS in Gainesville and Lake Lanier was right next door. Last
Summer they held the nations breath as they literally dried up.
>
>Since then, I have been watching the Wx channel and am hoping that since
the Feds decided to shut dams, the water level has been rising.
>
>Any info?
>
>Tom
>D-19
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>Message: 8
>Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:21:42 -0500
>From: Dave Donkers <d.donkers at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [Psml] Ga. water
>To: Tom Roscoe <Trawler34 at verizon.net>, "'United States Power
> Squadrons Mailing List'" <psml at usps.org>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <48740496.6020400 at comcast.net>
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>Tom --
>
>I did a Google search on "lake lanier water
>level" and it came back with this site:
>
>http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/rrm.php
>
>which is a NOAA site.
>
>Also try entering "lake lanier" into
>Wikipedia.
>
>Dave Donkers DuPage
>
>Tom Roscoe wrote:
>> Does anyone, out there, boat on Lake Lanier in northern Ga.
>>
>> I went to HS in Gainesville and Lake Lanier was right next door. Last
>> Summer they held the nations breath as they literally dried up.
>>
>> Since then, I have been watching the Wx channel and am hoping that since
>> the Feds decided to shut dams, the water level has been rising.
>>
>> Any info?
>>
>> Tom
>> D-19
>>
>>
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>Message: 9
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:13:39 -0500
>From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Psml] FW: Why we love boating
>To: USPS-D31 <d31 at usps.org>, USPS-PSML List <psml at usps.org>,
> <elhn555 at earthlink.net>, <asharkis at wavelinx.net>, <loriditt at aol.com>,
> <tux66 at cableone.net>, <dneel44 at earthlink.net>
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <BLU129-W507738C5533E5CEF977D6EF18E0 at phx.gbl>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
>The following link was posted on the Americas Great Loop Cruiser
>Association (AGLCA) Google Group mail list.
>
>** D C "Mac" Macdonald **
>* m/v Another Adventure *
>** '95 Carver 355 ACMY **
>* Grand Lake - Oklahoma *
>** USPS & AGLCA (#217) **
>* K2GKK -- USAF/retired *
>
>
>______________________________
>From: bob
>To: AGLCA at googlegroups.com
>Subject: [AGLCA:8528] Why we love boating
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:42:57 -0500
>
>For all of us who learned to boat from a past generation...here is an
awesome video
>(below) to remind us how special boating really is. If you can watch this
without a
>tear in your eye you are stronger than I am.
>
>http://www.growboating.org/marketing/advertising/viral/goodrun.aspx
>
>
>Bob
>M/V (vessel name deleted)
>Currently in Ottawa, IL.
>
>
>
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>Message: 10
>Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 19:15:22 -0700
>From: "Robert Miller" <boatsafe at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [Psml] Chapman Award Template
>To: "'Paul R. Soucy'" <psoucy at sc.rr.com>
>Cc: Tom Brincka ~ Education <tombrincka at att.net>, 'United States Power
> Squadrons Mailing List' <psml at usps.org>
>Message-ID: <001a01c8c38d$59117320$6500a8c0 at epoxkitchen>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>Paul,
>
>
>
>OK, I understand what you are looking for. Having been privileged to submit
>those in the past I don't recall we ever had fill-able forms. I am looking
>into the possibility and will post the information to the group when I have
>something. Thanks for taking the time to ask.
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>
>Bob
>
> _____
>
>From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of
Paul
>R. Soucy
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:11 PM
>To: boatsafe at comcast.net
>Cc: 'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [Psml] Chapman Award Template
>
>
>
>Bob,
>
>
>
>You are correct and I did find ''Chapman Award'' the same way you did.
>However, it's not a file that can be edited or converted to a workable word
>document. That leaves two ways to fill out the forms after one prints them
>out. One way is hand scribe each form, which leaves a lot to be desired
>considering the age of us making out the form. The other way is to use a
>typewriter to fill in the various fields. Does anyone know what a
>typewriter is anymore, never mind where to obtain one?
>
>
>
>We can fill out other education forms, transmit them or just print them out.
>Can't do that with the Chapman nomination forms.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Paul
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: Robert Miller <mailto:boatsafe at comcast.net>
>
>To: 'Paul R. Soucy' <mailto:psoucy at sc.rr.com>
>
>Cc: 'United States Power <mailto:psml at usps.org> Squadrons Mailing List'
>
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:10 PM
>
>Subject: RE: [Psml] Chapman Award Template
>
>
>
>Paul,
>
>
>
> I found it by typing "Chapman Award into the USPS Search engine. It was the
>top choice after the search.
>
>
>
>Bob
>
>
> _____
>
>
>From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Paul
>R. Soucy
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:11 AM
>To: boatsafe at comcast.net
>Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List
>Subject: [Psml] Chapman Award Template
>
>
>
>Does anyone have a PDF template so the Chapman Award forms can be filled out
>on a PC? I can convert a word document to a PDF file, but can't convert a
>PDF file to word in the correct format.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>Paul Soucy AP
>
>SEO Long Bay
>
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