[Psml] America's Boating Course

[hleahy142 at comcast.net]

This is what the USCG Auxiliary told its members in the Sept 2007 issue of Education Connection http://auxedept.org/media/education_connection_sept_07.pdf :

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America’s Boating Course

As I hope all readers are aware by now, the partnership
between us and the US Power Squadrons, which produced
America’s Boating Course, is being dissolved. It
was decided that it was time for an exclusively US Coast
Guard Auxiliary boating course, and we’ve been hard at
work to provide just that.

Our newly named 6-8 hour short course is, “About
Boating Safely” and will be almost identical in content to
ABC, so don’t worry about changing lesson plans or training
aids. This course will be NASBLA approved through
2008, as will ABC, and flotillas will be able to use either
one or mix and match.

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So whatever the flotillas are doing, they are doing with permission of the National organization.

My Auxiliary friends also tell me that except for some graphics and photos that are now exclusively of the Aux there is no difference between the joint venture ABC and the Aux-only ABS.

Someone in authority can give us the definitive word but I believe the Aux, under the joint agreement, is allowed to use up its supply of ABC.

--
Hal Leahy
Palm Beach S&PS

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From: Uspsd3ronf at aol.com
> I'm sure that someone (probably a lot of people) will correct me if   I'm 
> wrong, but I was under the impression that the ABC course was a joint  venture 
> between USPS and the CGAux, and that as of now only USPS has the right  to the 
> ABC course and the course title "America's Boating Course". The reason I  bring 
> this up is that several CGAux flotillas have their course fliers  plastered 
> all over Long Island, NY proclaiming that they are giving "America's  Boating 
> Course". 
> Thanks for your input.
> PDC Ron Friedmann
> D3


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