[Psml] Merit Mark comments

[Joan Lowenthal]

To all,

If the squadron Cdr is the one to decide merit marks that is a bad idea.  It will demean the meaning of an earned merit mark.  The standards will decrease to "he was my right hand man; I could not go thru the year without her." It's not so much the hours that have to be listed, but what did the person do - a description. Besides don't squadron Cdrs have enough to do?

P/C Joan Lowenthal, AP
Neptune Sail & Power Squadron


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul R. Soucy <psoucy at sc.rr.com>
Sent: Sat, 10/10/2009 11:24pm
To: Joan Lowenthal <joanl at mmc.net>
Cc: 'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List' <psml at usps.org> ; Bob Roseman <bobgloroseman at sc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Psml] Merit Mark comments

It's about time the USPS does away with area monitors and leave the Merit 
Mark selection to Squadron Commanders. After all who knows their members the 
best, answer: Squadron Commanders. Every year we hear all kinds of different 
stories concerning the merit mark program and nothing ever gets done to fix 
it. How does one gauge the number of hours a member did this or that given 
on a submittal form and why do we need to record hours?  What really counts 
is what a member does throughout the year to aid in the smooth operation of 
his/her squadron. An area monitor does not see what a squadron Commander 
does and they should not be in the approval cycle.

Check on the cost that each district pays to send area monitors to National. 
You might be surprised at how much can be saved by deleting Area Monitors.

Now is the time to act.

P/C Paul Soucy, AP
SEO, Long Bay


--- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Miller" <boatsafe at comcast.net>
To: <psoucy at sc.rr.com>
Cc: "'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'" <psml at usps.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Psml] Merit Mark comments


> Well said Phil.
>
> Bob
>
>            Boating is fun...we'll  show you how
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of 
> Phil
> Arcuni
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:01 PM
> To: boatsafe at comcast.net
> Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Psml] Merit Mark comments
>
> Hi Gene and others,
>
> As someone having been often involved with recommending merit marks, I
> would certainly consider someone who put in "only" either 103, or even
> "only" 83 hours, eligible for a merit mark in either case. Someone here
> is a bit stingy. If we put this criterion on everybody, there would be a
> lot fewer merit marks awarded.
>
> Congratulations Gene on keeping after it, and thank you for your effort
> on behalf of USPS.
>
> P/R/C Philip Arcuni, SN
> Information Technology Committee
>
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