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To: ALAUX
From: CHDIRAUX
Subj: CHIEF DIRECTOR FINAL ACTION ON NATIONAL BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS -53/09
1. At the 2009 Auxiliary National Conference, five recommendations were
placed before the National Board for vote. The following summarizes the
recommendations, the vote of the National Board, and the Chief Director's
final action:
a. Recommendation:
That new members be required to take a
boating safety course as part of their new member recruiting process (this
can be extended to the first three months of membership).
National Board vote: Opposed.
Chief Director final action: Concur, no further action.
b. Recommendation:
That the requirement for the 3-year surface
operations requalification conducted by a Qualification Examiner be changed
to 5-years. Require an annual sign-off of tasks by an elected leader,
coxswain, at any level within the member's chain of leadership.
National Board vote: Opposed.
Chief
Director final action: Concur, no further action.
c. Recommendation:
That the acronym for Division Vice
Commander be changed from DVCDR to VCDR.
National Board vote: For.
Chief Director final action: Concur, now effective.
Associated AUXDATA modification targeted for completion at start of CY 2010.
d. Recommendation:
That the Working Blue and Undress
Blue-Summer uniforms be discontinued for Auxiliarists as of December 31,
2012.
National Board vote: For.
Chief Director final action: Concur, discontinuance of
these uniforms for Auxiliarists effective December 31, 2012.
e. Recommendation:
That any Personal Water Craft Operator
(PWO) who is current in the PWC program, and is also current as an Auxiliary
coxswain, would need only 6 hours of PWO underway time to remain current in
PWO. This would be subject to the following:
- PWO is a secondary qualification to
coxswain.
- 12 hours (or such amount as may be
required from
time to time) of coxswain underway hours would be required in that year.
- The PWO must be current in both
qualifications
during the calendar year.
- The requirement for periodic
recertification, as
then prescribed, is required for each discipline.
National Board vote: For.
Chief Director final action: Concur, effective
commencing 2010.
Associated AUXDATA modification targeted for completion at start of CY 2010.
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