Grants

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Grants

• Presented by Karen L. Miller
• POC, Grants, 7th District
• 727-786-0959
• captklm_at_tampabay.rr.com

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Grants

• There are essentially three basic grants
  available to the USCG Auxiliary flotillas and
  divisions
• Two from BoatU.S.
• One from National Safe Boating Council

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Grants

• BoatU.S.
• Grass Roots Grants up to 4,000. Opens around
  July 1st and closes around October 30th .
  Recently use focus topic
• 2004 CO 2005 Life Jackets

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Grants

• BoatU.S.
• Clean Water Grants up to 4,000. Opens around
  November 1st and closes around January 30th .
  Recently use focus topic
• 2004 Aquatic Nuisance Species

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Grants

• National Safe Boating Council
• Local RBS Grants up to 1,000. Opens around
  October 25th and closes around January 25th.
• Topics should reduce accidents and enhance the
  boating experience

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Grants

• What does the POC Grants do?
• Background
• I worked for many years with the Department of
  Boating on the National Staff. My area of
  responsibility was grants and working with these
  various organizations

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Grants

• What does the POC Grants do?
• D7 Responsibility
• I can help flotilla and division members comply
  with the requirements of the grants

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Grants

• What does the POC Grants do?
• I will review the applications and make
  suggestions to assist the members give the
  organizations what they are looking for.
• Voluntary not mandatory

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Transition

• Before we go onto Publications, any questions on
  Grants?
• One footnote see about members who work for
  large firms they will often provide grants for
  members volunteer hours. Usually unrestricted
  and in the range of 500

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Publications

• Presented by Karen L. Miller
• DSO-PB, 7th District
• 727-786-0959
• captklm_at_tampabay.rr.com

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Publications

• Your unit publication not only conveys good
  information to your members, its a PR piece for
  your activities

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Publications

• As a unit leader you have the ultimate
  responsibility for its contents.
• Meeting USCG Aux criteria
• Distribution requirements
• Meeting publication standards
• Spelling grammar, punctuation, etc.

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Publications

• You should encourage your PB officer to submit
  the newsletter for annual judging at the
  beginning of the year.
• Builds pride in members
• Provides prestige to unit
• Forwarded to National for judging

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Publications

• Very short recap of why you should spend some of
  your most precious resource (your time) on your
  newsletters
• QUESTIONS?