Boarman National USPS Youth Poster Contest in Norfolk

Ahoy Members submitting District Winning Entries for the Boarman National USPS Youth Poster Contest in Norfolk,

Please be sure to deliver the winning district entries to P/C Phil Osborne, AP by Thursday, 6 September. Contact Phil at Posborne2@aol.com or by cell phone at 614/327-4063. Phil and his team of judges will announce the winners on Friday, 7 Sept at 1400 at the MAR/PR EXPO booth in the EXPO hall. An effort will be made to contact the submitting squadron or District Commander for a photo so be certain to leave your cell phone number with Phil if you are delivering a winning district entry. Winners will be mailed a certificate and the winning prize $$$$ directly.

To view the winning posters and for information on next year’s theme and contest details go to http://www.usps.org/national/membership/youth/poster.htm after the Norfolk meeting.

Roberta

R/C Roberta L. Dougherty, AP
Membership Committee
Recruiting, Retention, Power of One, Youth Activities
Community Outreach
United States Power Squadrons

EVERY MEMBER MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

Department Newsletters Available

August issues of the following department newsletters are available:

Secretary’s Department

http://www.usps.org/national/secnews/News200708.pdf

Executive Department

http://www.usps.org/national/executive/aroundusps.htm

Leadership Development Workshop - 2007

*** ALL NEW WORKSHOP AGENDA ***
The National Planning Committee has conducted various surveys with EXPO attendees, with D/Cs and D/Planning Chairs, as well as directly with current and former members. A decline in effective leadership was of great concern to many. Squadron Committees on Nominations often have difficulty finding enthused leaders to fill bridge positions. Recycling of bridge members has become commonplace, as is filling bridge positions with inexperienced members. With a declining membership our pool of good leaders has continued to dwindle.

Good leaders increase morale and inspire while instilling in their members a strong desire to emulate past successes and forge new ones. A new Leadership Development Workshop was developed and used successfully in District 32 by D/C Herb Shaw, JN. This new LDW focuses on seeking and training selected members in the principles and actions of good to great leadership. The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) helped in reviewing the material. This results-orientated workshop is aimed at increasing squadron membership by developing, sustaining, and nurturing the leaders of USPS for today and tomorrow.

The first “Train the Trainer” workshop was held near Chicago, Illinois, on 2 – 3 June 2007. The primary trainer, Stf/C Herb Shaw, JN instructed three trainers, P/R/C Glenn Daughtridge, AP, D/C Arthur Kimber, SN, and Stf/C Robert Landeros, SN. They are now readying the LDW for the next phase. Districts will be asked to select qualified attendees for the regional weekend workshops to be held in Hartford, CT, Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, and San Francisco, CA, which will begin on 22-23 September 2007.

A grant from the Century Fund was awarded to get the program started by paying for travel and lodging for the four trainers and all materials for district attendees. Districts and squadrons are being asked to bear the expense of their attendees.


If you are interested in attending a Leadership Workshop, please contact your District Commander or the District Executive Officer for consideration

USPS National Planning Committee

Success Story from Vero Beach, D/8

Vero Beach Power Squadron joins the local CC and gets the opportunity to do a PSA (Public Service Announcement) from Clear Channel Communications valued at $20,000.

Last month, Lt/C Bill Heimbaugh wrote that he had just finished recording a PSA that will run on five Treasure Coast (Florida) radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. This PSA will run on five stations, five times a day for 5 days. The production house that produced this segment told him that the air time for those five days is worth about $20,000. As we know stations are not required to do PSA’s anymore but Clear Channel does them any way.

Heimbaugh got this opportunity because VBPS joined the local Chamber of Commerce. At a recent Chamber meeting where Heimbaugh was extolling the virtues of his squadron, another chamber member approached him and asked if he would consider recording a segment on the squadron.

Heimbaugh recommends that other squadrons throughout the country contact Clear Channel Communications networks elsewhere and solicit the same opportunity. “This is a great PR & Marketing tool that will benefit membership in local squadrons,” reports Heimbaugh He plans to solicit another opportunity to have the PSA run before the next ABC course is offered in the fall. “That means contacting each radio station individually to obtain permission to run the PSA again. He plans to have the squadron PR person do that. “Don’t know if it will work but it’s worth a shot.”

VBPS Commander Ed Dreher accompanied Heimbaugh to the recording studio. To hear the PSA go to http://verobeachps.org/ and listen to it play in the background. Contact Lt/C Heimbaugh at dmancini@bellsouth.net if you have any questions.

R/C Roberta L. Dougherty, AP
rdougherty@simcare.net
Membership

Squadron Officer's Guide

As a continuation of our effort to make the USPS web page a better tool for our members, we have added a Squadron Officer's Guide page. The intent is to provide links to the pages most frequently used by squadron officers. The page also includes the digest for USPS Bulletin which will serve as a primary communications channel between the national organization and squadron officers.