USPS Monthly Broadcast Input

There are new USPS Course and seminars available online through University of West Florida. Courses are Seamanship, Weather, and Sail. There are 18 seminars and several under development. Go to UWF.edu Continuing Education - Maritime Studies - USPS Online courses. There is a link on the USPS home web page.

The Education Outreach Committee needs several members to help develop the online material and others to narrate the presentations. Either submit a USPS Resume of contact the EOCom Chair.

R/C Wilbur Hugli, SN
EOCom


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Dr. Wilbur Hugli
wilhugli@cox.net
whugli@uwf.edu
850.863.0874

USPS Broadcast

As USPS moves toward different educational material presentation modes there is a critical need for members will special capabilities. If you have experience in developing online course content, content scripting, narrating, and learning management system (LMS) applications USPS Education Outreach Committees needs you. LMS experience with D2L, Blackboard, Camtasia, Composia, or Inquisiq would be a great help. For additional information contact: R/C Wil Hugli or Stf/C Don Stone.

R/C Wil Hugli
EOCom

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Dr. Wilbur Hugli
wilhugli@cox.net
whugli@uwf.edu
850.863.0874

Squadron Activities Committee Needs You!

The Squadron Activities Committee needs your input.  Please send photos and descriptions of one of your squadron’s 2012 activities to us.  We are collecting information about all the different ways squadrons exercise the three sides of the USPS triangle: education, community service, fellowship.  Send your entries by email to Stf/C Paula Mizell, JN at paula.mizell@gxs.com.   Also we are always looking for new members for the committee.  So if you want to join please send in your resume and we will contact you.  We especially need a webmaster.  Hope to see you all in Detroit.

 

STF/C Paula Mizell, JN

 

USPS Budget Committee Needs You

The USPS Budget Committee is looking for a new member who is an expert in creating and using large Excel spreadsheets and has experience verifying calculations in existing models with multiple linking sheets and equations as well as creating and verifying new sheets, equations, and links. The majority of work can be completed online from December to May. If you are interested, please update your resume, indicating an interest in the Budget Committee Excel model.

Budget Committee Job Description: The Budget Committee Excel worksheet is a tool used to gather data and recommend a budget for the next fiscal year. It’s also used to record historical budgets and actual expenses over the past several years. As USPS committees and tasks are added and subtracted during the year new equations, sheets, and links must be created and verified while preserving the historical records. During the budget development process revenue, expenses and rationale created by USPS committees for hundreds of accounting codes will be provided for your entry into the model. As the budget creation process continues, you will create new sheets and links and enter the data displaying the detailed Budget Committee recommended revenue, expense and rationale for the next year.  During creation of the new sheets all of the requests and rationale submitted by the various departments must be preserved. After the Board of Directors approves the budget you will enter the new data into the model.  –Nigel Hargreaves

 

USPS Broadcast Sail Course

USPS Sail 09 course is now available onlline through the University of West Flroida.

R/C Wilbur Hugli, SN
Education OUtreach Committee

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Dr. Wilbur Hugli
wilhugli@cox.net
whugli@uwf.edu
850.863.0874

CPR and First Aid Training to be Conducted in Jacksonville

The Governing Board of the USPS has recognized CPR and First Aid training as an important part of safe boating skills and has established a new program to provide this training to all members. 

At the USPS National Meeting in Jacksonville, FL, the Safety Committee has made arrangements for interested members to take this life saving training.  Members will have the choice of taking the course on Wednesday, 25 January or on Thursday, 26 January.  For those of you who have taken CPR in the past, please be aware the standards have changed as of January, 2011.  Because of the new procedures, both the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association recommend recertification.  Information and registration forms can be found in the SailAngle – USPS Group – File Cabinet or by contacting P/C Alan Karpas, JN.

This course is unique in that is a combination of the American Heart Association’s Heart Saver First Aid, CPR/ AED for Adult and Child with an additional module devoted to “Special Medical Concerns for Boaters^©”.  This section was written by USPS member, Dr. James A. Brown, JN.  Dr. Brown holds a USCG Master’s License and is an avid international boater.

As part of the USPS objective of making the Jacksonville boating public aware of our presence, a public course is being offered on Tuesday, 24 January.  Public Service Announcements and other marketing information are being sent to the Jacksonville media promoting the USPS involvement in safe boating through this program.

P/C Alan Karpas, JN

USPS Safety Committee

301-767-5905

alankarpas@verizon.net

 

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Cooperative Charting credits for mileage eliminated

Effective for the remaining 2011-2012 Cooperative Charting year, the national Cooperative Charting Committee, in conjunction with NOAA, has removed all program credits obtained for mileage.

The committee found that a disproportionately large number of program credits were being issued for mileage compared with those issued for information in the report. The committee believes that mileage credits should not exceed credits earned for reported information.

This change affects all reports except those already processed by NOAA as of 1 May 2011.

The committee believes this decision will allow all reports to be evaluated on the quality of the information they contain.

To maintain the credit level necessary to achieve Honor Roll recognition, the base report credits have been increased by an amount that should counterbalance the average number of credits lost by eliminating mileage.

Area representatives will closely monitor the amount of time spent on reports. In general, the amount of time per report will be limited to a maximum of 14 hours, allowing for a maximum of 8 hours’ field time and 6 hours’ processing time. For now, exceptions would be granted only if a district chairman, national committee member or NOAA requests additional field data to verify a questionable area of a depth survey. However, this additional time should not exceed the original time spent.

To encourage their participation and compensate for the removal of mileage credits, inland squadrons can receive additional credits for reports found to meet specified criteria.

The committee did not come to this decision lightly. After discussing and reviewing different ideas, we determined that this was the best, most practical method to make the adjustments.

The Cooperative Charting Program’s main goal is to provide NOAA with quality data to keep our nautical charts updated while recognizing everyone for their participation. The committee continues to look for ways to refine the credit system to achieve this goal. –Jim Strothers