UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY UNOFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
District and National Officers
"A leader is a dealer in hope."~ Napoleon Bonaparte
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things right."
~ Peter F. Drucker
NACON 2004 National Commodores for 2005:
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." ~ George S. Patton
First District Southern Region (D1SR) Commodores for 2005: 
DCO: Charles Sferra
VCO:Thomas A. Venezio
RCO-Gr. Moriches: Richard Mullare
RCO-Sect. L.I. Sound:John J. Ilberg
RCO-Sect. NY, North: Gail M. Venezio
RCO-Sect. NY, South:Frank M. Ferraiuolo
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
NADCOs and DCs for 2005-2006 (effective 1 November 2004)
NATIONAL DIRECTORATE COMMODORES (NADCO)
"It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
DEPARTMENT CHIEFS (DC) Click here for information on National Departments.
"What you cannot enforce, do not command." ~ Sophocles
DISTRICT COMMODORES:
Fifth District Northern Region (5NR) election results:
"The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it." ~ Elaine Agather
District 8 Western Rivers Region (8WR) election results:
"Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too." ~ Robert Half
District 9 Central Region (9CR) election results:
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet." ~ Theodore M. Hesburgh
District 9 Eastern Region (9ER) election results:
"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
District 11 Northern Region (11NR) election results:
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." ~ James Crook
District 11 Southern Region (11SR) election results:
"People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led."
~ H. Ross Perot
District 13(D13) election results:
"If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." ~ The Bible
District 14(D14) election results:
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility." ~ St. Augustine
District 17 Alaska (D17) election results:
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves." ~ Lao-Tzu
We Need You-- The Coast Guard Auxiliary is called upon to provide essential services to the Coast Guard as they focus more heavily on their military missions. We need all the help we can get. You needn't own a boat or be an experienced boater, since our missions are wide-ranging. For information about Auxiliary missions and the Auxiliary in general, go to our Join the Auxiliary web page. You will find there a form through which you can ask that a local Auxiliarist make contact with you to explore the ways in which you can assist Team Coast Guard.
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