(Foreground L to R, Jim Picciano, Don Twiss, Kevin Lustyk; Background L to R, Maryanne Stafford, Steve Schmidt, Bill Smith, Bob, Sandy Weiser, Alex Cascione, and Dick Birgler)

Division 6, District 1(SR), held a Marine Dealer Visitor and Vessel Examiner Workshop at the Ossining Boat and Canoe Club on Sunday, March 16, 2003. The program ran from 10am to 2pm and included the newest power point presentations introduced at the District Conference earlier this month.

Alex Cascione, DSO-MV, presented the Marine Dealer Visitor material, consisting of a series of informative overhead transparencies followed by a 10 minute broadcast quality video. Alex was assisted by Bob Daraio, VFC-67, who then went on to present the Vessel Examiner Workshop. The new VE power point presentation was well received by the 22 workshop attendees as was the video.

 

(IPDCP Steve Schmidt with DSO-MV Alex Cascione)

 

(Members enjoying the MV/VE Workshop)

This MV/VE material was introduced at the last N-TRAIN and is the result of countless hours of research and development by the MDV and VE Departments. The new MDV manual is available on-line. The recently redesigned VE Decals are now available, new MDV Decals are in the works.

  

                  (Bill Smith discussing MV/VE with Don LLoyd)    (Chris Bonner, Art Spinner, and Jim DiPelesi)

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.