Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Grants Presented by Karen L. Miller POC, Grants, 7 th District

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Grants BoatU.S. Grass Roots Grants – up to $4,000. Opens around July 1 st and closes around October 30 th. Recently use focus topic: 2004 = CO; 2005 = Life Jackets

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Grants BoatU.S. Clean Water Grants – up to $4,000. Opens around November 1 st and closes around January 30 th. Recently use focus topic: 2004 = Aquatic Nuisance Species

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Grants National Safe Boating Council Local RBS Grants – up to $1,000. Opens around October 25th and closes around January 25 th. Topics should reduce accidents and enhance the boating experience

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Grants What does the POC Grants do? D7 Responsibility I can help flotilla and division members comply with the requirements of the grants

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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 member’s volunteer hours. Usually unrestricted and in the range of $500

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Publications Presented by Karen L. Miller DSO-PB, 7 th District

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Publications Your unit publication not only conveys good information to your members, it’s a PR piece for your activities

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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.

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON 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

Karen L. Miller, Spring DCON Publications Very short recap of why you should spend some of your most precious resource (your time) on your newsletters QUESTIONS?