1. Winter Training Session 2014 Boating is FUN... We'll show you how

2. District 5 2014 Winter Training Session Squadron Officer’s Tool Box Boating is FUN... We'll show you how

3. Squadron Officer’s Tool Box Part 1 – Review Tools look at what is available Part 2 – Look at DB2000 review the basics review some applications Winter Training Session 2014

4. Squadron Officer’s Tools Bylaws Bylaws –United States Power Squadrons ® –District 5 –Individual Squadron USPS Operations Manual USPS Operations Manual Squadron Job Descriptions Squadron Job Descriptions District 5 Bridge and Flag Officers District 5 Bridge and Flag Officers District Councils and Conferences District Councils and Conferences USPS Website (usps.org) USPS Website (usps.org) District 5 Website (uspsd5.org) District 5 Website (uspsd5.org) Winter Training Session 2014

5. Officers’ Tools (2) Workshops and Training Sessions Workshops and Training Sessions Sail Angle (sailangle.com) Sail Angle (sailangle.com) Electronic Office Products (Microsoft, Open Office) Electronic Office Products (Microsoft, Open Office) –Word processing –Spreadsheets –Data base management Collaboration (other district squadrons) Collaboration (other district squadrons) OD2, ED80, ED1 OD2, ED80, ED1 HQ800 HQ800 Boating Course Assistant Boating Course Assistant Information Center Information Center DB2000 DB2000 Winter Training Session 2014

6. USPS Website http://www.usps.org

7. Site Index Winter Training Session 2014

8. Rules Committee National Bylaws District Bylaws Squadron Bylaws Winter Training Session 2014

9. Operations Manual Winter Training Session 2014

10. Leadership Development Commander’s Kit Job Descriptions Leadership Info Winter Training Session 2014

11. InformationCenter

12. SailAngle.com Communication tool adopted by USPS Communication tool adopted by USPS Groups for specific interest Groups for specific interest Communicate and Collaborate Communicate and Collaborate Share education info with other squadrons Share education info with other squadrons –Course offerings –Educational material stock levels –Find material; sell material Winter Training Session 2014

13. SailAngle.com

14. District 5 Website Winter Training Session 2014

15. HQ-800

16. Boating Course Assistant version 7.0.9 Resident on your PC Class Lists Print routines Electronic reporting DB2000 interface Upload/Download from HQ800 Winter Training Session 2014

17. Collaboration Safe Boating Week Events USPS Courses and Seminars Special events Founder’s Day Change of Watch Area educational events and cruises Winter Training Session 2014

19. DB2000 National central database tool National central database tool Updates downloaded from HQ Updates downloaded from HQ Current version 9.6.8 Current version 9.6.8 Squadron Officers’ base of opportunity Squadron Officers’ base of opportunity Access Membership data Access Membership data Addresses, Phone #, Ranks and Grades Addresses, Phone #, Ranks and Grades Check Certified Instructor status - IDEXP Check Certified Instructor status - IDEXP Determine members eligible for courses Determine members eligible for courses Merit Mark input for Department members Merit Mark input for Department members Extract fields to.csv for export, emails, labels, merging Extract fields to.csv for export, emails, labels, merging Winter Training Session 2014

20. PC ONLY PRODUCT

21. Part 1; the basics Getting started Getting started Who Who What What Where Where Why Why When When The process The process Navigation Navigation Winter Training Session 2014

22. Getting Started Who can use DB2000? Who can use DB2000? What is it? What is it? Where do I get it? Where do I get it? Why use it? Why use it? When do I use it? When do I use it? Winter Training Session 2014

23. Who Any USPS member: Any USPS member: National National District District Squadron Squadron Requires authorized access and Passwords Requires authorized access and Passwords 4 Password Scenarios 4 Password Scenarios Master; Updater; User; Merit Marks Master; Updater; User; Merit Marks Winter Training Session 2014

24. What Relational Data Base of all USPS members Relational Data Base of all USPS members HQ maintained HQ maintained Squadron maintained Squadron maintained Look up data Look up data Change data Change data Use data Use data Merit Marks Merit Marks Winter Training Session 2014

25. Where Download from National Website USPS.org Site Index Secretary; Information Technology* Winter Training Session 2014

26. Squadron Membership Winter Training Session 2014

27. Where Download from National Website USPS.org Site Index Secretary; Information Technology* Squadron/District Rosters DB2000 Information Page** Winter Training Session 2014

29. Where Download from National Website USPS.org Site Index Secretary; Information Technology* Squadron/District Rosters DB2000 Information Page** DB2000 latest version*** Winter Training Session 2014

31. Where Download from National Website USPS.org Site Index Secretary; Information Technology* Squadron/District Rosters DB2000 Information Page** DB2000 latest version*** Downloads**** Winter Training Session 2014

33. Why Current Squadron or District membership Current Squadron or District membership Geographical data Geographical data Biographical data Biographical data Communication data Communication data Educational data Educational data User assigned data User assigned data Winter Training Session 2014

34. When Now! Now! Update regularly Update regularly Email roster or MQ Client Server Email roster or MQ Client Server DB2000 resides on your computer DB2000 resides on your computer Data is always readily available Data is always readily available Winter Training Session 2014

35. the Process Download, install, update and place on your desktop* Download, install, update and place on your desktop* Winter Training Session 2014

36. Place the LAUNCH icon on your desktop

37. the Process Download, install, update and place on your desktop Download, install, update and place on your desktop Launch DB2000* Launch DB2000* Winter Training Session 2014

38. Launch DB2000

39. the Process Download, install, update and place on your desktop Download, install, update and place on your desktop Launch DB2000* Launch DB2000* Setup Setup Settings Settings Import Import Navigate Navigate Winter Training Session 2014

41. Navigate Tool bar Tool bar File File Import Import Export Export Reports Reports Forms Forms Settings Settings Help Help Winter Training Session 2014

43. Navigate Buttons Buttons Exit Exit Roster Roster Grade Grade History History Comm Comm Boats Boats User User Org Org MM MM Utube Utube

45. Winter Training Session 2014

46. Part 2; Applications What can we do? How do we do it? Look up data and information Look up data and information Change data in selected fields Change data in selected fields Tabs Tabs Imports Imports Exports Exports Merit Marks Merit Marks User defined fields User defined fields

47. Let’s go live! and visit DB2000 DB2000 Look up data and information Look up data and information Change data in selected fields Change data in selected fields Tabs Tabs Imports Imports Exports Exports Merit Marks Merit Marks User defined fields User defined fields Winter Training Session 2014

48. Help Video on Utube Winter Training Session 2014

49. TheF1Button

50. Are there any Questions? 50 Winter Training Session 2014

51. See you in Ocean City in March Winter Training Session 2014