Region ONE Chapters 16

CPOA Region One

Good Day Shipmates:

I just wanted to take a minute to let you  know I am not totally OOC [Out of Commission], at least not yet.  I have had a few health problems but now I'm on the road to full recovery, as well as our CPOA website (www.uscgcpoa.org) is now back online and working just fine. 

Also, I have updated my mailing list but I have not removed your past presidents’ addresses just yet.  I need to wait until I know if all my new e-mail addresses are working.  Please get back to me and let me know your new chapter officers.

The April edition of The CHIEF is in the mail to you. Please review it closely as there is a lot of information in it that you can use to discuss items of concern with your chapter members.  In particular, you can find the new By-laws and Operations manual, Call to Convention, 16-20 August 2010, Resolutions for the 2010 Convention, minutes from the Board of Directors [BOD] March meeting and many more items of interest.  The CHIEF is the outlet chapters use to let others know what their chapter is or has been doing, especially your chapter’s out of area members. The Chief’s editor will also post “Letters to the Editor” as space permits.  It’s an excellent forum to ask questions, get something off your chest, give a Bravo Zulu to a shipmate, etc.  Letters to the Editor is just the place for any of those.

During the National BOD meeting last March we had an informal visit with the new Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard [CGMCPO] and the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard for Reserve Forces [CGRFMCPO].  They informed  us that they are committed to support and improve the aims and goals of the CPOA.

The Convention will be in downtown New Orleans from August 16th to the 21st. Our Convention hotel is mere blocks from the French Quarter. Taxis will be required from the airport to the hotel.  Please check CPOA website for more detailed information.  We would like to see all our chapter presidents attend this year’s convention.  The CPOA offers an interest free loan up to $2000 to cover Convention costs. 

We continue to believe that Chiefs Call to Initiation [CCTI] is the best way to recruit new members.  Make sure your chapter’s person in charge of membership is conscientious about knowing who is making Chief and offering assistance to complete the application and allotment form and forwarding them.  In the past, very few–if any–membes have stopped and allotment or dropped out of the Association.  There have been quite a number who were allowed to slip through the cracks and not be signed up in the first place.   It’s also true that those people who don’t get signed up within a short time of making The Hat don’t become members for many years.  That’s unfortunate for them and for the Association.  Take the extra couple of minutes to make it as easy to join as not to join.

See you at the Convention!

Yours in service,

DAVE ISHERWOOD 

Region One Advisor

C860-941-4574