Fort Lauderdale Power Squadron a unit of United States Power Squadrons

power and sail boating District 8

IN THIS ISSUE

Page 2 Birthdays 3 Piloting class 4 Loran C 5 D/8 Spring Conference 6 Admin 7 Calendar

Calendar of Events

March 6 ABC3 Part one Class March 8 Executive Committee Meeting March 20 ABC3 Part two Class March 22 Monthly Meeting March 24 Dining Out—Isla Morada Fish Co. Restaurant March 30 Piloting Class

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March, 2010 Volume 64 Issue 3

Help Wanted An Editorial

Our squadron is, for the first time, opening a new watch year without a Com-mander. This comes as no surprise to many of us who have served in recent years as squadron officers and on committees,

The trend over the last 15—20 years has been for fewer and fewer members each year who are willing to volunteer as little as 2 –3 hours monthly to serve on committees or as officers on the Bridge.

If we are to continue as a viable or-ganization, able to accomplish our mission of “Safer Boating Through Education” we must have more participation from our members.

Please consider your experience as members...Have you benefitted from your membership? Have you participated in ac-tivities? Do you have skills and talents im-portant to improving the squadron for all of us.

The difference between failure and success is sometimes a matter of timing….

NOW IS THAT TIME!

Commander Vacant

Executive Officer Vacant

Education Officer Gil Pellerin, P 954-540-5279

Admin Officer Loretta Young 954-257-6763

Treasurer Jim Yaeger, SN 954-567-3339

Secretary Lt/C Mary Harding, P

954-525-8937

Executive Committee Sherrie Schwab, P 954-881-0979 Mary Yaeger 954-567-3339 Paul Comeau, P 954-922-8036 Fred Richards Jr. 305-935-1494

New Officers 2010

Other Positions Available Editor—Newsletter Distribution= Newsletter Roster maintenance Webmaster Instructors Proctors Planning Committee Budget Committee Finance Committee Nomination Committee Audits Committee Building Committee Ships Store Property Officer Merit Mark officer Advertizing If you have help to offer, please contact a Bridge Officer.

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Gondola is published monthly by and for the Fort Lauderdale Power Squad-ron Inc. a not for profit corporation. The views and opinions expressed are those of the writers and do not neces-sarily reflect the Fort Lauderdale Power Squadron’s policy or endorse-ment.

Commander

Vacant Executive Officer

Vacant Education Officer

Gil Pellerin, P 954-540-5279

Admin Officer Loretta Young 954-257-6763

Treasurer Jim Yaeger, SN 954-567-3339

Secretary Lt/C Mary Harding, P

954-525-8937

Executive Committee Sherrie Schwab, P 954-881-0979 Mary Yaeger 954-567-3339 Paul Comeau, P 954-922-8036 Fred Richards Jr. 305-935-1494

Editor

P/C Jim Yaeger, SN

954 567 3339 Please send all address changes, copy and subscription requests to the Editor at:

jwyaeger@gmail.com (Please put Gondola in the subject line)

Or Ft. Lauderdale Power Squadron

1905 N Ocean Blvd, Apt 9 C Ft Lauderdale, Fl. 33305

Attn: Gondola

Deadline for copy is the 15th day of each month.

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Birthdays February 2010

Our sincere apology if we missed your Birthday You can update your roster file by Emailing or

calling Secretary Mary Harding.

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Educational Department By P/C Jim Yaeger, SN

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Major changes in USPS educational program All courses now available to public Recent communication from Bob Sweet, , NEO, reporting changes to By-Laws and Ops Manual will allow for sweeping pol-icy changes in the administration of our Advanced and Elective courses. In short, all courses will now be available to non-members of USPS. On The Water Policy – Now that we have moved aggressively into on the water training, it is essential that we maintain the highest standards to assure safety of all involved and mini-mize any liability or property loss. From this point forward, any on the water activ-ity must use a program approved by the Boat Operator Certification and On The Training Committee and be pre-scheduled

by the involved squadron or district. Please see EDN -90 on the national web-site for details.

News Flash – The National By-Laws have been amended to remove the restriction against instructing courses to the public. Now, you have the option of instructing any USPS program to anyone. We ask that

you charge market prices for non-members and retain deep discounted costs for members as an inducement to join. We also ask that you consider our partner organizations for discounts in-cluding U.S. Sailing, Coast Guard Auxil-iary, Boat/U.S., corporate members, and others. Pricing is a squadron prerogative. Please see “ Guidelines: Squadrons/Districts Offering Educational Programs” on the national website for details. The squadron already offers a Seaman-ship Course to the public for $125 (The first class graduated in January, 2010. Further pricing strategies will be consid-ered at the next EC meeting on March 8. 2010 at 1930. All members are encour-

“You have the option of instructing any USPS program to anyone” Bob Sweet, NEO

New Squadron Educational Officer By Jim yaeger Welcome and best wishes to Lt/C Gil Pellerin, P as he assumes the duties of SEO. I would also like to tell you all how grateful I am for your help and support so freely given during the last three years as your SEO. The experience of teaching and inter-acting with members has been an en-joyable one. I intend to continue teach-ing and looking forward to seeing you in the classroom

Piloting Class Scheduled

Reservations for the next Piloting class will close soon to allow for suffi-cient lead time to get manuals from National for the class…. We presently have reservations for 6 members. Room for many more! Those of you who took Piloting prior to 2005 will find this course much different (Dead Reckoning now secondary to Electronic nav tools) and you should consider taking it as an update to the original course. Cost $65 The class will begin on March 30, at 1900 Call: Jim Yaeger—954-567-3339

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Don’t forget that Vessel Safety Checks are available from USPS Vessel Examiners. They will ensure that your ves-sel meets the Coast Guard minimum requirements and provide you with a window sticker verifying your success-ful inspection. You can find a Vessel Examiner at: http://safetyseal.net/GetVSC/

Does your boat meet all safety requirements?

Website wins award The Squadron Website has won an award for 2009

Dining Out Our monthly “Dining out” in February was at LaBrisa’s in Hollywood on the beach. The cuisine was Argentinian and very good. The Seabass dinner on the special was among the best I’ve ever tasted. We were fortunate that among those attending was our newest mem-ber, Lori Jenkins, S, and a long-time member, Gordon Boisseau and wife Pole from Canada. We haven’t seen them for several years and we hope they will continue to join us at our monthly “Dining Out” when you are in town. Next month we’re going to the Isla Mo-rada Fish Co. at Bass Pro Shops. They have a great cracked conch sandwich which is my favorite...Hope you can join us.

On October 28, 2009, the President signed into law the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act.

The Act allows for the termi-nation of the Loran-C system subject to the Coast Guard certi-fying that termination of the Lo-ran-C signal will not adversely impact the safety of maritime navigation and the Department of Homeland Security certifying that the Loran-C system infrastructure is not needed as a backup to the GPS system or to meet any other Federal navigation requirement.

Those certifications were made; and the U.S. Coast Guard will, commencing on or about February 8, 2010, implement plans to terminate the transmis-sion of the Loran-C signal and commence a phased decommis-sioning of the Loran-C infrastruc-ture.

These plans include ending transmissions at 18 Loran stations located in the contiguous United States and 6 Loran stations in Alaska.

The Department of Homeland Security anticipates that all Loran stations will cease transmitting the Loran-C signal by October 1, 2010.

This termination does not affect United States participation in the Russian-American or Cana-dian Loran-C Chains.

United States participation in these chains will continue tempo-rarily in accordance with interna-tional agreements.

Good-Bye to Loran-C

Thanks to our current Boosters Through Nita Amsden 07/10 Dick and Peg Docen 07/11 Ervin and Theodora Emery, Jr. 04/10 Leo Gray 07/10 Eileen Scott 07/10 Chuck and Norma Wolk 04/11 Jim and Mary Yaeger 07/11

Gondola Boosters are members who contribute $12 per year toward the cost of the Squadron newsletter. If you would like to support Gon-dola as a booster, please send your donation check to:

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Administrative Officer Lt/C Loretta Young

Hello Everyone, Please mark your calendars for the fol-lowing events: "Dining Out Experience" Wed. Mar. 24 @ 7:00 pm Isla Morada Fish Co. 200 Gulf Stream Way Dania 33004 954-927-7737 Wed. Apr. 28 @ 7:00 pm Marino's Res-taurant 5191 S. State Rd. 7 Davie 33314 954-581-8570 "Boating Activity" March 7th "Sunday Jazz Brunch" at Las Olas from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm "King Fish Tournament" sponsored by the South Florida Fishing Club will be on Sat. Mar. 20th. Entry fee is $75 per boat including 3 anglers. Additional anglers is $25. Area is from West Palm Beach to the Keys. Time is from sunrise to 2:00 pm with the "Weigh In" at 3:00 pm. Tournament Party will be at the end of the event at 13000 Keystone Ter. in North Miami 33181. Any non boaters is $10 per person. There will be prizes awarded. For further details and to enter contact: Steve 786-236-6810 Members had our Annual Meeting and Change of Watch on Feb. 22nd. Our nominations and elections was followed by the Installation conducted by the D8 Commander Lena Parsons. Though a small turnout, members and guests had a very enjoyable evening including the refreshments that followed the meet-ing.

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