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2008 PUBLICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTESTS		inside this issue 2008 Public Affairs Contests 1 Training Manuals for Boat Crews & Coxswain 1 Enhanced Coast Guard Internet 2 Electronic Marine Navigation 2
Although it is preferred that all of Flotilla 12-02 new publications be submitted first for publication in this newsletter, all auxiliarists have been invited to submit their publications, public affairs projects, and photos created f rom 1 January 2007 to 1 May 2008 for entry into the 2008 Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Contests. Next year’s contest will be for activities from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009. Entrants are to E-mail the URL or a .pdf of their publication to the PB contest coordinator, Manny Romero, BC-ANT, (manny.romero@nau.edu) who in turn, will advise other judges of the URL/.pdf. Entries consist of a full year’s worth of a publication. If unable to send publication URL’s or .pdf’s, paper submittals will be accepted. Entrants must submit five (5) sets of publications to the address specified by the Contest coordinator. Contestants must be winners of their respective District contests. District or Division units must submit a minimum of three (3) publications. Flotillas must submit a minimum of four (4) publications. Public Affairs Contest (PA) entrants will E-mail a synopsis of their project, activity, etc. to Linda Shogren the PA Contest coordinator		at: articlunasea@yahoo.com. Backup, paper copies may be submitted at the entrant’s discretion. Five copies need to be sent to the PA contest coordinator. The coordinator will provide the appropriate mailing address on receipt of the entrant’s Email notification. These will be presented for the best district, division and flotilla projects. Photo Contest entries must be in digital .jpg format and e-mailed to the Photo Contest Coordinator, Joe Cirone at: jpcirone@warwick.net. Only red eye removal, lighting enhancements, and cropping are permitted. Photos may be color or black and white. Seven categories are judged: Public Affairs, Fellowship, Marine Safety, Member Services, Operations, Public Education, and Vessel Safety Checks. Digital Photos must be a minimum of 3 megapixels. All entries must be submitted by 1 May 2008. Judging reports are due to DC-A/DC-Ad not later than 30 May 2008.
Training Manual for Boat Crews & Coxswain
As you all know, the Coast Guard no longer distributes the voluminous Boat Crew Seamanship Manual because of printing costs. Instead, a CD containing the material is available. However, printing the 888 pages of the text would strangle most home office printers! The good news is that the publishing combination of International Marine/McGraw-Hill have published the		same Boat Crew Seamanship Manual (re-titled "Small Boat Seamanship Manual") and have made it available online through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The content is identical to the Coast Guard manual. The editor is Richard Aarons and the ISBN is 0-07-146882-X. A new copy sells for $20 with a variable selection of used copies available for less.

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Enhanced Coast Guard Internet The newly designed coast guard internet homepage, www.uscg.mil, will become the singular source of all relevant, important, andtimely coast guard information for all audiences. CG Central will continue to be the source of information for internal only audiences as well. Central changes to website include the following sections: A. featured photo: updated daily. B. breaking news: pertinent news stories and releases updated 24/7. C. press releases: both local and national will be updated continuously. D. multimedia: in addition to photos, graphics, audio, and podcasts, multimedia incorporates CGVI videos, pentagon channel, and CG video channel. Pentagon channel: directs you to all coast guardstories featured on the pentagon channel. CG video channel: directs you to all coast guard video featured on YouTube web page. This is for		external audiences or home use. Streaming video is not authorized on coast guard computers. CG journal entry: informal, timely information on abroad range of coast guard issues, topics, and initiatives. CG announcements: single source location for alcoasts and all Internet releasable message traffic. Unit spotlight: stories highlighting cg units updated every other month. An added feature to the web page is the "really simple syndication" (rss) tool. Rss allows a user to subscribe to frequently updated content such as news headlines or podcasts. It makes it possible for people to keep up with selected web sites in an automated manner. For more information on how to use rss, please visit the rss feeds link on the multimedia tab, http://www.uscg.mil/top/rss. The new webpage will be up by 22 Feb 2008. In addition, cg-0922 will continue to improve and develop the website further.
USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 12-02 Fifth Coast Guard District (NR) Lewes Delaware 19958 Editor and Publication Officer Edwin F. Browne, FSO-PB, Editor 16616 Howard Millman Lane Milton, Delaware 19968 (302) 645-7704 E-Mail: browneclan@comcast.net The Flotilla 12-02 Newsletter is published at no expense to the U.S. Government or the U.S. Coast Guard. Cost of its publication is borne by dues paying members of the 5th Coast Guard District Auxiliary (Northern Region) a volunteer, unpaid civilian body whose mission is to assist the regular Coast Guard in promoting and maintaining homeland security and safety on the water.		Electronic Marine Navigation On March 13th, 2008 The Nanticoke River Yacht Club and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Seaford Flotilla, will be sponsoring a seminar on Electronic Marine Navigation with a representative from Furuno. This program is open to NRYC members, USCG Auxiliarists, and slip holders at the Nanticoke River Marine Park. In addition to the finding out more about marine electronics, there will be information available about up coming boating safety courses, vessel safety checks, USCG Auxiliary and NRYC events. This will be a great opportunity to kick off the boating season and meet the members of the Seaford boating community.