Akron Power Squadron (District 7) - Account # 0045 Historians Report For 2007 Period:02/17/ /15/2008 Uploaded:04/19/2009

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1 SQUADRON HISTORY REPORT Akron True SECTION I - ELECTED OFFICERS A. BRIDGE OFFICERS Commander E Beech Martin W. Cdr JN Executive Officer E Holmes Jan R. Lt/C AP Educational Officer E Lowe Timothy P. Lt/C AP Administrative Officer E Fraser Craig D. Lt/C AP Secretary E Vitucci-Ehrman Janice M. Lt/C S Treasurer E Merchant Sandra Lea Lt/C AP Asst. SEO Asst. Secretary E Holmes Margo P/Lt/C S Asst. Treasurer E Schwinn Michael P. 1/Lt N Asst. Admin. Off. E Smith John L. 1/Lt B. COMMITTEE MEMBER Ch/Rules E Abbott John P/C P Rules Mbr E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Rules Mbr E Whitehead Nancy Lt Ch/Auditing Vornhagen Linda P/C AP Auditing 2yr. E Deaner Frederic A. Lt S Auditing 3yr. E Lowe Cynthia A. P/Lt/C P Executive E Abbott John P/C P Executive E Ball Robert A. P/C AP Executive E Harley Mark W. Lt Executive E Holmes Margo P/Lt/C S Executive E Logan Brian M. P/D/C SN Executive E Merchant William P. Lt AP Executive E Mosey Robert E. Lt S Executive E Smith John L. 1/Lt Executive E Summers Robert C. P/C S Executive E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Executive Vornhagen Linda P/C AP Executive Ch/Nominating Vornhagen Linda P/C AP Nominating 2yr. E Summers Robert C. P/C S Nominating 3yr. E Ball Robert A. P/C AP None NATIONAL THE ENSIGN Committee D Garthoff S. David Lt AP Bowsprit Committee E Logan Brian M. P/D/C SN page 1 / 5

2 SECTION III - APPOINTED OFFICERS Chaplain E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Medical Officer Flag Lt C Klein Raymond J. F/Lt P Liaison Law Officer Parliamentarian E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Merit Marks E Lowe Cynthia A. P/Lt/C P Aide to Commander E Abbott John P/C P Radio Technical A Roberts Lewis H. Lt JN Co-op Charting E Gantz Clyde Lt Public Relations Austin Mark Lt P Safety E Summers Robert C. P/C S Legislative B Jenkins Robert C. Lt AP Health & Welfare Ch/Member Involvement E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Ch/Membership E Logan Brian M. P/D/C SN Ch/Boating Activities Operations Training E Harris Susan R. P/C S Leadership Dev'ment Vessel Safety Check E Mosey Robert E. Lt S Publications Editor E Merchant William P. Lt P Historian E Holmes Margo P/Lt/C S Ships Store E Harris Susan R. P/C S Info. Technology E Harley Mark W. Lt Photographer E Summers Robert C. P/C S Ch/Budget Ch/Finance E Smith William B. P/D/C SN Property officer E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Member Benefits E Logan Brian M. P/D/C SN Calendar Coordinator Nat'l Commanders Cup Programs Entertainment Boat Show E Ball Patricia A. Lt S Housing Krzystan Daniel D/Lt/C P Predicted Log Port Captain Webmaster E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN ENSIGN Correspondent D Garthoff S. David Lt AP Supply Officer E Harris Susan R. P/C S SECTION IV - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Ch/Boating E Scott Dennis L. AP Ch/Boat Handling Seamanship E Bartilson William R. Lt AP Sail E Logan Brian M. P/D/C SN Ch/Inland-Coastal Nav. page 2 / 5

3 Piloting E Budd William P/Lt/C SN Advanced Piloting E Vornhagen John B. Lt AP Ch/Offshore Nav. Junior Navigation E Thomas Douglas L. P/C SN Navigation E Sudomir Joseph A. P/Lt/C SN Ch/Electro-Mechanical Engine Maintenance E Mosey Robert E. Lt S Marine Electronics E Hartschuh Gordon L. Lt AP Ch/Marine Environ. Weather E Henry Scott Duray Lt JN Cruise Planning E Krino Karen M. Lt Instructor Devmt. E Harris Susan R. P/C S Learning Guides E Lowe Timothy P. Lt/C AP Seminar Courses Teaching Aides E Holmes Jan R. Lt/C AP SECTION V - RESULTS OF EDUCATION CLASSES A. Advanced Grades B. Elective Grades C. Other Courses SECTION VI - RECOGNITION OF MEMBERSHIP A. NEW 25 YEAR MEMBERS E Smith William B. P/D/C SN W Speer Elga B. NEW LIFE MEMBERS - None C. NEW SENIOR NAVIGATORS - None D. DECEASED MEMBERS A Bollas James P/C SN E Scott Ed P E. NEW SENIOR MEMBERS 3 F. MERIT MARKS 48 G. ACTIVE MEMBERS SECTION VII - ACTIVITIES A. MEETINGS 917 bytes General Membership meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month except July. Some of these meetings are special as follows: 4/5/07: dinner meeting at the Spaghetti Warehouse with a speaker from Goodyear Tire and Rubber. 8/2/07: picnic meeting at Portage Lakes Yacht Club. 9/6/07: dinner meeting at the Masonic Lodge with speaker Adam Prokop from ODNR. 10/4/07: Eductional Recognition night with pizza and pop. 12/6/07: Christmas Cookie exchange. page 3 / 5

4 2/7/08: Founders Day celebration with cake and coffee. Separate dinner events were held: 2/17/07: Change of Watch held at Greystone Hall. 6/22/2007 Portage Lakes Dinner Cruise. 8/25/2007 Corn Roast at Battery Park 1/12/2008 Boat Show dinner held at 100th Bomber Group Restaurant. Executive Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month. There were 12 meetings held but the July meeting did not have a quorum and no notes were taken. B. BOATING ACTIVITIES 388 bytes June All Boat Rendezvous in Put-In-Bay Ohio. July Middle Bass Island Rendezvous. July Trailer Boat/River Rendezvous in Marietta Ohio. Mid Ohio Valley Squadron members also participated. August over 15 members and some guests participated in the Sail/Slow Boat Rendezvous in Port Clinton Ohio. August members attended the D7 Rendezvous in Lorain Ohio. C. COOPERATIVE CHARTING 133 bytes 8/25/2007 Co-op Charting event same day as Corn Roast event. Some members from Mansfield and Stark Power Squadrons also participated. D. PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS 101 bytes Most Bridge members and several other members attended both the Spring and Fall District Conferences. E. PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS 59 bytes P/C Robert A Ball AP participated in the National meeting. F. PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 617 bytes 14 members participated in William Mather event where members perform assigned duties from the ship William Mather as it prepares to open for the tourist season. Duties may include painting scraping scrubbing etc. This event was in 04/2007. A few times during the year members donated various personal product type items that were subsequently turned over to the USO for USA troops overseas. For the holiday season Adopt-a-Shelter happened in which items were collected by generous members and donated to the local Battered Women's Shelter. Some members participated in the July 4 Portage Lakes Boat Parade. G. VESSEL SAFETY CHECKS 638 bytes APS completed 567 Vessel Safety checks. Of those 410 passed. There were 17 inspectors and 12 qualified inspectors. Examiners were: P/C John Abbott P 86 P/C Robert A Ball AP 148 Cdr Martin A Beech JN 6 Lt Karl Brothers S 17 James A Ehrman 1 page 4 / 5

5 Lt/C Craig D Fraser P 21 Lt Donald A Gifford P 14 Lt/C Jan R Holmes AP 17 Harold Hutzell 10 Lt Robert Mosey S 186 Donald J Reljin S 30 P/C Robert C Summers S 3 Lt John B Vornhagen AP 5 John Wierzchowski P 23 USPS Century Club Award winners were Lt Robert Mosey S and P/C Robert A Ball AP. APS was also the recipient of the District 7 VSC award. SECTION VIII - AWARDS OR RECOGNITION MADE OR RECEIVED A. SQUADRON 435 bytes Most Active Member of the Year Award: P/C Robert A Ball AP Member of the Year Award: P/C Robert A Ball AP Art Bradbury Memorial Award: Lt Liana F Mihalca P Educational Service Award: Lt Dennis L Scott P Vessel Examiner Award: Lt Robert E Mosey S Golden Mariner's Award: Lt Donald A Gifford P Sinking Ship Award: P/C Doug Thomas SN Special recognition given to Lt/C Timothy P Lowe AP for his 4 years of service as SEO. B. DISTRICT 417 bytes At the D7 COW/Spring Conference APS was presented with the D7 VSC award. In addition Lt Robert Mosey S and P/C Robert A Ball AP were presented with the USPS Century Club award for completing more than 100 VSC's in APS won a Journalism Award. P/C Doug Thomas SN was presented with Best Website Award from the 2007 IT committee. Rocky River Tankard awarded at both the Spring and Fall Conferences in C. NATIONAL - None D. COMMUNITY - None E. OTHER 91 bytes Honorary Memberships awarded to: Jean Cole Adam Prokop Larry Simonetti and Bill Staiger. SECTION IX - OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION 242 bytes Final Draft of ByLaws Revision and full By-Laws document accepted at 11/1/07 General Membership meeting. Several days during the Akron Aeros baseball games several members worked a concession stand in order to raise money for the squadron. Scuttlebutt Secretary E Vitucci-Ehrman Janice M. S Lt/C 4903 Lovers Ln Ravenna OH jandjehrman@neo.rr.com page 5 / 5

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