BREEZE Newsletter for USCG Auxiliary District 7

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To All Publica ons Officers: For those of you who are Communica ons Watchstanders or Telecommunica ons Operators, you know that a PanPan is an urgent broadcast announcing an emergency and reques ng an all-hands response.

That’s what this ar cle is too; an urgent request to publish edi ons of your newsle er. The emergency engendered

by COVID-19 has disrupted our Auxiliary life. We no longer can par cipate in face-to-face mee ngs, fellowship events, in-person classes, and general get-togethers with our Auxiliary friends and shipmates. We’re losing our camaraderie.

This is where your newsle ers come in. Let’s do what we can to help our members feel like they’re s ll part of a vital organiza on. How about featuring what your members are doing while they’re staying at home? Facebook is probably a great place to start your research. Has your unit been conduc ng member training classes via webinar? How’s that working out? Did anyone take screen shots of webinar class par cipants? Ask your unit leader to write an upbeat, inclusive ar cle.

So, don’t worry about photos of members in uniforms; instead, do what you can to keep each member feeling how the Coast Guard Auxiliary values them. Your newsle er will go a long way to accomplish this and bring us together again.Ω