FSo-CS
05-09-2012, 03:38 PM
In 2011 twenty-five boaters died in Maryland boating accidents. The Coast Guard Auxiliary District 5 South Public Affairs want to help the Coast Guard reduce accidents and deaths in Maryland.
As a member of a local Auxiliary flotilla, I am also a Social Media Adviser to our District Public Affairs team. A few of my roles are maintaining the flotilla website at DrumPoint.org (http://www.drumpoint.org), a Facebook site, (https://www.facebook.com/cgauxdrumpoint) and tweeting as @CGAUXDrumPoint (http://twitter.com/cgauxdrumpoint).
We want to engage Southern Maryland in discussions about boating safety especially situations unique to the Chesapeake Bay, the Patuxent, Potomac, and their tributaries.
Our objective in this forum is to promote boating safety, answer questions you might have about boating safely, and sharing resources that can help you stay safe on Maryland waters.
We are all invited guests of SOMD.COM who provides this forum space as a public service to help the Auxiliary with its boating safety mission. There are a few disclaimers and notes we want you to be aware of. These are similar to those in use at DrumPoint.org and the Official blog of the US. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard Compass (http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/about-us/).
Disclaimer
External Link Disclaimer
The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Department of Homeland Security or the United States Coast Guard of the linked web sites, or the information, products, or services contained therein. We may discuss in general terms the types of safety equipment used on vessels and paddlecraft but the discussions regarding specific brands is up to the readers of the forum. We cannot make specific endorsements.
Forum Comment Policy
We welcome your comments on postings. This forum is sponsored by SOMD.COM and moderated by volunteers of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. We hope to include other boating safety oriented organizations in the forum.
This is a forum to talk about maritime safety with a specific focus on Southern Maryland.
The information provided is for public information only and is not a distress communication channel. People in an emergency and in need of Coast Guard assistance should use VHF-FM Channel 16 (156.8 MHz), dial 911, or call their nearest Coast Guard unit.
All comments submitted are moderated. At the direction of SOMD.COM, the Coast Guard Auxiliary retains the discretion to determine which comments remain posted and which will not. We expect all contributors to be respectful.
We do not permit comments that contain personal attacks of any kind; refer to Coast Guard or other employees by name; contain offensive terms that target specific ethnic, racial, sexual orientations, minority groups, or contain vulgar language.
We remove comments that are spam, or clearly off topic.
Auxiliary members will not promote services or products. We are here as if we were invited guests to a live forum speaking on a topic of our expertise to the general public. Ultimately, we are only responsible individually for our own posts and not the opinions or posts of forum visitors. A reminder: This is a public forum. It is a street corner on the Internet. Readers can also ignore any post offensive to them or alert the moderator or SOMD.COM to those posts.
Moderators employed by SOMD.COM also visit the room and, may from time to time, see posts that do not comply with forum rules before we see the posts. Those moderators remove those posts in the best interests of their business and their customers.
The U.S. Coast Guard disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any comments posted on this page. This forum may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy.
Privacy Policy
The U.S. Coast Guard will not collect or retain Personally Identifiable Information unless you voluntarily provide it to us. To view the U.S. Coast Guard’s Privacy Policy, please visit: USCG: Privacy Policy (http://www.uscg.mil/global/disclaim.asp)
No Law Enforcement
The Coast Guard Auxiliary does not engage in law enforcement of any type. Questions related specifically to enforcement techniques, maritime security missions, or environmental enforcement are herein after referred to the Coast Guard, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police, or your local police agency.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary may advise and suggest to boaters the proper operation of vessels and the use of and requirements related to safety equipment, but we may not pursue or detain anyone. Auxiliary members witnessing behavior of concern call the Coast Guard or Natural Resources Police and ask those agencies to respond.
Joining Us
Have you considered joining the Coast Guard Auxiliary? Visit the Auxiliary website (http://www.cgaux.org) and look for the Join Us link to learn more.
We would like to thank SOMD.COM for providing us with a unique on-line location to promote and discuss boating safety in Southern Maryland.
As a member of a local Auxiliary flotilla, I am also a Social Media Adviser to our District Public Affairs team. A few of my roles are maintaining the flotilla website at DrumPoint.org (http://www.drumpoint.org), a Facebook site, (https://www.facebook.com/cgauxdrumpoint) and tweeting as @CGAUXDrumPoint (http://twitter.com/cgauxdrumpoint).
We want to engage Southern Maryland in discussions about boating safety especially situations unique to the Chesapeake Bay, the Patuxent, Potomac, and their tributaries.
Our objective in this forum is to promote boating safety, answer questions you might have about boating safely, and sharing resources that can help you stay safe on Maryland waters.
We are all invited guests of SOMD.COM who provides this forum space as a public service to help the Auxiliary with its boating safety mission. There are a few disclaimers and notes we want you to be aware of. These are similar to those in use at DrumPoint.org and the Official blog of the US. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard Compass (http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/about-us/).
Disclaimer
External Link Disclaimer
The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Department of Homeland Security or the United States Coast Guard of the linked web sites, or the information, products, or services contained therein. We may discuss in general terms the types of safety equipment used on vessels and paddlecraft but the discussions regarding specific brands is up to the readers of the forum. We cannot make specific endorsements.
Forum Comment Policy
We welcome your comments on postings. This forum is sponsored by SOMD.COM and moderated by volunteers of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. We hope to include other boating safety oriented organizations in the forum.
This is a forum to talk about maritime safety with a specific focus on Southern Maryland.
The information provided is for public information only and is not a distress communication channel. People in an emergency and in need of Coast Guard assistance should use VHF-FM Channel 16 (156.8 MHz), dial 911, or call their nearest Coast Guard unit.
All comments submitted are moderated. At the direction of SOMD.COM, the Coast Guard Auxiliary retains the discretion to determine which comments remain posted and which will not. We expect all contributors to be respectful.
We do not permit comments that contain personal attacks of any kind; refer to Coast Guard or other employees by name; contain offensive terms that target specific ethnic, racial, sexual orientations, minority groups, or contain vulgar language.
We remove comments that are spam, or clearly off topic.
Auxiliary members will not promote services or products. We are here as if we were invited guests to a live forum speaking on a topic of our expertise to the general public. Ultimately, we are only responsible individually for our own posts and not the opinions or posts of forum visitors. A reminder: This is a public forum. It is a street corner on the Internet. Readers can also ignore any post offensive to them or alert the moderator or SOMD.COM to those posts.
Moderators employed by SOMD.COM also visit the room and, may from time to time, see posts that do not comply with forum rules before we see the posts. Those moderators remove those posts in the best interests of their business and their customers.
The U.S. Coast Guard disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any comments posted on this page. This forum may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy.
Privacy Policy
The U.S. Coast Guard will not collect or retain Personally Identifiable Information unless you voluntarily provide it to us. To view the U.S. Coast Guard’s Privacy Policy, please visit: USCG: Privacy Policy (http://www.uscg.mil/global/disclaim.asp)
No Law Enforcement
The Coast Guard Auxiliary does not engage in law enforcement of any type. Questions related specifically to enforcement techniques, maritime security missions, or environmental enforcement are herein after referred to the Coast Guard, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police, or your local police agency.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary may advise and suggest to boaters the proper operation of vessels and the use of and requirements related to safety equipment, but we may not pursue or detain anyone. Auxiliary members witnessing behavior of concern call the Coast Guard or Natural Resources Police and ask those agencies to respond.
Joining Us
Have you considered joining the Coast Guard Auxiliary? Visit the Auxiliary website (http://www.cgaux.org) and look for the Join Us link to learn more.
We would like to thank SOMD.COM for providing us with a unique on-line location to promote and discuss boating safety in Southern Maryland.