What choices does my flotilla have for supporting Sea Scouts?
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Follow these steps
- Attend the AuxScout An introduction to Sea Scouts (33:40) workshop
- Read the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Appoint a Flotilla Staff Officer for the AuxScout program (FSO-AS)
- Take the BSA YPT and Sea Scout Adult Leader Basic Training course. Be sure to send your YPT completion certificate through your FC to your Director of Auxiliary (DIRAUX) office to be added to your AUXDATA record.
- Attend the AuxScout AuxScout Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) workshop (41:00) workshop
- Become thoroughly familiar with AuxBWiki and the Sea Scouts BSA website
- Identify local Ships in the flotilla’s AOR using the Flotilla-Ship map
- Decide whether your flotilla will be supporting 1 or more Sea Scout Ships, or alternatively whether it wants to start a new Ship
- Consider the options presented in the AuxScout What is AuxScout? (45:30) workshop in the Recommended engagement activities section:
- Pairing up with an existing Ship
- Start a new Sea Scout Ship
- Joint public affairs activities with Sea Scouts
- Safety at Sea events
- Providing training to Sea Scout Ships
- Joint waterway cleanup project
- Develop a Flotilla AuxScout tactical plan for 2023-24; communicate it to the division’s Sea Scout SO
- If your flotilla is supporting one or more local Ships, reach out to the Skipper and discuss what support they need
- If your flotilla is interested in starting a Ship, contact the Sea Scout Council Commodore or local Scout Council
- Chartering a Sea Scout Ship on AuxBWiki
- New Ship Organization Kit on Sea Scouts BSA website
- Submit monthly reports to the Division Staff Officer - AuxScout (SO-AS) and the Sea Scout Council Commodore
Resources
- Auxiliary – Sea Scout video 1
- CG Auxiliary Flyer about the Sea Scouts
- Sea Scouts for Coast Guard Auxiliarists
- AUXBWiki
- BSA Youth Protection Training
- Sea Scouts BSA website
- Sea Scout Manual
- Flotilla – Sea Scout Ship map
- BSA Local Council Locator
- AUXSCOUT 202 - How to organize a Sea Scout Ship (38:20)
- Flotilla - Division Sea Scout Ship Charter Guide
- AUXSCOUT Marketing and Media Relations Toolkit