What should my district be doing to get started?

Follow these steps

1. Attend the An introduction to Sea Scouts (33:40) workshop
2. Read the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
3. Appoint a District Staff Officer - Auxscout; see the DSO-AS job description
   • Notify Youth Programs Division Chief of the DSO assignment
4. Become thoroughly familiar with AuxBWiki and the Sea Scouts BSA website
5. Take the BSA YPT and Sea Scout Adult Leader Basic Training courses
6. Contact the Territory Commodore(s) to identify Sea Scout counterparts; ask for names and contact information for Council Commodores in your AOR
7. Identify local Ships in the district’s AOR using the Flotilla-Ship map
8. Reach out to your Youth Programs Branch Chief for your district
   • Atlantic East – Arnie Geller
   • Atlantic West – Patrick Hickey
   • Pacific – John-Michael Zimmerle
9. Develop a District AUXSCOUT strategic plan for 2019-20; communicate it to the district leadership as well as the Youth Program’s Branch Chief for your district
   • Sample available
10. Submit monthly reports to the District Chief of Staff, the Youth Programs Division Chief, and the Sea Scout Regional Commodore
    • Report template

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 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) workshop (51:35) workshop
• Flotilla - Division Sea Scout Ship Charter Guide
• AUXSCOUT Marketing and Media Relations Toolkit