Ridiculous Amount of CAP Resources...What do you need?

[JC004]

Basically ALL of the posts, e-mails, and messages say Emergency Services stuff.  Is that where we are?

Is anyone looking for Cadet Programs, Aerospace Education, or mission support (like Public Affairs, Logistics, etc.)?

[Spaceman3750]

Basically ALL of the posts, e-mails, and messages say Emergency Services stuff.  Is that where we are?

Is anyone looking for Cadet Programs, Aerospace Education, or mission support (like Public Affairs, Logistics, etc.)?

I would take all of those to give to my fellow seniors only if they were IAW regs... There's enough rumor and conjecture running around as it is.

[Eclipse]

Standardized Ground Team and Aircrew Status boards, or better still a standard set for the whole base staff.

Both electronic and manual.

I am happy to contribute my efforts to the work.

[JC004]

I would take all of those to give to my fellow seniors only if they were IAW regs... There's enough rumor and conjecture running around as it is.

I don't believe in rumor and conjecture.  I believe in resources that go beyond regulations in that they provide additional optional guidance (although a commander could make something mandatory practice.  We had a standardized practice for recruiting and retention efforts, in a Sq OI, including things like tracking incoming potential member inquiries, tracking visitors, setting new members up with mentors, and putting everyone through a Getting Started checklist). 

Best practices, by definition, are not mandatory and they can't possibly be the best if they send you astray.  It is everyone's responsibility, though, before implementing, to make sure that the things are up to date and in compliance with local policy.  Something could have to be adjusted to fit with a wing policy, for example.

Standardized Ground Team and Aircrew Status boards, or better still a standard set for the whole base staff.

Both electronic and manual.

I am happy to contribute my efforts to the work.

I've wanted to work on this for a long time and somewhere in here I have a lot of dashboarding stuff.  I mostly took my dashboarding proposals and ideas outside of CAP and worked on them for other non-profits.  I am developing an all-new one right now too.

I'd be interested in status board work and I'm certain others could be found who would be as well.  It'd be nice to be able to have an electronic one that would sync with things and have some functionality like having a mobile version available.  Anyone who has worked with me on things that involve management, IT, and reports knows that I like status boards/dashboards, charts, graphs, tables, bullet points, and little green/yellow/red indicators of all types to make information easy to understand, fast to find, and consolidated.

[arajca]

Any communications (not radio) or Senior Memeber leadership training/education type materials in the hoard?

[ol'fido]

There is a member in my group that has found a source for on=line status boards I believe. We were discussing it over lunch at a restaurant after a squadron SUI recently(shhh, don't tell Radioman we were there more than an hour ). I can ask him about it this Saturday at the group SUI.

[JC004]

Any communications (not radio) or Senior Memeber leadership training/education type materials in the hoard?

Communications like management communication?  Yes.  Leadership stuff I've started putting off in a corner for now, but there is plenty.

There is a member in my group that has found a source for on=line status boards I believe. We were discussing it over lunch at a restaurant after a squadron SUI recently(shhh, don't tell Radioman we were there more than an hour ). I can ask him about it this Saturday at the group SUI.

That could be interesting.  The easier to get things done, the better.  I have a lot of things to work on, including out of CAP.

[N Harmon]

That's a start but like I said it just needs some fleshing out. Plus the chapter on COMPTERS in SAR needs some edits. No, I didn't misspell computers. That's how the manual has it. Plus it talks about the need to prepare for Y2K.

http://www.nasar.org/products/106/Fundamentals-of-Search-and-Rescue

Add some material about ELT search (there is plenty already around), and I am not sure what else you really need.

[ol'fido]

Something that doesn't cost $40.

[jeders]

I would love some recruiting stuff. Not just flyers, but press release templates, templates for an open house, new member packets, etc. Also any fundraising form letters and templates would be greatly appreciated.

[JC004]

Yeah, the problem is the public affairs stuff is mostly in this binder and its associated binders.



I have to convert most of the public affairs stuff back to digital formats because I had a huge data loss a while ago.

I've started moving all the ES materials into one single place since much of that is already on different drives and can be compiled.