DISTRICT 7 COMMANDER’S CHALLENGE AWARD AND PROGRAM
Congratulations to: Kanawha Power Squadron, Mid-Ohio Valley Power Squadron, and Stark County Power Squadron. Winners of the Challenge for 2007!
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Contact: P/D/C Brian Logan, SN: Email
PURPOSE
The purpose of the District 7 Commander’s Challenge Award is to implement a program, which addresses the needs of the Squadrons and District 7, as they relate to increasing total membership, educational completions and member involvement. The award will recognize those Squadrons based on goal attainment, as outlined with the program rules. This recognition is patterned after the National USPS Bowsprit Program.
PROGRAM GOALS
Each Squadron program goal is based on the actual performance results for the preceding twelve months, ending 31 December. The objectives of the program are to (A) Provide a measurable and acceptable standard of performance and (B) Provide meaningful and tangible recognition.
GOAL #1 Total Active Membership (See Note A)
Equal To Previous Year 100% earns FIVE POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 101% earns SIX POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 102% earns EIGHT POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 103% earns TEN POINTS
GOAL # 2 Total Boating and BoatSmart registrations (See Note B)
Equal To Previous Year 100% earns FIVE POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 105% earns SIX POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 110% earns EIGHT POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 120% earns TEN POINTS
A Bonus of FIVE POINTS will be awarded if the total registrations equal or exceed the Squadron’s membership, i.e. one student per each member.
GOAL #3 Educational Program Graduates Exceeding Prior Year (See Note C)
TWO POINTS will be awarded for EACH Advanced Grade course, when the completions for the current year exceed the completions for the prior year, up to TEN POINTS.
ONE POINT will be awarded for EACH Elective course, when the completions for the current year exceed the completions for the prior year, up to SIX POINTS.
Each course is considered separately (ie, if you had 0 JN last year, and 2 JN this year, you get two points, even if the total number of advanced grades – S, P, AP, JN, N – is less than last year)
GOAL #4 Total Active Membership Retention (See Note D)
Greater Than or Equal To 85% earns FIVE POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 90% earns SIX POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 95% earns EIGHT POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 100% earns TEN POINTS
GOAL #5 Total Vessel Safety Checks [VSC] (See Note E)
Greater Than or Equal To 100% earns TWO POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 105% earns FOUR POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 110% earns SIX POINTS
GOAL #6 Total Cooperative Charting credits (See Note F)
Greater Than or Equal To 100% earns TWO POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 105% earns FOUR POINTS
Greater Than or Equal To 110% earns SIX POINTS
A Bonus of THREE POINTS will be awarded if the squadron(s) earns Honor Roll status from National Ocean Service, NOAA.
PROGRAM RULES
1. The purpose of these rules is to measure each category, to the extent possible, in the way that Districts are measured for the Bowsprit. Membership numbers and VSC’s are taken from the published Headquarters reports, generally updated monthly. Educational statistics are provided by requesting reports from USPS Headquarters. Co-op Charting statistics are taken from the USPS / NOAA web site.
2. The program inclusive annual dates are 1 Jan through 31 December, except as noted.
3. All percentage calculations are rounded to the nearest whole percent, i.e. 93.4%=93%, 93.5%=94%.
4. The Commander’s Challenge Award goes to the Squadron with the greatest amount of points.
In case of a tie, the “best squadron” (of those tied) is identified by the following process:
a. In each of the six categories, the tied squadrons are rated according to their relative position among all squadrons in each of the six criteria. Relative position would be 1-13 for the 13 squadrons currently in D-7. In this case, percentages are not rounded, (i.e., 93.41% is better than 93.38%).
b. The squadron with the “best” position gets a “count” equal to 1; second best gets a “count” equal to 2, and so on, to a count of 13 for lowest place. In a case where several squadrons have an equal score in that criteria (say 4th, 5th, and 6th), those three squadrons would each get a count of 4, with the 7th place squadron getting a count of 7.
For each category, it is possible that a “tied” squadron could have as good a finish as first (count equals 1) or as poor a finish as 13 (count equals 13). The best “count” in each category is “1”. The worst count in “13”.
c. This “count” is summed for all six categories for the “tied” squadrons. Overall winner is the squadron with the “lowest” total count.
d. If the “tied” squadrons have equal “counts” after this process, both squadrons share the award.
PROGRAM NOTES
Squadron officers can consult USPS Headquarters reports for specific data. For reference, these sources are summarized at the end of this document.
Each district and all USPS Officers will be provided timely computer generated reports that reflect USPS Headquarters statistics for Total Active Membership, Total Boating Course registrations, Total Educational Program graduates and Vessel Safety Checks. Credits for Cooperative Charting will be compiled from statistics provided by National Ocean Service, NOAA. These totals by district, become the basis upon which performance during the program period will be measured in relation to the next twelve month period, as specified in Notes A through F.
Note A. Total Active Membership is defined to include Active and Additional Active members.
The actual Total Active membership of the district(s) as of 31 December will be measured against the preceding twelve month period on USPS Headquarters records.
Note B. The actual Total Boating/BoatSmart and ABC course registrations of the district(s) as of31 December will be measured against the preceding twelve month period on USPS Headquarters records.
Note C. The actual Total Educational program graduates of the district(s) as of 31 December will be measured against the preceding twelve month period based on USPS Headquarters records.
Note D. As of 2006-7, the number of non-renewals is calculated in the same manner as for the USPS National Bowsprit Award. the number of non-renewals is equal to the Total Active Membership as of 30 June LESS the Total Active Membership as of 1 August, based on USPS Headquarters records. The percent of retention is calculated by dividing the net result by the Total Active Members as of 30 June.
It is recognized that with Anniversary Billing, this is not precisely correct. As National revises the calculation for retention and non-renewals, these guidelines should be updated in line with National.
Note E. The actual Total Vessel Safety Checks provided and submitted by the districts(s)as of 31 December will be measured against the preceding twelve month period based on USPS Headquarters records.
Note F. The actual Total Cooperative Charting Credits earned by the district(s) from its
Cooperative Charting submittals, as of 31 December will be measured against the preceding twelve month period based on National Ocean Service, NOAA Year End records.
As a practical point, NOAA tracks Co-op Charting credits from April 1 to March 31. Unless a squadron can show that their Cooperative Charting activity from Jan - Dec is different than from Apr – March, we will use the NOAA numbers
Sources of data
USPS National Records are the primary source of this data. Specifically:
Membership numbers are listed by month and year at:
http://www.usps.org/x/x.pl/x/x.cgi?/cgi-bin-nat/hq/list.cgi
VSC Reports are listed at: This includes an annual summary, and a year-to-date, posted by district, squadron, and member.
http://www.usps.org/national/vsc/vsc_reports.html
Coop Charting annual summary is listed under “Squadron Summary Reports”
http://www.usps.org/national/coch/CoChPage60.htm
Year-to-date summaries are published on the NOAA web site, for both nautical reports http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/usps/
And for geodetic marks
http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/Powersquadron/Rankings.asp?SID=13205F7A209721A4&CoopYear=2006
One source of Educational statistics is National staff. They can generate the reports necessary for the period in question.