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Before we start please silence all cell phones!
Winter Training Session 2014
Boating is FUN... We'll show you how
District 52014
Winter Training Session
Squadron Officer’sTool Box
Boating is FUN... We'll show you how
Squadron Officer’s Tool Box
Part 1 – Review Toolslook at what is
available
Part 2 – Look at DB2000review the basicsreview some
applications
Winter Training Session 2014
Squadron Officer’s Tools
• Bylaws–United States Power Squadrons®
–District 5–Individual Squadron
• USPS Operations Manual• Squadron Job Descriptions• District 5 Bridge and Flag Officers• District Councils and Conferences• USPS Website (usps.org)• District 5 Website (uspsd5.org)
Winter Training Session 2014
Officers’ Tools (2)
• Workshops and Training Sessions• Sail Angle (sailangle.com)• Electronic Office Products (Microsoft, Open
Office)– Word processing– Spreadsheets– Data base management
• Collaboration (other district squadrons)• OD2, ED80, ED1• HQ800• Boating Course Assistant• Information Center• DB2000
Winter Training Session 2014
Winter Training Session 2014
USPS Website
http://www.usps.org
Leadership Development
• Commander’s Kit
• Job Descriptions
• Leadership Info
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SailAngle.com
• Communication tool adopted by USPS
• Groups for specific interest• Communicate and Collaborate• Share education info with other
squadrons– Course offerings– Educational material stock levels– Find material; sell material Winter Training Session 2014
Boating Course Assistantversion 7.0.9
• Resident on your PC
• Class Lists• Print routines• Electronic
reporting• DB2000 interface• Upload/Download
from HQ800
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Collaboration
• Safe Boating Week Events
• USPS Courses and Seminars
• Special events
• Founder’s Day
• Change of Watch
• Area educational events and cruises
Winter Training Session 2014
DB2000
• National central database tool
• Updates downloaded from HQ•Current version 9.6.8
• Squadron Officers’ base of opportunity
• Access Membership data•Addresses, Phone #, Ranks and Grades
• Check Certified Instructor status - IDEXP
• Determine members eligible for courses
• Merit Mark input for Department members
• Extract fields to .csv for export, emails, labels, merging
Winter Training Session 2014
Part 1; the basics• Getting started• Who• What• Where• Why• When• The process• Navigation
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Getting Started
• Who can use DB2000?• What is it?• Where do I get it?• Why use it?• When do I use it?
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Who
• Any USPS member:• National• District• Squadron
• Requires authorized access and Passwords• 4 Password Scenarios
• Master; Updater; User; Merit Marks
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What
• Relational Data Base of all USPS members
• HQ maintained• Squadron maintained• Look up data• Change data• Use data• Merit Marks
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Where
• Download from National Website• USPS.org• Site Index• Secretary; Information Technology*
Winter Training Session 2014
Where
• Download from National Website• USPS.org• Site Index• Secretary; Information Technology*• Squadron/District Rosters• DB2000 Information Page**
Winter Training Session 2014
Where
• Download from National Website• USPS.org• Site Index• Secretary; Information Technology*• Squadron/District Rosters• DB2000 Information Page**• DB2000 latest version***
Winter Training Session 2014
Where
• Download from National Website• USPS.org• Site Index• Secretary; Information Technology*• Squadron/District Rosters• DB2000 Information Page**• DB2000 latest version***• Downloads****
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Why
• Current Squadron or District membership
• Geographical data• Biographical data• Communication data• Educational data• User assigned data
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When
• Now!• Update regularly• Email roster or MQ Client Server• DB2000 resides on your computer• Data is always readily available
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the Process
• Download, install, update and place on your desktop
• Launch DB2000*
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the Process
• Download, install, update and place on your desktop
• Launch DB2000*• Setup
• Settings• Import
• Navigate
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Navigate
• Tool bar• File• Import• Export• Reports• Forms• Settings• Help
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Part 2; Applications What can we do?How do we do it?
• Look up data and information• Change data in selected fields• Tabs• Imports• Exports• Merit Marks• User defined fields
Let’s go live!and visit DB2000
• Look up data and information• Change data in selected fields• Tabs• Imports• Exports• Merit Marks• User defined fields
Winter Training Session 2014