The 5th Women of the Water (WOW) conference will be held from 27-29 October 2011 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA. For more info read ALCOAST 444/11.

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ALCOAST 446/11
COMDTNOTE 5050

SUBJ: FIFTH ANNUAL WOMEN ON THE WATER CONFERENCE

A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)

1. The Fifth Annual Women on the Water conference will be held 27-29 October 2011 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA.

2. Attendance is open to all women and men serving in an active duty or reserve status as well as Auxiliarists and civilians. CO/OINCS are encouraged to support attendance in order to further professional development of command personnel. Issuance of TAD orders, to include registration, transportation and per diem, is authorized. If funding is not available, permissive orders may be issued iaw CH 7-A-10 of Ref A.

3. Limited funding is available from COMDT (CG-12B). Requests for funding must have command approval, confirmed availability to attend prior to submission, and must be received NLT 3 October 2011. Requests must indicate whether this is your first affinity group conference attended or, if not, the date of the last conference attended and the funding source.

4. Registration information:

a. Registration link available at www.uscg.mil/diversity/
b. Registration fee for cadets is free; all other personnel will be 150.00 dollars.
c. Uniform of the day for all training sessions will be tropical blue long.

5. Coast Guard POC is LT Andrew Jantzen, 202-475-5248 (andrew.b.jantzen(at)uscg.mil).
6. Mr. Curtis B. Odom, Director of Personnel Management, sends.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.