INSTALLATION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS (Installing Officer) It now becomes my duty and to install the members who have been elected to serve as the National Officers and Board of Directors of the United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association, the Coast Guard Enlisted Association and the Chief Petty Officers Association Auxiliary. Mr / President, you will call the roll of officers-elect and as the names are called, the officers will stand. Will the Officers-elect please come forward? I have the honor of installing you who have been chosen by the membership to administer the affairs of the Association for the period elected. I congratulate you. Mr / Madam President-elect, please place your left hand on the Bible before you. Officers- elect to the rear, place your left hand on the shoulder of the person before you. Now all raise your right hand and answer the following question in the affirmative - you conscientiously perform “Will all the duties of your office as prescribed by the rules governing our Association?” (ANSWER: I will) Will you protect at all the interest of the Chief Petty Officer’s Association, its chapters, auxiliary units, branches, and members, to the best of your ability? (ANSWER: I will) Will you keep accurate records and true accounting of all funds, books, papers, and other property entrusted to you by your Association and submit accounting records, when required or requested, for financial audit? (ANSWER: I will) (Have each Association take their own oath) (CPOA) Please say after me, using your name as I do mine. I ( NAME ) solemnly promise ------- I will faithfully discharge the duties, ------- of the office to which I have been elected, ------- to the best of my ability, ------- in accordance with the rules, ------- governing the United States Coast Guard, ------- Chief Petty Officer’s Association. This I freely pledge, ------- as a citizen of our United States of America, ------- and on my honor as a Chief Petty Officer, -------- of the United States Coast Guard.
INSTALLATION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS (Installing Officer) It now becomes my duty and to install the members who have been elected to serve as the National Officers and Board of Directors of the United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association, the Coast Guard Enlisted Association and the Chief Petty Officers Association Auxiliary. Mr / President, you will call the roll of officers-elect and as the names are called, the officers will stand. Will the Officers-elect please come forward? I have the honor of installing you who have been chosen by the membership to administer the affairs of the Association for the period elected. I congratulate you. Mr / Madam President-elect, please place your left hand on the Bible before you. Officers- elect to the rear, place your left hand on the shoulder of the person before you. Now all raise your right hand and answer the following question in the affirmative - “Will you conscientiously perform all the duties of your office as prescribed by the rules governing our Association?” (ANSWER: I will) Will you protect at all the interest of the Chief Petty Officer’s Association, its chapters, auxiliary units, branches, and members, to the best of your ability? (ANSWER: I will) Will you keep accurate records and true accounting of all funds, books, papers, and other property entrusted to you by your Association and submit accounting records, when required or requested, for financial audit? (ANSWER: I will) (Have each Association take their own oath) (CPOA) Please say after me, using your name as I do mine. I ( NAME ) solemnly promise ------- I will faithfully discharge the duties, ------- of the office to which I have been elected, ------- to the best of my ability, ------- in accordance with the rules, ------- governing the United States Coast Guard, ------- Chief Petty Officer’s Association. This I freely pledge, ------- as a citizen of our United States of America, ------- and on my honor as a Chief Petty Officer, -------- of the United States Coast Guard.
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