Mr. Michael Murray:

The Coast Guard and, more important, Coast Guard volunteers have mandated CUAG as their representatives. We feel very strongly about this. When we sought feedback from the volunteers and OICs about what was going on, we got a huge response from them in support of CUAG and its role, basically saying we were the representative group and they did not want any other group speaking for them because they have not been elected or mandated by them. I do not wish to be harsh on the other group and it is not personal but that is the feedback we have had from volunteers. It is 100% positive feedback.