dqm54

Welcome to the class of 2012. The Coast Guard Academy Parents Association has a wonderful website to help you get acquainted with the academy, helpful information to help you adjust as parents of a cadet, information for local chapters and the national organization.

The CGA parents association also provides support and information for the individual classes through an email list. You can join the email list and post questions and receive answers through experienced parents and the listmaster in charge of the list. Once you have signed up you will start receiving emails from parents all over the country. It only takes a minute to sign up and start receiving questions and answers. I suggest you set up a separate account for this as you will use it for all four years at the academy. Also this helps you keep them separate from your personal accounts. To sign up for the listmaster please go to:
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Parents Association - National Home Page

In the middle of the page is the 2012 button to click on and sign up for the listmaster. Just follow the instructions and read the intro from the listmaster.

On a side note. My cadet has just graduated from the Academy and is heading to the new assignment on Saturday. I will tell you this. It has been quite the adventure over the last four years. I have felt fortunate to have met many of the cadets in all classes along with their parents. I hope that you will become involved in your local chapters and in the CGAPA to help support all the cadets. Congratulations to the class of 2008!!

Bossf51

Let me second this motion...the lists are a great resource for parents and were a life saver especially during swab summer and the first year...I urge everyone to sign up today!

haroldg48

Thanks so much for pointing us there. As the days rush by, the anticipation, curiosity and anxiety build, and it's nice to have a sign of progress, like the Class of 2012 pages and email list coming to life!

Bossf51

There is a slightly different format this year, which has some plusses and minuses. It is more of a bulletin board format than listserv. It will be interesting to see how it works out.

Snowshooz

Hello,
Thank you so much for posting this information!
We look forward to meeting other parents and experiencing the Roller Coaster of the next 4 years together!

zfam

Thanks for the link and info. It is a great resource and will be very helpful.

On a side note, does anyone know why the CGA msgboard.chatuniversity (the forum for appointees & cadets) was scrubbed? All posts erased & msgs at zero. Curious what happened. It had some helpful info, too.

Good luck to all 2012 families, especially to the future cadets!

zachogden

Regarding chatuniversity, was I the only one having problems with it? I think other people could see my posts but I couldn't see my own and replying and making new threads never worked quite right.

Objee

Not sure why they would have scrubbed the WebBoard prior to R-Day, but I believe they're transitioning to using Facebook for 2013. Maybe it's a programming error?