Re: [Paddlewise] What about the ACA

In a message dated 9/7/00 3:42:20 PM !!!First Boot!!!, cramer_at_coe.uga.edu 
writes:

<< I am not aware that the ACA receives gov't funding, or that the ARC did,
 either. Both are private non-profits. There may be some grant money from
 time to time, but they're not gov't agencies >>

   Should I have said funds rather than funding?
   Excerpt from "Small Craft Safety Workbook" ARC.
     "The following original materials were produced under a grant FUNDED by 
the Aquatic Resources (Wallup/Breaux) Trust Fund, administered by the US 
Coast Guard."
      I understand that the ACA and ARC are not include in the fed budget as 
such. It is more like the USCG receives funding for public aquatic education. 
They in turn give funds, in the form of grants or whatever, to ACA and ARC to 
satisfy this end. The lion's share of these funds went to the ARC until some 
years back when the bulk was shifted to ACA. More use specific I would 
suppose.
      I understand that they are not gov't agencies, but, I also understand 
that they could be agents of the gov't. Before you begin thinking of me as an 
anti gov't fanatic, allow me to explain by way of example. In FL we have 
water management districts. These entities have taxing authority (hmm, I 
thought that only gov't could do that) but they are not a state agency. They 
are written up as agents of the state. This is what I would refer to as a 
pseudo gov't agency. 

    Please, feel free to add to my confusion.
    Bruce McC
     WEO
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