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May 13, 2009 YMTA meeting minutesMay 20, 2009 Greeting YMTA supporters, The Youth Maritime Training Association’s regular monthly meeting was held at Foss Maritime Company, 660 W Ewing St, Seattle, WA. Board of Directors in attendance included Gary Stauffer, John Clary, CC Conklin, Justin Poulsen, Norm Manly, Carleen See, and Charlie See. Advisors in attendance included Jeb Parr (PSNS), Justin Borland (Foss Maritime), Diana Parker (Port of Seattle), Shannon Fitzgerald (NW Seaport), and Cody Herrington (Learning for Life). Guests included Dick Klein (Council of American Master Mariners) and Wayne Jarvis (Society of Port Engineers). With seven Executive Board members present, we had a quorum. Our next meeting is next scheduled for June 10, 2009 at Foss Maritime Company starting at 1700 (5:00 pm) and ending at 1815 (6:15 pm).
Message from the President - Fund raising – We received $800 in contributions since the April meeting. We now have contributions from 20 maritime business and people for a total of $25,200. I have verbal commitments for about another $5,000. - The Maritime Career Day was held in conjunction with SEATTLE MARITIME FESTIVAL on May 7, 2009 at the Maritime Event Center. We had about 500 students and adults attend, 28 booths and six vessels open for tours. Given that we had to postpone the event and were uncertain about the availability of the Maritime Event Center for many weeks, we were all very pleased with the attendance and support from the maritime community. Special thanks go to Cassandra Sandkam and Hart Edmonson for making the Career Day a success.
Maritime Festival Day featuring the annual Tugboat Races took place on Saturday. Norm Manly along with two others announced the tugboat demonstration, parade and races. I was interviewed about YMTA by Don O’Neal from KIRO. Thanks to CC Conklin for following through with designing and purchasing the student trophies for the Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition for the Seattle Maritime Festival. CC Conklin worked with Terrence Dai from Guido Perla & Associates, Eric Blumhagen from Jensen Maritime and Virginia at Scotts Trophies in Ballard. The winning school was Mercer Island High School. Highline High School won the Dirtiest Boat award.
- Council of American Master Mariners has scheduled our 2nd Annual CAMM/YMTA Golf Tournament for September 3rd at Mt Si Golf Course. Last year the Tournament raise $2,700 for YMTA and attracted about 40 golfers. Captain Rickard Klein is underway with plans for this year’s outing and expects more golfers this year. We will need this year about 20 volunteers from YMTA to help with the tournament. Richard asked about the availability of YMTA sponsored students helping at the tournament. For Seattle, school starts on September 9th so some BMA students could possibly help. This might be a good project for the BMA Student Club. Joe Weiss from the Puget Sound Skills Center Environmental and Marine Science Program wants to recruiting three other YMTA instructors to make up a foursome for the Tournament. He will be contacting our teachers. Justin Poulsen agreed to serve as our Volunteer Coordinator.
- Monte Crowley from Foss Maritime originally committed to serve on the Executive Board for a year. Monte and I have agreed that he can step down since he has served more than a year. This leaves an opening on our Executive Board. Please join me in thanking Monte for his role in support of YMTA. Since Foss Maritime is our home of our non-profit Foundation, we need to replace Monte with another Foss employee. Norm Manly nominated Justin Borland from Foss Maritime. No one else was nominated. Norm moved that the Executive Board vote for Justin's approval. Seconded by CC. Passed 7-0. We look forward to working with Justin on a variety of projects.
- The 2009 Maritime Festival Luncheon will be held Thursday May 14th aboard the Sapphire Princess from Princess Cruises docked at the Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal. The luncheon is put on be Greater Seattle Chamber Commerce, Port of Seattle, and the Seattle Propeller Club. Net proceeds will benefit local maritime non-profit agencies and charities. A number of awards will be presented including Puget Sound Maritime Achievement Award (Norm Manly is a past recipient) and the 2nd Annual Marine and Environmental Business of the Year. YMTA is the Propeller Club luncheon sponsor. Norm and I will attend.
- Jefferson Community School students have completed building their Skunk Island Skiffs. The skiffs are ready for finish. According to Gary Syverson, they will be epoxy next week and then paint and should be finished by the end of May. The students hope to experience rowing the boats before the end of the school year. Josh Stranahan, chair of their School Board, called to request whether our Executive Board would be willing to forgive the $1,500 loan. After much discussion concerning YMTA contributions to other new programs including the Friends of Maritime ($1,000) and The Anchor Program ($500), CC moved that we forgive $1,000 of the loan and have Jefferson Community School pay YMTA back $500 when the skiff’s sell. Carleen seconded the motion. Passed 7- 0. Gary will send an email to Josh on Thursday informing him of the Board’s decision.
- The Friends of Maritime will announce soon their new Maritime Education Initiative. It includes MEC Monday Discovery Tours and Maritime Community Events., “MEC Mondays” will begin in September and will be devoted to bringing 6,500 2nd-4th grade Puget Sound students each year to the MEC to attend curriculum-aligned Discovery Tours focused on global trade, transportation, fisheries, and maritime history. Each MEC Monday will consist of four 60-student Discovery Tours (2 morning tours and 2 afternoon tours) and bring up to 250 students through the MEC’s one-of-a-kind maritime educational exhibits. MEC Monday Discovery Tours are offered for free, with no charge to the school or student for bussing to and from the museum or for admittance. Also the Initiative will open the MEC’s doors for dozens annual maritime related community events for free to the general public, including Maritime Career Day, Sundays during cruise season (April - October), Maritime Festival, Trick-or-Treat on the Waterfront, Classic Yachts Weekend, Merrytime on the Waterfront, and more. Contributors will be offered a number of benefits depending on the amount of donation. At our June meeting, I plan to ask the Executive Board if YMTA should make a donation to support their Maritime Education Initiative once is it made publicly announced. The Board also approved giving Friends of Maritime $200 for bus transportation to Maritime Career Day (moved by CC and seconded by Charlie, passed 7-0). - YMTA and BMA sponsor the annual Puget Sound Maritime Education Award. We present the award to the recipient at the Annual BMA dinner planned for Friday June 5 at Leif Erikson Hall. We with the support of the BMA Steering Committee have selected Paul Stevens, CEO of Marine Resources Group as our 2009 recipient based on his support and encouragement of YMTA and BMA over the years but specifically for his diligence and perseverance to keeping the mission of Odyssey alive and working with the Port and Columbia Hospitality to create the Maritime Event Center. The new education initiative is very critical to the mission of YMTA in reaching out to the primary grade levels to introduce our younger students to Maritime in Puget Sound. Gary Stauffer YMTA Treasure’s Report – We have receive $25,200 in contributions since the last meeting from Glosten Associates for $700 to HAL cruise tickets for the BMA Dinner and from Peggy Noethlick for $100 to help with refreshments for our Scholarship competition. We have written 3 checks since the April meeting: Homer Smith Insurance Inc. - general liability policy CLS1486893 - $920.25; Holland American Lines - cruise purchase for donation to BMA - $700.00; and Scott's Trophy, LLC - for 2 student trophies for the Maritime Festival’s Quick and Dirty Boat Building Contest on May 9th - $147.83. Debit card transactions were: Staples printer ink - $8.75; Staples scholarship certificates and holders - $23.95; Maritime Festival Luncheon sponsorship- $250; Parking for Prop Club and MEC - $11.25. These total $293.95. We have not yet received an invoice from Columbia Hospitality for our Scholarship Competition. CC Conklin YMTA Committee reports – The following YMTA committees are your opportunity to help us reach our mission, vision and goals. YMTA Scholarship Committee – The Scholarship Competition was held on April 18 at the Maritime Event Center. Of the original nine applicants, only five presented. Scholarships were awards as follows: Beau Bullard from J. F. Kennedy Memorial High School in Burien is the recipient of our $5,000 scholarship. Beau, an Eagle Scout, will attend California Maritime Academy in Vallejo and major in Marine Engineering Technology. He plans to earn a US Coast Guard license as a Third Assistant Engineer of Unlimited Horsepower, Steam, Motor, and Gas Turbine Vessels. Lauren Grasdahl, the recipient of our $3,000 Scholarship sponsored by Foss Maritime Company, is a senior at Ballard Maritime Academy, Ballard High School in Seattle and will enter California Maritime Academy in Marine Transportation. Her goal is to pilot a Washington State ferry or coastal tugboat. Hank Todd, also a student from the Ballard Maritime Academy, Ballard High School in Seattle, is the recipient of our $1,000 scholarship sponsored by Compass Courses Maritime Training. Hank is also the winner of the $500 Fishermen’s News Scholarship sponsored by RH Philips Publishing Group. He is planning to attend the Workboat Academy at Pacific Maritime Institute in the spring of 2010. Kwesi Phillips from Mead Senior High School in Spokane is the recipient of our second $1,000 scholarship. Kwesi is very interested in pursuing a career in science particularly marine science. He will spend a semester at the Class Afloat Program aboard the Tall Ship Fryderyk Chopin where he will take college level courses in marine science. Brandon D’Andrea from the Environmental and Marine Science Program at the Puget Sound Skills Center in Burien is the recipient of our $500 scholarship sponsored in part by John and Anita Crawford (retired from Foss). Brandon plans to pursue a career in marine sciences attending Highline Community College, Diving Institute of Technology, and University of Hawaii. We thank our four judges, John Clary (NOAA), Romen Cross (Foss Maritime), Lurilla Lee (Trident Seafoods) and Lyn McClelland (Coast Guard Auxiliary) and our scholarship sponsors, Philips Publishing Group, Foss Maritime, Compass Courses Maritime Training, and John and Anita Crawford. Also we greatly appreciated all the work of Cassandra Sandkam, the Education & Maritime Manager for the Maritime Event Center, and all the volunteers from YMTA and the support from John and Peggy Noethlick. John Clary suggest the following changes for 2010 scholarship process: This year's scholarship judging panel was the best yet. In addition to scoring applicants based on presentations, the judges got into some deep and involved discussions during their deliberations and used the entire application package in making final decisions for award levels. They offer the following for consideration: 1) Continue to provide the judges with the complete application packages in advance of the competition. Having this information, and adequate time to review it, was invaluable this year. 2) Do not advertise specific amounts of scholarships ahead of time. This would allow more flexibility in award levels if too close to call. Judges suggest that only the total amount of scholarship money to be awarded should be advertised. 3) Change competition format to allow judges time to interview each applicant in private. Scholarship Committee: Terry Rustan, Charlie See, Justin Poulsen, Gary Stauffer, Norm Manly, CC Conklin and Scholarship Chair - Carleen See
Carleen M. See YMTA Community Partner Program Involvement Committee – Gary had the opportunity to meet with Andy Gale from the Northwest Maritime Center to discuss setting up a formal partnership. Both believe an agreement would benefit all. YMTA also needs to consider updating and renew all of our standing partnerships. Gary Stauffer Grant Writing Committee – Our proposal to SOCP to redesign our website into a maritime career pathway site for students, teachers, counselors and parents will be considered at the upcoming SOCP meeting in Panama scheduled for first week of April. We have no idea how that will go. Marketing Plan Committee – No report. Educational Partner Committee – Norm will be speaking
at the Manson High School graduation on June 6th. Part of his speech will
include "Uncle Norm's Top Ten list for making your life better. He would be
very interested what would be on your Top Ten list. Here's a couple of
examples......believe in yourself...be willing to take risks.
Norm
looks forward to getting input from you all. YMTA Website Committee - No report. Waiting for funding from SOCP grant. Norm Manly Maritime Career Path Committee – I am very pleased to report that the completed brochure packets, including the YMTA DVD, were mailed to nearly 260 high schools and alternative programs Career Centers in (predominately) Western Washington on April 21st. Following that mailing, there were an additional 30 full packages still remaining in inventory. A few of those were distributed at the Maritime Career Day and the Oak Harbor High School Career Fair. We still hold more than 1,000 of the basic YMTA four-sided brochures, plus about 700 of the plastic folders for use as "fixins" for any future distributions. Ken Passé Community Partners Port of Seattle - No report. Diana Parker Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Foundation – Public “pre-view” tours of the nearly completed Northwest Maritime Center buildings will be available during the Bridge Closure Sunday, May 31 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM and continue Wednesdays through June from noon to 12:30 PM. Hard hats are required for the 30 minute tour, so to help us plan ahead, we are asking people to call (360-385-3628 x108) or email (ask@woodenboat.org) and let us know how many are in your party. Sunday tours will start at 11 and end at 4. Everyone is welcome." Also, Gary Syverson reports that the Community boat "Voyager Program " is nearly complete I have asked if we can get a costing and whether the NW School of Boat Building would be interested in cutting kits.
Andrew Gale, Programs Manager Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society – No report
Chuck Fowler Pacific Maritime Institute – No report. Pacific Science Center - No report. The Center for Wooden Boats – No report.
Courtney
Bartlett Northwest Seaport - On Friday, February 27, The Ballard Maritime Academy in coordination with Northwest Seaport, the Virginia V Foundation, Puget Sound Fireboat Foundation, and Center for Wooden Boats had their Engineer for the Day Program at the Historic Ship Wharf, Lake Union Park. The class was organized by Old Tacoma Marine and included instruction in steam, direct-reversing diesel, and diesel-electric propulsion systems. The students had a great time. High Schools interested in the program should contact Northwest Seaport to get information on cost and scheduling. While the class was in session Northwest Seaport and YMTA provided a tour to John Hastings of The Anchor Program and Nancy Gratton of the Seattle Police Department to determine whether the assets at Lake Union Park might support a similar program in Seattle. John was very pleased and felt that the ships and other facilities that might be available were exactly what were needed. John, Nancy, and Shannon Fitzgerald are working on a project plan and proposal. The proposal will address the roles and possible areas for support by other community partners. The historic lumber and cod-fishing schooner Wawona took its final voyage on Wednesday, March 4 from its longtime berth at Lake Union Park to Lake Union Drydock where it will be dismantled and deconstructed. Preservation of some parts will occur for inclusion in MOHAI when they move into the Naval Armory and for other potential purposes. The Wawona was the highliner of the sail-powered Bering Sea cod fleet. Its crew, working out of dories, caught more cod over the life of the ship than any other Pacific Schooner. Its last working cruise was in the early 50’s. NWS has expended a great deal of effort over the last year to fully document the ship and its construction methods well beyond requirements of the National Park Service Historic Architectural and Engineering Maritime Program.
Maritime Heritage Task Force – No report. Heritage Cultural Education Grant – No report. Learning For Life – I am in need of some speakers, and I know you two will be able to help me out!!! I am looking for one speaker at Whitman Middle & Nelson Middle and as many as 4 for Dimmit Middle School. Thanks so much!!! Please have the speakers contact me directly and I’ll get them all set up! - Whitman Middle School - Friday May 15 - 8:00 – 10:45. Three Sessions of 8th Graders - Dimmit Middle School,Renton - Thursday,May 21 - 8am–11. Four sessions - Nelson Middle School - Renton. Friday May 29 Sessions begin 9:25, 11:15 and 12:45. You can have 2 different people if needed (one morning, one afternoon). Cody also noted that she has another request for a guest speaker for 8th graders at Olympic Middle School, Wednesday June 3, 8:30 to 10:30. Food will be provided.
Seattle Maritime Academy – No report.
California Maritime Academy - Cal Maritime held their Commissioning Ceremony (Navy and Coast Guard), Awards Presentation and Graduation Exercises on Saturday, May 2nd. 157 seniors received their bachelor's degrees during the event. On the following morning, the school's training ship Golden Bear departed on the first of two back-to-back training cruises for the summer. Following departure from the Vallejo campus, the ship will call at Catalina Island, then Panama, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico (depending upon swine flu considerations), and then to Long Beach to begin the second, duplicate port rotation. Once again this year, Texas Maritime Academy cadets will be aboard Cal Maritime's ship during that second cruise. The Training Ship will return to campus in late August.
Virginia V Foundation – Toby Wilkins, President Virgina V Foundation reports he was aboard the V-5 both Thursday (Career Day) and Friday (very slow day). We had 220 folks come through the ship on Thursday, probably about 2/3 were students. Many were quite curious about the Steamer, its history, etc. So, that was a good time; thanks for telling me about Maritime Career Day. The Virginia V looked pretty impressive moored as it was parallel to the street—next time we have to figure out how to take advantage of being there.
Sound Experience - No report.
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority (GHHSA) – No report.
Spectrum Subsea International – Ron Raymond prepared a report on the current state of jobs in the 2009 subsea exploration, survey and construction projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. A copy is attached at the end of these minutes. Todd
Christensen Northwest Marine Trades Association – No report. Miles Williams Seattle Public Schools Career and Technical Education Program – No report. Gary Stauffer Puget Sound Naval Shipyard – PSNS&IMF has the following updates prepared by Corinne Beach, Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department. 1. Hats off to those that organized the Maritime Career Day! We had a great time and seemed like a good turnout. We met many students that were interested in what we do, and astounded by how long a CVN air craft carrier is (approx 1,000 ft or 3 football fields), which was our question for the fair. Interesting to note that some of the students that are from/live in Seattle didn't know where Bremerton was. Also, it is interesting to note that students came from quite a distance in some cases (Pt. Townsend and Aberdeen) to attend the fair. 2. We are happy to have 7 days left of ROV in-class project work at Bremerton High School before our first pool date début. The first pool date is May 20! The students are so engaged and excited about their projects. We anticipate balancing and making them neutrally buoyant this week in a small trough in the classroom. We've been privy to see many "light bulbs" go on the past several weeks, which has made it a memorable experience for both volunteers and students alike. 3. PSNS&IMF is going to interview Beau Bullard (recent YMTA $5K Scholarship Competition recipient) for possible consideration for the YMTA-PSNS Engineering Co-Op Scholarship. He seems like a great candidate that knows what he wants in a career. More to follow. 4. PSNS&IMF will be attending the National Association of Asian American Professional (NAAAP)-Seattle chapter diversity career expo on May 13 at Union Station. Looks to be another good local career fair. Jeb Parr Corinne Beach Educational Partners Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center – No report. Jefferson Community School – Gary reported that the students on the first three weeks of construction of their two Skunk Is Skiffs and forward a number of pictures. The first week was predominantly set up, getting the. kit organized, setting the center brace and stem, and attaching the "topsides" side panels. The second week was spent adding additional frames and attaching the stern. The third week was spent finishing internal frames and placing the chine logs. The students are now ready to attach the bottom. March 9-13 there will be no boat work as the school group is attending a special Centrum Arts program. The students will be back in the boatshop next week. Gary also reported that PI and ICE Community Boat- Voyager Program work is moving along on schedule, framing nearly complete, oars and sails under construction and almost ready to fiberglass. He sent pictures of both boat-building projects. Gary Severson - YMTA Liaison with Port Townsend youth programs (how’s that for a new title for Gary) Harbor High School – You should have received a thank you from the Aberdeen School District Board for your generous donation to our program. So now I will just echo that again. Thank you for your support. We have almost all of the grant money needed for our Sound of Science Program now. This year we will be running during summer weather. I am tired of trying to deal with our spring monsoons though I can't say we have had a bad program yet. Summer is also the better time to coordinate with the tallships. This year we are hoping to combine longboats and a tall ship for maximum seamanship exposure. In the shop, students have accomplished repairs on the longboat. Some introductory small wood projects and presently working on finishing a room with windows, trim and cabinets. We just completed the signing of the contract to build a 12-foot jolly boat for a museum display in Tillamook OR. Students will have the opportunity to work after school as well as during regular class time to help finish it up.
Seattle Sea Scouts – Thanks for all of your support this past year. We are very appreciative of the assistance that you have granted us in the past and we hope to continue the relationship into the future. Encouraging youth to participate in the training offered in the maritime industry is increasingly difficult and can be a financial burden to some. Your help is important to our continuing success. Our letter requesting funds for 2009 is appended at the end of the minutes. Al Bruce, Skipper Anacortes High School – No report.
Henry Foss High School – If traffic cooperates, John Page will discuss the Tacoma Youth Marine Center and the need for developing funding sources to support a start-up pre-apprenticeship program on a relatively small scale. Wayne reports that the Foss High School Marine Technology 2 program is into our second semester and has 49 students in it. We have been working on 12volt electrical systems and now we have moved onto propulsion systems (transmissions and stern drives). We are still in the need for engines, outdrives, etc. Wayne also needs old outboard engines for students to take apart and rebuild. The engines do not need to be in working order. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. We are still in the need for used outboards, GPS, radar, trim tab system, etc. Any help with these items would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support. Wayne
Miller Ballard Maritime Academy - BMA Juniors are in the midst of doing their job shadows. After the February YMTA meeting, I decided to have our Junior class build a Skunk Is. Skiff also based on the plans we saw from Port Townsend. Many of the BMA Student in our marine science class are preparing to leave for their Amazon field trip organized by Ms Megan Vogel, the BMA marine science teacher. The marine science students are in the initial phase of preparing for the Citizen Science Symposium scheduled for June 8 at NOAA. Ms. Vogel is also meeting with UW School of Oceanography faculty about developing a pilot one-year oceanography class as part of the UW in High Schools program. The Steering Committee and the Academy teachers are working on a second effort to recruit more freshmen for next year’s sophomore class.
Hoquiam High School – We are still making progress on our ROV. We should be able to test it in the river next Tuesday. The students have been working hard on it, turning bilge pump motors into drive motors, making and wiring the control box and 60' long tether and doing the bench testing on the units. We are also looking forward to launching one of the longboats next week so we can get back out on the water for our weekly training.
Puget Sound Skills Center – The Marine Technology Lab has been under wraps for the past month, as structural repairs have progressed. The corners of the building have been jacked up as two beams have been removed & replaced. Exterior stairs, decking and railing have also been replaced. In another week we hope to see the last nail in place and the tarps removed from our windows - just in time for spring. The last month has also been a time for repair of our underwater camera and CTD. UW Applied Physics Lab oceanographer Tim McGinnis and PSSC instructor Joe Weiss disconnected the units from the data and power cables and brought the package to the surface where student volunteers were waiting in the 14-foot skiff. The unit is currently being fitted with a new CTD and camera. Eight students have signed up to take the Advanced Placement Environmental Science Exam in May. This will be the first group to take the exam since the new curriculum was introduced.
Ocean Research College Academy – We went on our 6th SOPS cruise of the year today, with some additional guests. From the student presentation at Puget Sound Georgia Basin, we networked and met new people and are taking them out on the cruise with us. Along on our SOPS trip today are two researchers from Cascadia Research Collective in Olympia, hoping to photo identify gray whales in Possession Sound. Apparently, there are about 12 returning "residents" who use the area in the spring. Also, an environmental journalism student from the University of Washington will be video taping the cruise and interviewing the students. Hopefully the weather cooperated; let me know if any one is interested in going on our three remaining cruises spring quarter. Ardi Kveven, Director Close of meeting - Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to attend the YMTA meeting. Be sure to visit the YMTA website http://www.ymta.net/ and sign in as a volunteer. The next scheduled YMTA meeting is set for Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Foss Maritime Co, 660 W Ewing St, Seattle, WA 98119 starting at 1700 (5:00 pm) and ending at 1815 (6:15 pm).
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