I will start out this blog post with a special congratulations to Tim Getscher for being appointed to the US Naval Academy. From my understanding he will be headed back to Annapolis this summer to start his career in the US Navy.
Milton from Puppy Jake Foundation joining us for our meetings in Iowa. |
Tobias at Vessel Design Group has developed an information booklet that provides the background and high level view of the organization. This is a great booklet that we leave with donors, donor prospects, and ambassadors.
Inside cover of booklet prepared by Tobias at Vessel Design Group |
Chinese Tour Map Vessel Design Group |
Speaking of tour additions, the ops team is always hard at work in restoring the ship to the 1980's configuration. Have you seen 03 level? Wow! Special thank you to Donna Martino, Mary Ma, Stan Sato, and others that I am certain I have missed. I personally have noticed the dress ship painting and stenciling throughout. Thank you team for restoring the ship and thank you for taking care of the daily functions that go un-noticed, but are extremely important to the organization!
03 Level. Picture by Stan Sato |
Our events department is currently in transition with the recent departure of Jamie Perez. Jamie started her new job this week and we are proud of her for what she has accomplished in such a short period of time. Todd Caleca has agreed to take on the job of Special Events and Photo Manager. Todd and Jamie worked together over the past couple of months and I feel the events department is in good hands with Todd. In the next week, we will have a new hire to fill the role of Special Events Coordinator. This person will help facilitate scheduling, event setup,and critical functions to allow Todd to grow the revenue of Special Events. Todd is actively looking for folks to help setup and tear down events. Please volunteer to help, as this is a critical function to help return the ship to daily visitation.
Photo by Ross Tipps |
We were recently able to come up with a parking resolution that the Port of Los Angeles and PCI agreed to. Basically, crew will be able to utilize parking at no cost through this new program. We do expect there will be a few glitches and possibly a couple of days where we run out of passes. Please stay tuned as the program is due to role out in April. A special thank you to security in advance for helping facilitate this process and thank you to the entire crew for your patience.
As a side note to parking, I encourage everyone to give a special thank you to Nui in accounting. She is the only daily staff member in accounting that works to keep us on track and has diligently renewed the top 10 volunteer cards monthly. Please thank her when you have a chance!
A reminder that CAMM is coming to San Pedro in April. The LA Maritime Museum is the host organization and we encourage you to attend if you are interested. It should be a fun time!
We will be host to the USS Tennessee reunion in June, followed by the USS Iowa reunion in August, and the HNSA conference in September. We look forward to playing host to all of this great events.
In closing, I want to thank each and every one of our crew members. I especially want to thank the volunteers that have assumed a leadership role in helping move the organization forward. Each and every one of you are the foundation of the organization and the heart of Battleship IOWA today. Your names are too numerous to list, but I will strive to thank you in person when I return to the ship.
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