FW: Volunteer Connection, February 3, 2011
From: Patti Montgomery [mailto:info@michiganmaritimemuseum.org]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:50 PM
To: volunteer@michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Subject: Volunteer Connection, February 3, 2011
Volunteer Connection
February 3, 2011
Hello to All……..Whoa It’s Cold Outside!!
They are calling it the blizzard of 2011! The day started out pretty rough here at the good old Michigan Maritime Museum, but the sun in now shining very brightly and everything is covered with a fresh blanket of white snow. Other than the fact I can’t get the doors open because of the snow drift, it’s really remarkably a beautiful day! Perhaps we called off today’s work session a little too early. I think Eric and the gang deserve a break anyway. Eric will be in the Padnos Thursday and Friday if anyone wants to stop by and help!
Patti Montgomery
Business Director
Great Turn Out For First Ships Company Meeting 2011
Thank you to all of our loyal Ship’s Company Crew for attending our first meeting of the season! As promised Al has provided us with the information you were asked to be looking for in this Connection. More to come on the Drug Testing.
Basic Navigation Class
Ship’s company members wishing to study basic Navigation will be able to participate in a “correspondence” course utilizing e-mail. The class sessions will cover the introduction to charts, reading charts, working out course and speed, and plotting lines of position. There is no cost for the course, but the students will have to supply their own plotting tools, and two training charts. The training charts will be bulk ordered for your account once the class size is finalized. There will be 9 or 10 lessons, with a new lesson every two weeks. There is home work.
To sign up for the class please indicate your interest to Sailing Master Al Kempf, Jr. at alkempf1901@aol.com , prior to February 11th. The first lesson will be distributed the weekend of February 12 / 13.
Friends……. Goodwill
No, that is not the name of our beloved ship, but notification that we will be opening our own version of a Goodwill store. Not really a store, as we will not be selling anything, but asking anyone who no longer wishes to actively participate in the Sailing program to donate their old uniforms, (or ones you might have grown out of ) to help form a newbie loaner program so that persons new to our program will be able to participate in uniform prior to their obtaining their own uniform. This will be loaner clothing that will be expected to be returned and reused. Any donations to the wardrobe may be left on the Bos’n’s bench in a clean wrapper.
Help Create Our New Exhibit…..Cruisin Down the River
Been rummaging in the attic or basement this winter, clearing out those old boxes of who knows what? If so, did you happen to find photographs of the Black River here in South Haven in more modern times? In preparing for our new exhibit on the Black River and its history, we've discovered that while we have many older images, thanks to the Appleyard and McCrimmon collections, we don't have that many recent photos. The Harbor has changed much in recent years during its transition from a commercial port to a largely recreational port. Its images of this transition we're looking for. If you have any of your visiting or living here, times spent on your boat or just observing the harbor. We'd be interested. Anything from the harbor entrance upriver is of interest, perhaps especially upriver which is much less photographed than the harbor area. The images would be scanned and reproduced so as not to damage them and they would remain your property. All we need is your permission to use them in the exhibit. Of course, if you'd like to donate them to the museum archives to help keep our pictorial history complete and up to date, we'd welcome them. Please contact the museum office or member Rich Edwards, chairman of the Exhibits Committee, via the museum.
Pete Mathews
Night for the Museums This Week!
Gather for an evening of great food, drink, and conversation while supporting your local Museums. These first Thursday’s of the month seem to be growing in popularity!
Join your friends at the Vineyard on Thursday, February 3, 2011 from 5-8. Remember that YOUR participation helps support OUR Museum!
Docents Make a Difference & Share with Others
DOCENT: a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
Spring is coming! Looking at my thermometer and out my window as I write this it's difficult to believe. But it will happen. And, when it does, all the planning and preparation going on at the museum now will bear fruit in the form of new an exhibit in the Akers Gallery, The added emphasis on our own Black River History in conjunction with H.A.S.H. and other groups, highlighted by the new river launch and it's programs. There will be renewed school trips and programs developed by our newly formed education committee.
We have a loyal and steadfast, albeit small, cadre of docents to assist in leading these school trips, and helping our guests to interpret all we have to offer at MMM. We would like to expand this very important volunteer opportunity. Simply put, we need more docents. Candidates for docent will receive training in interpreting those aspects of the museum they are interested in. It needn't be all our exhibits, but the ones you feel most comfortable with and/or have the most interest in. Hours would be at your convenience, as many or as few as you'd like to spend. For more information please contact Patti at info@michiganmaritimemuseum.org, or give her a call at the museum.
Pete Mathews
Board Meeting Changed to This Friday
The February Board Meeting scheduled for the 18th has been moved up to this Friday, February 4, 2011 @ 3:00PM in the Akers Gallery. All members are welcome to attend.
Other activities of interest are as follows:
Education Committee Meeting
Friday, February 4, 2011
11:30 @ the Museum
New Exhibit Committee Meeting
Friday, February 4, 2011
1:00 @ the Akers Gallery
Icebreaker Weekend, February 4th & 5th
The Museum will be open Friday & Saturday starting at 10:00AM
The Museum will host the showing of The March of the Penguins, Friday @ 7:00PM and Icebreaker Mackinaw Saturday between 10:00 & 2:00.
Friends Good Will Committee Meeting
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
5:00 @ the Padnos Boat Shed
Where Did She Go?
There will be no Volunteer Connection until the first of March. As much as I will miss letting you know what the latest happenings are here in South Haven, I will be leaving for vacation on February 11th and will return to work the morning of February 28th. David will hold down the fort and our committees will continue to move forward with their projects at hand. A little rest and relaxation will get me ready for the very busy spring and summer that will soon be upon us. Yes, it will be somewhere warm…….god willing!
Until the next time…………..
Patti Montgomery
Business Director
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