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Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild Newsletter
Small Stuff
March 2006
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in this issue
-- PR Committee
-- From our Webmaster: Norm Meshaw
-- Volunteer Coordinator: Lenore Khan
-- News from Ed Stemmler -- External Education -- Jupiter News -- Miscellaneous -- Merchandise -- Skills,etc. -- Wish List
Welcome Aboard! Welcome warmer weather and lots of ship work to get done before sailing!! There are many events upcoming and many "behind the scenes" work being done. Don't forget to check the message board frequently........it has not been used to it's fullest extent. Log on and let us know your news,etc. |
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PR Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PR Planning for the Spring/Summer SeasonThe PR committee is actively working to promote events this spring and summer for Gazela and Jupiter. Featured events are Maritime Day on June 4th, in conjunction with USCG?s Safe Boating Day, and Gazela?s probable appearance at the Volvo Ocean Race in Annapolis in early May. We continue to support any and all activities on the boats and are looking for help to contact the media, create new stories, compile a new recruitment video and general event management. Our team grows with each monthly meeting. We look forward to seeing new volunteers at our March 7th meeting at 6:30 in the Conference Room of the Penn?s Landing Operations and Visitors Center. Call for more info at (215) 238- 0280 or email me at donnavito@yahoo.com
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From our Webmaster: Norm Meshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Help Wanted ? Assistant
WebMaster\Mistress ? Experience required
HTML, FTP and be familiar with web editors, a couple
of hours a month NO pay! Reply to
WebMaster@Gazela.org or contact Norm at the
office
if you are interested.Help wanted ? Sea Scout Skipper No experience necessary, every other Wednesday Afternoon, 3:30 ? 5:30 PM. Must like kids! Maritime Day Mark your Calendars Sunday June 4th 2006 will be the first annual Maritime day in Philly sponsored by none other than PSPG. Come for the Boat Parade, the Blessing of the fleet, Open Ships, Music and Dancing. Better yet plan on being part of the action by volunteering. Contact Norm at nmeshaw@comcast.net or visit the Guild Web Message board.
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Volunteer Coordinator: Lenore Khan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It has been wonderful to look around on Saturday
mornings and see so many enthusiastic faces We
have been averaging 30 students at each class, with
a few returning crew sharpening their skills and
mostly new faces. I think it may be helpful to review
how we select a crew for each voyage
so you can each think about your sailing dreams and
how to achieve them. The intensive training on April 1 and 2 is a great way for more experienced crew to refresh their knowledge and also meet new crew. The out of towners will be staying aboard, and we plan a pot luck dinner and shanty sing Saturday night which should be a great way to start the Spring sailing season. Hope to see you there!
SAILING CRITERIA:
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News from Ed Stemmler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're two months into the new year and already
changes are apparent. The
salon is looking sharper with varnished highlights and
restored storage in
the cabins. Teams of people are addressing areas
like the bilge, the deck
seams and the forecastle. Past crew members have
returned to the ship,
bringing much needed leadership, strength and
wisdom.The volunteers are benefiting from a revised training curriculum, under Nick Horvath's guidance. The weekly classes have drawn an average of 30 crew, with new members joining each week. Drills and training sails are planned for April, uniting the book knowledge with practical hands-on skill. All of this energy will be brought to a head for a special event: the Volvo Ocean Race. The Race is a round-the-world voyage of racing yachts. We've been encouraged to participate in April, when the fleet arrives in Baltimore. Gazela will be one of a select few traditionally rigged ships on display in the Inner Harbor. The Pride of Baltimore is striving to complete their repairs in France, just to return for this show. This tremendous public relations coup will bring our crew and ship into focus, bridging the gap between our history and high tech ocean racing. The Guild needs your commitment to make this event a success. The event occurs a full month earlier than our usual summer tour. The ship and crew both need polishing, enabling us to look good in the eyes of the public. Nick is committed to delivering the Saturday training classes, leaving April as drill time. The board is negotiating sponsorships to ensure that sufficient resources are available to address important maintenance needs. It is our fervent hope that all of these efforts will yield a successful trip to Baltimore. Please join our crew and make this trip a reality. ------
Annual Giving
Thanks in part to our
new accounting software, we
are now able to set up
recurring transactions with credit cards. For those
of
you who wish to
contribute on a monthly basis to the organization,
please contact the
office with a letter stating the amount you wish to
donate per month,
account information and your signature. Your
contributions are most welcome!
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External Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Girard classes with our 16 cadets have had
several interested crew members observing and
helping with instruction. The class meets once a
week for 1 hour at the Girard School and once a
month comes to the ship for a hands-on experience.
Danie Martin, Marcus Brandt, Dave Pierce, Chris
Simmons, Doug Buchanan, and Jean Morrison have
joined the effort. Anyone else interested in helping
to learn the curriculum,etc. please contact the office
or Lynn.
If the ship goes to Baltimore for the Volvo Race we will reschedule the Girard Cadet overnight for Thurs.- Fri., May 11-12. We will need approx. 6-8 crew for that event.
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Jupiter News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The second Jupiter Steering Committee. will be
held:Sat. March 4, 2006 Time:1200 hours Chair: Jesse Lebovics Events:Jesse Engineering:Jesse,John Gerry Historian:Ralph Onesti Captain & Crew Coordinator:Ralph PR: Donna Vito,Robert Conroy Galley and Ship's Store: Gretchen Raichle Rec. Sec.: Ralph Ex-Officio: Ed Stemmler All members are invited to the meeting. If a member has a concern, please send that concern in the form of email to the chairperson before Sat.March 4.
I am in the process of compiling a Crew Training
Manual for the Crew of Jupiter.
It will consist of normal procedures of boat crew, to
include, but not limited to: Line handling, docking,
Man Over Board, Fire Fighting, Guest handling, and all
things crew, etc.
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Miscellaneous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Did you know there is a good "Ship's Library"
in
the "Education Cabin"? If you have a book on sailing.
seamanship skills,etc. please let us know so we can
add it to the ship board library. There is a sign-out
list for person's borrowing books. Please be
honorable and return them for others.NEW BULLETIN BOARD: There is a new cork board outside the head area on Gazela for news, notes,etc. Leave a suggestion,write a note to a crewmember, or get questions answered by tacking it up on the board. We are trying to eliminate the congestion of notes on the galley companionway. It has also been requested that no one put tape on the painted areas....the sticky residue is not good.
Chantey Sing:
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Merchandise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the new bulletin board are sign-ups for ordering a
crew shirt. We need to place an order soon for the
crew attending the Volvo Race. If you want a new
shirt, place a request in the crew shirt folder.Reminder ALL CREW MUST WEAR "OFFICIAL" UNIFORM WHEN DOING OPEN SHIPS AND RECEPTIONS. This will make our image more professional to the public and also raise their awareness of the ship and guild. We are looking for merchandise to have on board during open ships to sell to the public. Rigel Crockett has given us permission to sell his book again,we have posters,t-shirts, but would like donations of great looking merchandise such as mugs with Gazela (and Jupiter),tiles,children's nautical items, framed photos,etc. Contact the office if you would like to donate to this. With a limited budget to purchase items, donations of items are requested first!
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Skills,etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you to everyone who has been completing
the "SKILLS SURVEY" located in the
volunteer sign-in
book in the Gazela galley.
PROJECT HEADS: If you need crew
for your job
please contact either Lynn or the office for a calling
list or email list of crew who have the skills you need.
COMMITTEE HEADS:
We have a wide variety of skills available to you.
Let's use them!! By calling or emailing members who
have skills listed we will make better use of all crew
and generate volunteer hours outside of on-board
ship's work.TO ALL: This database use will make all involved make better use of their skills.........please use it!!
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Wish List ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wish List
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
office@gazela.org
phone:
215-238-0280
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