May 2009 - Florida Yacht Brokers Association, Inc.
May 2009 - Florida Yacht Brokers Association, Inc.
May 2009 - Florida Yacht Brokers Association, Inc.
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SPONSORS Letter from the President<br />
BRUCE SCHATTENBURG<br />
PLATINUM SPONSORS<br />
MOORE & CO.<br />
<strong>2009</strong> Annual Dinner Meeting<br />
WESTPORT<br />
<strong>2009</strong> Annual Dinner Meeting<br />
TRIDENT FUNDING CORPORATION<br />
Thursday Broker Shows<br />
FOWLER WHITE BURNETT, P.A.<br />
4th & 5th Annual Listings to Closings & the Law<br />
GOLD SPONSORS<br />
ALLEY, MAASS, ROGERS & LINDSAY, P.A<br />
BROWN & BROWN MARINE INSURANCE<br />
13th Annual <strong>Yacht</strong> Sales & the Law Seminar<br />
SILVER SPONSORS<br />
ASAP MARINE DOCUMENTATION &<br />
REGISTRATION, INC.<br />
5th Annual Listings to Closings & the Law Seminar<br />
TOTAL DOLLAR INSURANCE<br />
4th Annual Listings to Closings & the Law Seminar<br />
IGY<br />
Charter Destinations Seminar<br />
BRONZE SPONSORS<br />
BANK OF AMERICA<br />
Annual Dinner Meeting (Band)<br />
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS<br />
MIKE WHITT<br />
Dear Members,<br />
C O N T A C T U S F O R 2 0 0 9 S P O N S O R S H I P I N F O R M A T I O N<br />
First, let me say again what an honor it is to serve as your President of the FYBA. I have the<br />
pleasure of working with one of the most qualified, professional and experienced Board of<br />
Directors as well as our professional office staff of Executive Director, Rae Whitt; Director of<br />
Member Services, Randi Radulovich; Administrative Assistant, Liz Hasle; and our part-time<br />
assistant, Carolina Perez.<br />
Many of you know me personally and let me extend my “open door policy” for any of our<br />
members who have ideas or want to discuss a problem. Our industry is in a historic down turn<br />
that is larger than any one person or organization. It’s times like these when we all need each<br />
other and our Marine Organizations more then ever. Please, if any of you have any good ideas<br />
and suggestions regarding what the FYBA should be doing or could be doing to help our membership,<br />
please contact me, one of the Board Members or Rae Whitt. Believe me when I say,<br />
“WE ARE HERE TO HELP!”<br />
The first quarter of <strong>2009</strong> has been extremely active, productive and challenging for FYBA. Our<br />
major project has been to develop and promote a “Marine Industry Economic Stimulus<br />
Program”. Responsibility of this project has been given to our Legislative Committee headed<br />
up by Jeff Erdmann of Bollman <strong>Yacht</strong>s, Jason Dunbar of Luke Brown <strong>Yacht</strong>s and Georges<br />
Bourgoignie of Camper & Nicholsons. Our first priority was to hire Mark Bailey as our<br />
Legislative Affairs Consultant and Ron Book as our lobbyist working for us around the state<br />
and in Tallahassee. These guys have been doing an amazing job! Please see the full report in<br />
this issue of the newsletter.<br />
The Board had an all-day <strong>2009</strong> planning session lead by Jim Wilkey of Luke Brown <strong>Yacht</strong>s.<br />
Jim is an amazing facilitator who in his former life worked for some large “Fortune 500”<br />
Corporations. It was a successful meeting and helped us prioritize where the organization is<br />
heading as well as establish our goals and objectives and how to achieve them.<br />
I look forward to seeing you at the FYBA “Open House” events as well as at our seminars<br />
and around the docks.<br />
Best Regards,<br />
Bruce Schattenburg<br />
FYBA President<br />
CONTACT:<br />
P O BOX 460044<br />
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33346<br />
95 4.522.9270 TEL / 954.764.0697 FAX<br />
WWW.FYBA.ORG / FYBA@FYBA.ORG
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