2011 - Northwest Maritime Center
2011 - Northwest Maritime Center
2011 - Northwest Maritime Center
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1<br />
Letter from<br />
executive Director &<br />
BoarD PresiDent<br />
Dear friends and supporters of the NWMC,<br />
If there was a word that summarized <strong>2011</strong> it would be activity. Last year<br />
programs and participation at the <strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Center</strong> blossomed. It was<br />
the first year for our Spring Boating Symposium that brought together cruising<br />
participants and instructors from all over the globe. Our maritime programs<br />
engaged more youth than ever before and hosted school groups from as near as<br />
Jefferson County and as far as Eugene, Oregon. In total over 11,000 people used<br />
our meeting rooms for classes and celebration, and nearly 81% of those events<br />
were community and mission oriented. The 35th Wooden Boat Festival was<br />
incredible as well; we can’t take credit for the sunshine, but by all accounts it was<br />
one of the best Festival weekends in recent memory.<br />
For years we have worked together as a community to construct a facility<br />
that matched our aspirations for quality programs and integrating our maritime<br />
passions under one roof. We are pleased to write that there is maritime activity<br />
happening here every day. Discussions have shifted from wondering what we are<br />
going to do with all of the space to how we can schedule things so we don’t run<br />
out of room.<br />
If activation and engagement were our watchwords in <strong>2011</strong>, the years ahead<br />
will be thematically centered on continuing our work to create sustainable<br />
programs so maritime education can thrive into the future. We haven’t yet reached<br />
the upwind mark, but with your help we’re getting there, one tack at a time.<br />
Thank you for your continued support of our mission and programs. Whether<br />
your contributions involve volunteering your time, your finances, or your<br />
goodwill, the <strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Center</strong> truly couldn’t do it without you.<br />
Fair winds,<br />
Jake Beattie, Executive Director<br />
Steve Oliver, Board President<br />
mission<br />
Jake Beattie Steve Oliver<br />
To engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary<br />
maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery<br />
BoarD of Directors<br />
As of June 2012<br />
Steve Oliver, President<br />
Kris Morris, Vice President<br />
Roger Loney, Treasurer<br />
Peter Geerlofs, Secretary<br />
Kim Aldrich<br />
Mark Bunzel<br />
Piper Dunlap<br />
Joe Finnie<br />
Blaise Holly<br />
Gary Kennedy<br />
David King<br />
BoarD emeritus<br />
Jim Whittaker<br />
staff<br />
as of June 2012<br />
Carrie Andrews<br />
Janeen Armstrong<br />
Jake Beattie<br />
Jason Bledsoe<br />
Chris Dewees<br />
Rick Heim<br />
Nancy Israel<br />
Eileen Johnston<br />
Howard Learned<br />
Nick Reid<br />
Michelle Sandoval<br />
Spencer Snapp<br />
Alex Spear<br />
Herb Weissblum<br />
Scott Jones<br />
Molly Klupfell<br />
Catherine Leporati<br />
Len Maranan-Goldstein<br />
Ace Spragg<br />
Barb Trailer<br />
Jef Waibel<br />
PiLothouse association<br />
Puget Sound Pilots (Founding Member)<br />
Bill Chapman<br />
Gary & Gay Eisenberger<br />
Joe & Cindy Finnie *<br />
Viktor & Diane Grabner<br />
Jim & Mary Hirshfield<br />
Chelcie & Kathy Liu<br />
Steve & Kelley Oliver<br />
Stig K. Osterberg, DDS, MSD<br />
Jock & Sonchen Patton<br />
Miller|Hull Partnership<br />
Jerry & Penny Peabody<br />
Nick & Libby Reid<br />
Rodney Paul Rochelle<br />
Dick & Anne Schneider<br />
Alex & Elena Spear *<br />
Jim & Nelly Tretter<br />
Vince & Mary Ann Verneuil<br />
Herb Weissblum<br />
* Gold Member<br />
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