 | MMTA ENews Brief: June 23, 2005
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| MMTA ENews Brief: June 23, 2005
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This MMTA ENews Brief is sponsored by The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Marine Technology Program - Love the water and working with boats? This course is designed to prepare students for work as Marine Technicians at recreational marine dealerships and service centers, marinas, and manufacturers. Apply to the BFIT Marine Technology Fall 2005 Program today. For more information visit: http://www.bfit.edu/mt/ |
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Plagued with vessels abandoned at your marina or boatyard, without payment for space or unpaid service invoices? An Urgent Call for Input from MMTA Government Relations & Legal Counsel, Jamy Madeja, Esq. MMTA has authored proposed legislation to make it easier to dispose of such vessels with less court process or no court process at all, so long as basic notice and public auction procedures are followed. Thanks go to Representative Anthony Verga, of Gloucester, for sponsoring this proposed bill. To access the text of House Bill 1399, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht01/ht01399.htm As MMTA staff prepares testimony for the early July hearing at the legislature, we would benefit greatly from any of your "horror stories" with the current process and statistics on how much of a problem this has been for your business. Got numbers? Please share them with MMTA, especially:
Contact MMTA Public Affairs Director, Nathalie Grady for more information on hosting a National Marina Day event at your location. It is not too late! Want to find out more about hosting an event at your location on National Marina Day? Please contact MMTA Public Affairs Director, Nathalie Grady at nkgrady@boatMA.com. Join in the National Marina Day celebration! Starting July, 2005, the award winning "Nautical Talk Radio" program with Capt Lou and Navigator Brad will broadcast Sunday mornings from 11 - NOON on radio station 95.9FM WATD in Marshfield, Massachusetts, and around the world on www.959watd.com. You can also listen to the most recent show anytime during the week at www.massbayboating.com/nauticaltalk. Recent Guests of Captain Lou's Nautical Talk Radio have included MMTA Past President Tom Cox of Constitution Marina, Hull's Steamboat Wharf Marina, Wareham's Atlantic Boats and Senator Mike Morrissey, member of the MA Legislative Boating Caucus. Every week, listeners get "a smell of the salt air and a taste of the sea." The program, in its 14th year on WATD, features the week's latest boating and fishing news, marine environmental issues, Coast Guard activities, maritime history, an admiralty law report, and local waterfront events. Listeners are invited to come on board with their phone calls at 781-837-4900. The new time slot offers a better opportunity for Capt Lou and crew to take the show on the road or out to sea to meet listeners at regattas and events. "Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma" Let's hope none of them pay us a visit this season. But if they threaten to make an appearance, be sure to know the difference between a Hurricane Watch and a Warning: A HURRICANE WATCH issued for your part of the coast indicates the possibility that you could experience hurricane conditions within 36 hours. This watch should trigger your family's disaster plan, and protective measures should be initiated, especially those actions that require extra time such as securing a boat, leaving a barrier island, etc.
Example By the American Boat and Yacht Council In the ABYC Spring 2005 newsletter, the following excerpts appeared in an article authored by Ed Sherman in reference to the recently held Conference on Marine Industry Technical Training (COMITT): Over the last month many people have asked me, what did you think of the Conference on Marine Industry Technical Training (COMITT) held this past February? What's going to happen next? Well, the first question is easy to answer; COMITT was for me one of the most exciting three days of my 20 years as an educator in the marine industry. "Lighthouses, from ancient times, have fascinated and intrigued members of the human race. There is something about a lighted beacon that suggests hope and trust and appeals to the better instincts of mankind." -- As appeared in New England In A Nutshell
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One of the attendees at COMITT was a fellow I first met over ten years ago when he invited me to attend a meeting of the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association. Ed Lofgren owns a marine sales and service center in Massachusetts that deals primarily with trailerable outboard powered boats. The man is one of the most forward thinkers I've ever met when it comes to dealing with human resource issues in the marine industry and, at the same time, he is also a very down to earth individual and a quality employer.