JUNE 7, 2013 SUMMER STAFF EVENTS. Morgan Open House for all Staff will be held on the Morgan on Thursday July 25 th from 7:30 8:45 AM.

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1 JUNE 7, 2013 SUMMER STAFF EVENTS An All Staff BBQ and Get-Wet party for the Morgan, will be held in the Shipyard on Wednesday, June 26 at 5 p.m. Morgan Open House for all Staff will be held on the Morgan on Thursday July 25 th from 7:30 8:45 AM. -Maureen Hennessey REVISED EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK The Human Resources Committee is happy to report that the new employee handbook will be distributed next week. Every employee will be asked to review the new handbook and return an updated acknowledgement indicating that they are aware of the contents of the revised handbook. Town Hall meetings have been scheduled to review changes and new policies as well as provide clarity around the content. The meetings will be held at the following times in the Munson Room: Day Tuesday June 18 th Tuesday June 18 th Wednesday June 19 th Wednesday June 19 th Time 8:00 AM 2:00 PM 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Please indicate which meeting you would like to attend by ing or calling Jeanne Gade by Monday June 17, Jeanne.gade@mysticseaport.org or (860) WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY Mystic Seaport would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Barb Jarnigan, on the sudden loss of her husband, Willie. Barb s home address is 34 Bush Hill Drive Niantic, CT A Remembrance Celebration for the life and family of Willie Jarnagin will be held at the American Legion, 16 York Avenue, Niantic CT. June 9th Starting at 11AM until 3 PM. Family, friends, coworkers and any others are welcome. Bring a funny memory about Willie. (Pot luck: heavy/light appetizers welcome, drinks provided) Casual dress recommended, all attire excepted, Hawaiian shirts appreciated! Our thoughts and prayers are with Barb and her son Ben at this time.

2 HR & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES HAVE MOVED The offices for HR & Administrative Services have moved to 90 Greenmanville Avenue. All job postings as well has benefits information are now located in the front offices of the building. Please stop in to say hello to Mark, Jacqueline or Jeanne anytime! NEW MYSTIC SEAPORT WEBSITE We are pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Mystic Seaport website. This is the culmination of a project that began last fall. The goal was to move the site to a new and up-to-date content management system in this case WordPress and to improve functionality and a fresh design. The URL hasn t changed, it is still and we have a lot of new content to add over the next few months, but we are off to a great start. Should you have any questions or see a problem, please webmanager@mysticseaport.org. Dan McFadden & Erin Richard WELCOME BRIAN KONONCHIK Brian joined Mystic Seaport on Friday May 24th th as the Sabina Apprentice Engineer. He will report directly into Ed Crotty. Brian grew up here in Mystic, CT living his life on boats and the beach. He started his boating career sailing with his mother, Diane, and uncle, Rick Berggren, later adding powerboats with his father Michael. Brian attended high school at Fitch and played football and track. After graduation Brian studied at Assumption College located in Worcester, Mass. where he later transferred to Southern CT State University to study history. Throughout his studies at Southern, Brian worked here at the Mystic Seaport as a Youth Sailing Instructor. After graduation he tried out a few different fields and ended up in Shipwrighting. He bounced around from contract to contract realizing he enjoyed working at the Seaport the most and found the job of Apprentice Engineer on the Sabino. Brian is married to his wife, Rebecca, and they have a daughter, Josephine. Outside of the visiting the Seaport, Brian likes to work with his horses and enjoys riding his bike down the local roads and trails.

3 MEET TOM DANIELS Name: Tom Daniels Title: Shipwright - Morgan Department: Shipyard Extension: 5343 SB: How long have you been at Mystic Seaport? TD: I ve been at Mystic Seaport since August SB: What s the best part of your job? TD: I like the range of things we do here. We can be doing anything from carved joinery to scraping the hull. Sometimes there s a lot of problem solving; other times its steady repetitive work. That s pretty common to all boat carpentry. One thing that really stands out here at Mystic Seaport is the quality of the crew. In most workplaces there s this one person that drives everyone crazy but not here. I get to work with a very talented, dedicated, easygoing crew. It s a real privilege. SB: What are you passions/interests outside of the workplace? TD: I like woodworking. My wife and I (former Mystic Seaport employee, Holly David) just bought a house so there is no shortage of projects. She is an artist and we re currently building a giant piece of bacon for her next gallery show. Otherwise, I read a lot, play some guitar, bird watch and contra dance. SB: What is your favorite memory of Mystic Seaport? TD: I love being by the water early in the workday before things get going. It s beautiful here. Still favorite memory During Dog Days, I was by the boat house were the Newfies were demonstrating boat rescue and the squad shot off the cannon on the green. Every single dog started barking that huge deep Newfoundland wooooof together. It was an awesome sound. If you would like to be featured in the next HR Staff Bulletin, please contact Jeanne Gade at ext

4 FLAG DAY NATURALIZATION CEREMONY Our 2nd annual Naturalization event will be happening on Flag Day, Friday, June 14, Working with federal officials from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department, Mystic Seaport will be hosting a Naturalization Ceremony. 80 new citizens from 43 different countries will be participating in the ceremony with family and friends invited to observe the ceremony beginning at 10:30 am at the Tom Clagget Boat Shed. Steve White, along with local political dignitaries will be on hand to welcome them and congratulate them on their citizenship. This will be open for public and Mystic S eaport staff to watch the ceremony and extend their congratulations. -Sharon Brouillard PLANT SALE PART 2 Just a reminder: Plant Sale 2 will be held at the greenhouse on Friday June 7 from 8am-1pm. We still have a nice variety of plants to choose from. For those of you who missed out on cucumbers and summer squash at the first plant sale, we have another planting. Large potted perennials will be sold at a discount. See you there! -Gretchen Oat MEDICAL BENEFITS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT If you participate in Mystic Seaport s medical benefits plan you you can get a $50 gift card from Anthem just for completing an online health assessment. MyHealth Assessment is an online health profile that you can complete in a few minutes. It helps you find health risks that may affect you based on your current health, family history, lifestyle and other factors. And, like all tools at anthem.com, MyHealth Assessment is private and safe. Anything you enter into the site is protected by the highest level of online security and will not be shared with anyone at Mystic Seaport. Go to and get started! -Mark Dulin SUMMER DAY CAMP ITEMS NEEDED As we prepare for Summer Day Camp to start in a few weeks we are looking for a little help in gathering some supplies. We are in need of some empty, clean 2-liter bottles for an experiment we will be conducting. We also can still use any shoe boxes that you might wish to be rid of. Please drop any bottles or boxes at Haynes House with a note that they are for Summer Day Camp. Thank you for any help you can give!! -Mary Morrissey HEALTH & FITNESS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT Don t forget about the active events we have going on at Mystic Seaport!. All participants must sign a Waiver & Release that can be obtained from Human Resources. Please call or Jeanne Gade ext jeanne.gade@mysticseaport.org to get one or drop by the Human Resources office. Lunchtime 30 minute walks every meet in the administration parking lot. Contact Elysa Engelman with any questions or in case of bad weather (x5071 or Elysa.engelman@mysticseaport.org). Gentle Vinyasa Yoga Class Every OTHER 5:30 Campbell Room, Planetarium Space is limited, so please sign up for the class in advance. krystal.kornegay@mysticseaport.org or call x 5025 to make a reservation. CLASS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY JUNE 12

5 Zumba Class Every OTHER 5:30 Campbell Room, Planetarium. Space is limited, so please sign up for the class in advance. Sharon.brouillard@mysticseaport.org or call x 5390 to make a reservation. CLASS THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 Mystic Seaport Bicycle Group Let s Roll! Join Sarah Spencer and Rich Froh on Thursday evenings for a relaxed hour (or so) of bike riding. The first ride begins Thursday, May 23. Meet in the North Lot at 5:30. If you don t have a bicycle and would like to rent one, contact Rich Froh: (Cell). Other questions, contact Sarah Spencer at ext or sarah.spencer@mysticseaport.org. Remember: Bike helmets are required no helmet, no riding. Healthy Lunch Pot Luck & Recipe Swap The first pot luck & recipe swap was a success! We had many healthy cooks turn out and it was great opportunity to share some healthy dishes and tips! The next one is scheduled for Thursday June 27th in the Keener Room (Williams- Mystic) for lunch. Bring your favorite healthy recipe to share as well as a print out of the recipe to swap. Drop in anytime between 12:00 1:30. All recipes that are being submitted are being stored and available on a shared drive. Recipes from the last lunch are located on the HR Shared drive under Departments in the File RECIPES. CIVIL WAR NAVAL ENCAMPMENT THANK YA LL By all reports the Civil War encampment last weekend was a great success. Our visiting participants and Commission members repeatedly spoke of the good spirit, creativity, and competence of our staff. The naval reenactors were especially thrilled to be here. As one of them said, For us, this (Mystic Seaport) is Gettysburg. Thanks go out to many, with special acknowledgement to key organizers and those who worked extra hours behind the scenes. So, thank ya ll to Alex Alpert, Arleen Andersen, Jenny Doak, Rebecca Bayreuther Donohue, Fred Calabretta, Mary K Bercaw Edwards, Dan Harvison, Sue Heath, Dan McFadden, Shannon McKenzie, Brandon Morgan, and Nancy Seager. Karen Freeman deserves recognition for the Galley s warm support of the reenactors in so many ways. Special thanks also go to Sharon Brouillard, who with good humor and a steady hand kept everyone on course. -Glenn Gordinier WEEKEND DUTY OFFICER/WATCH CAPTAIN/WATERCRAFT SUPERVISOR Saturday, June 8 Sunday, June 9 Duty Officer: Bruce Foulke, radio Duty Officer: Chris Freeman, radio Security: Gary Doerfler, 5310 Security: Gary Doerfler, 5310 Watch Captain: Tom Brillat, radio Shipyard:, Doug Butler, x5341 Watch Captain: Tom Brillat, radio Shipyard:, Doug Butler, x5341

6 THIS WEEK FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Questions regarding Duty Officer reports and the OPS committee please contact Jenny Doak at x5004. Sea Music Festival Program Synopsis (June 7 9) TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION Friday, June 7 10am 4pm Music of the Sea Symposium Coast Guard Academy 7pm 10pm Evening concert (WPKN Radio Broadcast) Boat Shed 10pm 12am Pub Sing German Club Saturday, June 8 9:30am 12pm Music of the Sea Symposium Greenmanville Church 12pm 5pm Workshops, demos, concerts, etc. Various locations 3pm 6pm Contra Dance Froshien Club 5pm 6pm Friends of the Festival Wine and Cheese reception Membership Garden 7pm 10pm Evening concert (WPKN Radio Broadcast) Boat Shed 10pm 12am Pub Sing German Club Sunday, June 9 10 am 11am Seaman s Bethel Workshop Greenmanville Church 11am 3pm Workshops, etc. Various locations 3pm 6pm Closing concert Boat Shed Note the Galley will be open until 7:30PM for Sea Music Festival on the 7 th and 8 th. Saturday, June 8 o Sea Music Festival Activities o Brewers Yacht Club Breakfast, 7AM 8AM (North End Flagpole, rain location GWBW) o Brewers Yacht Club CWM Tour, 8AM 9AM (Shipyard) o Plot Your Course Planetarium Class, 9AM 5PM (Howell Classroom) CANCELLED o Coastal Gourmet catered events in Latitude 41 Sunday, June 9 o Sea Music Festival Activities o Coastal Gourmet catered events in Latitude 41 Coming up next week, June o Monday - Retail Energy Supply Cocktail Reception, 5:30PM (Boatshed) o Monday - Coastal Gourmet catered events in Latitude 41 o Tuesday Plein Air Painters of the Maritime Gallery will be on campus thru Saturday, June 15, organized by the Maritime Gallery. o Wednesday Mystic Seaport Health and Fitness YOGA!!, 5:30PM (Campbell Room) o Thursday Nordhaven Yacht Club Captains Class, 9AM 5PM (Campbell Room) o Thursday Nordhaven Yacht Club, 5:30PM (Members Patio and GWBW) o Thursday Mystic Seaport Health and Fitness: Biking!!, 5:30PM o Friday Nordhaven Yacht Club, 9AM 5PM (Campbell and Howell Classroom) o Friday Naturalization Ceremony, 10:30AM (Boatshed) o Friday Home School Sailing Class, 9:30AM 12:30PM (YTB) o Friday Nordhaven Yacht Club, 11:30AM 2:30PM (Members Patio) o Friday - Coastal Gourmet catered events in Latitude 41

7 MEMBERSHIP SALES ASSISTANT - SEASONAL MEMBERSHIP RESERVATIONS SPECIALIST MORGAN LABORER CONTROLLER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! President Lincoln greeting troops on the SABINO Photo courtesy of Dennis Murphy.