Historic Naval Ships Association
Conference 2009
20-23 September 2009
Battleship Alabama, Mobile, AL
The theme of this conference is going to be Back to Basics. Meetings will share information on ship preservation, historic ships, museum funding/grant writing,
education, artifacts and collections, naval history.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Travel Day
Monday. September 21, 2009
0700-0800 Continental Breakfast
ALL CONFERENCE SESSIONS WILL BE AT THE HOLIDAY INN
0800- 1000 Executive Directors Seminar (Participation by Invitation)
1000-1015 BREAK
1015 - 1130 Board of Directors Meeting
1130-1230 LUNCH-
Open to All Conference Attendees
0900-1030 Newcomer's Orientation Coffee Social
1130-1230 LUNCH-
Concurrent Sessions/Roundtables
1300 -1600 Concurrent Session #1 - What to do with an Aging National Historic Landmark Ship
Chair-Joe Lombardi
Panelist 1-Glen Clark, Naval Sea Systems Command
Panelist 2- Barbara Voulgaris, Maritime Administration
Panelist 3-Laura Casey & Ken Feely, Environmental Protection Agency
Panelist 4-Paul Loether, National Park Service
*There will be breaks during this session
1300-1500 Discussing the Basics-A Roundtable Discussion for the HNSA NexGenners- (Museum junior staff members attending conference)
Moderator-Karin Hill, National Museum of the United States Navy
This roundtable conversation is open to all, but is especially geared at junior staff member that may be attending the HNSA conference. Curatorial, education and operational topics will be discussed, but participants are strongly encouraged to bring additional discussion topics with them.
1600-1730 Annual Business Meeting (open to all attendees)-
1900- Dinner at the Mardi Gras Museum
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
0700-0800 Continental Breakfast/Registration-
0800-0945 Ship Remediation
Chair-Joe Lombardi
Panelist 1-Proper Ship Remediation-Jon Wickersham
Panelist 2-Environment Remediation of Naval Vessels-Ron DeWitt
Panelist 3- Sherwin Williams Tank Coating Systems-Mark Schultz
Panelist 4- AC Plus Marine-Charles Phillips
0945 - 1000 Board Buses for Pensacola, FL
1000 - 1130 En route to National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL
1130 - 1300 Lunch at Cubi Bar at the National Aviation Museum and explore the museum on your own
National Naval Aviation Museum Schedule
1300-1600 Tour National Aviation Museum/Sessions presented by Museum staff
1300-1400 NNAM Session #1-Working with Local School Districts to Improve Student Visitation - Sam Shilling, National Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
Location-Meet in the lobby
1400-1500 NNAM Session #2-Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck in Museum Multimedia-Gary Petersen and Bruce Pearce, National Naval Aviation Museum
Location-Meet in the lobby
1500-1630 NNAM Session #3-Aircraft Restoration-
Location-Meet in the lobby
1630-1800 Board Buses - Return to Holiday Inn Downtown Mobile
1830 "Half-Way Home" Reception - Sky View Lounge - Heavy hors d'oeuvres
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Concurrent Sessions
0700-0800 Full Breakfast
Conference Session
0800-0915 Susie Wilkering at Reach Advisors-Four Trends in Museum Visitors
0915-0930 BREAK
Concurrent Sessions
0930-1045 Topic A-Collaborations for International Naval Commemorations
Chair-Brad King
Panelist 1-Naval History and Heritage Command Commemorations with Hill Goodspeed, National Naval Aviation Museum
Panelist 2- Texas Goes International! Reaching a Global Audience Through International Partnerships-Angela McCleaf, Battleship Texas
Topic B-Disaster Management: Planning and Recovery
Chair-Frank Thompson
Panelist 1-Pre-emptive Measures to Protect Collections in Case of Disaster-Buddy Macon, National Naval Aviation Museum
Panelist 2-Andy Smith, Battleship Texas-Disaster Management on Battleship Texas
1045-1100 BREAK
Concurrent Sessions/Roundtables
1100-1215 Concurrent Session #1-Roundtable Discussion-Using Social Networking to Generate Interest in Museums and Historic Sites and Allow Greater Public Access to Museum Collections-
Moderator-Bruce Smith, Port Columbus Maritime Museum
Feel free to bring your laptops to this roundtable discussion! Attendees are encouraged to show the different ways that their institutions are using social networking sites as an easy and economical way to promote museum activities, fundraising events, and create wider access to collections.
Concurrent Session #2 - Rigged for Action: Historic Ships/Shipwrecks-The Attraction of Battleships USS Wisconsin as an Artifact - by David Kohnen
1200-1300 Lunch
Conference Session
1300-1400 Weathering the Economic Storm
Chair-Patty Rogers, USS Requin
Panelist 1- Using Popular Culture to Create a Blockbuster Program without Breaking the Bank-Karin Hill, National Museum of the United States Navy
Panelist 2-Jim Schuck-Battleship New Jersey
Panelist 3-Pete Sutherland-Re-Engaging Families to Drive a New Generation of Visitors to USS Hornet
1400-1410 Break
1410-1520 Back to Basics-Custodianship of a Historic Vessel in 2009
Chair-Pete Sutherland, USS Hornet
Panelist 1-Terry Bragg, Battleship North Carolina-Working with Your State Historic Preservation Office
Panelist 2-Maury Drummond, USS Kidd and Veterans Memorial-Dealing with a Difficult Board
Panelist 3-Richard Lasater, Smart Multimedia
1520-1530 BREAK
1530-1640 Concurrent Sessions
Topic A-Interns, Volunteers and Life-Long Learners-Making Your Museum Attractive to those who work for free
Chair-Tim Rizzuto, USS Slater
Panelist 1-Ed Zajkowski
Panelist 2-Staff of National Naval Aviation Museum
Panelist 3-Jason Hall, Battleship New Jersey
Topic B-Cathodic Protection of USS Alabama
Presenter-Chuck Mueller of Allied Corrosion
1715 Buses Depart Hotel for Battleship
1715-1845 Pre-Dinner Reception
1845-2030 Closing Dinner/Awards on Deck/Fantail of USS Alabama
2030 Buses return to hotel
Registration Form.
Registration Form in PDF.
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