Volume XXV Number 1
J A N U A R Y 2004
ISSN 0734-0680 1992 CWB
The Center for Wooden Boats Shavings is published bimonthly by The Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley Street, Seattle, WA 98109 phone 206.382.2628 fax 206.382.2699 To learn more about CWB, please visit our Web site at www.cwb.org
O ur M ission To provide a community center where maritime history comes alive and our small craft heritage is preserved and passed along to future generations.
CWB ANNUAL REPORT
By Dick Wagner
CWB Staff Dick Wagner Founding Director Betsy Davis Executive Director Casey Gellermann Public Services Manager Julie Mae Muiderman Development Manager Lauren Kuehne Volunteer Coordinator Laurie Leak Office Manager Patrick Gould Dockmaster Nancy Ries Visitor Services Manager Doug Weeks Facility and Workshop Manager
Board of Trustees Alex Bennett Caren Crandell David Dolson Brandt Faatz George Galpin Ken Greff Gary Hammons David Kennedy Andrea Kinnaman
Stephen Kinnaman Mindy Koblenzer Lori O'Tool Janet Martin Pike Powers Bill Van Vlack Trip Zabriskie Kate Holmes, Intern
Design and production of Shavings by CWB volunteer Heidi Hackler of Dolphin Design, www.dolphindesignstudio.com, 206.789.2558. Printing by Olympus Press, www.olypress.com.
Photo credit: Shawn Murphy
We are a place with about 150 wooden boats of historical significance. Our organization is named The Center for Wooden Boats. Why is “Wooden Boats” the last part of our title and “Center” the first? The answer is public benefits. What value would there be to a collection if no one sees it? The more people that can access our collection and the more they learn its significance the more value it provides. The “Center” of our title stands for free admission, viewing access every day by everybody. It means programs where people, even families, can learn of maritime heritage by doing. It means a place where visitors leave here with long lasting memories of a fun, exciting experience, new found skills, a spliced line, toy boat or bronze oarlock they made, and sometimes, a plateau of self confidence they never dreamed they would reach. The Center for Wooden Boats is a vital and living museum. Our programs are ever expanding, responding to public demand. If they come, we will build it. Here is a review of public benefits we provided in our Oct 02-Sept 03 fiscal year.
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