Program: Ernestina Forum

October 30, 2010 

8:00 – 8:45           STATE PIER – Ernestina Tours (optional)

9:00 – 9:30           WHALING MUSEUM – MAIN LOBBY                   Registration and refreshments

9:30 – 10:00         THEATER

• Welcome from Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association (SEMA) – Mary Anne McQuillan
• Welcome from Whaling Museum  – John Garfield – Chair, Board of Trustees, Whaling Museum
• Historical Video
• Past Program Usage – Mary Anne McQuillan
• Explanation of Ernestina Network

      Representatives from:

o   Ernestina Commission – Laura Pires-Hester

o   Department of Conservation & Recreation – Ken Foley

o   Massachusetts Historical Commission – Jonathan Patton

o   New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park – Jen Nersesian

o   SEMA -  Mary Anne McQuillan

10:15 – 11:45      WHALING MUSEUM, NATIONAL PARKS VISITORS CENTER & COALITION FOR BUZZARDS BAY

                                Break-out session I – Please refer to your name badge for your room assignment.

11:45 – 1:30         JACOBS GALLERY  Lunch keynote

• Julius Britto – SEMA, Vice President
• Consuls General of Cape Verde, Portugal, Canada
• Representative  Antonio Cabral
• Mayor Scott Lang
• Congressman Barney Frank

1:30 – 2:00           THEATER

• Financial Condition – Bob Hildreth, Chair, Ernestina Commission
• Historic Curatorship Program – Kevin Allen, Historic Curatorship Program Manager, DCR
• Announcement of topics for afternoon break-out sessions

2:15 – 3:25           WHALING MUSEUM, NATIONAL PARKS VISITORS CENTER & COALITION FOR BUZZARDS BAY

Break-out session II – Select the break-out you wish to participate in based on your interest. (TBA during the 1:30 – 2:00 program in the theater)

3:35 – 4:00           THEATER               

                                                John Bullard – Next Steps

                                                Personal accounts – “What Ernestina Means to Me”

o  Fishing schooner: Harold Burnham

o  Arctic exploration: Catherine Dempsey

o  Cape Verdean years: Maria Mendes

o  Tall Ship Years: Capt. Thomas Grace

o  Later Educational Years: Erynn Jones

• Performance by Brick by Brick         
• Video by Third Eye