MIACC. MEMBERSHIP MEETING January 13th Naples Boat Club. From Your Board of Directors. January 2015 Main Deck: Welcome Aboard New Members:

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1 MIACC MEMBERSHIP MEETING January 13th Naples Boat Club Our first quarter meeting will be Tuesday, January 13th from 6:00-8:00 at the Naples Boat Club. This Meeting/Social is FREE. There will be heavy hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar. Don t miss the presentation of Boat Parade Awards by Mayor John Sorey, And the generous donation to the Ricky King Fund, Plus Naples Boat Show updates, and the Introduction of our new Board of Directors. Let s kick this year off together, celebrating a great 2014! Please RSVP so we can make sure there s enough food for all! Winners: Overall Winner- #27 Broad Reach Power up to 30'- #12 Last Fling Power 31'-40'- #11 Kelly Lou II Power 41'-50'- #23 David Greenwald Power 51'+ #2 Bill Board Commercial up to 40'- #30 The Back Side Commercial 41'+ #1 Naples Princess Theme Entry- #19 P&L Pinchers Fave CoveRunner From Your Board of Directors January 2015 Main Deck: Artificial Reef Flotilla: January 9, 2015 CCSO Gives Child Gift Of Boat Ride, Holiday Parade I Am Team Ocean 3 Member News 3 SCOTT NAMES ENVI- RONMENTAL PROTEC- TION, ELDER AFFAIRS Member Benefit: Social Membership to Naples Harbour MIPAC 1st Quarter Donations Upcoming Events 5 Welcome Aboard New Members: Fathom It Distributing Drew Nugnet 2790 Braman Ave Unit 1 Ft Myers FL Phone: (239) drew@fathomit.net Naples Boat Show January 29th-February 1st Vendor Packets can be downloaded from our website Location: The 2015 Naples Boat Show will be held at the Florida Sports Park (8250 Collier Blvd.) The 4-acre Field has been graded, rolled and grassed. A 12 paved road wraps the entire field. Advance tickets are available online We will be offering VIP tickets this year with early admission, a raffle ticket and a glass of champagne. Kids Activities will include Balloon art, and Tie-Dye Tshirts A seminar schedule for Saturday and Sunday has been lined up by Coastal Angler Magazine and is full of great speakers! We are raffling a Gheenoe from Sawyer s Marina Free Naples Boat Show Tshirts will be given away by Fishware Outfitters PhotoBooth Fun by Dels 24 Hour and MUCH MUCH More!!! Space is selling fast so get your reservations in ASAP, SOLD OUT inside! Thank you for voting for your 2015 Board of Directors: President: Frank Perrucci Vice President: Chris Burkard Secretary: Sherry Kish Treasurer: Hunter Dane Directors: George Adams Pat Flanary Jim Kalvin Dan Mercier Kit Sawyer Judy Svetakak Alternate: Russ Burland Russell Burland Chamber of Commerce 2390 Tamiami Trail N Ste 210 Naples FL Phone: (239) russ@napleschamber.org Taylor & Crow Batteries Co Inc Wendell Crowe Phone: (239) Supply Dr Ft Myers, FL wendellc@dekabatteries.com Follow Us! Like Us! Find Us on your favorite Social Media

2 Page 2 MIACC Artificial Reef Flotilla: January 9, 2015 The MIACC Flotilla will depart the Naples City Dock area (please do not block their docks) at 9:00am and meet the KWE on the water on the way to the reef site. I have 2 passengers who need a ride so please reply if you have room on your vessel for them. Let me know if you plan on taking part in the Flotilla from Naples or Marco so I can get a vessel count. There will be lots of media attention so let s make a great showing post flags or banners let s make the Marine Industries look good! be in the translation between decimal degrees and degrees, minutes, seconds. Here are the coordinates in a different format in case that clears things up. 26 o 1.969, 81 o January 8, 2015 at 10 am - REEF Deployment Ceremony- Parking for the event is at Marco Island Marina; 1402 North Collier Blvd., Marco Island. Traveling toward the City of Marco Island on Collier Blvd., it will be the first right hand turn after crossing the bridge. Commencing at 9:15am, buses provided by Dolphin Transportation, will transport attendees to the event location. January 9, 2015 at 10am - Flotilla and 'Blessing of the REEFS'; 10 nautical miles offshore from Gordon Pass. Transportation to the reef location will be provided for attendees by the Key West Express. Prior reservations must be made to assure space is available. Please make your reservation by contacting Russ Burland at russ@napleschamber.org. Parking for the Key West Express: Rose Marina 951 Bald Eagle Drive Marco Island FL Boarding begins 7:45am Key West Express leaves promptly at 8:30am pictures to director@miacc.org or post them to the MIACC Facebook Fan page MarineIndustries There has been some questions on the coordinates, hopefully this clears things up: The coordinates are correct. The confusion may CCSO Gives Child Gift Of Boat Ride, Holiday Parade A kindergartner got a boats-eye view of the annual Christmas parade on Naples Bay over the weekend, thanks to the Collier County Sheriff s Office. For 6-year-old Rosio Andres, the ride on a CCSO Marine Unit patrol vessel in the 25th annual lighted boat parade Saturday night marked the girl s first time on a boat and her first time watching the parade. CCSO has been a regular participant in the parade and has taken a child who has a special need or who has done something exceptionally well along for the ride. Rosio, who attends Pinecrest Elementary School in Immokalee, is battling lymphoma and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for the past 10 months, said Eulalia Andres, the girl s mother. She has two years of chemotherapy remaining. When Rosio learned Friday afternoon she would be watching the parade on a boat she was so excited she wanted to go right then and there, her mother said. The night of the ride, Rosio dressed for a special occasion in a shiny pink and purple party dress with pink tights, sparkly purple ballet slippers and a sparkly pink Santa hat. She was cold at first, but when the boat ride began and she saw all the lights, she forgot about being cold, her mother said. She was happy and excited to be in the parade. Her daughter was dazzled by all of the lights on the boats, she said. Rosio took up Cpl. Todd Byrns on his offer to drive the CCSO boat, which was decked out in festive lights and a big red Santa hat. She drove for a couple of seconds and sat back down and leaned her head back like she was in awe, said Cpl. Byrns, a member of the Marine Unit. She s been having a rough time with chemo. I m glad we were able to get her mind off it for a couple of hours, at least. The Marine Industries Association of Collier County and its charitable arm, the Marine Industries Foundation, organize the parade. One hundred percent of the proceeds - donations from parade participants and the community benefit the Ricky King Fund, which helps children who have a medical need. Last year the parade raised $5,000 for the Ricky King fund, said Frank Perrucci, MIACC president and parade chairman. More than 30 boats were registered for this year s parade, he said. It s a neat community event, a neat boater event and a neat charitable event, Perrucci said.

3 MIACC Page 3 I Am Team Ocean NAPLES Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is announcing a new awareness campaign developed to promote ethical boating practices among boaters using protected coastal waters. Called I am Team OCEAN, the campaign is centered around a call to boaters to pledge their commitment to minimizing negative impacts while enjoying local islands, estuaries and coastal waters. Rookery Bay Reserve s I am Team OCEAN campaign will be led by Team OCEAN (Ocean Conservation Education Action Network), a group of 45 dedicated volunteers at Rookery Bay Reserve who reach out to boaters with a focus on visitor education and coastal stewardship. Team OCEAN has been around for years, but the new 'I am Team OCEAN' campaign brings added focus and energy to the educational and stewardship messages, said Kevin Claridge, Florida Coastal Office director. Instead of only having 45 volunteers serving as stewards, this provides a way for boaters anywhere to be a part of Team OCEAN. I am Team OCEAN encourages ethical boating practices such as proper navigation for safety and protection of fragile aquatic habitats, packing out and tying down to reduce litter, and observing wildlife from a distance. Taking care of southwest Florida s beautiful coastal areas is everyone s job, said Brooke Carney, Coastal Training Program coordinator for Rookery Bay Reserve. Carney developed the campaign in effort to galvanize support for the program. I m excited to launch the I am Team OCEAN campaign because it gives people the opportunity to learn how important their actions are, while joining hundreds of other local boaters in doing our part for the coast, she added. Team OCEAN is a boat-based volunteer program supported through a partnership between the Rookery Bay Reserve, Florida Sea Grant and other local community donors. Following a model at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, volunteers with Rookery Bay Reserve's Team OCEAN have made weekly visits to high-use areas in the reserve since the program originally launched in Through this program, volunteers help serve as the reserve s eyes and ears on the water. Boaters can take the "I am Team OCEAN" pledge online here, or in person if they see a Team OCEAN volunteer in the community or on the water. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses 110,000 acres of coastal lands and waters between Naples and Everglades National Park. It is managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in cooperation with NOAA. Member News Naples Marina is the new dealer for Crevalle boats for SW Florida THE OLDE NAPLES INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC is excited to announce the opening of their sister company, OCEAN TO OCEAN INSURANCE, LLC which specializes in insuring everything marine, on and off the water. *Boats/Yachts *Personal Watercraft *Marinas *Cargo *Charters *Fueling stations *Longshoremans *Storage facilities *Boat yards...marine insurance for Boaters, by Boaters 2015 Membership Dues Renew TODAY For Boat Show discounts!

4 Page 4 MIACC SCOTT NAMES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ELDER AFFAIRS LEADERS THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, December 11, Jonathan Steverson, who for the past two years has overseen one of the state's five water-management districts, will head the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as Gov. Rick Scott begins a second term. Scott also has shaken up things at the Department of Elder Affairs. Scott appointed Sam Verghese to take over for Charles Corley, who, after running the agency for three years, stepped down as secretary Wednesday. Verghese had served as Scott's external affairs director since May. Prior to his stint in the governor's office, Verghese, a former staff director in the Florida House of Representatives, was chief of staff at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Steverson, who served as former Gov. Charlie Crist's environmental policy coordinator, was named Thursday to replace former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard, who left the post Nov. 26. Steverson has been director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District since In his new role, Steverson will work with lawmakers on carrying out a voter-approved constitutional amendment that dedicates fees from real estate transactions to water-resource protection and land-conservation projects. He will begin his new position Dec. 29. "Jon has dedicated his career to serving Floridians through the protection of our state's water and natural resources, and he is committed to our goal of protecting Florida's natural treasures so future generations and millions of tourists can enjoy our state's beauty," Scott said in a prepared statement. Steverson's appointment drew praise from Audubon Florida Executive Director Eric Draper, a prominent lobbyist on environmental issues. "Jon Steverson is a good public servant who can provide solid leadership for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection," Draper said. "He brings intelligence and integrity to an important job." Others, however, took more of a wait-andsee attitude approach. "We hope Jon Steverson will honor the state's responsibility to future generations to keep our fragile environment safe," Susan Glickman, Florida director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, said in an . "We must protect our natural resources and not polluters." Environmentalists were more apprehensive when Scott plucked Vinyard from a job with Jacksonville-based BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards to head the Department of Environmental Protection in January Steverson, a Florida State University lawschool graduate, comes with experience working with state legislators. He served in the governor's office under Crist and former Gov. Jeb Bush. Steverson also served as special counsel on policy and legislative affairs for the Department of Environmental Protection under Vinyard before taking over as executive director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District. The water management district appointment came as Scott signed more than $700 million in spending cuts for the five water management districts. Vinyard defended the cuts as a means to make the districts more efficient. The appointments of Steverson and Verghese are part of a series of changes in the Scott administration as the governor gets ready for his Jan. 6 inauguration. On Wednesday, Julie Jones, a former head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, was named secretary of the Department of Corrections. Scott also reappointed Jesse Panuccio as executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity. On Monday, Scott named Mike Carroll as secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Carroll, who has worked for the agency for more than two decades, has served as interim secretary since spring.

5 Page 5 MIACC Marine Industries Association of Collier County PO Box 9887 Naples, FL Member Benefit: Social Membership to Naples Harbour Phone: (239) Fax: (239) director@miacc.org Frank Perrucci President Chris Burkard Vice President Sherry Kish Secretary Hunter Dane Treasurer Kit Sawyer Past President Directors: George Adams, Russ Burland, Pat Flanary, Jim Kalvin, Dan Mercier Sr., Tiffany Sawyer Executive Director MIPAC 1st Quarter Contributions The MIACC represents you, the marine business owner and your business interests to the government and to the public. At a time when government regulations are expanding, the MIACC is striving to work with government - locally, statewide and nationally to protect equally all marine business concerns. Our goal is to inform our members how their business will be affected and how solutions can be reached if new regulations are at odds with marine business interests. In addition, it is equally important to work with the public in preserving their right to safe and fun boating. The MIACC works with educators and safety organizations to educate the public to practice safe boating. The MIACC also encourages members to put in place hands-on environmental business practices that will prevent pollution and damage to our coastal waters thus protecting boaters enjoyment of healthy waterways and ensuring a sustainable future for the environment and the marine industry. Marine Industries Promoting Access for Citizens In 2002 the Marine Industries Association of Collier County formed a Political Action Committee named Marine Industries Promoting Access for Citizens (MIPAC). This action was taken so that we can support issues and legislative candidates who assist the goals and purposes of the marine industries community. On a quarterly basis, the MIPAC seeks donations of $50.00 from each member. The MIPAC s missions and goals are to act upon problematic issues that must be addressed at the legislative level for the growth and protection of the marine industry. Monies collected from the MIPAC donations are used in supporting political decision makers that will tackle the very issues that affect all members of our industry. As a good steward of our member s donations, MIPAC adheres to uniform contribution criteria when determining how much and to which candidate assistance is allocated. MIPAC will educate you about the political landscape and issues facing our organization and will strategize political impact. In addition, the committee is always open to suggestions, questions and comments. Please send your quarterly donations to MIPAC, PO Box 9887, Naples, Florida st Quarter Contributions will be sent this week! PLEASE Remember to make checks payable to MIPAC! Upcoming Events Artificial Reef Flotilla January 9th 1st Quarter Membership Meeting January 13th Boat Show Program Ads DUE January 14th 2015 Naples Boat Show January 29th - February 1st