Press Release
FINGER LAKES BOATING MUSEUM BOARD ADDS TWO
DIRECTORS AND ADDS NEW LINE OF CLOTHING IN THE SHIP’S STORE
GENEVA,
NY (Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012)
– Vince Scalise, President of the Finger Lakes Boating Museum, announced today
that the Boating Museum Board has added two new Directors.
Christopher
Lytle of Seneca Falls and Fred Mayer of Hammondsport are the two newest members
of the Boating Museum organization.
The
Museum also has announced a new line of clothing in the Ship’s Store, which is
available on the Museum’s web site at www.flbm.org.
Mr.
Lytle’s private practice includes providing management and fundraising
consulting, interim staffing and executive coaching to C-Suite nonprofit
executives and boards. His career includes
staff, volunteer and consulting positions with premier national and
international organizations, which include the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International,
International Youth Foundation, Apple Computer Market Center (NYC), European
Institute of Business Administration and the Muscular Dystrophy Association-Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.
He
is a member of the Seneca Yacht Club, Seneca Sailing Academy, the Masons and
the Finger Lakes Boating Museum. Mr. Lytle resides in Seneca Falls with his
wife and daughter. He owns two antique boats – one power and one sail.
Mr.
Mayer, also known as “Hank the Plank,” has been involved in many aspects of
classic and antique boating since 1988. His expertise is in restoring and
building wooden boats and he is also proficient in maintaining and repairing
boats.
He
has been a member of the Wine Country Classic Boats Chapter of the Antique and
Classic Boat Society since 1988, including acting as Chief Judge and Judge in
various show venues in New York and out of state. He has owned and operated
HankCraft Restoration since 1996.
Mr.
Mayer has worked on Penn Yan and Thompson boats and recently purchased a Murray
Wright boat that he is looking forward to researching and restoring. He takes a
preservationist approach, always trying to maintain as much of the original
boat as possible. His assessments and restoration are always based on the
safest way to get the boat back in the water.
Mr.
Mayer has been serving on the Museum’s Collections Committee. “I look forward
to learning more about the local builders and the boats that were produced in this
area,” he said. “The wealth of
knowledge that is available from this group will be priceless.”
The new line of clothing
featured on the newly redesigned website features the Museum’s new logo and
includes a white cap with an embroidered logo, white golf shirts with a collar
and an embroidered logo, ladies tees in a soft yellow color with cropped
sleeves, straight sides and an embroidered logo, men’s tees in a white cotton
blend with a screened logo, and original golf shirts in a cream color.
The Boating Museum has
assembled a collection of more than 115 wooden boats built in the Finger Lakes
over the past 100 years, as well as numerous related artifacts and extensive
reference material. The Collection is still growing as boats are offered on a
regular basis by owners who recognize that the boats will be cared for and
appreciated.
The boating museum is a 501c3
not-for-profit corporation and was chartered by the New York State Department
of Education in 1997 to “research, document, preserve and share the boating
history of the Finger Lakes region.”
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