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March 5, 2009
Mr. Tay Yoshitani
Chief Executive Officer
Port of Seattle
PO Box 1209
Seattle, WA 981 11
Dear Mr. Yoshitani,
I am Co-Chair of .the annual Maritime Career Day that has been held in the space previously occupied
by Odyssey. We had to postpone the 2009 annual event originally schedl- led for February 12
because of .thelack of an agreement between the Port and Columbia Hospitality. We have tentatively
rescheduled with Columbia Hospitality and teamed up with the Seattle Propeller Club to hold the Career
Day on May 7 to coincide with the annual Maritime Festival, but this depends on the Commission's
approval of the Requested Action at your March 5 Commission Meeting, Agenda Item 10a. If
we are going to have a successful Career Day we need to give venders and schools as much lead
time as possible to set their plans to participate. By teaming LIP with the Propeller Club, we will get
much broader media exposure than in past years but this also requires significant lead time to develop
the advertising materials. In past years we have had as many as 800 students and 40 venders
participate when we had a much longer lead time. We hope 2009 will meet our past attendance levels
but we are now up against the drop dead date if we are going to have a successful Career Day on
May 7. The mission of YMTA is to promote and support our State's school programs and associated
youth organizations that provide maritime education, training and experiences for our students. The
Maritime Career Day introduces students and job seekers to maritime career pathways and opportunities
in our Port and is a significant event in support of our mission. I encourage all of you to please
make your decision (I personally hope you approve the requested action) on March 7 so that, if approved
, we can move forward in getting the word out to the schools, maritime businesses and media.



~residbdt,YMTA


Youth Maritime Trainincr Association PO Box 70425 Seaftle, WA 98127 206-300-5559 www.vmta.net

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