NCMA NNSY Newsletter 2014-Q4

Another Exciting NCMA Annual Christmas Party
On December 6th, the NCMA
Christmas Party was held at the
Drydock Club. The Live Music
was again presented by Dino
Seretis with the “Yankee
Swap” gift exchange. Bill Welch
was awarded “NCMA Member of
Year” for 2014. Bill lent his help to many volunteer events such as Craddock
Little League, Southeastern Food Bank, and our various clean-up days.
Congratulations and many thanks to Bill for his dedication and hard work! Also
in attendance were Admiral Rick Berkey and wife Camille along with our SY
Commander Scott Brown and his wife Missy. Our spouses and new members were
also a big part of our annual party.
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NCMA Announced Its Inaugural “NNSY Manager of the Year”
Roy Gunzelman, Code 2330.4 Branch Head.
Gunzelman was selected from a select group
of managers who were previous winners of
NCMA’s monthly “Manage-Mint” award
during 2014.
This award was established to recognize
outstanding leadership at NNSY, as
exemplified by the NCMA’s charter and core
principles.
(Pictured left to right: Mike Regna - Chapter Vice
President, Roy Gunzelman - Honoree, and Bill Anspach Division Head Code 2330)
NNSY NCMA – “September 27th In-reach Volunteer Work Day”
On Saturday, 27 September, a handful of NNSY
Naval Civilian Manager’s Association (NCMA)
Chapter volunteers worked to improve an inside
shipyard walkway. This path is used by a lot of
our fellow employees and active duty
‘customers’ who travel between the exterior
parking lot towards Building 705 and on to the
industrial area. This in-reach event involved
picking up debris, pulling weeds, seeping out,
composting and stashing trash. Volunteers also
made some minor brick pathway repairs making
it a bit safer for traversing in the evening.
4th Qrt. Membership Drive Results
Welcome new members:
Rita Day – C1235; Craig Fieldings – C100PI
Valerie Fulwood – C1160; Jonathan Halter – C246
Jeffery Smith – NSSG; Capt. Tim Spicer – C300
Cynthia Weast – C1235; Valorie Wesson – C1231
Our membership has recruited twelve new members
this fall, WELL DONE!
Congratulations to Mark Cook for winning the “Fall
Membership Drive” cash award!"
NCMA was proud to recognize the top apprentice
graduate, Karen B. Wilson, Shop 26, who was awarded the
2014 NCMA Scholarship Achievement Award. Karen
achieved a 4.0 GPA, a 99.21 trade theory average, a 91.50
on-the-job average comprising an aggregate total of 3.69
GPA in apprenticeship performance. Pictured above is
Karen Wilson receiving her recognition and cash award
from NMCA President Larry Reese at the commencement
held at Chrysler Hall, Norfolk on November 6th.
Happy Retirement:
Larry Brown C300, Tony Hahn C930,
Linda Johnson C100PI, Mike Hansley C100PI
Norman McIntosh C200 & Rusty McLain C246
A TOTAL OF 30 NEW MEMBERS HAVE JOINED IN 2014
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UPCOMING
EVENTS:
STEM Day at Nauticus Volunteer Event – A Success!
On Saturday, December 6th a
number of Norfolk NCMA volunteers
participated at the NAUTICUS Stem
day – for Cub and Boy Scouts. This
was our first involvement with this
event. Approximately 500 preregistered visitors toured our
display. Our members assisted
representing NNSY and NCMA to
folks as far away as mid-state North
Carolina. The STEM day displays also
included
robots,
Underwater
Remote Vehicle, and handouts.
¾ MLK COMMEMORATIVE
OBSERVANCE - JAN. 15TH
AT 1120 HRS. IN CBR.
¾ MONTHLY MEETINGS –
WEDNESDAY’S – JAN.14TH;
FEB.11TH; MAR.11TH
¾ JAN. 24TH ‘IN-REACH’
(QRTLY CLEAN-UP SIDEWALK
BY BLDG#705 WEATHER
PERMITTING)
¾ FEB. 7TH VALENTINE'S DAY
SOCIAL EVENT – “DUTCH
TREAT DINNER”
¾ MAR. 14TH ST. PATTY'S
DAY SOCIAL EVENT –
“DUTCH TREAT DINNER”
NCMA Gives from the Heart at Christmas Time
¾ MAY 2ND CINCO DE MAYO
SOCIAL EVENT – “DUTCH
TREAT DINNER”
¾ JUNE 3RD - BRASS-WHEEL
GOLF TOURNEY
(TENTATIVELY)
.
Local Portsmouth charities: EDMARC Hospice for Children and Oasis Social
Ministry receives NCMA's generous donations totaling $1,500.00!"
NCMA Continues to Support
the “Santa Claus Shuffle”
supporting the Tidewater
Youtth Service
Our chapter proudly sponsored the
Santa Claus Shuffle 5K fun run/walk
race in Portsmouth, VA on December
13th. In addition to donating $250 to
support the event, we sponsored a
team of 11 runners and supplied event
volunteers.
Visit us on the WebCentral:
https://webcentral.nnsy.sy/
sites/Associations/NCMA/
default.aspx
“NEW”
(Pictured top left: Running team, Larry
Crane, Mike Rice, Rob Bogle and Capt.
Brown). (Pictured bottom-left Volunteer team, Clara Weast, Cindy
Weast, Bill Wansley, Terri Makely, Bill
Welch, Nicky Peterson and Tim Ribble)
NCMAonline.org
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November
Meeting
Featured
our NEW
C100 –
Capt.
Scott M.
Brown
On the evening of October 25th, about 28 brave souls
embarked on the ex-USS WISCONSON moored at the
Nauticus Museum, downtown Norfolk, for a frightful
excursion on board the 'Haunted Ship'. This was our
Chapter's fall social event with several members from
Tidewater Chapter joining in for the fun.
Our tour required our 'search party' to navigate
through the darkened passages on a 'rescue' mission
complete with monsters banshees and other unsavory
ghouls impeding our way. The fun evening was
enjoyed by all and will likely become an annual
tradition. Proceeds from the event were used to
support the Museum.
Our November monthly chapter meeting involved
a 'Real Meal' (a quarterly initiative), which
included a complete Thanksgiving dinner with all
the trimmings supported by our local shipyard CoOperative. Our chapter officially welcomed our
newly-installed Shipyard Commander CAPT Scott
Brown, as our guest speaker. This event broke our
attendance record reaching over 70 members and
guests! CAPT Brown led a lively discussion on
core values, (honor, commitment and courage),
accountability and responsibility, as the
foundational basis for our continued shipyard
mission success.
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