[0:00] It's
also recording. Yeah, okay. Okay. Okay.
[0:05] Okay, welcome everybody.
It is Monday the 17th at 2:33.
[0:12] We have a quorum. Amy is doing important
work for main maritime and is not here.
[0:20] And so I'm calling this meeting to order
and we're only thing today is uh
[0:25] general discussions and Robert I thought
we could begin by talking about what you
[0:31] brought up last week.
Yeah. Is that good?
[0:34] Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Um
so we had a
[0:38] uh
an interesting discussion last week. So
[0:41] we have a lot going on in the town.
And you guys have a lot going on in
[0:46] school.
And we kind of get together and we we we
[0:50] kind of
share information, but it's it's it's
[0:55] not like um
I have to think of a good way to put it.
[0:58] It's not like we're
working out working together on you
[1:03] know, ways that we can assist you and
you ways you can assist us. We Is that
[1:07] Is that a good way of And so we we were
just talking about, you know, like some
[1:12] of the the the strategic planning, the
long-term planning that the town is
[1:16] doing, for example, you know, on the
waterfront. Um on any grants that we're
[1:22] applying for. Um
what else comes to mind, Robert?
[1:27] » Um just
um everything housing.
[1:30] » Yeah, well we we actually said casual. I
had a casual We had a very casual
[1:34] discussion about it earlier. But you
know, the the the the thought is
[1:39] that that as we're confronting problems
for the town,
[1:44] you know,
we bring things that are appropriate
[1:48] or to talk about with to to the school
and say, "Okay, you know, I mean housing
[1:54] is a perfect is a perfect example. You
know, it is as I said to you before,
[1:58] Frank, it is such a massive problem
because
[2:03] um
you know,
[2:05] Dainitz is losing
I think 90% of their staff this week,
[2:10] and luckily Tegan, who was one of your
students, is well connected, and Derek's
[2:15] I mean, Derek's speaking to
Tegan, and they're arranging for a bunch
[2:20] of kids to come and work at Dainitz and
kind of keep it together until until the
[2:25] school opens this day. But it's it's you
know, that that's an example and and I
[2:31] mean, Craig am I okay to What are we
talking about privately?
[2:35] » Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> So, Craig said there is a possibility
[2:39] for some dorm space next year.
It's a possibility, isn't it?
[2:43] » Yes.
>> And something like that not only helps a
[2:47] business, and in fact helps the whole
town.
[2:51] Because because people want I mean, I
people want to come here. Meaning and um
[2:58] I use this as just a a small example,
you know, I tend to be an ambitious
[3:04] thinker,
and if anyone had said to me
[3:09] that Jacques and the Waterfront would be
doing days at 7 8 8 7 8 800 meals,
[3:15] I would have said it's simply
impossible. We're not We're not a busy
[3:18] that town. But there Well, there was one
day I think he did 740 meals.
[3:24] It's just it it it's it's it just shows
you that the need is here, the people
[3:29] want it, and if we offer the services,
you know,
[3:33] that helps the shops. That helps attract
when you when people come to tour the
[3:38] school in the summertime and the in the
broader waterfront seems to thrive,
[3:42] right? Are they going to choose you or
Massachusetts?
[3:47] You know, they're going to say, "Wow,
this place is happening, you know?"
[3:51] You want to do that?
>> Yeah, yeah.
[3:53] So, yeah, we I mean,
>> obviously there's a lot you guys do and
[3:56] you don't
don't talk about outside and
[4:01] and we don't want to step over any
boundaries. We don't want to
[4:05] um create any
strife, but what
[4:10] but when there are things that we can
work on together, for instance on the
[4:13] comp plan
um
[4:16] the economic development group it's it's
they've kind of paired their stuff down
[4:20] to just looking at
how can we prepare
[4:25] Casting to take in more families.
Right. Or or and and one of the goals um
[4:32] that happens there too is to have more
um
[4:35] more in our main faculty and staff come
back to Casting. And I we all know
[4:41] housing is an issue, but
um and so if there are ways that maybe
[4:46] sometimes during these meetings we can
put something more substantive like
[4:50] that. I want to get into it and have a
really
[4:53] good discussion. It doesn't mean we're
going to work every detail out or get it
[4:57] done, but it means that we can begin
having some really substantive
[5:01] discussions um
and get past um our favorites, parking
[5:06] and truck noise.
And and and move into, you know, really
[5:11] making our relationship a little more
cohesive. Does that seem weird
[5:15] » No. No. No. It's right on. I I think at
some level um within the within the
[5:20] public forums, we should probably have a
a working session to go through some of
[5:24] this stuff because we have our
limitations, right? We have green space,
[5:27] we have educational space and all those
different things. We we're in a mode now
[5:32] where we're going to start upgrading
some of our facilities. We can't build
[5:36] new ones. We all know that.
But we can improve what we have.
[5:41] And physical improvements to some of the
some of the things are improvements you
[5:44] can see, some you can't. Like last last
last year we did the windows and just
[5:49] huge
huge difference.
[5:51] Big energy savings, building looks like
a new building now. And it it looked
[5:55] pretty tired beforehand.
And just a little thing like that.
[6:00] But we're starting to We've done the
windows now in Leavitt Hall. Done the
[6:03] windows in Flat.
And we're working our way working our
[6:07] way towards there. So,
we've been doing small upgrades, but I
[6:11] think that if we get together and talk
talk to housing what what we'd like to
[6:15] do to our buildings.
I think there's a huge opportunity on
[6:19] the waterfront.
So, one of the underlying things for our
[6:23] for our waterfront
is I'll say it's easy to say publicly
[6:28] with the extra dock space, the idea that
we can bring in out of town vessels,
[6:32] things like that that are coming to
town.
[6:34] But we need to have someplace more like
Camden's got on the waterfront to to
[6:40] take them in. You know, like like if we
had joint facilities, laundry things
[6:45] like that on the waterfront. And you
talk maybe a a joint sailing center
[6:49] that's with the town and with the
school.
[6:51] Sometimes in the past they've been
reticent to do it because their
[6:54] relationship goes up and down, but
um
[6:58] » I mean it's it's it's a it's a it's a
total win-win. I mean, if we had
[7:02] facilities down there
that were joint facilities and we were
[7:08] and we were able to figure out a way to
manage it so it's always clean and
[7:11] organized.
Um
[7:14] you know, we share the expense of that.
I mean,
[7:17] you know, I I I'm going to use this as a
small example. I was speaking to a
[7:22] resident who who just brought his boat
up
[7:25] from
from
[7:28] Delaware. I I forget where he brought
his boat up by. And he was telling me
[7:32] about some of the really difficult
places that he had to stop along the way
[7:38] to stay overnight or to dock. And he
said when he got to Castine it was such
[7:42] a pleasure cuz pulling into our harbor
is so easy. And and you know, so if if
[7:49] if Castine became known as one of the
best
[7:54] ports, both for the school and for
private individuals, I think that that
[8:00] would go a long way towards our goal of
more economic development. That's a you
[8:05] know, you know, so I think that
you know, there and I mean, Craig, we've
[8:09] talked about the past like I know you're
talking about doing something on top of
[8:14] » Payson.
>> Payson. What's it called?
[8:16] » Payson Hall.
>> Payson Hall, yeah.
[8:18] Like if if that's done and there's food
service and there's people hang out up
[8:23] there and people know, wait a second, I
can pull into Castine,
[8:27] I can dock my boat, I can take a shower,
I can do my laundry, I can walk up to
[8:32] Payson Hall, have this great view, have
have a nice lunch. I mean, that's a game
[8:38] changer.
>> Yeah.
[8:39] I think I think that's the stuff. And
and for us,
[8:44] » That's the stuff.
>> [laughter]
[8:47] » Uh, but the I mean, those are the things
we upgrade the facilities we've got and
[8:51] and more mixed usage, you know, same
uh, things that we do with the town
[8:55] right now have been working and it's
it's benefiting our benefiting town and
[8:58] our students and our staff, faculty.
Um, the relationship is good because
[9:03] we're everybody's transparent. We're all
trying to do the same right thing
[9:05] together.
>> Right.
[9:07] » So we can do more of that. Tackle the
housing issue.
[9:11] Uh, next year we get 120 beds back in
Curtis Hall, which be a huge
[9:15] achievement. Um, Curtis Hall will be
done, the pier will be done by
[9:20] » Are you still Are you still talking
about potentially the students live on
[9:23] the boat? Is that still a possibility?
>> Yes. Yeah.
[9:25] That'll be a potential next year.
>> So like the So the docks done in March,
[9:30] the cruise comes back in July.
>> Yeah.
[9:33] » And then we're talking about after that
that that year.
[9:36] » There's a There's a thin potential we
might get them on there this winter, but
[9:39] um
probably pretty thin. Just depends on It
[9:43] depends on a lot of things. Then the
gangway system, we're not comfortable
[9:47] um putting people out there this fall,
but we know by sure next summer Reed &
[9:52] Reed will be done and then Nickerson
O'Day will be done with the dorms and
[9:55] we'll be seeing a lot of contractors
leaving town. Or we have another
[9:59] project. Be a nice time to start start
my
[10:02] when they all left. Uh but uh you know,
both groups have done very very good job
[10:08] on their projects. Um
the
[10:11] the complaints for either for Nickerson
O'Day and
[10:14] and uh and Reed & Reed have been very
very minimal and they've dealt with a I
[10:18] think they've dealt with the bumps and
morings here and there, but
[10:21] uh for a project so intensive, it's been
pretty
[10:24] » It has been beyond my I just say my
personal expectations of the challenges.
[10:29] It is It has been 10 times easier than I
thought.
[10:35] » It's been really good and
um
[10:37] I will say too, you know, I know you
guys have a board that you have to go to
[10:42] and we have a board that we have to go
to, the voters. It's the important one.
[10:45] » [laughter]
>> And um you know, you can't make a lot of
[10:49] promises and things, but I love the idea
of having a working session with you
[10:53] guys now and again to talk about some of
these bigger deeper conversations
[10:59] because as you said, you are right now
physically constrained in where you can
[11:04] go and what we can have. But if there
was an opportunity
[11:08] for the town to reorganize the ordinance
and give you more space, you know, is
[11:14] that a conversation we would at some
point want to have?
[11:17] » Yeah, or even give us some flexibility
with the space we have. Like, you know,
[11:21] we've talked about like a a dormitory
above the Steven Street lot, which is
[11:25] So, if you went up and up there, and
then you'd have a mixed, you know, I'm
[11:30] you know, imagine if I had a magic wand,
it would be 150 student beds and another
[11:35] you know, 30 beds or two-bedroom
apartments that would be workforce. It
[11:39] would be town townsfolk and and our next
and probably our faculty who lose their
[11:44] faculty and give them a chance to get
back on their feet. Um
[11:48] that's a that's a winner. It's a huge
winner for the community.
[11:51] » Yeah.
>> Right.
[11:54] Talk about together and see if we can
plan them out, socialize them with the
[12:00] community and and see what we, you know,
and find out
[12:05] » And and the working group, if it's only
one of us
[12:08] in the working group
>> Mhm.
[12:10] » we're not a quorum.
>> Okay.
[12:12] » It could still be No, we could still be
a work session. It could just be a work
[12:16] session.
>> Oh, it could just be a work session. I I
[12:18] don't mind it being public.
>> Okay, but no, I'm just saying
[12:20] » It would just take just take an an hour
or two to go down through the projects
[12:24] and priorities.
>> The other thing that I wanted to bring
[12:27] up is that we are in the early stages of
planning our first infrastructure
[12:35] discussion between the town and the
residents.
[12:40] We're hoping to do this
in the next month or so.
[12:44] Yeah.
>> Date somewhere.
[12:45] » Yeah,
and we will have the engineers, Severe
[12:49] and
>> Severe and Nahar.
[12:51] » Nahar,
come and do a presentation to the
[12:56] residents.
All the infrastructure needs that the
[13:00] town has and their recommendation
in in in the order of operations cuz
[13:06] it's quite complex. All of you know,
it's $30 million of projects.
[13:10] » Mhm.
>> Um
[13:12] but I think it would be really
important that, you know, someone from
[13:17] the school is there because I'm some of
this infrastructure
[13:23] will will
um help help the school, help the town.
[13:28] Um
um I don't know if there if there's once
[13:31] we once we kind of prioritize
the projects and we get a sense of the
[13:38] dollars.
Of course, we're going to be applying
[13:40] for you know, progression direct
spending, but it like if we're applying
[13:44] together is it
you are you're you're the biggest use of
[13:48] infrastructure in the town.
And so
[13:52] do you have
>> I'm trying to find it.
[13:54] » Yeah, I think they said they said that.
>> We just said it would be in September.
[13:58] » In September?
>> September or October.
[13:59] » September or October. So anyway, I just
wanted to say that.
[14:02] » for them to for them to get back to us
with
[14:05] » Right.
>> But that that's I mean I would say from
[14:08] my perspective, remember where I don't
know how you feel.
[14:12] That
attempting to tackle the infrastructure
[14:16] problem
is probably the most difficult issue
[14:22] that this select board in the next
the next 10 years of select boards will
[14:27] will face because it's just an
enormously expensive
[14:32] problem and you you know, you put $30
million divided by how many households
[14:36] are there?
And that
[14:39] I don't know.
>> On that? Yeah.
[14:40] » I don't know.
>> Yeah.
[14:42] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[14:43] » It's it's you know, and and at some
point the infrastructure is something
[14:46] going to crumble if we if we don't
address it. Which is a good for you. I
[14:50] » No, we're we're addressing those
projects of our own currently.
[14:53] » Exactly.
>> And Curtis also as Peter Peter was here,
[14:56] he said we're at the point where the
projects picked us, we didn't pick them.
[15:00] » What? We're we're we're I would say that
when we meet when we get the report when
[15:05] we get the updated report from Sabina or
her, I'm sure at this point they're
[15:08] going to say
you know, this these these projects are
[15:12] bright red. This one's yellow. This
one's orange going to you know,
[15:18] yellow going to orange and there's
probably none none that are green.
[15:22] » Right.
Yep.
[15:24] Uh
but no, I think that's And then we can
[15:27] put some of those on the agenda for the
next town hall meeting too and we can
[15:30] bring bring some things to be prepared
to talk about.
[15:33] » Okay.
>> Uh housing's obviously biggest biggest
[15:35] thing for everyone. Uh people get to our
normal subjects in September.
[15:39] » Yeah.
>> Uh we'll start uh parking.
[15:42] » Yeah.
>> Parking's going to be interesting this
[15:43] winter cuz we're going to be tearing up
uh
[15:46] uh the Andrews. So, we won't have as
much parking. We'll be using more
[15:51] parking lots up the hill. So, that'll
that'll force the students up there too.
[15:54] So,
they did a little bit better job last
[15:57] year.
>> last year compared to you know, what was
[15:59] it last year was my
Listen, I'm my third year in the select
[16:02] board. So, last year was my second. It
was so much better than the first year.
[16:06] You know, the whole the whole traffic
parking problem.
[16:09] Now, have you you're I would assume
you're doing orientations already on
[16:13] your students?
>> RPT uh the regimental students are here.
[16:16] They got here Friday. They'll be going
through parade. Parade is middle of the
[16:21] mid-afternoon on Sunday. They get 5
minutes with their parents and then they
[16:25] have
their kind of academic orientation.
[16:28] Maybe they get 15 minutes. It's not a
long time.
[16:30] So, they're they're marching around
right now.
[16:32] » Oh, that's great.
>> Yep. So,
[16:34] » I mean
I guess I guess my other thought is
[16:36] would it be helpful at all if one of us
came to one of the orientations and just
[16:41] talked about, you know, from our
perspective
[16:44] you you talked to the students about the
importance of
[16:47] the school's relationship with the town.
So, maybe even like an emphasis through,
[16:51] you know, a 5-minute little
introduction.
[16:54] Um
that you know, we talked about how much
[16:56] we value the school and how important
our the students are to the to the town.
[17:01] » We have uh
uh what day is it? It's on Monday.
[17:06] Convocation. That would be the time to
do it cuz we have all the freshmen
[17:08] coming in. Soph- sophomores are coming.
Okay. And they did a pretty good job
[17:13] last year. So,
um
[17:15] Yeah, no, I think that would be good. We
can get
[17:18] » just send just send us an email.
>> Yeah, we'll get you guys an invite.
[17:21] » Yeah, which one of us can be
>> Yeah, pretty we we have steady message
[17:24] to give to somebody there from the town
would be good. And talking about that
[17:28] and and it's you know, it's each
relationship is fostered, you know,
[17:32] trust is earned and in in the years and
lost in minutes, so.
[17:37] So.
>> Yeah, and I recently had two very nice
[17:41] run-ins with parents whose kids are
starting this fall.
[17:45] You know,
I I was I was teaching a red baiting
[17:47] workshop last week and
and uh
[17:53] uh
What's the name of the town?
[17:56] It'll come to me in a second.
Um and
[17:59] the people who built this have these
wood-fired growing pizza ovens. His son
[18:04] was coming here.
So I I was telling his son about the
[18:09] adopted family program and you know, I
mean and then one of the one of the
[18:13] receptionists
cashiers at uh
[18:17] Casey's Deli is her son was coming here.
So I just I just you know, people people
[18:21] people care about school.
>> We're doing a lot more starting this
[18:25] fall. We're doing a lot more messaging
to parents, trying to get the parents
[18:28] around. The kids don't want them around,
but we do.
[18:31] Doing a better job messaging to parents.
As a parent of an MMA student,
[18:36] I never get told anything by my student.
>> Okay.
[18:38] » And she likes that, so. But we'll do a
better job getting parents around and
[18:43] uh so homecoming is the weekend of the
20th September 25th.
[18:47] » Okay.
>> I think that's 26th, something like
[18:48] that.
>> Friday's 25th to 27th.
[18:51] » 25th to 27th.
Uh so that'll be a that'll be a big
[18:55] weekend. The Friday night will be a
cookout for lobster bake on top of
[18:59] Payson,
town town alumni, students.
[19:04] Um
and on Saturday you have
[19:07] uh I think you have
volleyball,
[19:10] football,
uh and men's and women's soccer all the
[19:14] same night.
So, lots of stuff going on. Should be
[19:17] lots of
lots of activity in the town. Cuz last
[19:20] year we Last year we had football, but
we didn't have the other sports. They
[19:23] were traveling. So, this will be a good
good opportunity. So, it should put a
[19:27] lot more people in the town.
>> Right.
[19:29] » And it'll be a good one. My 35th. So,
that'll be a
[19:32] fun one to tell. So.
September what? What's that?
[19:37] » 5, 26, 27.
>> Wow.
[19:39] » Yeah.
Um I was just saying your 35th. My 35th.
[19:43] » Since you graduated. This September is
my 50th.
[19:50] » Yeah. So, we'll have Yeah, we'll have a
lot of classes here. We have the class
[19:53] of '66 here this summer. Good group of
folks. Class of '86, which is really big
[19:58] class. So.
Um
[20:01] the ship is ship's pouring away at its
spot. Um
[20:05] the captain,
again credit to the chief and the
[20:08] captain, um they run lights along where
the passageways are, so they blackened
[20:13] it out a little bit more. So,
um I talked to kayak Karen, and she's
[20:19] She thinks we're we're maybe too dark.
So, that's good. [laughter]
[20:23] We're blocking light from the town.
>> Okay.
[20:25] » So,
that's it's got a double double-sided
[20:28] bonus for her. So, she took a couple
pictures by the side of the ship the
[20:31] other day. Barely see it now.
>> Wow.
[20:35] » So, that's good.
Um we're still playing around with the
[20:37] fancy to minimize noise, but it's been
The motor is it's running.
[20:43] Yeah.
>> Just it's just a
[20:46] muffled
>> Yeah.
[20:48] » Anything else on your end?
>> Well, I think that's And the last bit of
[20:51] We drilled the last
the last pile for the for the for the
[20:56] piles on the outside docks. So, now
we're going to deconstruct the wooden
[21:01] pier, which was built by Reed and Reed
back in 1990, over the next couple
[21:05] weeks. Then you're going to see some
funky-looking temporary gangways going
[21:09] from where the um
uh boat lift is down to docks, across to
[21:14] a barge. It's going to be a little
funky-looking. We're still trying to
[21:17] figure out what it's going to look like
and
[21:19] how we're going to access that, but when
uh
[21:22] we're
you once we get that set up, you know,
[21:24] the captain's going to work with the
fire chief and and uh and
[21:28] just making sure we have safe access and
and all those sort of protocols, so
[21:33] um
let's see. Do we
[21:35] Rest of the students report this this
over the course of this week and this
[21:39] weekend, so start to see everybody start
to fill back in, so
[21:43] Okay.
[21:45] That's as much as I can think of at the
moment.
[21:47] » Yeah.
>> It's a lot.
[21:48] » Okay. No, that's good.
>> show went well, I heard.
[21:50] » It was fantastic.
>> Martha Stewart was in town.
[21:53] » Was she?
>> Was she?
[21:55] » I know, we didn't even get to give her
an MMA hat.
[21:58] I didn't know if she came the other the
first night.
[22:00] » Um I heard she was here on I think it
was the last night of the show.
[22:06] » Yeah, maybe not. I was there Friday
night.
[22:08] » Yeah. Yeah, she was she was there on
Sunday.
[22:10] » Sunday night.
>> Okay.
[22:12] » Yeah.
>> She posted a picture out in front of the
[22:14] town in front with Emily and Andrew.
>> Okay.
[22:19] So that that was a great success, so I
think they want to come back.
[22:22] » Oh, it was it was so much better this
year. I went to the one at George
[22:25] Stevens last year. And this was and the
nice thing about the vendors like it so
[22:29] much better and I spoke to the guy from
Doyle who sponsors the event, the
[22:33] auction house, and they said it was so
much better.
[22:37] » They liked all that access and field
house and those looking at the trucks
[22:41] and the yachts, so
a lot a lot nicer than
[22:46] » Yeah, that was a yeah, that was a
win-win.
[22:49] So get them coming back. Double said it
was a little too hot, but we
[22:53] we work on that.
>> It was okay.
[22:55] » It was such a hot weekend.
>> It was a hot weekend, but
[22:57] » May I just ask
>> Yeah.
[22:59] » I know, did you have anything you wanted
to
[23:02] » Um perhaps if I think there's some
thought that occurs to me is as you're
[23:06] preparing for maybe a work session
discussion, maybe there's some, you
[23:11] know, questions or topics that
that maybe they would like to,
[23:17] you know, put on the table with us and
and vice versa. You know, I think
[23:20] perhaps getting into the detail of
meeting into long-range planning, what
[23:24] kind of planning you're going after for
what, how we can be helpful in your long
[23:28] lines. Um, as we try and think about our
[clears throat] affordable housing
[23:33] initiatives and what other things
Yeah, lower we've got the engineers
[23:37] priorities on infrastructure, but what
are the what's what's the other context
[23:41] that we need to pay attention to and are
there big are there areas or uh
[23:47] potential missions or things that are
already in the works that that we can
[23:51] mutually sort of be on the ground floor
for the planning up so that it's not
[23:56] just a consultation,
you know, I think like an hour, but that
[24:01] um we start to see well what can we
bring to the table
[24:04] um early on and and figure out how to
maybe there's special grants we can
[24:09] apply for
maybe we need to social with we're
[24:13] saying socialization with um
uh the
[24:18] the the town's folks so, you know,
people are aware of what's coming and
[24:22] excited about it and understand the
reasons coming underneath the project.
[24:26] Particularly if we really if we want to
make wellness changes or
[24:30] make sort of create the enabling
environment
[24:34] of the town that helps you MMA do what
you want to do.
[24:38] Um, because you know, your growth and
prominence and success
[24:43] ours is ours is like Hastings growth and
prominence and success is linked to
[24:47] that. Um, and we can we can do some
interesting little things on fringes and
[24:52] we can market the waterfront and so
forth, but um
[24:55] but our um
yeah, our our fortunes are certainly for
[25:00] the capital spending our fortunes are
up.
[25:03] » Absolutely.
>> Yeah.
[25:04] » Yeah. Now, that would be that would be
great. You know, you should probably
[25:07] sometime too. We haven't had a economic
development meeting.
[25:10] » Yeah, there's one uh soon. It's It's
been
[25:12] » Thursday, right? Is it Thursday is the
economic development?
[25:17] Next Thursday.
>> Next week. This week is economic
[25:20] development, right?
>> Grants.
[25:22] » Yes.
>> Grants tomorrow.
[25:24] » Yeah.
>> And then staff housing is on the
[25:28] um
26th is the Wednesday.
[25:31] » Okay.
Yeah. Yeah, the more things we can do
[25:33] jointly, the certainly the better off we
are.
[25:36] » And then finally, um
if you guys had a goal of how many
[25:40] families you would like to host
students, like if we're looking for 20
[25:44] families or 30 families, it would be
good to have kind of instead we we just
[25:48] put it out every year, who would like to
host uh
[25:51] some students. I think a better message
would be we're looking for 35 families
[25:57] to host a student once a month and then
we can work towards that goal, okay?
[26:02] » Yeah, then we can do that. It'd be
interesting if we told the story of one
[26:05] of them too, like one of the older ones
I ever knew was Mike Coughlin.
[26:09] Mike Coughlin um took in a a student
named Zach Lawrence who I met I don't
[26:14] know, 10 12 years ago when I was a head
hunter and he told me I know this Mike
[26:18] Mike Coughlin back to Castine and I said
I know who that guy is and uh but that
[26:23] that was
once I knew that
[26:26] I was able to help place him in a new
role and matched him up with a person in
[26:30] Massachusetts and now he's been promoted
two and three times. He's very
[26:34] successful. And he just came back to
Mike's place uh last spring. Went down
[26:38] there for some bite and
and that just started as a town person
[26:44] mentoring an MMA student.
>> Yeah.
[26:46] » What a guy.
>> Wait, I I look I look forward to seeing
[26:48] what Teagan's going to do in life.
>> Mhm.
[26:50] » He He He is a very very capable young
man.
[26:54] And you know, we've had him since he was
a freshman. So this
[26:57] is his final year and actually he said
to me because he helps around the house,
[27:01] too. And he said Dan, I'm I'm already on
the lookout for my replacement.
[27:07] » That's funny.
>> A freshman. He was looking for a finer
[27:09] freshman.
>> Yeah. But it's a huge it makes a huge
[27:12] difference. It takes a takes a lot off a
student to have somebody in town they
[27:16] can talk to.
>> And just And we've And we've I feel like
[27:19] we I feel like I feel like we've
um
[27:22] gained as much as we've shared. You know
what I mean? It's It's been a very
[27:26] wonderful experience having him come
over and you know, just hear about his
[27:29] you know, he's sending us pictures and
um
[27:32] when you guys are out on the cruise this
year, he sent us pictures where you guys
[27:36] were and telling me about the things.
Tell us about how everybody got sick and
[27:40] the storm and
[27:43] » Yeah.
Yeah, and that that program has doubled
[27:46] in the last couple of years. So it's
it's really good.
[27:49] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, and if you even get a main cadet
[27:51] signing up for you.
>> Yeah.
[27:52] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[27:55] » Okay, well, I don't have any more.
>> Do you guys have anything else?
[27:59] » I'm good.
>> All right.
[28:00] » Just just a couple quick things. So we
have
[28:02] I already mentioned the braid. We have
two other big events. Friday is the My
[28:07] Olympics at the stadium from like 7:00
to 9:00.
[28:10] » This Friday?
>> Yeah. And that's you know, that's open
[28:12] to the townspeople to come and watch as
the you know, the freshman are competing
[28:15] by company.
And it's kind of you know,
[28:18] the
for their company pride.
[28:21] » What time is it?
>> 7:00 to 9:00.
[28:23] » This is something you could do.
>> What what
[28:26] time is class?
>> We can try.
[28:28] » Okay.
>> Um where is that? That's at the stadium.
[28:32] » 7:00
>> 7:00 to 9:00.
[28:34] » a.m.
>> No, 7:00 p.m.
[28:36] » 7:00 p.m. I thought like 7:00 a.m. I
think.
[28:38] » And then
>> I'll get home late.
[28:41] » And then all day or all morning at the
backshore on Saturday
[28:45] is um
uh
[28:48] it's kind of a team-building event like
we did last year down there. They're
[28:51] going to have the row the Monomoy
rowboats
[28:53] down there and because of the tide, it's
going to start around 7:30 in the
[28:57] morning and then we have all the
incoming freshmen down there for
[29:01] another team-building event and a big
barbecue. So, that's 7:30 starts and
[29:06] ends at around 2:30.
>> And how many incoming freshmen are
[29:10] there?
>> We'll have just under 300, I think.
[29:12] We're
>> Oh, wow.
[29:13] » And so, you know, and then for to your
point on hosting families, I think it's
[29:19] almost split equally 50 % from Maine and
50% from outside of Maine. So, there's a
[29:25] there's a big need for host you know,
can be a big need for host families who
[29:30] will step up and work with the
community.
[29:32] » You know what? I will I will bring it up
to the select board meeting
[29:37] that, you know, that we will need Do Is
there a number you have in mind? 30, 40,
[29:41] 50? I mean, is it
>> I think that would be great. I mean, you
[29:44] know, I think
>> Okay.
[29:46] » I don't know. 50 families would be a
great target.
[29:49] » And how do you reach out to them?
>> Um
[29:53] I don't know what the best
person to ask, but we can work I think
[29:56] it'd be good uh
I don't know what it's like the student
[29:59] government
or or through the Dean of Students'
[30:02] office to kind of get this word out so
that it gets in all-encompassing and not
[30:06] just the regiment.
>> Okay.
[30:08] » But I'm certainly available to, you
know, help out.
[30:10] » Okay.
>> But but if somebody wanted to
[30:13] adopt a student, how do they go about
it? Who do they talk to?
[30:15] » Yeah, I don't
I don't know how do we do it like that.
[30:17] » Um
I think it's through Blossom or Rachel.
[30:21] You I think it's through Blossom now and
student student affairs.
[30:27] » I have Blossom's email.
>> Okay.
[30:29] Yeah.
And I sent you a a note at the at the
[30:33] office about the books we're having
>> Yep, I got that.
[30:36] » Yep, and that's been extended now.
>> Okay.
[30:38] » Okay.
It's for another few more days. So,
[30:41] we're clearing out the library of some
old periodicals and things like that.
[30:45] So, we're going to have an open house
soon for the uh
[30:48] for the book enthusiasts, it could be
pretty cool. There's a lot of neat neat
[30:52] books down there.
>> When is that?
[30:54] » It's open now.
>> Now?
[30:55] » Yeah.
Two more days after today.
[30:58] » Okay.
[31:02] » We had a professional sailor come in and
take all the Sailing World magazines
[31:05] from the '80s and '90s, so I
Well,
[31:10] » Okay. Well, thank you all.
I will make a motion that we end this uh
[31:16] zoning town meeting.
All in favor?
[31:19] » Thanks to Clark.
>> And Dan Leader says aye.
[31:21] And it's 3:05. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.
[31:24] » Thank you.
>> Thanks.
[31:32] » Yeah, I I think a working session is a
good Yeah.
[31:34] » Right. I'm excited now.
>> Yeah, me too. Well, we got a lot of
[31:37] stuff.
>> Yeah. You You guys are doing a lot of
[31:40] stuff.
>> We have been.
[31:41] » You You guys never had a like a
downtime.
[31:44] » No.
>> You're just
[31:45] » Well, if we have a downtime, it'll get
filled with something else. You need to
[31:47] get a wet fort.
>> All right.
[31:49] » So, we'll fill it with other stuff.
>> Thank you, Sean.
[31:52] » Thank you.
I'd like that. Well, thank you, Sean.
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