b'LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTSome BRIGHTAT THE HELM SPOTS in 2020COLLEEN STEPHENS // PRESIDENTAs PVA members we have a team working with us who is responsive, adaptive and innovative. This is a team who truly wants to see each member come through this pandemic safely and successfully.I t is amazing to think that it is December.PVA has participated and monitored meetings,starting early first quarter of next year.The For the majority of us we have spent thehearings and bill mark-ups that focused on: success of this program will depend on each of past10-12monthsdoingnothingotherNationalTransportationSafetyBoardour individually companys involvement, how than responding, adapting and running to keep(NTSB) findings, both relative to the fire onwe support it, and how we share the developed up with all things associated with COVID-19the Conception and Stretch Duck 7 incidents.messages.Please stay tuned for the news on and its impacts to our lives, communities andThis includes follow up with NTSB Staff,how you can participate.businesses. meeting with NTSB Members, members of the Congress, and the Coast Guard. PVA will continue to keep members informed Iwouldlovetobefillingthisletterwithabout all of these activities via email updates, conclusive data or expert predictions as to whenDeliveringourindustrysmessagethateducationsessions,theFOGHORN,andat and how we will start to see positive trends andadditionalcoronavirusreliefisneededtheupcomingPVAVirtualConventionat business recovery.But as all of you painfullyfromCongressandtheAdministration.MariTrends2021.Ithastakenagreatdeal know, we are not yet to that stage of knowledgeThishasbeencarriedoutindependentlyoftimeandcreativitytosupplythevision or predictability.Unfortunately, at times, webyPVAandinconjunctionwithanecessary to re-organize this event to be 100% seem to be creeping in the opposite direction. transportation lobbying group, comprisedvirtual.Registration is open now and the initial ofPVA,motorcoach,andbusoperators.agenda is posted at http://www.passengervessel.What I do know is that as PVA members haveThe requests have focused on the fundingcom/maritrends.html.Please register now and been forced to focus on business survival, theoutlinedintheCERTSAct,additionalconsider the company-based registration being team at the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA)PaycheckProtectionProgram(PPP)offered this year only, where multiple members has been working to ensure that our collectivefundingandotherreliefprogramsthatof your team can participate for the flat rate of voice and concerns are heard at the regulatorywill directly impact our vessel and associate$100.and legislative levels.It may seem like time ismembers.standing still, but in the Washingon BeltwayTheholidayseasonisatimewereflecton deadlines, hearings and legislation that impact Monitoring and advising on legislation, asouryearandgivethankstothosethathave our businesses have been cruising right along. it moved through the committee process,supportedus.AsPVAmemberswehave thatifpassed,willdirectlyimpactourateamworkingwithuswhoisresponsive, In recentmonths, PVA has filed comments onamphibiousoperators.PVAstaffhasadaptive and innovative. This is a team who its members behalf on the following: alsoworkedwithamphibiousmemberstruly wants to see each member come through U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencybyparticipatinginmeetingsfocusedonthis pandemic safely and successfully. I want Vessel Incidental Discharge Standards;strengthening their operations. to offer special thanks in this letter to the PVA team of staff and contractors who dedicate theirU.S. Coast Guard Proposed RuleType Monitoring the path of the Coast Guardenergy to ensure the success of all vessel and Approval First-aid Kits; Authorizationlanguagethathasbeenassociate members.bundled in the Defense Authorization Bill. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposalI would like to wish everyone a safe Holiday torestrictnavigationintheWashingtonPVAisalsoworkingtolaunchthenewestSeason!As we gain daylight and climb out of Channel; andmember benefit program, a digital marketingwinter, I also hope that everyone has a New Year campaign that will work to ensure that travelersthat is healthy and begins to trend positively.Federal Maritime Commission Proposedinclude a waterway journey no matter where RulemakingPassengerVesselFinancialthey go.A contract to carry out this campaign Responsibility.will be awarded later this month with activity Colleen StephensPresidentLETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 FOGHORN'