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It has been a busy five months at SNAME. The Annual Meeting in Bellevue went very well and we will build on that success in Houston next year. We have participated in a number of events: ICETECH in Anchorage, IBEX in Louisville, Workboat (as I write this) in New Orleans, Ship Operations, Management & Economics ( SOME ) in Athens, UK Collegia in London, SOBENA in Rio, NACE Corrosion workshop in Baltimore, to name some.

In addition to these we are progressing in our roll in the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC). We, together with ASNE, have three responsibilities: Mentoring, Outreach, and Certification. There are 15 universities in this program today. This is a comprehensive effort to identify and attract candidates early in the educational experience through outreach and K-12 programs; to make them aware of educational and career opportunities through post graduate work including professional development and continuing education programs; to provide mentoring; and to provide appropriate certification as the program matures. 

SeaPerch continues to grow and is now three times its original size. We are working to expand this effort and to find ways to incorporate other elements into the program. SeaPerch is also an active part of the NEEC initiative.

We have made some appointments recently and have two new RVP’s. Bill Hale is the new Pacific RVP, and John Volc is Atlantic North RVP. Dave Helgerson is our new FVP Technology and T&R Steering Chair. Nathan Hagan is Student Steering Chair. Dave Singer is JSPD Chair. Jay Carson will be our Knowledge Management (KM) FVP and Jane Louie is the new Publications Chair and Alternate for (KM).

Jay’s background and recent experience with (mt) will blend well with Jane’s recent EMC contributions. Between them and Lars Ronning, Chair of EMC there will be good representation of this area of activity. On this topic I want to note that Mark Eichler will be leaving us to take on a new challenge.

We expect to stay in touch with Mark but we will miss his many contributions. He has played a key role in developing the website, providing needed functionality and access to our technical content. While this due in part to his grasp of technologies, much of what we will miss is his ability to communicate and to find workable solutions. Things like the document search were developed in cooperation with others, Alan Rowen in particular. We are working on a transition, but like the many people who rely on Mark’s help, we will miss him and his contributions. We want to preserve this teamwork as we move ahead.

As we enter the winter season in the northeast, I want to wish you, your families and friends the very best wishes for the holidays.

Created By: Erik Seither On: Thu, Dec 02, 2010 12:22 PM

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Robert Rogaski December 06, 2010 3:40 pm
Erik:
Thanks for keeping us in the loop.