The Society has 18 Sections, grouped into five Regions. Each Region is represented on the Council and Executive Committee by elected Vice Presidents of the Society.

Part of the change in SNAME’s new governance passed at the 2003 Business Session at the Annual Meeting involved creating an International Region, and reducing the number of Vice Presidents representing each region from three to two. The Regional Vice Presidents will each serve four-year terms, the first two years on the Executive Committee and an additional two years on Council. Each region, will therefore, select a new Vice President every other year. To provide for continuity of the Vice Presidents on the Executive Committee, the elections will be staggered, with the Mid-Atlantic, Central and International regions electing Vice Presidents in odd years (2003, 2005, etc.), and the other regions electing their Vice Presidents in even years. (At the present time there is an overlap of RVPs resulting from elections under the previous Bylaws.)

Vice Presidents elected on the 2003 ballot representing the Mid-Atlantic and Central regions, as well as the appointed International Regional Vice President, assumed office on January 1st, 2004, will all serve for four years. The next election to select Vice Presidents to represent the Atlantic North and Pacific regions will take place in 2008. The Vice Presidents elected on the 2008 Ballot will take office on January 1, 2009.

Each of the Sections host local meetings, see the Events Calendar for additional information.

In addition, many Sections sponsor Student Sections at schools in their geographical areas.

(Click here to view Region/Section organization under previous governance)

Pacific Region    Central & Gulf Region    Atlantic South Region    Atlantic North Region International Region (not shown)

(updated 1/16/08)

PACIFIC REGION Vice-Presidents Gerald E. Bellows (2008) John A. Malone (2010) Sections Pacific Northwest Northern California Southwest Hawaii	CENTRAL & GULF REGION       Vice-Presidents      John A. Mercier (2009)       Frank G. Bercha (2011) Sections Texas Gulf Great Lakes/Great Rivers Arctic Eastern Canadian
ATLANTIC SOUTH REGION       Vice-Presidents      Glenn Ashe (2009)       William M. Hayden (2011) Sections Southeast Hampton Roads Chesapeake	ATLANTIC NORTH REGION      Vice-Presidents     John M. Ringelberg (2008)     Daniel L. Walker (2010) Sections Philadelphia New York Metropolitan New England Canadian Atlantic
INTERNATIONAL REGION Vice-President Gregory J. Grigoropoulos (2009) Stavros Hatzigrigoris (2011) Sections Greek Section

Administration of Section activities is described in the Sections Manual, Section Manual online for procedural information on such items as meetings, papers, committees, publicity, membership, finances, key dates and liaison with headquarters. General policy matters with respect to Section operations are the responsibility of the Sections Committee.