An excerpt from Joe Cuneo's letter to appear in the April 2002 issue of Marine Technology

" ..... In keeping with the initiative to strengthen our international presence the annual meeting scheduled for 2003 in San Francisco has been totally transformed to a new format, which we hope will set a precedent for future periodic international meetings. SNAME will host the first International Marine Technical Exposition and Conference (IMTEC). This conference will have a theme of "Marine Industry Challenges in the New Global Environment" and it will include participation by a substantial number of our counterpart overseas technical societies. Many of these societies have been invited to join with us in sponsoring and participating in this first international technical forum with a focus on timely issues which will affect the future of design, construction and operation for all manner of marine craft and structures throughout the world.....

It will be a multi-track endeavor unlike anything we have ever produced in our 109-year history. SNAME's February NewsLetter, available on our website, contained a preliminary announcement providing more details. As the conference is still a "work in progress" you will be hearing, reading and seeing more about it in the months to come. It is your Executive Committee's hope and belief that this initiative will be a major milestone in the enhancement of SNAME's value to you, our membership, whether your professional interests are in large ship design, construction or operation, offshore structures, port and cargo handling, naval vessels, or the small craft industry...."

Joseph Cuneo, President, SNAME

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Now, for your convenience, you may access and apply for most of the SNAME group insurance benefits online.

To access, go to: http://www.insurancetrustsite.com/home.asp?assoc=sname or:

1. Go to the SNAME home web page
2. Click on "About Us" at the top of the home page
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on 'SNAME Group Insurance Program'

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Attention Exhibitors - We are proud to announce that our IMExpo 2002 Floorplan is now available for you to review and/or download.

(yellow highlight indicates the spaces that are now reserved). Booths 1-36 are the SPS Pavilion.

Click here for the pdf

 

The March 31, 2002, deadline is near, so don't hesitate to reserve your booth space.

Please contact Susan Giver, Director of Marketing at sgiver@same.org or Brenda Elmore, Exposition Administrator at belmore@sname.org.

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Again this year SNAME was represented at the International Boat Equipment Exposition and Conference (IBEX) at the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Convention Center. Executive Director Kimball and Susan Giver, Marketing Director, manned our booth from Tuesday to Friday, February 5-8, which was near the entrance to the exhibit area of 630 booths and accessible to all of the 3000 attendees.

On Thursday evening at 5:30 PM, February 7, a special two-hour panel session was held at IBEX to elicit views, comments and suggestions regarding P.E. licensing of yacht and small craft designers and builders.

Click here for Executive Director Phil Kimball's report.

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Another New T&R Report !

T&R Report R-56, Modular Mathematical Models for Ship Maneuvering, is now available.

Copies may be ordered by contacting Claudio Pujols at SNAME HQ

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Opportunity to Exhibit

Sponsored by: The American Society of Naval Engineers and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
To be held in Arlington, Virginia, August 2003

An invitation is now open for companies and organizations to reserve space to exhibit at the 2003 Marine Environmental Engineering Technical Symposium (MEETS 2003). MEETS 2001 was an extremely successful and well-attended conference that brought together for two days over 250 policy-makers, scientists and engineers interested in the challenge of marine environmental stewardship.

Click here for details

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The 2002 Council and Executive Committee rosters have been updated on our web site. Click here to view the Council. Other committees may be accessed via the menu on the right side of the page.

Headquarters Staff pages have also been updated. We have a few new staff members, and others have had changes made to their job responsibilities. For your convenience, staff members are listed 3 ways: first name, last name, and job title. Click here to meet the people at SNAME HQ !

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The State University of New York Maritime College (www.sunymaritime.edu) is holding open house tours for interested students and their families on March 23rd and May 5th. The college accepts out-of-state and international students as well as NY state residents. Students from AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MI, MD, NJ, NC, PA, RI, SC, VA pay New York State tuition rates.

Contact admissions@sunymaritime.edu or phone 718-409-7220.

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LINK-OF-THE-MONTH

New Monthly Feature: Each month, a link from our home page will be featured in the SNAMeNewsLetter. This month's link is the Northern California Section home page. This page was created by the section's web liaison, Ed Lortz, who is responsible for updating the information. The page has 4 links: Officers, Archives, Meetings, & Special Events. The page is well organized and has a great deal of information regarding the Section's upcoming "Special Event", the 41st Joint Meeting of the California Sections, which takes place from May 30 through June 2, 2002, at the Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California.

Keep up the good work, Northern California Section !

March 2002 Link-of-the-Month = http://www.sname.org/sections/northern_california/

If you have questions/comments regarding the Northern California Section's home page, please contact Ed Lortz
If you would like more information regarding the creation/update of a Section home page, please contact me

Connie Cali-Poutré, Manager, SNAME Web Site

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