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2002 Annual Meeting / SPS / IMExpo Preliminary Information
Preliminary information regarding SNAME's 2002 Annual Meeting / Ship Production
Symposium / IMExpo is now available on our web site. Click here:
http://www.sname.org/AM2002/
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Value of Membership - Update for Disability Income Plan
Good News!
Disability
Income Plan Premium Credit Announced
Members insured in the SNAME
Disability Income Plan as of April 30, 2002 will receive a premium credit of
30% of their premium due for the Policy Year May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2003.
This premium credit will effectively lower the annual premium by 30%, thus reducing
the cost of coverage for eligible insured members. In addition, the Disability
Income Insurance Plan has been upgraded. Beginning at age 61, plan participants
now have the guaranteed right to convert their Disability Income Plan to a Long
Term Care Plan. There are no health questions or medical exams necessary to
qualify.
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SNAME Discount Drug Card
For the SNAME members enrolled in the Discount Drug Card insurance
program, a savings of 16% off prescription drugs was realized for the insurance
participants for the period 10/1/2001-12/31/2001.
For more information on any of the SNAME Group Insurance Plans,
please visit this link from the SNAME web site: http://www.insurancetrustsite.com/home.asp?assoc=sname
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2002 Dues
Have
you paid your 2002 dues?
In accordance
with the Society's Bylaws, any member whose dues are unpaid on March thirty-first
will be considered an inactive member, hence be excluded from the SNAME Membership
Directory and ineligible for other SNAME benefits.
A grace
period of two weeks is given for dues payment receipt/processing.
1. You can
pay your dues online at http://www.sname.org/members/dues.pl, or
2. Fax your credit card information to: 201-798-4975, or
3. Call our Members Services Dept. at 1-800-798-2188 (US/Canada only),or
or 201-798-4800.
4. Mail your check to: SNAME, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Suite 400, Jersey City,
NJ 07306.
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New
- Greek Section
We are pleased
to announce the first meeting of the Greek
Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
during which Mr. John Krousouloudis, COO and General Manager of AVIN International,
S.A., will speak on the subject:
"THE COST OF
QUALITY AND SERVICE IN SHIPPING".
Date : Thursday,
April 4, 2002
Time : 7.00 pm
Location : The auditorium of Kristen Navigation Inc. 354 Syngrou Ave. (new building
adjacent to the Onasion Hospital)
Click
here for Press Release and details.
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 Graduate Scholarship Recipients
At the March 8, 2002, meeting
of the Society's Scholarships Committee, five graduate scholarships and two
alternates were selected for the 2002-2003 academic year. After reviewing and
ranking the applicants based on character, qualities of leadership and scholastic
ability, the desire to pursue advanced study, and general promise for a future
in the marine industry, the committee recommended the following for graduate
scholarships, which were approved by the Executive Committee.
Jason Dahl, a Webb
Institute graduate, will study hydrodynamics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jason was selected for the highest Society Graduate Scholarship, and will be designated
the Wilbur N. Landers Scholar.
Melissa D. Harness,
a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, will study hydrodynamics and
unmanned underwater vehicles at MIT. Melissa was selected for the second highest
Society Graduate Scholarship, and will be designated the William M. Kennedy
Scholar.
Sacha S. Wichers,
a University of New Orleans graduate and citizen of the Netherlands, will study
hydrodynamics and ocean structures at MIT. Sacha was selected for the third highest
Society Graduate Scholarship, and will be designated the Tommy L. Richards Scholar.
Laura K. Slavicek,
a University of Michigan naval architecture and marine engineering graduate,
will study naval architecture at the University of Michigan. Laura was selected
for the fourth highest Society Graduate Scholarship, and will be designated
the Alan C. McClure Scholar.
Kyle E. Krueger,
a Webb Institute graduate, will study marine engineering at Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Two alternates were also
selected: Richard P. Connell, a Webb Institute graduate, who plans to
study ocean shipping management at MIT and; Dwayne H. Hopkins, a Memorial
University of Newfoundland graduate and Canadian citizen, who plans to study
marine simulations at MUN. The alternates will receive funding if the five scholarship
recipients cannot use their scholarships or receive substantial funding from
other sources.
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SNAME Journals On-Line
Time Flies ! 
Can you believe it's been
a little over a year since our journals have been online as searchable documents
via Catchword (now merged with Ingenta)? SNAME members have free online access
to Marine Technology as well as those publications that they had elected to
receive. Some of you have been using the service regularly and enjoying the
convenience and flexibility of online service. Some of you may not even be aware
of what you are missing.
Ingenta offers full text
searching, active reference linking, multiple delivery options and the benefit
of being connected to 10,000 other scientific journals through the Catchword/Ingenta
Network. It doesn't stop there though. Our material is also linked to countless
others online sources through subscription agent gateways and abstract and indexing
services. All of these together give you tremendous research capabilities and
the opportunity to delve deeper into any area of interest without even leaving
your seat.
If you have not yet accessed
your subscriptions online you can go to http://www.sname.org/publications_intro.htm
and follow the instructions to witness first hand this added functionality.
Before you begin, please have your SNAME member ID# handy. You will be asked
to enter your ID# and your last name. If you do not recall your SNAME ID#, please
contact the Member Services Department and you're off and running without all
the running around!
Susan
Evans, Publcations Manager
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Stevens Institute - Maritime Technology Symposium
Stevens Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, New Jersey, will host a two-day symposium addressing maritime
transportation policy and port and waterways issues, on 23-24 April, 2002.
For additional information
contact Donna Dunning, ddunning@stevens-tech.edu
, or visit the Stevens web site:
www.dl.stevens-tech.edu.
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LINK-OF-THE-MONTH
This month's
special link is the Philadelphia Section.
I viewed the page and learned that the section was inaugurated in 1941 and holds
the distinction of being the first
local SNAME section. The link to the Section officers has
names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and photos. There is also a meeting schedule
and a welcoming message from the chair. The person responsible for all this
is Mitchell D. Walker, the Section Chair.
Congratulations
to this month's honoree, the Philadelphia Section.
April
2002 Link-of-the-Month = http://www.sname.org/sections/philadelphia/philadelphia/PHILADEL.htm
If you have
questions/comments regarding the Philadelphia Section's home page, please contact
Mitchell via e-mail
If you would like more information regarding the creation/update of a Section
home page, please contact me at - e-mail
Connie
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SUNY Maritime College - Tours
The State
University of New York Maritime College (www.sunymaritime.edu)
is holding open house tours for interested students and their families on Sunday,
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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Attention Students - Collegiate
Inventors' Competition !
Deadline:
June 1, 2002
The Collegiate
Inventors' Competition will award up to 6 winners/teams $20,000 each, and their
advisors $10,000.
Complete
info and the application can be found at www.invent.org/collegiate
The Collegiate
Inventors' Competition seeks to recognize today's finest students in Science
and Technology and reward them and their advisors. Major sponsorship for the
COLLEGIATE INVENTORS COMPETITION continues from: Hewlett-Packard, Corning, Inc.,
Goodyear, and The United States Patent & Trademark Office.
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