RECRUITMENT DRIVE
2001 Recruitment Drive
In June, we will initiate a membership recruitment drive. A letter will be sent to professionals who belong to other maritime organizations or subscribe to industry publications. Should you, as a member, receive a recruitment letter, we apologize in advance. It was because our computer was unable to match your name and address, as it appears on the mailing, with the name and address under which your SNAME membership is recorded. If you return the reply card to Deborah Sirotiak at Headquarters, for this inconvenience, we will gladly credit you with $10.00 in SNAME Bucks towards the purchase of SNAME publications.
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Member-get-a-Member
2001 Nomination Program
In May, we initiated the new "Member-get-a-Member" Nomination Program, part of our "21st Century Membership Drive," which was introduced in a recent SNAMeNewsFlash. This campaign will not only benefit your associates and the Society, but will provide you with the opportunity to win valuable prizes, including a free year of membership for 2002, and/or a PALM VII handheld computer. For those of you who may have missed the announcement, it may be accessed at http://www.sname.org/newsflashes/membership/membershipcampaign.htm.
If the web is not available to you, and/or you desire more information on this program, please contact Deborah Sirotiak at the SNAME Service Center, 1-800-798-2188 or by e-mail at dsirotiak@sname.org.
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BENEFITS AND SERVICES
Member Benefits & Services You Should Know About
Long Term Care Insurance
This Plan sponsored by SNAME can help you keep your savings secure while giving you the high quality protection you need. Your parents and parents-in-law can also apply for this coverage. The Plan pays benefits during covered nursing home stays and offers several choices of daily benefits and payment maximums. An inflation protection option is also available.
To learn more about this Plan including features, costs, eligibility , renewal, limitations and exclusions please contact the Insurance Administrator, Seabury & Smith, toll-fee at 1-800-424-9883 or email sname@seabury.com.
Professional Liability 'Errors & Omissions' Insurance
The Professional Liability 'Errors and Omissions' Insurance Program is made available to you by SNAME. This program provides tailored profession-specific coverage which is properly priced for its participating members.
Plan includes: Profession-Specific Rates, Protections from claims arising out of the performance of professional services, Defense Cost, Proactive Claims Management. For more information contact MIMS International, Ltd. 1-800-899-1399.
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SMALL CRAFT COMMITTEE REPORT
Where Have You Been, Small Craft Committee?
The recently appointed chair of the SNAME Small Craft Committee, Alan Gilbert, has issued a memo outlining some of the committee's recent activities. To read the memo, click here.
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IMExpo Announcement
IMExpo 2001
The excitement is growing for this year's IMExpo, held in conjunction with SNAME's Annual Meeting. This year, Orlando will be the place to be October 25-26. Last year's rave reviews about the Vancouver Exposition were music to our ears. As many of you are aware, SNAME took over management of the IMExpo, and has made many changes to the look and feel of the show, not to mention the marketing efforts to increase exhibitors and attendees. To date, over 90 booths have been sold, and fewer than 30 booths remain. If your company has interest in a booth, please contact Susan Giver, SNAME's Exposition Manager at sgiver@sname.org.
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TITANIC
The Titanic Science Exhibit Opens at the Maryland Science Center
On April 7, 2001, after two years of planning and meetings, the Titanic Science Exhibit was opened to the General Public in Baltimore's Maryland Science Center. This Exhibit culminated a dream of Museum Director, Gregory Andorfer, who is also a member of SNAME's Panel on Marine Forensics, SD-7. Mr. Andorfer was the producer of three very successful Discovery Channel documentaries on the Titanic, "Titanic Live", "Titanic, An Anatomy of a Disaster" and "Titanic, Answers from the Abyss". On June 6, 1996, Mr. Andorfer had come to a Panel SD-7 meeting to request the Panel's help in preparing a documentary on the Titanic for the Discovery Channel. He also inquired whether a finite element study could be made of the ship to prove it broke apart at the surface. After two years of study by Gibbs & Cox, Inc. with funding provided by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Discovery Channel, the finite element proved that the ship had a top down failure that occurred at the surface. In 1998, Mr. George Tulloch invited the Discovery Channel, NBC, and the Marine Forensics Panel to assist in a scientific expedition to the Titanic's wreck site. A 20-ton piece of the side shell was recovered and pieces of the plate and rivets were extracted for testing. During this 1998 expedition, Mr. Andorfer asked Bill Garzke, Chairman of the Marine Forensics Panel, for the Panel's help in assisting the Maryland Science Center in a Titanic Science exhibit that would explore details of the ship's sinking.
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CHANNEL DESIGN WORKSHOP
International Workshop on Channel Design and Vessel Maneuverability
On 3-4 May the first "International Workshop on Channel Design and Vessel Maneuverability" was held in Norfolk Virginia with speakers and participants from Japan, Holland, United Kingdom, Australia and many parts of the United States. Coordinated by the SNAME Ad Hoc Group for Ports under Chairman Bill Gray LF '54, the workshop had seven prepared papers followed by working "breakout" sessions on "Channel Design Criteria", "Ship Controllability in Channels" and "Maneuverability in Design Process" led by SNAME members Jennifer Waters, Alan Blume and Alex Landsburg. Very active participation in these working sessions included channel design engineers, ship designers specializing in slow speed restricted water manuevering and many ship pilots. The Workshop, was planned cooperatively, by SNAME, INTERTANKO, APA, AAPA, USCG, MARAD and USACE and from the reaction of participants will almost certainly be held periodically in future locations. Proceedings from the workshop, together with action recommendations, will be posted during June on the Workshop's website: www.usna.edu/NAOE/channel/.
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MEETS
Joint SNAME/ASNE MEETS 2001 Symposium
The latest Marine Environmental Information and displays will be at MEETS 2001
Marine Environmental Engineering Technology Symposium 2001 is a joint symposium sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers to stimulate exchange over a wide variety of recent challenges and opportunities along the theme "Engineering for a Sustainable Marine Environment". "MEETS 2001" will feature keynote speakers, 32 technical paper presentations and 24 exhibit hall displays. It will be held at the Crystal City Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia, on May 31st and June 1st, 2001. There is already broad commercial, government and international participation.
We are now in a crucial transition in energy, globalization, regulation, and technology. This symposium should be a must-attend for commercial and government ship operators, designers and maintainers, as well as marine environmental regulators. Wide-ranging topic areas will include both public and commercial ship operations; environmental processes, equipment and technologies; energy management; non-indigenous aquatic invasive species; environmental life cycle management, cost and certification; successful outreach, education and training strategies; and regulations and their impact at all levels. Presentation tracks are planned for Environmental Policy and Regulations, U.S. Navy-Specific Environmental Issues, Aquatic Nuisance Species/Ballast Water, Waste Reduction & Management, Oil Pollution Prevention, and Main Propulsion & Emissions. There are already six other countries included in the program.
All persons and groups with an interest in the marine environment are welcome. For further information contact Megan Sinesiou or Kelly Bentley at (703) 836-6727 or registrations@navalengineers.org. Additional information can be found by going to the ASNE website http://www.navalengineers.org/ and scrolling down to Maritime Environmental Symposium in the calendar of major events.
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PERC COURSE
SNAME Needs Your Help
At the March 19, 2001 meeting of the SNAME Executive Committee, the Education Committee presented its plans for developing a web-based, distance-learning review course, known as the Professional Engineering Review Course (PERC), for engineers interested in preparing for the P.E. Exam in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. This proposed review course will be ready for use by January 1, 2002. Candidates are expected to complete the course in a 10-week timeframe prior to the exam, which will be administered by 42 states and jurisdictions in April 2002. The course is expected to cost $500 for members and $600 for non-members, and the development costs funded through the Society's operating budget.
The Committee has directed Headquarters to seek start-up funding from the industry by asking companies to pay the cost of six courses for $3000 now, in anticipation of having six employees take the course starting in January 2002. For this accommodation we are willing to provide a prepayment credit of $500, resulting in one single payment of $2500, good for six courses.
Your check should be made out to "SNAME - PERC", which will designate these funds specifically to the review course development account. Regular electronic reports of status and schedule will be made available to the designated contacts in each participating company over the next eight months.
We appreciate your interest and participation in this most worthwhile endeavor by SNAME to enhance the industry by creating an opportunity for the professional licensing of naval architects, marine and ocean engineers.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2002 SNAME Annual meeting will be held in Boston, MA at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 25 to 28, 2002. SNAME Headquarters is currently accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at the technical sessions. Please send your abstract to Connie Cali-Poutre at cpujols@sname.org.
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CHINATEC 2001 ANNOUNCEMENT
Marintec China 2001 - December 4th - 7th in Shanghai
Following the successful visit by the SNAME delegation to Shanghai, Miller Freeman is offering a special exhibitor's package for SNAME Members at this year's exhibition. To learn more about exhibiting, contact Carl Hausheer [Miller Freeman] at [Tel] 609-452-2800 x 102, [Fax] 609-452-2875 or [email] hausheer@aol.com. Also visit their website at http://www.mfchina.com/marintec.
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SNAME'S AM/IMExpo INFO NOW ON WEBSITE
Please visit SNAME's web site for news of the Annual Meeting events in Orlando and to register online.
http://www.sname.org/AM2001/2001.htm
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