• 20-minute segments, with 10 minutes for Q&A, for a total of 30 minutes maximum per session.
• 14 time slots available:

• Although these presentations will not be formally reviewed, SNAME must reserve the right to refuse any that do not seem appropriate, and will rely on the exhibitor’s and presenter’s own standards of professional behavior to make close supervision unnecessary.
• Brief abstracts must be submitted to SNAME HQ to Brenda Elmore-Feliciano at belmore@sname.org.
• As there is a limited number of slots available, they will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. A confirmation will be sent after each abstract is received. Two additional presentations will be selected as standbys.

The Call for Papers for the 2007 Ship Production Symposium has been extended.

Rough drafts due date extended to May 3, 2007

Rough drafts should include an outline of the paper and sufficient technical
content to enable an objective assessment by the Papers Committee.
Please submit SPS papers to Rich Mouk at
SPSPapers@sname.org

(Complete drafts due for review and comment June 25, 2007
Final electronic files due August 8, 2007)

Section Level Participation

In the member Value Survey, 59% of those responding reported a low level of participation at the Section level. What feedback can you provide your section leadership on what prevents you from participating on a more regular basis?

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Member Benefits Update

SNAME Members’ Insurance Program
Featured Product: Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan

Medicare was never intended to cover all of your health care costs. With just Medicare alone, you may have to pay for many health care costs out of your own pocket. However, by obtaining Medicare Supplement coverage at age 65, you can reduce your out-of-pocket health care expenses not covered by Medicare.

With today’s high cost of health care, Medicare Supplement Insurance is becoming a necessity for many Americans.

That’s why we are offering you, our valued members, the Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan offered through the SNAME Members’ Insurance Program - designed to help you reduce your health care expenses not covered by Medicare.

Questions?
Please call the administrator, Selman & Company, at 1.800.556.7614, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST. Or, visit http://selmaninsurance.com/sitelet/index.cfm/sname and click on “Medicare Supplement” for more information.

CANADIAN Members Benefits Reminder

SNAME has negotiated an attractive package of insurance benefits that will be offered to Canadian members at discounted rates. Our Canadian partner, McDougall Insurance Benefits Inc will offer valuable insurance benefits including Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Long Term Care, Travel, and Health Insurance for individuals as well as groups.

You will find that the rates are very competitive. The products have added benefits over and above the basic plans. You can call us at 1-800-289-0892 or e-mail pmcdougall@bellnet.ca any time to request information or a quote. Ask for Paul McDougall, McDougall Insurance Benefits Inc.

Graduating Student Members

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! A special mailing from SNAME to you is in the mail. As a welcome to the professional maritime world, we extended to you a special membership offer to extend your student membership rate for your first year of Associate Membership.

All SNAME student members are guaranteed Associate Member status. By updating your contact information and returning the form enclosed in this mailing you will receive an exclusive graduation gift from SNAME, Associate Member Certificate and qualify for the extension of your student member rate, but you must return the complete form. Can't wait for "snail mail?" - click here to do it on-line.

SNAME membership is important as you begin your career. We trust that participation in SNAME programs; events, local sections, T&R panels and leadership opportunities will be part of your career plan. Navigate the course of your career with the assistance and support of the professional society focused on your success.

If you have questions, or we can assist in any way please contact:
Nancy Ostin, Membership Director nostin@sname.org
Edith Nowak, Manager Sections & Students enowak@sname.org
Phil Kimball, Executive Director pkimball@sname.org
Or any SNAME staff member for assistance.

ASTM Seminar

ASTM is sponsoring a seminar, in cooperation with SNAME, on May 23, 2007, Norfolk, VA, on the newly revised ASTM standard F1166, Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities. ASTM and SNAME expect that the seminar will be accredited for CEU/PDH credit. For more information, visit the ASTM website at www.astm.org

The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) focuses on opening the world of engineering to junior high and high school students, parents and educators. JETS provides information about engineering careers as well as programs and resources that illustrate real-life teamwork and problem-solving skills. SNAME is a participating member of JETS.

Click here to view the April 2007 issue.

Fiberglass Boat Design and Construction provides step by step design examples that are helpful to the designer with limited fiberglass experience or a builder working only with basic knowledge of structural design, and is available for just $20.00* to SNAME Members ONLY until May 15th, 2007. You can order it online at www.sname.org or by contacting Tommie-Anne Faix (tfaix@sname.org or 201-499-5068). Don't miss out on this offer!

*No further Student Discount available for this offer

ASNE Events

Intelligent Ships Symposium VII
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Bassone Research Enterprise Center
May 9-10, 2007
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Wallops Island Combat Systems Mini Symposium
"Enterprise T&E - Adding Efficiency and Effectiveness
to Meet the Requirements of the 21st Century "
Chincoteague, Virginia
May 17-18, 2007
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Fuel Tank to Target:
Building the Electric Fighting Ship
at ASNE Day 2007
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
June 25-26, 2007
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USS Monitor Center at the Mariner's Museum

It's an Ironclad Must-See for Naval History Buffs

". . . 'First duty, duty next, and duty last; Ay, Turret, rivet me here to duty fast! -- '
So nerved, you fought wisely and well;
And live, twice live in life and story;
But over your Monitor dirges swell,
In wind and wave that keep the rites of glory."

Newport News, Va.

Herman Melville's "In the Turret" should be updated: Wind and wave no longer have sole possession of the ironclad's glory. Now they must share it with the new USS Monitor Center, which opened here at the Mariner's Museum on March 9, the 145th anniversary of the Monitor's "duel" with the CSS Virginia (better known to history as the Merrimack). The duty-bound "you" of the poem is Lt. John L. Worden, who commanded the vessel until he was badly wounded during the battle of Hampton Roads. Lucky for him. He wasn't on board on Dec. 31, 1862, when the Monitor foundered off Cape Hatteras in 230 feet of water, with the loss of 16 men.

Melville's friend Nathaniel Hawthorne observed the ironclad just a few days after the battle and decided that "it could not be called a vessel at all; it was a machine. . . . A whole history of naval renown reaches its period, now that the Monitor comes smoking into view; while the billows dash over what seems her deck, and storms bury even her turret in green water as she burrows and snorts along, oftener under the surface than above." The 63,500-square-foot, $30 million facility does full justice to this moment, when, as the center's chief historian Craig Symonds aptly put it in his opening-night lecture, "history itself tipped on the fulcrum of technology."

The race between the Union and Confederacy to see whose ironclad would be the first to put to sea, the two-day Battle of Hampton Roads (which ended in a draw), the brief subsequent careers of both ships, and the recovery of their artifacts are all clearly and cogently explained in the "Ironclad Revolution" exhibition through contemporary illustrations and paintings, personal mementos, films and interactive computer stations, and re-created interiors and exteriors. Click here to read more.

Upcoming Events
(Click on logos for details)

	2007 SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo and Ship Production Symposium November 14-16, 2007 Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Offshore Technology Conference - OTC 2007 04/30/07 - 05/03/07 Houston, TX
	ASNE Day 2007 06/25/07 - 06/26/07 Arlington, VA
	10th International Ship Stability Workshop 08/30/07 - 08/31/07 Hamburg, Germany
	ICCGS 2007 09/09/07 - 09/12/07 Hamburg,Germany
	International Symposium On Maritime Safety, Security & Environmental Protection 09/20/07 - 09/21/07 Athens, Greece
	FAST 2007 09/23/07 - 09/27/07 Shanghai, China
	International Conference on Design for Safety 09/26/07 - 09/28/07 Berkeley, CA
	PRADS 2007 10/01/07 - 10/05/07 Houston, TX
	Classic Yacht Symposium 04/04/08 - 04/06/08 Bristol, RI
	ICETECH 2008 07/20/08 - 07/23/08 Banff, Alberta, Canada
	2008 SMTC&E/SPS 10/15/08 - 10/17/08 Houston, TX