2002 Annual Meeting Photo Gallery

Click the "gallery" pages below to see candid photos from SNAME's 2002
Annual Meeting/SPS/IMExpo.

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Booth sales have begun for SNAME's 2003 World Maritime Technology Exposition, October 17-20, 2003 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. This Exposition promises to be another sold-out show! If your company is interested in exhibiting, please visit our website... www.worldmaritimetechnology.org, or contact Susan Giver at sgiver@sname.org.

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SNAME Electronic Privacy Policy

Objective: The Society desires to provide current and timely information, which it feels would be of benefit to its members, and, at the same time, respect its members' rights to privacy. Henceforth, SNAME Headquarters will implement and follow the procedures and guidelines outlined herein: 1. The email list of member names and contact information will not be released, loaned or sold to any outside parties. The email list will be used for SNAME's internal operations only. 2. No product-related industry advertisements will be accepted for electronic distribution to members. 3. SNAMeNews, including the SNAMeNewsLetter and SNAMeNewsFlashes, will be used for SNAME-related news, events and announcements thought to be beneficial to the members. Periodically, non-product related advisements such as service and employment/recruiting announcements may be accepted for the SNAMeNewsLetter only with the approval of the Executive Director. These advisements will be placed in a dedicated section of the newsletter with introductory titles only and hyperlinks to the text for those interested in reading the entire message. 4. Members may specifically request to be removed from electronic distribution for the SNAMeNewsLetter, SNAMeNewsFlashes or future electronic publications at any time by contacting Headquarters or by clicking the appropriate box at the end of the message. Conversely, members may be added or reinstated upon request at any time.

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The monthly SNAMeNewsLetter is going to be published twice a month! In an effort to bring matters of interest to your attention in a more timely fashion, SNAME Headquarters will publish the eNewsLetter on the 1st and 15th of each month!

See you in 2 weeks!

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The October 2002 issue of Marine Technology contained an article called "Annual Meeting Survey" on page 8. The article referenced "Table 1", however the table was not printed! Click here to view the missing Table 1.

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Date	Event	Location	Link
November 18-19, 2002	Global Forum on the Marine Transportation of Energy	Houston, Texas	Click here
December 9-13 2002	Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Geneva	Click here
December 11, 2002	Seminar on Security Impacts to the Marine Industry: Keeping the Ships and Ports Secure	Miami Beach, FL	Click here
May 19-21, 2003	ICMES 2003 - Ninth International Conference on Marine Engineering Systems	Espoo FINLAND & aboard MS SILJA SERENADE	Click here

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Welcome to the Student Steering Committee

Timothy Keyser, Chair

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) have always recognized that the future of the Society lies in its younger members, the students. Unfortunately, the late 1990’s saw a decrease in student participation and retention in the Society. Fortunately, this trend was recognized two years ago and SNAME formed the Student Steering Committee (SSC). This group is made up of students from around the country who are committed to increasing student involvement and visibility by bringing them back into the mainstream of the Society. As stated in our Bylaws, the purpose of the SSC is:

The Student Steering Committee (SSC) has the responsibility, authority and accountability to represent the interests of students and recent graduates of all maritime engineering disciplines, including; but not limited to, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, and Ocean Engineering. The SSC will act as the voice of student members in the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers by concentrating the ideas and interests of its constituents and presenting those issues to the relevant SNAME committees or councils for consideration and resolution.

The purpose that was set forth in the Bylaws did not provide much direction for the SSC. In an effort to increase the success and productivity of the SSC, a vision statement was added to the Bylaws at SNAME’s Annual Meeting in Boston. The vision statement reads:

The SSC will lead initiatives ... click here for more of Tim's article.

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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 Saturday November 9th and Sunday December 8th. 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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