2005 Early Membership Renewal
Incentive Award
Prize
Offer
As an incentive
to pay 2005 dues early, SNAME is offering a chance of a prize to all members
who pay by November 16, 2004 (payment must be at SNAME HQ by
that date). Note that this extends the original deadline (the 14th - a Sunday)
by two days to allow the opportunity to reach SNAME by telephone.
Members
who have renewed by that date will be entered into a drawing to win the prize
of a personal digital assistant. The lucky winner will be announced in the first
December 2004 SNAMeNewsletter and will receive the prize just in time for the
Holiday Season.
Don’t
delay - make your dues payment today!
Payment
can still be made by any of the following options in time to qualify:
- Renew
your membership on-line at: www.sname.org/members/dues.pl
- Phone
the Member Service Dept at: 1-800-798-2188 (North America) or 1-201-798-4800
(outside of North America).
- Fax to
1-201-798-4975
Good
luck to all!
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Member Benefit from Dell
Click
here to view Dell's special offer to SNAME members.
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Marine
Technology
SNAME News Deadlines for 2005
If you have an article
or report for publication, please submit to Susan
Evans, Publications Manager by the following deadlines:
April issue of MT - February
18
July issue - May 17
October issue - August 19
January '06 issue -November 21
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Short Sea Shipping Workshop Proceedings
Proceedings of the SNAME Maritime Economics Panel's recent workshop held on
September 28th are now available. Click
here to view.
If you are interested in this area and would like to participate in the panel's
future activities on this subject, please contact the panel's chair, Jennifer
Zeien at jzeien@bellatlantic.net.
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Expo Booth Sales for 2005
Thank you for making the 2004 SMTC&E such a success this year in Washington
D.C. Responding to another sellout we have expanded the exhibit hall at the 2005
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference and Expo in conjunction with the Ship Production
Symposium to meet the demand of companies who want to exhibit. Half of next years
space is already sold and we invite you to make your reservations for booth space
now. The 2005 SMTC&E is being held at the George R. Brown Center in Houston,
TX on October 19th thru the 21st.
To secure your booth now, contact Rob Howard at (561) 732-4368 or e-mail at
howard@marinelink.com for booth sales.
Please use the following link to view the 2005 floor plan: www.maritimeexpo.com/2005/plan/
or go to the SNAME home page at www.sname.org
and click on the 2005 icon.
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Valuable
Technical and Historical Documentation
The International
Hydrofoil Society has assembled a significant collection
of technical and historical documentation dealing with hydrofoils and
other high performance ships. Until now this material has been largely
unavailable.
Over 15,000 pages of detailed
information are contained in two Advanced Marine Vehicle CD-ROMs. The
IHS Newsletter CD-ROM contains 90 issues spanning the years 1978-2003,
with 1850 articles on hydrofoil progress.
For details and ordering
information visit the Society's web site at www.foils.org/ihspubs.htm
(where a wealth of other hydrofoil information and pictures can also be
found).
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SNAME Panel O-48 on Maritime Security
Call for Proposals
DESIGNING
SHIPS TO MEET TODAY’S SECURITY CHALLENGES
The SNAME Panel on Maritime
Security announces a call for proposals to help identify design concepts related
to vessel security. The Panel also seeks members to help formulate SNAME’s
role and coordinate SNAME’s work in Maritime Security.
For
details click here.
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PE Update
This is
another reminder that the closing date for filing applications with your State
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is rapidly
approaching. (42 states offered the NAME exam to its applicants last year) If
you are planning to take the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)
Professional Engineer exam on Friday, April 15, 2005, you must remember that
some states require initial application submittals in the November- December
period with final documents due in December-January period. In order to find
out how to contact your state board, go to www.ncees.org
and then click on Licensing Boards. A listing of all 55 state boards and jurisdictions
will come up. By clicking on your state or jurisdiction, you will find information
as to the Office Location, Mailing Address, Phone and Fax numbers, email address,
web site, contact person (typically the Executive Director) and a listing of
the board members (generally with their email addresses as well).
The 2005
NAME P.E. Review Course (PERC) in now getting ready for registration. It will
start on January 10, 2005 and conclude on March 30, leaving a little more than
two weeks for final review before the exam date. You can register on-line at
www.snamelearning.org, or you can
contact Richard Mouk at rmouk @sname.org.
He is also available at SNAME headquarters at (201) 798-4800. Registration costs
$500 for SNAME members and $650 for non-members. Those that have previously
paid their registration fee may reregister for the 2005 course at no additional
cost.
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Second Alligator Symposium Report
The second
conference dedicated to the Hunt for the Alligator, the U.S. Navy's
first submarine, convened at Nauticus in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday 30 October.
A welcome by Richard Conti, Director of Nauticus, was followed by short opening
remarks by Rear Admiral Jay Cohen, Chief of Naval Research, who related the
story of how he first became aware of the Alligator and described the technological,
educational, and historical importance of the Hunt.
Dan Basta, Director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Program described the value of the Alligator
Hunt as a means to involve students in the sciences. Bombarded by sound bites
and repeatedly told that "the next big thing" is the most important,
it has become, according to Basta, increasingly difficult to get Americans to
focus on serious problemssuch as the decrease in the numbers of students
proficient in math and science. Alligator is a "compelling hook"
with which to interest students in science, as well as to interest the public
in our oceans. Finding the vessel is a significant challenge but we need "great
challenges to do great things," concluded Basta. Given the small size of
Alligator, its probable resting place near the edge of the continental
shelf, and the limitations of existing technology, finding it will certainly
be a very great thing. Click here for complete article.
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President Rosenblatt
and I extend our warmest wishes to the Headquarters Staff, and to all Society
members and their families celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday on November
25, 2004, a day to reflect on our blessings with renewed hope, cherished family
and good friends.
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Upcoming
Events
(Click on logos for details)
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2005
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo and Ship Production Symposium
October 19-22, 2005
Houston, TX |
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7th
MTS Research and Technology Coordination Conference
11/16/04 - 11/18/04
Washington, DC |
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17th
Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium
03/04/05 - 03/05/05
Annapolis, Maryland |
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International
Symposium on Ship Operations, Management & Economics
05/12/05 - 05/13/05
Athens, Greece |
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