Early Bird Registration deadline for the 9th International Conference on Marine Engineering Systems, to be held 18-21 May 2003, at Helsinki Technical University in Espoo, Finland and aboard MS Silja Serenade has been extended to 15 December. Click here for details.

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Western Union Payments	SNAME has arranged for dues, publications, and other SNAME payments to be made via Western Union ‘Quick Pay’ Service. This is a service that all members can partake of, but will be of particular value to SNAME international members who sometimes have to make payments via a bank or wire transfer.	Click here for details.
Avis Car Rental	SNAME has added another benefit for our valued members- a discount on Avis car rentals! As a member of SNAME you will receive a substantial discount on your car rental needs through Avis. Whether your needs are to rent a car for the weekend, a week or a month, choose Avis Car Rental and save!	Click here for details.
Professional Engineer Review Course (PERC)	All those members planning to take the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Principles and Practice examination on April 11, 2003 should now be planning for their preparation.	Click here for details.

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Have you paid your 2003 Dues?

All payments received at SNAME by November 1st have been processed. The 2nd Dues reminder was mailed the week of November 11th, 2002. If your payment was made shortly before November 1, please disregard the 2nd notice.

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Attention 2003 Exhibitors - new and IMPROVED EXPO SCHEDULE!!!

Thanks to those exhibitors who have already committed to be with us in the 2003 World Maritime Technology Exposition. 77 booths have been committed, and less than 100 remain. We have listened to your feedback regarding dedicated Expo time, and have responded with a resounding yes! Here is the revised schedule for 2003's WMTE: New Schedule

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AVAILABLE NOW! TITANIC Ships TITANIC Disasters An Analysis of Early White Star and Cunard Superliners

This is the book you’ve been waiting for. True forensic analysis of what really caused the demise of the Titanic, the Britannic, and the Lusitania from acclaimed marine forensic experts William H. Garzke Jr. and John Woodward.

Buy online at www.sname.org or call 1-800-798-2188.

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$25,000 grants are available for qualified doctoral candidates enrolled in academic institutions in the US and Canada. Last year grants were awarded to students at the University of Maine and at Florida Institute of Technology. Applications must be received by the program administrator by 15 January 2003. For details see www.fit.edu/dmes/link.

Six new members have been appointed to the Marine Board of the Transportation Research Board of the US National Academy of Science, which is undertaking a number of new and interesting initiatives in the marine sector.

For more information, click here.

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Old Ships Recovered

BBC News, Thursday, 7 November, 2002

Medieval ship's hull is removed - The ship has been dismantled timber by timber

Archaeologists are due to begin removing the final remains of an historic trading ship found in south Wales. A team of experts will lift the keel of the 15th Century vessel as part of a £3.5m restoration project, following the discovery at the site of a new arts centre in Newport. (...)

NOV 15, 2002 - Singapore Press Holdings

Chinese general's 300-year-old ships to be salvaged

BEIJING - The remains of the warships of historical Chinese figure Zheng Chenggong, who reclaimed Taiwan from Dutch control, are expected to be salvaged next year after being buried under sea for over 300 years. The site off the coast of Dongshan county in south-east province of Fujian was discovered two years ago when two fishermen stumbled across some relics during low tide, reported Beijing Youth Daily yesterday.

Chinese underwater archaeologists, who were sent to investigate the fishermen's mysterious finds, were surprised to find an ancient warship submerged in the waters near the port of Dongshan. Apart from the host of ammunition and chinaware on board the ship, the most compelling evidence that it was part of Zheng's fleet was the Chinese character guo, meaning country, etched on its four copper blunderbusses. The character is a unique trademark of the general's naval weapons.

A second vessel, said to be from the same fleet, was found nearby in October last year. Zheng, a Ming loyalist of mixed Chinese-Japanese parentage, was better known as the founder of Taiwan where he fought unsuccessfully against the new Qing rulers.

LINK-OF-THE-MONTH

The Link-of-the-Month feature was initiated in the February 2002 issue of the SNAMeNewsLetter. The purpose is to feature interesting and timely web pages and sites which have links from the SNAME web site. As you can see, many of the links were Section web sites - these are all well done and informative pages - however, I ran out of Section sites in November!

For those of you featured as a Link-of-the-Month in 2002 - Congratulations and keep up the good work! For the Sections that do not yet have an active page - you are most welcome to contact SNAME HQ for instructions and suggestions.

E-mail me, Connie Cali-Poutré, Manager, SNAME Website at: connie@sname.org
or
Debbie Sirotiak, Manager, Sections Liaison at dsirotiak@sname.org

2002 Link-of-the-Month in Review

February	Southeast Section	www.sname.org/sections/southeast/
March	Northern California Section	www.sname.org/sections/northern_california/
April	Philadelphia Section	www.sname.org/sections/philadelphia/philadelphia/PHILADEL.htm
May	Hampton Roads Section	www.sname.org/sections/hampton_roads/hampton_roads.html
June	Pacific Northwest Section	www.sname.org/sections/pacific_northwest/
July	Eastern Canadian Section	www.fleetech.com/sname/sname.htm
August	Canadian Atlantic Section	www.sname.org/sections/canadian_atlantic/
September	2002 Annual Meeting, SPS/IMExpo	no longer an active link - click here for 2003
October	SNAME Student Website	www.sname.org/student_sections/index.htm

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