With
the end of 2006 fast approaching and the holidays nearly upon
us, it is timely and fitting that we offer our sincerest wishes
to our staff and all Society members and their families for
a safe, happy and peaceful holiday season, filled with anticipation
for a healthy and rewarding New Year.
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Your 2007
membership is due by December 31, 2006
Please renew today. If you have questions, or need assistance,
please contact Nancy Ostin at nostin@sname.org
If
you have already renewed your 2007 membership – THANK
YOU!
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Celebrate
the New Year with SNAME. Resume Bonanza going on through January
’07. Search the resume database now, members pay just
$4.95. Enter coupon code: member
Click
on logo above to post your resume, post a job opening, search
for jobs! |
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Member
Benefit Update
SNAME
Members’ Insurance Program
For Association Members & Their Families
The
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Members’
Insurance Program was specifically designed with you and your
family in mind. A variety of high quality insurance programs
at affordable group rates are available to help meet your needs.
The
following insurance plans are available to you:
- Accident
Protection
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Cancer Protection
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Catastrophic Major Medical
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Dental
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Disability Income
- Medicare
Supplement
-
Term Life
The
SNAME Members’ Insurance Program strives to meet and exceed
your expectations. We are committed to helping provide the protection
you and your family need at affordable group rates.
This
high quality collection of insurance programs features:
- Comprehensive
coverage
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Affordable group rates
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Superior service
-
Quality insurance companies highly rated by A.M. Best Company
Plan
ahead.
To learn more about any of these insurance products, including
plan features, costs, eligibility, renewability, limitations
and exclusions and to access product application forms click
here
Questions?
Please call the administrator, Selman & Company, at 1-800-556-7614,
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.
Plans
may not be available in all states and are not available outside
the United States.
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Canadian
Members Benefit Update
NEW
BENEFIT
Travel
Insurance for Canadian Members of SNAME
Annual plan allowing trips out of province/country for up to
180 days per trip
$2,000,000 of Emergency Travel Health Insurance
$25,000 AD&D coverage
$2,000 of Trip Cancellation coverage
$1,000 Baggage coverage
For
Information Contact Paul McDougall, McDougall Insurance Benefits
Inc. at 1-800-289-0892 or email Paul at pmcdougall@bellnet.ca |
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Scholarships
in both the graduate and undergraduate levels are again being
provided by The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers to encourage
men and women to pursue studies in the naval architectural,
marine engineering, ocean engineering or closely related fields.
Scholarships are available to any student regardless of nationality,
though distribution of funds to non-U.S. or Canadian citizens
is limited to the relative proportion of SNAME membership
represented by non-U.S. or Canadian citizens (currently about
23 percent). Applicants must be SNAME members, and preference
is given to applicants planning to study in U.S. or Canadian
schools. In special cases, U.S. or Canadian scholarship recipients
can study at fully accredited international schools. Read
more ...
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| See
What's New in SNAME Publications!
Now
Available - updated version of Naval Architecture
for Non-Naval Architects and the new Environmental
Engineering Papers CD. To order contact Tommie-Anne
Faix at tfaix@sname.org.
Make sure to mention you are a member for special pricing!
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This
book is written for a broad readership, namely those
people whose work or play brings them into contact with
boats or ships, but who are not themselves professional
naval architects. Even those who are merely curious
about the fascinating mysteries of ships and the sea
may find this book worth reading.
Young
people who may be considering a career as a naval architect
or marine engineer should find this book of particular
value and interest as a means of testing the intellectual
waters.
Finally,
and perhaps above all others, this book may prove a
blessing to those patient souls, the spouses of professional
naval architects. With what they can learn here they
need no longer stand around in mystified silence during
social gatherings of the maritime clan.
Written
in engaging and easily understood terms, this is everyman’s
(and everywoman’s!) guide to the fascinating subject
of naval architecture.
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The American Society of Naval Engineers
and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
are proud to announce the release of a comprehensive source
of marine environmental technical papers. The publication
contains over 260 papers on one compact disc encompassing
almost every aspect of marine environmental protection
and environmental engineering.
The
Joint ASNE/SNAME Committee on Environmental Engineering
undertook a review of ASNE and SNAME associated publications
since 1984, and selected those that in their judgment
and experience would be most helpful in their professional
endeavors. The intent was to provide both historical perspective
as well as cutting edge technology and processes in use
today.
The
CD was compiled at SNAME headquarters. The technical documents
are saved in PDF format and searchable by title, author(s),
source publication, and date. Additionally, the table
of contents is divided into the following fourteen subject
categories: ANS/Ballast Water, Cargo/Bunker Oil Spill/Outfall
Prevention/Cleanup, Coatings/Blasting, Energy Efficiency,
Engine Emissions, General Environmental Interest, Graywater/Blackwater,
Human Health and Environment, ODS and Atmosphere, Oil
and Oily Waste, Pollution Prevention/Hazardous Materials,
Regulation/EMS/Design/Program Management, Scrapping, Solid
Waste/Thermal Destruction.
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"Non-Flash"
Version of Digital Marine Technology Now Available
Back
in October 2006 we announced that Marine
Technology, SNAME's flagship publication, is now available
in digital format. We are now happy to announce that an alternate
"non-Flash" version is available for those members
who cannot download the "Flash" software due to
system constraints. Click
here to view.
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Need a holiday gift idea for someone special?
Have a student who needs a reference book for next semester?
SNAME has just the solution for your gift-giving dilemmas.
Click
here to browse SNAME's selection of reference books, maritime-themed
books, and SNAME accessories.
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JETS
- Pre-Engineering Times
November 2006 Issue
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. At the beginning
of this year SNAME became a participating member of JETS.
Click
here to view the November 2006 issue.
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ASNE
Events
High
Speed / High Performance Ships & Craft Symposium
Annapolis, Maryland
January 23-24, 2007
Read
more ...
Human
Systems Integration Symposium 2007
(HSIS 2007)
Military, Industry and Academia: Bridging Human Performance
Science to Engineering Practice
Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland
March 19-21, 2007
Read
more ...
Intelligent
Ships Symposium VII
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Bassone Research Enterprise Center
May 9-10, 2007
Read more ...
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| Katrina
Victim Support
So
far we have been able to help a couple of our members recover
some of their professional library losses resulting from Hurricane
Katrina, but there are more needs to satisfy. As we enter the
holiday season, it would be much appreciated by our Katrina
victim members if more help were offered. Contribution of professional
references or the contribution of funds to help them repurchase
such materials would surely be appreciated by those members
who were so abused by the storms.
If you wish to make a contribution, email Walt Maclean at wmaclean@sname.org
and he will try to make a match-up with a needy member.
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Update
The
Professional Engineer Review Course (PERC) for the 2007 exam
is up and running on the www.SNAMeLearning.org
site and several registrants are already starting their preparation.
For those who have not yet made application to their state board,
it is timely to do so as some deadlines for making application
have already passed and others are in the near future. In order
to make contact with your state board, go to www.ncees.org
click on Licensing boards and then the state of your interest.
This will then display the state board's web page with email
address, web site, telephone and Fax number, etc. Going to the
web site will provide access to applications, state laws and
regulations and related information.
The registration fee for the 2007 PERC is still $500 for SNAME
members and $750 for non-members. Registration can be done online
or by email to rmouk@sname.org.
Telephone registration can also be taken care of by calling
Richard Mouk (201) 499-5063 at SNAME Headquarters. The next
NAME Principles and Practice exam is scheduled Friday, April
20, 2007.
Keep watching the P.E. Update column for the latest information
as it becomes available. If there are special questions needing
to be answered, email Walter Maclean at wmaclean@sname.org
or Dave Chapman at dchapman@sname.org.
You will receive a reply as promptly as possible.
Over
100 certificates for PE Professional Development Hours earned
at SMTC&E/SPS 2006 have been issued to SNAME members. If
you applied for credit you should have received your certificates
by now. If so, please confirm receipt as instructed in the cover
e-mail message. If you applied but did not receive your certificates
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We
sincerely thank all of our SNAMeNewsLetter
readers for your support and valuable input throughout the
year.
I
would like to personally thank the HQ Staffers who enthusiastically
contribute articles, links, and ideas to each issue. I look
forward to 24 exciting issues of our eNewsLetter in 2007 !
Connie
Cali-Poutré, Manager, SNAME Website
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Upcoming
Events
(Click
on logos for details)
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2007
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo
and Ship Production Symposium
November 13-16, 2007
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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Human
Systems Integration Symposium 2007
03/19/07 - 03/21/07
Annapolis, MD |
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SHIPPING
2007
03/19/07 - 03/21/07
Stamford,CT |
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ASNE
Day 2007
06/25/07 - 06/26/07
Arlington, VA |
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ICCGS
2007
09/09/07 - 09/12/07
Hamburg,Germany |
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FAST
2007
09/23/07 - 09/27/07
Shanghai, China |
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PRADS
2007
10/01/07 - 10/05/07
Houston, TX |
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