Sections                   Select Eastern Canadian Great Lakes/Great Rivers Gulf Southeast Texas Canadian Atlantic New England New York Metropolitan Chesapeake Hampton Roads Philadelphia Arctic Hawaii Los Angeles Metropolitan Northern California Pacific Northwest San Diego   SYMPOSIUM MANUAL     Access other chapters within the manual Introduction General Definition of a Symposium Need for Organizing and Planning Start-Up Procedures Forming a Steering Committee Approvals Exhibitions Steering Committee Meetings SNAME Policy on Sponsoring Symposia Functional Responsibilities Chairperson Secretary/Treasurer Technical Program Publications Committee Accommodations Committee Publicity Committee Registration Committee Special Events List of Appendices Symposium Milestones Sample Budget Site Selection Checklist Sample Symposium Announcement Sexual Harrassment Policy SNAME Policy on Sponsoring Symposia Special Events Special events such as banquets, dinner dances, or field trips must be given special attention and a committee should be formed to deal with these. It should be noted here that field trips could add to the excitement of a symposium and reinforce the subject theme-of the symposium. However, such events must be carefully planned because of the financial and liability aspects.