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| OCTOBER 2004 Vol. 5 • No. 29 |
| The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of The Society of American Military Engineers · www.same.org |
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From Century House Board Approves Post Dues Proposal The SAME Board approved a standardized dues process whereas Posts select from among a limited number of dues amounts. This action will simplify the Post dues process for members by reducing the number of Post dues amounts on the membership application from 19 to six. The approved dues schedule for Posts is shown below. Posts must select one of the options by Nov. 30, 2004—Posts select first the amount they want for Regular Members, then select the amount for Young Members that is 50% or less of the Regular Member dues. Posts must e-mail the selections to Steve Shepard at SAME HQ at sshepard@same.org. The new dues will go into effect Jan. 1, 2005, together with the conversion to an annual dues renewal cycle for individual members. As part of the new annual renewal process, national dues are prorated for a partial year of membership; Post dues are not prorated. Post Dues Checks Mailed Bi-monthly Effective Sept. 1, 2004, SAME HQ will be sending dues checks to Posts every other month rather than every month, along with the 20% of the Sustaining Member dues collected by SAME HQ. For more information contact Steve Shepard, SAME Director of Training and Post Operations, at sshepard@same.org. Checks for September and October will be mailed in November. New Senior Executive Group (SEG) The SEG is a forum of CEOs and Presidents of Sustaining Member companies who meet twice a year with the Engineering Service Chiefs to discuss strategic issues facing the A/E/C industry. The next meeting of the SEG will be in St. Louis, Mo., in conjunction with the Missouri River/Texoma Regional Conference and the 3rd Infrastructure Security for the Build Environment (ISBE) Congress. The Society is privileged to conduct these semi-annual meetings with the top leadership of the public and private sector involved in engineering and construction for the uniformed services and other government agencies. Following is a list of industry members who have been invited to attend the Fall SEG meeting: President & CEO, CDM Federal Programs Corporation Chief Executive Officer, HNTB Federal Services CEO, Weston Solutions Inc. CEO, ABMB Engineers Inc. President & CEO, GeoEngineers Inc. President and CEO, Arcadis-USA President, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers President & CEO, Versa, Inc. Chairman, Environmental Chemical Corp. President & CEO, Stanley Consultants Inc President, Pangea Group SAME Establishes Councils The concept of Councils, used in many other professional Societies, has been adopted by the SAME Board of Direction. Between now and May 2005, the Executive Director will be working with members to form four Councils, develop their charters and have them ready for action at the National Conference in Louisville. The four Councils are: Small Business Council Young Member Council Non-Commissioned Officers Council Student Council The Councils represent important segments of our Society, as opposed to our mission committees that address specific functional areas of interest, and our operational committees that support several operational needs of SAME HQ (Finance, Membership, and Military Affairs and Strategic Planning). The Councils will be self-governing, meaning that they will have a process to select their leadership on an annual or bi-annual cycle. The Chair of each Council will be a voting member of the Board of Direction. We hope the Council concept will enable the Society to better support members. Watch for their Web sites under “National Committees and Councils.” SAME Member Benefits Programs Discount Long Distance Program New Insurance Programs for SAME Members SAME Post Web sites Of SAME’s 124 Posts, 102 have developed Web sites. Some of the sites are located on the SAME server, and some are hosted independently. As an added benefit to our Posts, each Post is entitled to 5 MB of space on the SAME server at no charge. Posts that need more space, however, must pay a nominal fee and sign a separate contract with our Web host provider, Internet 4 Associations (I4A). I4A will bill each Post for the added space. Posts may also contract with another vendor. Currently, nine Posts are over the 5 MB space limit and 20 Posts are hovering between 3.5 B and the 5 MB limit. We encourage all Posts to evaluate their Web needs. If you need additional space or would like guidance in setting up or revising your Web site, please contact the SAME Web Manager at webmanager@same.org, or 703-549-3800, ext. 43. 3rd Annual Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment (ISBE) Congress Plan now to attend the 3rd Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment (ISBE) Congress, Nov. 7-10 in St. Louis, Mo. The Congress is co-sponsored by SAME and The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), a coalition of 180 government entities and non-profit professional engineering associations dedicated to the nation’s defense. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Missouri River and Texoma Regional Conference. For more information on the program and special events, and to register for the conference, see the 2004 ISBE Web site at www.meetmeinstlouis.org. Register today! Attendance is limited to 700, after which we will not be able to accept registrations. The conference also will be the site of the SAME Fall Board of Direction meeting and the Investiture of 26 Society members into the Academy of Fellows. Membership Renewals Effective Jan. 1, 2005, Individual Members (excluding students and individuals who have multi-year dues that have not expired) will be invoiced on an annual billing cycle that runs Jan. 1 through Dec. 31. Effective Jan. 1, 2005: Need to renew your membership? Individual Members can easily renew their SAME membership online at www.same.org/renew. Select the membership that is right for you and complete the form. Want to add another post to your membership? Sustaining Members can add additional Posts to their membership by visiting www.same.org/join and completing the information online. Dubrachek New SAME Director of Business Operations Paul Dubrachek, CAE, joined the SAME HQ staff as Director of Business Operations, effective Sept. 8, 2004. As Director, Paul is responsible for the financial management and network administrative services of SAME, as well as employee benefit programs and member affinity programs. Paul served in the USMC for 21 years, retiring as a Lt. Col. Since leaving the Marines, he has spent 14 years as an association executive serving as a CFO, COO and interim CEO. Paul has participated in various volunteer organizations including serving one year as the Chairman of the Board of the Marine Executive Association. He currently serves on the American Society of Association Executives Finance and Business Operations Section Council. SAME HQ Staff SAME HQ has a staff of 21 with four directors presiding over specific functions: Business Operations; Training and Post Operations; Membership; and Communications. The SAME staff is here to serve you, so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the departments and the staff who can assist you. Names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are on the Web at www.same.org. |
