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NEWS & NOTES FROM ACROSS SAME
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Inaugural CEO Roundtable Held in September
At the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D.C., SAME hosted the first CEO Roundtable on Sept. 29. The event was designed to enable senior-level executives from government and industry an opportunity to address timely issues facing the A/E/C industry and help bring consensus on solutions needed. This first Roundtable included participants from the former Senior Executive Group as a means to bring some carryover from previous engagements and insight into how SAME’s industry-government engagement plan will provide value to the membership, the broader industry needs, and achieve the goals and objectives of the 2020 SAME Strategic Plan.
Moving forward, the intent of the industry-government engagement plan, Post Issues Workshops, and what will be an annually-held CEO Roundtable is to help inform and educate decision-makers and bring about awareness on key issues and challenges facing the military engineering community and the nation’s defense and economic infrastructure needs. SAME intends to develop solutions papers and informational documents as outcomes of the Roundtable.
Tulsa Post to Host First "Issues Workshop"
The SAME Tulsa Post, in concert with the USACE Tulsa District is planning to host an Issues Workshop on Oct. 18, 2016, on the topic of "extending the life of USACE infrastructure." The focus of the workshop will be an interactive discussion on extending the life of USACE’s aging infrastructure. Rather than just a series of PowerPoint® briefings, the workshop will be run as an interactive panel with several contributors from USACE and private industry.
True collaboration, focused on finding solutions, must begin at the local level where issues are seen first-hand. Post-level Issues Workshops are a key component of achieving the SAME industry-government engagement plan. They will be a valuable tool in SAME leading collaborative efforts to identify and resolve national security infrastructure-related challenges. Certain issues that merit national discussion with the Engineering Service Chiefs and industry leaders will be selected from workshops each year and presented at the SAME CEO Roundtable.
Posts are encouraged to organize and host Issues Workshops throughout the year. For more information, contact Kathy Off at koff@same.org, or 703-549-3800 Ext. 153.
TME Vietnam Commemorative Issue
SAME in August published a special issue of The Military Engineer commemorating the service, achievements, challenges, and legacy of military engineers during the Vietnam War. Featuring historical retrospectives from the military services, reprinted articles from the pages of TME 50 years ago, and personal reflections of SAME members who served, we hope the TME Vietnam Commemorative Issue provides a unique look at the technical, strategic, and human side of military engineering during the Vietnam War.
Each SAME member received one copy of the magazine through the mail as part their membership. Additional copies can be purchased by visiting www.same.org/store. Member-pricing available.
Fast, Mobile-Friendly, & Free to Search
The SAME Sustaining Member Directory is now live! The now mobile-friendly online directory provides a fast and efficient way to search for service providers and potential teaming partners based on capabilities, office location, small business categories, and much more.
Visit www.same.org/directory and start your search today.
Looking attract attention to your firm? You can enhance your presence by adding your logo and building your brand awareness. For a limited time, SAME is offering a special deal to all Sustaining Member companies for purchasing a logo addition.
For more information, contact Marlayna Bush at mbush@same.org.
Atlanta Post Golf Tournament, Nov. 15
In concert with the 2016 SAME Small Business Conference in Atlanta, the Atlanta Post will hold its annual golf tournament to benefit veterans’ charities. The event will be at Cobblestone Golf Club, Acworth, Ga. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., and activities include lunch, golf, dinner and an awards ceremony. Shotgun start begins at 9:00 a.m.
Click here to read more information about the event.
SAME Member Album
Did you get this in the mail? SAME has teamed with PCI (Harris Connect) to provide a printed comprehensive directory (member album) of Society members. The national office has received numerous requests over the years to provide a complete member directory; this partnership is the most effective way to offer such a product. We hope that you find the new directory of value and will make the decision to participate. Other organizations such as the Navy League and the Military Officers Association of America have utilized this service previously.
Participation in the member album is completely up to you. Should you wish to participate, contact PCI directly at 1-877-497-3505.
Proceeds above the guaranteed amount will be donated to the new SAME Foundation.
Get to Know The Other Michael Jackson
2016 Small Business Conference keynote speaker and event facilitator Michael Jackson will engage attendees on the topic of change in a business environment. Watch this short video to hear more from “The Other” Michael Jackson!
Virtual STEM Judging Opportunities
SAME partners with the Technology Student Association (TSA) to provide judges for its STEM competitions. The SAME STEM Committee is looking for volunteers to judge the Verizon Innovative Learning App Challenge, a program of the Verizon Foundation in partnership with TSA.
The judging occurs in two phases. Judges from the TSA community will vet all the entries and a percentage of those will be judged to receive Best in State, Best in Region, and Best in Nation awards. Help is needed in the App Challenge judging process. All phases of the judging process will be handled online, via the Verizon Innovative App Challenge user database. For those who agree to help with the judging process, a judges' account will be set up and email instructions for accessing the account and user database will be sent by email. Detailed instructions and teleconference training will be provided to all judges. Judges should expect to spend two to four hours reviewing and scoring App Challenge submissions for each judging phase.
The judging process will conclude December 19th, 2016. For information about the Verizon App Challenge, contact Lynda Haitz, Verizon App Challenge Program Manager at lhaitz@tsaweb.org, or 703-860-9000.
SAME also partners with the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) on STEM competitions. We are looking to provide judges for AEOP’s eCyber program, which challenges students to identify an engineering or related challenge in their community and develop a possible solution. This process is evaluated by the judges online in a virtual environment.
We are looking for Virtual Judges. Virtual Judging will take place between March 8 and March 24. We have big goals for this year, looking for 3,000 Virtual Judges. That's 1,000 more judges than last year. Click here to learn more and register today.
SAME members interested in this or other STEM judging opportunities also can contact STEM Committee Chair Scott Prosuch at sprosuch@earthlink.net.
75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration
The 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration welcomes Hawai‘i residents, visitors from across the country and around the world. Centered around December 7th, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the 75th Commemoration will focus the world’s attention on Hawai‘i and provide a unique opportunity for visitors to experience events and memorials dedicated to USS Utah, USS Oklahoma, and the USS Arizona.
Highlights of the event include Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band performing live on Waikīkī Beach as part of the 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration. Residents and visitors will be treated to a dynamic and free ‘Honor. Gratitude. Rock & Roll’ performance on Monday, December 5, 2016.
American Airlines is sponsoring a historic 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration Flight. The flight will host approximately 120 Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans and their companions on their way to attend the 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration on the island of O‘ahu.
For more information about the 75th Commemoration, its full schedule and other details, visit www.pearlharbor75thanniversary.com.
SAME is proud to be an official supporter of the 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration.
Be a Presenter at the 2017 FM Workshop!
The Call for Presentations for the 2017 Facilities Management Workshop has been extended to Oct. 14, 2016. If your submission is selected, you will present at the 2017 SAME-IFMA Facilities Management Workshop taking place Feb 8-10, 2017 in San Antonio.
Click here to learn more about the Call for Presentations and to submit!
2017 Europe Engineer Capabilities Workshop
Call for papers now open!
February 27 - March 2, 2017
Hotel Dormero Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Co-Hosted by the Europe Region, International Committee and SAME National Office
The event is being shaped by EUCOM and AFRICOM engineering capability gap requirements. These two COCOMs have identified their engineering capability gaps and this conference will assist in collaborating to find the solutions needed to fill these gaps. For more information contact Nick Desport at ndesport@same.org.
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