<P>80The Military Engineer ? July-August ? 2010 Report on May 7, 2010, Board of Direction Meeting The 2010 Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo (JETC) was an outstanding suc- cess, with more than 2,500 attendees—a new record for SAME. Of particular note were the Ice Breaker at the Georgia Aquarium, the Honors Luncheon (where SAME recognized 31 award recipients), the six technical tracks, the 300-booth exhibit hall and the Society Ball. The conference was conducted ?awlessly by the SAME HQ staff and the many vol- unteers from the Atlanta Post—it was a great team effort with outstanding results. We have received 364 responses to our attendee survey and 147 to our exhibitor survey; we will review these comments carefully to continue to improve JETC to be SAMEs premier annual event. The SAME Board of Direction met immediately following the conference in Atlanta on May 7. One of the important agenda items was the proposed guidelines for the awarding and tracking of Post scholarships. The SAME Strategic Plan encourages SAME members to promote engineering at colleges and univer- sities through Student Chapters, mentoring programs and scholarships. SAME Posts collectively award more than $1 million annually for academic scholarships. In 2009, the Board of Direction established a task force to develop guidelines to assist Posts in developing and administering effective scholarship programs tailored to local needs and preferences. After publishing the guidelines in draft, the task force reported to the board at the May 7 meeting. The guidelines were approved and have been published and distributed to Posts. This is the ?rst time SAME has had guidelines for its scholarships programs. Congratulations and thanks to board member Ernie Drott, task force chair, the task force members, and the individuals and Posts that provided feedback on the draft guidelines. The board also broadened the language in the SAME Strategic Plan and in the scholarship guidelines to support architecture, engineering and related degrees rather than simply supporting engineering degrees. One of the key features of the guidelines is to suggest that Posts establish a mentoring relationship with scholarship recipients. To support this goal, the guidelines recommend greater use of multi-year scholarships—two-, three-, or four-year schol- arships requiring students to return to the Post to discuss progress toward a degree. SAME is investing in the future of the individuals receiving scholarships and therefore the guidelines suggest that scholarship recipients should be a member of SAME while pursuing a degree. Student membership is free, and it is hoped that the af?liation with SAME will continue when the individual graduates from college and enters the workforce. The board also approved the new Readiness and Homeland Security (RHS) Streamer, which has gone through sev- eral revisions in the past three years. The RHS Streamer has seen the lowest level of Post participation despite its importance to the SAME mission. It is the hope of the board that the revisions in the criteria will allow more Posts to achieve the RHS Streamer. In the past several years, SAME has transitioned from a FAST START PLAN to a gap analy- sis to the new version, which simply requires Posts to collaborate with federal, state and local agencies responsible for emergency response, maintain appropriate training and education of a Post Readiness Committee, and engage members of the Post in the national dialogue on matters of importance to national security. A key feature of the new criteria is the linkage to products produced by The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) and the SAME Directory of Member Companies and Organizations. These documents are considered important assets to SAMEs involvement with and support to government agencies responsible for planning and response to manmade and natural disasters. I have very much enjoyed my years as SAME Executive Director, and I hope you feel that I have been doing a good job for SAME. I became Executive Director in September 2002 and was due to complete my third three-year term in May 2011. I still have a great passion for SAME and the energy to continue to work with the HQ staff and the many volunteers to make SAME an outstanding organization. In accordance with the SAME Constitution the Executive Director will be appointed by the Board of Direction on the recommendation of the President for three-year terms and may be re-appointed for successive terms. In 2008, the board approved a succession plan that will allow for a one-year recruitment of a new Executive Director. Therefore I requested that the board approve a fourth three-year term rather than beginning the recruitment process for a new Executive Director. This would allow me to continue to serve SAME as the Executive Director until May 2014. The board approved this extension. I look forward to leading and managing the SAME HQ staff, and continuing to work with regions, Posts, committees and councils during the next four years. As always, please feel free to give me your comments and suggestions at rwolff@same.org. Dr. Robert D. 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