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SAME Update. Clayton H. Perry, F.SAME. T o promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public and private sector engineers, and related professionals. Our Mission. 7 National
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SAME Update Clayton H. Perry, F.SAME
To promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public and private sector engineers, and related professionals. Our Mission
7 National Committees and 3 Councils 25 SAME HQ Staff 22,000 Members 1,300 Companies 111 POSTS 15 Regional Vice Presidents Organizational Goal: Support Our Members Board of Direction (44)
Post Support to SAME Mission • Programs • Interesting and Relevant Speakers • 2-4 Hour Seminars • Webinars • Readiness • Active Readiness and Homeland Security Committee • Outreach • Inspire K-12 students to take up engineering • Mentor college students and assist in transition to work force • Provide leadership opportunities to Young Members • Make NCOs part of SAME team • Deployed military engineers and their families • ALL CONTRIBUTE TO PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
SAME Strategic Alliances SAME offers its Members education and Training Opportunities at Member prices
Growing Future Engineers SAME Engineering and Construction Summer Camps • 2000-2009 • U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO • 2003-2009 • U.S. Navy Seabees, Southern CA • U.S. Army R&D Center, Vicksburg, MS
What’s New in SAME • 2009 • New Distinguished Post Criteria – Includes sending Board Member and Young Member to annual Post Leaders Workshop for Large and Medium Posts, either Board Member or YM for Small and OCONUS Posts • Membership Streamer based on Total Members (excluding Student Members- STU type) • SAME News delivered electronically and quarterly (except those with no Email address) • LEED Courses offered • SAME University to be offered in Frankfurt, Germany in June 09 • New pricing structure approved by the Board of Direction
Investing in SAME’s Future • Use Education and Mentoring Fund • Send high school students to Engineering and Construction Camps • Send college students to Student Leadership Workshops • Send Young Members to Post Leaders Workshops • Send Young Members and NCOs to the annual Joint Engineer Training Conferences (JETC) • Send NCOs to SAME Joint Engineer Senior NCO Symposiums • Support Small Business • Provide scholarships based on need for aspiring engineers
Future Direction • Continue strong Post organizations focused on Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives Recruitment + Satisfaction = Retention • Future Focus areas: • 10 percent increase in membership • Promote K-12 outreach programs • Sustainability • Diversity