The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.23 No.1/January 2004


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Keeping ASME Competitive Requires Altering Outlook, Processes
Reasons for Continuity and Change
This edition of ASME NEWS features a number of important articles about ASME's ongoing process to transform itself into a 21st century global organization. In one of these stories, ASME Executive Director Virgil Carter explains the reasons for the Society's new Continuity and Change initiative. Read more.
Envisioning ASME today and tomorrow
In a second story, ASME President Reginald Vachon discusses how the Continuity and Change initiative — and the reorganiza-
tion of ASME — is expected to make the Society a better, more market-focused and knowledge-based organization that will be able to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Read more.

At 2003 Congress, strands of ASME's past, present and future mingle
A record number of attendees turned out for the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress in Washington D.C. to participate in a variety of activities that wove the threads of ASME's past and present together with its future. The past was celebrated by way of a special event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. The present was highlighted by a keynote discussion on homeland security. And the future was represented by an important general assembly that gave Congress attendees a preview of what the Society may look like beginning next year. A "100 Years of Flight" panel session was sponsored by Mechanical Engineering magazine. Read more.

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