ASME NEWS Online -- June 2004

The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol. 23 No. 6/June 2004

ASME creates new dues structure for members in developing nations

In April, the Society decided to lower the dues rate for engineers living in countries with struggling economies. The dues reduction was done to make ASME membership and the benefits that come with it more affordable to an increased number of professionals living in developing nations. In this photo, ASME President Reggie Vachon met greets Lock Kai Sang, president of the Institute of Engineers Singapore. Read more.

Communities of Practice links engineers with similar interests
Communities of Practice is a new Web tool that ASME is offering members to communicate with others who have similar engineering interests and concerns. On the COP Web site, you can join a community, search for a community member, suggest a new community, participate in discussions and polls, and post your own message, or request to be notified when messages are posted on the community. Each ASME member will choose the communities in which they want to participate, and how they want to be involved. The COP pages will allow members to customize their own personal page to include communities and links, and to access an ASME event calendar. Read more.

Continuity & Change initiative moves forward with new
Task Force appointees
With ASME's Continuity and Change initiative now in Phase II, members of the Project Management Task Force for 2004-05 were appointed March 26 by 2003-04 ASME President Reginald I. Vachon. They met for the first time April 29. Read more.

Networking, technical updates at ASME's Congress '04 in November
Congress 2004, from Nov. 13-19 in Anaheim, Calif., will feature more than 500 technical sessions covering a variety of industries. Read more.

At A Cross Roads

Styles of ingenuity crossed paths during ASME's 2004 Human Powered Vehicle competitions, which concluded last month. Read more.

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