Points are awarded based on the importance of these actions to the overall goals of the Society as a whole. You can help by contributing and reporting your accomplishments to the Awards Committee, as explained in greater detail by CAPT John Ingram, elsewhere in this newsletter. In addition to expanding and improving on the efforts I've already discussed, there are some challenges ahead, and we need your help and support to meet them. As many of you know, the Naval Sea Systems Command will move to the Washington Navy Yard beginning in 2001. We have tried to balance our meeting locations to recognize this shift of our core membership, and we would appreciate your input as to where we should meet in the future.
Membership is a continuing struggle, both within our Section and nationally.
ASNE membership is declining, and we need to work to reverse this trend. The health of our Section can most accurately be measured by the involvement of its members. Under Rich's leadership, each of our standing committees has grown in the past year, but more volunteers are needed. To accomplish our ambitious goals for the coming year, help is always welcome. The more you put into the Society, the more you will get out of it.