MAY 2011 - Association of Marina Industries

4Industry News Continued from Page 3$30 for members and $55 for nonmembers.The O&M Manual is an excellent hands-on guide to helpthe user establish procedures for the successful operationand maintenance of boating facilities. It includes clearlywritten, easily understood, updated detailed informationfor the general maintenance worker, as well as for the administratorwith total program responsibility.Its new edition includes information on project file management;risk assessment and management; site design andreview procedures; operational staff considerations; stafftraining needs; equipment and funding requirements; importanceof public outreach; methods of site accounting;power loading; ADA review; stormwater issues; mud anddebris; signage; recommendations for emergency preparednessand importance of environmental management efforts.The Handbook addresses maintenance program elements,categories and scheduling. Additionally, it presents guidelinesfor selecting, placing and replacing signs at publicboating facilities. Example forms include; a standard facilitymaintenance record form; a general site inspection checklist;a user comment card; an operations/maintenance cooperativeagreement form; an adopt-an-access program agreementform; a waiver of liability form; a sample list of tools, suppliesand safety equipment ;general maintenance standards;preparing for storms and damage assessment process.Click here to order. http://www.sobaus.org/publications/publications1.html.Are You a Disenfranchised Voter?Redeem Yourself with BoatUS Foundation Boating GrassrootsGrantsThey are disillusioned with political parties and unwillingto go to the polls. However, there is one place where a disenfranchisedvoter can redeem themselves by having theirvote count: by voting for their favorite local boating safetyor clean water grant proposal posted online at the BoatUSFoundation’s Facebook site at www.Facebook.com/BoatUSFoundationor at www.BoatUS.com/voting.Of the 17 grant proposals listed, those with the most votes bymidnight on June 13, 2011, will have their projects fundedwith a grant of up to $4,000 each from the BoatUS FoundationBoating Grassroots Grants program. Boaters can votefor their favorite projects once a day until voting closes.Industry News Continued on Page 5