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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
5From Our Affinity Partner,Wells Fargo CommercialBanking GroupDear Members,As we begin the new year, it’s timeto have your insurance/risk managementprogram reviewed byour endorsed insurance partnersat Wells Fargo Insurance Services(WFIS). WFIS is offering your company an insurance/riskmanagement program review (business insurance/employeebenefit plans), as well as an introductionto the Commercial Banking Group of WellsFargo Bank.What does Commercial Banking offer customers?The Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Group, throughour Regional Commercial Banking Offices (RCBOs),leverages the full array of Wells Fargo’s products andservices to address the needs of middle-market businesses.• We offer our customers a variety of tailoredfinancing, including:• Working capital funding• Real estate financing• Equipment leasing and financing• Trade finance• Expansion and acquisition• International bankingThrough our partners across Wells Fargo, we also delivera comprehensive suite of treasury management,investment, international and insurance services forbusiness customers, along with investment and bankingservices for their principals and employees.Please contact your AMI Insurance Program Manager:John Chiazza, Sr. Sales ExecutiveWells Fargo Insurance Agency of Michigan, Inc.Commercial Department648 Monroe Ave, Suite 300Grand Rapids, MI 49503-1453616-336-0121 voice/616-234-1621 fax616-581-4402 mobileIndustry News Continued dfrom Page 4In the last 23 years, the Foundation has awarded over $1 millionto organizations that have developed creative projects topromote safe and clean boating on their local waterways.“Literally each vote counts with our Grassroots Grants Program,”said BoatUS Foundation Program Manager AlannaKeating. “So forget the national politics for a moment andcome to our Facebook page or website where your vote willreally make a difference to these local communities.”National Business Forum on MarineSpatial Planning in U.S.World Ocean Council conference to advance industry actionon ocean managementThe World Ocean Council (WOC) will convene ocean industrieson 13-14 July in Washington D.C. to foster andfacilitate business involvement in the coastal and marinespatial planning (CMSP) process underway in the U.S.The U.S. has established a National Ocean Council (NOC)that will be implementing CMSP through a series of nineregional programs. The NOC will be holding a NationalWorkshop for government agencies to develop the government’sCMSP Strategic Action Plan in late June.A coordinated, multi-sectoral process to ensure the oceanbusiness community is well- informed and constructivelyengaged in U.S. CMSP efforts is essential to CMSP beingable to support the sustainable use of marine space and resourcesby responsible industry operators.Industry News Continued on Page 4WelcomeAboardMako Marine ConsultancyJeddah, Saudi Arabia
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