Newsletter: June 2012 Newsletter

Our guest speaker for the June General Membership meeting will be Captain Mary M. Jackson, USN, Commanding Officer, Norfolk Naval Station.  

Our May speaker was Rob Robins, Vice President of Bay Diesel and one of the primary directors for OPSAIL 2012 relative to all maritime operations.  He updated us on OpSail 2012. 

At the April meeting, the Board of Directors approved one new member company.  The new member company is Radio Holland USA, Inc.  This brings our membership total to 233 companies.

Radio Holland USA Inc., as member in the International Radio Holland Group, is the leading commercial Sales and Service organization with the mission of providing innovative, efficient, and functional solutions in the field of Satellite and Radio Communications, Automation, and Navigation Systems. For every conceivable electronic application on board, Radio Holland USA supplies, integrates, and installs equipment for the benefit of various maritime users: deepsea, inland and coastal shipping, offshore industry, dredging, fishing, survey, and government. Radio Holland USA offers customized and turnkey solutions.

Please visit their website at www.radiohollandusa.com.

Mal Branch, President/CEO of the Virginia Ship Repair Association since 2003, retired in May.  Mr. Ron Ritter will be the interim President. 

The winner of the 2012 Senior Tradesmen of the Year award was announced at the May General Membership meeting.  This year’s award went to Mr. Craig Mallory of Tecnico Corporation.  VSRF also recognized the following nominees for Senior Tradesman of the Year:

The winner of the 2012 Junior Tradesmen of the Year award was announced at the May General Membership meeting.  This year’s award went to Mr. Christopher Ziarek of AMSEC LLC.  VSRF also recognized the following nominees for Junior Tradesman of the Year: 

Another LEGO competition has come to an end. Our 6th Annual LEGO competition was a success! The winning teams and their recieved prizes are as follows:

1st Place- The Academy of International Studies at Rosemont ($500.00 check and purchase of their LEGO design) CLICK HERE to see the winning entry.

2nd Place - Blair Middle School ($250.00 check and plaque)

3rd Place - Mary Passage Middle School ($100.00 check and plaque)

We thank our sponsors, technical advisors, judges, teachers and the VSRF board for making this such a fun filled event!

Mark your calendars for the 26th Annual VSRF Golf Tournament!

We want to thank each of our volunteers who participated in the 2012 Career Days held at schools around Hampton Roads! Our volunteer teams reached over 5,061 students in 15 schools. This is a valuable program that saves our member companies a great deal of time and money by consolidating our efforts.

The summer months bring hot, sunny weather that many of us look forward to throughout the year.  But for those who earn their living working outside in a variety of labor-intensive industries such as construction, farming, firefighting, mining, manufacturing, maritime  and many others, this time of the year—and certainly National Safety Month—is definitely the right time to take some very necessary precautions that can save lives as heat becomes a health and safety factor.

With the launch of our new website, we want to make things as simple as possible for you. So we would like to bring to your attention a few important things you may encounter.

The following are some of the upcoming industry events. If you have a submission please email it to admin@VirginiaShipRepair.org for posting on our calendar. Thank you!

High Performance Craft Expo

Fleet Maintenance Symposium

On April 25, 2012, thirty (30) Human Resources (HR) professionals attended VSRA’s annual HR Seminar in Norfolk. Presentations included employment law attorney Chris Abel addressing developing a sound Social Networking Policy for the workplace.

Committee Updates help you stay informed!

Upcoming VSRA Courses!

We are pleased to offer the following courses: