Marine
& Oceanographic
Technology Network
P.O. Box 1950
N. Falmouth, MA 02556
Email: info@motn.org
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The Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network is a
US-based professional business association committed to expanding the
business opportunities of its members by building marketing presence,
advocating local and regional economic development related to the
development of new products for the marine and oceanographic product
industry, and enhancing member business practices.
Please browse our
site to learn how MOTN and our members companies can assist you.
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Message
from MOTN President, Cheryl Zimmerman
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Tuesday
December 26, 2008
Dear MOTN members and friends,
It has been an active year for MOTN. Our thanks go out to
the folks at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for
hosting our annual dinner back in May. It was a pleasure
and an honor to meet with the new director, Dr. Susan
Avery. The very busy Networking Cubed event held at UMass
Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology was a
terrific event, the café style meal and the upstairs
hospitality were enjoyed by all! We held a very
interesting event at Roger Williams University where
Intellectual Property was addressed by presented by Matt
Reece from Pepe & Hazard,....a topic that will come up
again and again. Finally, the briefing we received by Dr.
Malcolm Spaulding of the URI Center for Ocean Engineering
and Underwater Technology (COEUT), Sam De Bow, COE for
Research in Offshore Renewable Energy and the technologies
being developed in the Ocean Engineering Department
were unforgettable.
All of these interesting events could not happen without
the enthusiastic support of our board members, our members
and all of our friends. Thank you so much for stepping up
and please don't be shy to offer your ideas. We are
planning a full calendar of informational and networking
events for the coming months. Please let me know if you
would like to host and/or organize something.
MOTN has been represented by Mike Mathewson of McLane
Research labs and Maggie Merrill of Marine Marketing
Services at several meetings of the Massachusetts Ocean
Partnership Fund. MOTN is only one of many stakeholder
organizations following this groundbreaking policy
formation. MOTN members have received notice of the
Requests for Qualifications to bid on several of those
projects. Their web site is up to date and full of useful
information. http://www.massoceanpartnership.org/
I have been representing MOTN on the newly formed
NERACOOS board for Coastal Ocean Observing Systems. One of
the primary responsibilities of NERACOOS is to prioritize
and appropriately allocate federal funding from NOAA to
entities in the region for ocean observing and product
development. More information and opportunities will be
presented as the information becomes available.
(See
below for the Executive Director position announcement).
Membership Renewals: Coming in January the membership
renewals will be sent out along with invoices. Please be
sure to pass those along to the appropriate person at your
organization to ensure timely payment. www.motn.org
Jobs Available! In the very unsettling economic
environment, there are some very promising positions
opening up. MOTN.org
has been posting available jobs and resumes of job
seekers. Our aim is to connect people with jobs and
vise versa.
NERACOOS Executive Director: http://www.motn.org/NERACOOS_Exec_Dir_Announcement_FINAL_Dec_22_2008.pdf
Other positions can be seen at the Careers section of the
MOTN web site: http://www.motn.org
2008 has been a great year for MOTN. I look forward to
what 2009 has to offer.
Yours Truly, Cheryl M. Zimmerman, President MOTN, CEO
FarSounder, Inc.
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Please
send news and information about job openings, business
opportunities and people on the move to the the MOTN
News editor, Maggie L. Merrill, at martrep@aol.com.
(Marine
Marketing Services-Hingham, MA)
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