Membership Appreciation Week


Membership Appreciation Week

Make plans to join us for Membership Appreciation Week 2023. This year, membership appreciation week will run from May 30 - June 2. As a part of Membership Appreciation Week, ASDSO will once again be holding a special members-only webinar coinciding with National Dam Safety Awareness Day on May 31.

Membership Appreciation Week celebrates the 3,100 dam and levee safety professionals who make up our vibrant community with special offers, prizes, members-only events, and important information to assist you in making the most of your ASDSO membership. Watch your email and Collaborate for more information on Membership Appreciation Week! 


Wednesday, May 31, 2023 • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern

Members Only Webinar • Learning from Mentors – Stories and Lessons Learned from Those Who Shaped Our Lives and Careers

All careers are shaped by a lineage of mentors and guides (some we personally knew and some we didn’t). Join us for a webinar where we will explore what defines a mentor, take a brief look at key mentors who made a long-lasting impact on the dam engineering community of practice and hear personal stories of encounters that influenced our lives and careers.

The webinar will also be an opportunity to recognize as a community the importance of National Dam Safety Awareness Day and remember the lives lost in the South Fork Dam tragedy.

Webinar Panelists Include: 

  • Keith Ferguson
  • Les Harder
  • John France
  • Paul Schweiger
  • Amanda Hess
  • Larry Nuss
  • Dan Johnson

Mentors To Be Covered Include: 

  • Jim Talbot
  • James Sherard
  • Harry Bolton Seed
  • Steve Poulos
  • Gonzalo Castro
  • Danny Fred
  • Darryl Temple
  • Art Miller
  • Howard Boggs
  • Glen Tarbox
  • Ken Hansen

Not a member? Join today, then register to attend


Please note, that several of the week's activities will take place in the Collaborate All Member Community. If you have not yet logged into the Collaborate Community platform, you can do so with your DamSafety.org credentials (email address and password). Check out these tips on getting started with Collaborate!

Not yet a member of ASDSO and want to participate in any of the Membership Appreciation Week events? Join ASDSO now!