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other years feel less significant.
Looking back over the past 40 years,
it's easy to see how the list of International Society of Explosives Engineers
(ISEE) programs and SEE Education
Foundation scholarships mirror the story
of the explosives industry itself. From
working with regulators to form sensible
laws and supporting blasters through
training and education to giving back to
the community by awarding scholarships
to deserving students.
ISEE had a very successful 2014. Many
thanks go to those who gave unselfishly
by the meticulous work put forward by
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extend our sincere gratitude to all who
have supported us throughout the years.
ISEE's success is your success.
The year 2014 was one with challenges and growth for ISEE as we continued our strong financial performance.
Our stability was driven by all our lines of
business. The ISEE team did an outstanding job of managing the complexities of
our business and delivering good results
in all facets of the organization.
* Working with the Alabama, Tennessee Volunteer and Georgia Peach State
chapters of the ISEE, we supported
blasters in the field by sponsoring the
very first Southeast Blasting Workshop,
which was held in Huntsville, Alabama.

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The workshop was a full day of presentations covering explosives safety, vibration control, electronic detonators,
blast reporting and updates from the
ATF and MSHA. Workshop attendees
qualified for blaster's training recertification hours from several states.
Hazmat was the focus on day two, as
ISEE sponsored the Class 1 Explosives
Specific Hazmat Safety Training at the
National Center for Explosives Training
and Research (NCETR).
* We supported the Brazil UFRGS Student Chapter of ISEE by attending its
very first explosives workshop held
in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in
2013. With close to 250 attendees,
the industry was well represented as
educators, end-users, manufacturers,
mining companies, regulators and
consultants came together to support
the needs of the blasting community in
Brazil. It was such a success that they
held their second workshop in October 2014 and are planning to make it
an annual event. Additionally, they are
readying themselves to launch a professional chapter to be headquartered
in São Paulo.
* We confronted industry regulatory
challenges by communicating our support on behalf of our members to reject a petition that was filed with the
U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) by an
environmental group wanting to initiate rulemaking for use of explosives in
surface coal.
* We launched a new website
(www.isee.org) with a layout that resolves many navigational issues. It
also increases its functionality to work
well with new technologies like smart
phones and tablets.The website resizes
its images to adjust to any computer
screen size. We also relaunched the
World of Explosives website (www.
explosives.org) with updated content
that was submitted by the ISEE Public
Education/Public Relations committee.
* The SEE Education Foundation awarded its largest dollar amount in scholarships since its inception - from $500
awarded in 1995 to $56,000 in 2014.
With 26 current endowment funds,

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