PODS Association Newsletter   PODS 5.1 Release Want more from PODS? PODS invites SME's PODS Contest Member Spotlight - Sunoco New Member Spotlight Upcoming PODS Events   PODS 5.1 Release TC Webinar PODS will be releasing version 5.1 (Oracle and SQL RDBMS versions) next month.    The PODS Technical Committee will host a PODS 5.1 Release Webinar to review the new One Call Ticket and Boundary Tables, Damage Tables, and minor updates to the Data Model.      The 5.1 Release Webinar will be held  midway through the 6-week "release for member comment" period, and will be open to the public.   A special invitation will be sent when the webinar schedule is finalized. back to top Want more from PODS? One look at the PODS Data Model - and the value to a pipeline operator is obvious.  However, you might ask the question...    "How do I get more?" The fact is there is a wealth of PODS knowledge available.   An active technical organization and PODS user network are right here, but...   "How do I tap into it?" The PODS Technical Forum makes it easy to connect with other PODS users, and with the PODS Technical Committee and Board of Directors.  All posts on both the PODS Technical Forum and Wiki-PODS are shown by Username, not email address.  Therefore, members do not need to identify their name or company when posting a question or response, unless they choose to. If your company is a member of PODS, create your login right now, and you can be browsing through the existing dialogues, utilizing keyword search on a specific topic, or posting new questions to the PODS Technical Committee today. click below to learn more about    The PODS Online Community back to top PODS invites SME's The PODS Association invites Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to serve as a volunteer resource to the PODS Technical Committee.   Specific expertise currently sought: -- Pipeline Engineering (Onshore and Offshore) -- Cathodic Protection -- Pipeline Integrity and ILI -- International Pipeline Standards -- Regulatory Compliance   If you, or a member of your company, have expertise in any of these topic areas, and are willing to periodically answer questions written by the PODS Technical Committee, please send your contact information to the PODS Executive Director.   back to top Check out the PODS Technical Forum Ask a question, win $100? PODS will award (3) $100 prizes to individuals who post a question on the PODS Technical Forum in March. Just visit www.pods.org  and click the Forum icon, or go directly there by clicking the icon below. On your first visit the PODS Technical Forum, you will be asked to create an account.  Only employees of PODS-member companies are able to create an account.    Read the contest details.     back to top Member Spotlight   Sunoco Logistics    Sunoco Logistics has recently completed an update of their GIS to a PODS data model.  The project  has completed stages that include data migration and paper data conversion, which are complete, and Sunoco is now moving forward with maintenance and distribution tools.   One of the tools being implemented is a web-mapping tool named Decision Support System, or DSS for short. This tool allows Sunoco Logistics staff to link to a mapping interface through the intranet, and obtain information about facilities, pipelines, and other information contained in PODS. The system itself uses ESRI and Microsoft Silver Light technology to present the user with an easy to use data rich environment.      back to top New Member Spotlight   Corporación para la Investigación de la Corrosión - CIC     CIC is a non-profit research and development center, headquartered in Piedecuesta - Santader, Colombia, just outside Bucaramanga.  For over 16 years, CIC has offered specialized services, and conducted research and development projects, to solve corrosion problems of the national industrial sector.  CIC's 90+ employees work in inter-disciplinary teams in specific technological competency areas, including:   coatings, microbiologically-influenced corrosion, cathodic protection, software development, process simulation, electrochemistry, failure analysis, physicochemical analysis, electronic hardware development, and fine mechanics.    Today, CIC is focused on the development of integrity management programs, including:  baseline data compilation, risk analysis, corrosion prevention, detection and mitigation plan development, and pipeline integrity assessment.  These programs combine strategic engineering assessment with the development of software, inspection and monitoring tools, and corrosion analysis systems.   Corporación para la Investigación de la Corrosión  http://corrosion.uis.edu.co   e-mail: corincor@telecom.com.co Tel: 57 - (7) - 655 08 07 / 09     In each PODS Newsletter, members who have recently joined PODS are invited to submit a company description for the New Member Spotlight section.  The selected company is chosen at random from the entries submitted.     back to top Upcoming PODS Events April 18-21, 2011 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas USA     ESRI Petroleum User Group (PUG)    Exploring the Geographic Approach for Energy Resources   Visit PODS at booth #731.  back to top         The PODS Association, Inc. 1st Quarter 2011 Newsletter     visit www.pods.org         Contest Details   ·Individuals must be employed by a PODS-member company in order to enter.    ·Individuals automatically enter the contest by posting a new discussion question about the PODS Data Model or its implementation in any of the following six categories, from March 3 - 31, 2011.   o   How To? o   Core Tables o   Sub-Models o   Model Enhancements o   Applications o   Domain Values and GCL's   ·Three winners will be chosen randomly from eligible entries.       ·A total of three $100 VISA gift cards will be awarded as prizes.   ·Prizes will be mailed to the winning individuals, and will be post-marked by April 15, 2011.   ·An individual is eligible to win only one prize.   ·PODS Board and TC members are not eligible to win.   ·An individual who posts multiple new discussion questions creates additional chances to win, up to a maximum of five entries per individual.