Dear Members,

We are pleased to announce that College of the Canyons (COC) will host a tour of their Welding Technology facility June 2nd, 2016. Our section will provide Pizza and sodas at the meeting. Mr. Tim Baber, Welding Technology – chair,will be our guide. For any of you that are not familiar with the Welding Program at COC, let me share a few of the attributes.

They have been in operation as a premier welder training facility for nearly 40 years. Mr. Baber has been very successful at getting government grants that have put the college on the cutting edge of welding technology with all of the traditional welding processes and has opened up opportunities for members of the community to become proficient with LASER Welding, Robotic Welding, Virtual Welding, Orbital Welding, and more. He has maintained the program as an AWS Educational Institution and an AWS Certified Welder Testing Facility (ATF) and has maintained the facility as an LA City Testing Facility, an AWS SENSE Program, and established COC as a member of the WELD-ED program that is able to tap into federal funding through the National Science Foundation, and more.

Please join us Thursday evening June 2nd, 2016 from 7:00 pm till 8:30 pm at College of the Canyons.

Click HERE to view a map of the campus.

Mr. Baber has requested the following:

1)You willneed to park in lot 13 (see campus map attached).

2)You will need to purchase a daily parking pass from one of the Kiosks locatedthroughout the parking lot.Security will ticket cars parked outside of welding.

3)Meet inTWSH-106 - it holds up to 30 seats, so RSVP early.

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING OUR SECTION.

It is time to hold elections for our AWS San Fernando ValleySection Officers.We encourage your participation. If you are interested or know of someone who would like to run for any office, pleased return this email with that information. Some of the positions are,Chairman, 1stVice Chairman, 2ndVice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Student Affairs and Liaison, Scholarship and Foundation, Publicity, Membership, Education, Certification and Image of Welding (see webpage link below for a full list of officers and duties and responsibilities).

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The new section officers will fill those positions for the 2016-2017 AWS termafter the ballots are tallied. This is your section and the opportunity to volunteer.

Those nominated should provide a short personal biography to the election committee by returning this email with the information. We will announce your new AWS Section Officers at the June 2nd meeting.

Ballot:

Chairman: ...... Kraig Miller ...... or ______

1st Vice Chairman: ...... Jack Compton . . . . .or ______

Secretary: ...... Connie Compton . . . or ______

Treasurer: ...... Bert Callender . . . . .or ______

Member at Large/Publicity Chairman:Phil Kachoian . . . . .or ______

Other volunteer positions available (fill in yourself/nominee and choice of position): ______