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We Sincerely thank all our Sponsors for their support !The AWS Los Angeles & Inland Empire Section

C/o George Rolla24909 Madison Ave. #2113Murrieta, CA 92562

February NewsletterNext Meeting Tuesday Feb. 24th (more info inside)

Guest Speaker: 2009 AWS President Vic Mathews of Lincoln Electric.Introduction by : 2008 AWS President Gene Lawson of ESAB

Honoring us: 2009 Distric 21 Director Nan Samanich of Ninyo &Moore

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UPCOMING Meeting:Tuesday February 24th, 2009 - 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm social hour - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm dinner

2525 East Ball Road at 57 Fwy Anaheim, CA 92806 714-520-9500

Guest speaker:2009 AWS President Vic Mathews, of Lincoln Electric, will be introduced by 2008 AWS President Gene Lawson

Topics:Goals of the American Welding Society for 2009 by Vic Mathews. A look back at 2008 by Gene Lawson

RSVP Please!! ! Having a head count is very important ! Be there no matter what!Call 951-536-3809 or send RSVP email to aws_laie_section@msn.com

Dinner Price: Students: $6.00 Professionals: $18.00 First five AWS student members to RSVP by email eat freePresentation:Vic’s talk is titled "Careers in Welding". A review of the opportunities andchallenges for 2009 as well as an explanation of AWS's role in providinginformation for scholarships and AWS's interface with industry, governmentand educational entities.

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About our next Meeting:We are extremely fortunate to be honored at our next Section Meeting by the presence of three great AWS leaders.Gene Lawson, 2008 President of AWS and Treasurer of our Section, will help me introduce to you Vic Mathews, our current 2009 AWS President. Also present willbe our distinguished and new District 21 Director, Nan Samanich and her husband Sam, SCWI and Chairman of the Nevada Section. Both have been involved withAWS for many, many years. Nan will lead our District with new energy, powered by experience, knowledge and determination to move forward with success.Tuesday February 24th. promises to be a very exciting evening...lot of hot shots together all in one room all at one time.Plus...Jagerhaus is a great place to hold this event, the food will be tops, and the beer the best. Chance in a lifetime to be in one room with two presidents.

Our Guest Speaker Vic Mathews has been with Lincoln Electric for 45.5 years and is currently a "Global Cus-tomer Service Specialist" responsible for all Cleveland made product world wide. He is listed as inventor on pat-ents in 8 countries for Lincoln. Lincoln Electric honored him as Employee of the Year" in 1995 and is twicepast president of the Lincoln Electric Employee's Association. He holds an associate degree in electricity andelectronics from Devry Institute and a Business degree from John Carroll University.He is a life member of AWS, has received the Distinguished Member, Section and District meritorious awards.,and has written articles for the Welding Journal. He is Vice-Chair of Commission XIV ( Education and Train-ing) of IIW - International Institute of Welding consisting of 56 member countries. And is President and Chair-man of the Board for the AWS.Other activities in his life include: Certified Firefighter/ EMT-I for the Russell Fire Department. EMS Instruc-tor for Lincoln Electric's First Responder program. Certified AHA Instructor for BLS -CPR Chief of Lake and

Geauga Counties Critical Incident Team -CISM, certified Family to Family Instructor for NAMI- National Alliance on Mental Illness, and officer on the GeaugaCounty Mental health and Recovery Services Board ( Treasurer).Hobbies he enjoys include boating and fishing on Lake Erie, hunting and camping.; loves music, plays the violin and spends time caring for his garden.Gene Lawson will give us a review of 2008, and some of his travel experiences around the world for AWS.

Don’t miss out on it! Be there!I am personally asking you to be there; let’s fill the place with AWS people!!

George T Rolla Section Chairman

We’re searching for members who would like to join our executive com-

mittee, and help run our Section. There are many positions available.

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Last Meeting:What Happened last time….

We were honored to hold our last AWS Meeting at the Los Angeles Trade Tec College, this Beautiful campus; Located near the heartof downtown Los Angeles was gracious enough to host the last AWS meeting for the 2008 year. The attendees included professionals from several fields of thevast welding world, as well as distinguished members of the schools faculty. The evening kicked off with a spectacular gourmet meal, provided by the LATTC firstyear culinary arts students. This enticing buffet was a perfect way to begin the night, and it left all in attendance with a new respect for LATTC’s culinary program.Many thanks go out to Chef Steven Kasmar, Chef Joe and their students for such an outstanding job at preparing and serving this feast.

We were also honored to have sitting with us at our table Marcy Drummond, Vice President, Workforce and Economic Development, and Leticia Barajas,Dean, Academic Affairs, staff members of LATTC.

The AWS Section was fortunate to begin its night of learning with a brief look at the industries premier provider of turnaround, construction and fabrica-tion services. JV Industrial Companies has a proud and honorable tradition of excellence; this was reflected in the presentation by Mr. Ralph Worsham, The Sen-ior Quality Control Specialist Western Division, And Mr. Tony Barraza, The Western Division Quality systems manager. Tony, who is also our own AWS 2nd

Vice chairman for Los Angeles/Inland Empire, provided a brief preview on the type of real world services that JVIC conducts everyday. I say preview because JVIndustrial Company will be hosting our February meeting at its Carson facility. Where we look forward to an in-depth look at products and services that JVICprovides.

For the second half of our evening the floor belonged to our very own Mr. George Rolla, of Advanced Weldtec, Inc., The Acting AWS Chairman for LosAngeles/Inland Empire chapter. George, through his vast knowledge of the subject matter provided an in-depth look at the brand new 2008 ANSI/AWS D1.1/D1.1M. The presentation included a play by play of the proper usage of the new and improved manual. This included a breakdown of the changes and how toidentify them. As well as a refresher on the Do’s and Do not’s of the D1.1. For instance Do: Read the foreword before using a code book. And DON’T: Flipthrough aimlessly; use the Table of contents or the Index to narrow your search. This outstanding educator took this tall task and presented it in a way that onlyhe could have done, and all in attendance were fortunate for the opportunity.

The meeting concluded with a 50/50 drawing. Arguably the most entertainment we have seen at one of our meetings in a while. Prizes included gift cer-tificates ranging from $20 Starbucks gift cards to $100 Welding supply gift card. The drawing was caped off by one lucky student receiving their very own 2008D1.1/D1.1M.

The AWS would like to congratulate all of the lucky winners as well as all our new members. We extend our sincerest thanks to our AWS members andthe staff of the LATTC that made this meeting possible. We were honored to meet the new members of our student chapter and look forward to many moremeetings to come!

Greg Tarin, Publicity Chairman

A warm welcome to our new members

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Employment:Position: Welding InspectorCertification Required: AWS CWICompany: THE "G" CREWLocation: Los Angeles CountyRequirements: Working knowledge, experience andfamiliarity with Caltrans standards and Public Worksprojects.Projects: BridgesContact Person:Danny RecenteEmail address: danny@tgcinspection.com Tele-Phone: (818)240-4157Fax: (818)240-8616Interested AWS-CWIs should email their resumes assoon as possible. The "G" Crew pays prevailing wagerates for this project plus benefits.

Other Section Meetings:Last November I attended one of the San Fer-nando Section Meetings held at AMI, Arc Ma-chines, Inc, a company that design & manufac-tures orbital welding machines and automatedGTAW units. They gave us a tour of their facilityand a demo of their product. They custom buildto ANY need. What an ingenious bunch. Greatfolks who run a great outfit. For those of you in-terested, you can get free operator training ontheir equipment. George T Rolla.