SEND IN YOUR NOMINATION FOR THE AWS 6th ANNUAL IMAGE OF WELDING AWARDS.

THE ENTRY DEADLINE IS JULY 31, 2008.

This is the industry's top awards competition saluting the year's most outstanding public initiatives and programs that promote the image of welding.

Submit a nomination online at http://awssection.org/index.php/forms/iow or follow the link on the AWS homepage.

Awards are issued in seven categories. You can nominate an individual, organization and group for one or multiple categories. You can also nominate yourself.

Winners will be honored at the Image of Welding Awards Ceremony to be held during the FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show on October 6-8, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Image of Welding Awards Program recognizes outstanding achievement in the following categories:

*  Individual (you or other individual)
*  Section (AWS local chapter)
*  Large Business (200 or more employees)
*  Small Business (less than 200 employees)
*  Distributor (welding products)
*  Educator (Welding teacher at an institution, facility, etc...)
*  Educational Facility (Any organization that conducts welding education or training)