SECTIONNEWS District 1 Thomas Ferri, director (508) 527-1884 thomas_ferri@victortechnologies.com Shown at the Green & White Mountains Section meeting are (from left) Phil Witteman, Jennifer Eastley, Chair John Steel, Gary Buckley, Geoff Putnam, Rich Fuller, Ernie Plumb, and Ray Henderson. Shown at the Long Island Section program are (from left) Eugene Sanquini, Ray O’Leary, Tom Gartland, Alex Duchere, Chair Brian Cassidy, Dist. 2 Director Harland Thompson, and speaker Deborah McInnis. WELDING JOURNAL 87 Ralph Bailey (right) receives the Life Member certificate from Tom Ferri, Dist. 1 director, at the Boston Section program. Warren Ballard (left) receives the Silver Member certificate from Tom Ferri, Dist. 1 director, at the Boston Section event. Welding Engineer Alban Geurten (right) is shown with Bill Mowbray, Philadelphia Section chair, at Aker Shipyard. Life Member Russ Diefenbach is shown at the Philadelphia Section program. .BOSTON NOVEMBER 4 Activity: Tom Ferri, Dist. 1 director, presented Ralph Bailey the Life Member Certificate for 35 years of service to the Society and the Silver Member Certificate to Warren Ballard for 25 years of membership. GREEN & WHITE MTS. DECEMBER 12 Activity: The Section held an executive committee meeting at Victor Technologies in West Lebanon, N.H. Attending were Chairman John Steel, Gary Buckley, Phil Witteman, Jennifer Eastley, Geoff Putnam, Rich Fuller, Ernie Plumb, and Ray Henderson. District 2 Harland W. Thompson, director (631) 546-2903 harland.w.thompson@us.ul.com LONG ISLAND DECEMBER 5 Speaker: Deborah McInnis Topic: Setting up Facebook and other online accounts to promote Section activities Activity: The program was held in Westbury, N.Y. PHILADELPHIA NOVEMBER 6 Activity: The Section members met at Aker Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pa., for demonstrations of the welding processes used to fabricate tankers and cargo ships. Alban Geurten, welding engineer, and Jim Clark, manager of training, conducted the program. District 3 Michael Wiswesser, director (610) 820-9551 mike@wtti.com
Welding Journal | February 2014
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