CWA NEWS The voice of the welding industry in Canada January/February 2002, Issue No. 4 COMMUNICATIONS (If you read nothing else, please read this section and the next.) As we have discussed in recent newsletters, the Canadian Welding Association is still in the process of organizing its national Board of Directors and activities. Communications with members are the major priority, and efforts are being made to ensure that all members are aware of the progress and activities of the Board. This newsletter has been distributed to members of CWA by e-mail, fax and mail. It is also posted on our website, at www.cwa-acs.org. MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Dave Fink reported that he and David Long would be meeting with the trade magazines regarding both subscriptions for members and CWA content. Some trade magazines require business addresses for subscriptions in order to qualify for advertising circulation revenue. Please ensure that CWA is using your business address as its primary mailing address. This newsletter was sent to the address we have on file as your primary mailing address. If this is not your business address, please let us know. BOARD OF DIRECTORS CWA’s Executive Committee was finalized at the Board of Directors meeting held immediately before the Christmas break. The Executive Committee consists of: Dave Fink, President Bruce James, First Vice-President Luc Doyon, Second Vice-President David Jordan, Treasurer The directors are: Victor Cooke, Thunder Bay & Past President, CWS Randy Cottrell, Edmonton Marc Desjeans, Director Bill Eccles, Ottawa Richard Hadley, Past President, WPMAC Grant Harvey, Director & Chair of the Technical Committee Lennard McGoey, Toronto Greg Petteplace, Director & Chair of the Marketing Committee Darrall Rigby, Calgary Tony Rose, Nova Scotia George Saxby, Regina Richard Seif, Past President, WPMAC Ken Singh, Director John Stecjuk, Hamilton SPRING MEETING The Spring meeting of CWA’s Board of Directors will be held in Halifax on May 3–4, 2002. It will be hosted by the Nova Scotia Chapter. This will be the first opportunity for the board to meet in person. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held in Toronto on October 20, 2002. It will be held in conjunction with a one-day welding symposium on October 21 and Reed Exhibitions’ WeldExpo Canada which is scheduled to take palace on October 22 to 24, 2002 in the National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place in Toronto. BYLAWS Darrall Rigby, Deet Adam and Bob Shaw have begun a review of the Canadian Welding Society bylaws with the objective of modifying them to become the bylaws of the Canadian Welding Association. A draft will be presented to Executive Director, David Long, who will incorporate membership definitions into the body of the document. BANKING & GST A letter will be sent to all Chapter representatives regarding the change of name in order that they may advise their banks. CWA is subject to GST at all levels of the organization, both national and chapter. The interim GST number for the CWA is 121 411 714 RT0001. A 7% tax must be applied to all fees for chapter activities. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE The technical committee will meet on February 19 to discuss its ongoing agenda as well as those items that remain priorities. When it last met on October 5, 2001, the items on its agenda included: Establishing a value proposition to attract end-users/fabricator members to CWA Review of the INFACON NINE conference’s Symposium on manganese Review of Phase #1 of the Harvard study on how manganese and iron oxide in welding fume are transported across the brain-blood boundary Preparation for a meeting with Ontario’s Ministry of Labour regarding the regulated Occupational Exposure Level. MARKETING COMMITTEE The Marketing Committee has set a date of February 15 for its first meeting as a CWA committee. It will treat this meeting as a focus group in which the objective will be to assemble and develop the following material: Benefits of membership Activities for end-users/fabricators Status of membership Marketing material Sources for lists of potential end-user/fabricator members EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Education Committee has been reconstituted under Barry Patchett of the University of Alberta. To aid in defining the role of the Education Committee, Dave Fink and David Long have met with Brian McQueen of CWB to discuss opportunities for co-operation. CWA Home Page