CWA News
The voice of the welding industry in Canada
July 2005
WELDING INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP
Over the last two months, the Steering Committee of the Canadian Welding Industry Technology Roadmap has been looking for input from the Canadian welding community in a series of questions that relate to the current status of welding in Canada and to the industry’s direction, opportunities and challenges for the future. The answers to these questions will form part of the document that will be produced upon completion of the Roadmap. Information on the Technology Roadmap can be seen on its website, at www.weldingTRM.org.
Canadian Welding Industry Technology Roadmap regional forums will be held in Montreal on September 20 and in Edmonton on September 26. A forum in Halifax will be held on September 29, in conjunction with CWA’s Board of Directors Meeting, Annual General Meeting and Annual Awards Dinner.
EASTERN BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Awards Dinner, fall Board of Directors meeting and CWA Annual General Meeting will be held in Halifax on September 30 and October 1. Contact your chapter chair with any suggestions you have for agenda items for the Annual General Meeting or Board of Directors meeting.
Hotel arrangements and meeting sites will be sent to directors in a few days.
CWA AWARDS
The Association will present its annual awards, including the Mike Cherry Memorial Scholarship, the Robert J. Jacobson Memorial Award and the Michael N. Vuchnich Award, at the Annual Awards Dinner. The criteria for the awards and nomination forms can be found on the CWA website. Use the forms to nominate a welding professional who should be recognized for his or her contribution to the Canadian welding industry or to the Canadian Welding Association.
CANADIAN WELDING ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
The summer issue of the Canadian Welding Association Journal has been sent to the printer. Its theme is pipeline welding. Watch for it in the mail at the end of August.
The Journal Committee met last week and set the themes for upcoming issues:
- Fall 2005: Repair
- Winter 2006: GMAW (MIG)
- Spring 2006: Welding Education in Canada
- Summer 2006: New Technology and Power Sources (Weld Expo)
- Fall 2006: Transportation and Farm Equipment Manufacturing
Contact the committee, at journal@cwa-acs.org, with comments you may have, letters to the editor or suggestions for future content of the Canadian Welding Association Journal.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNIPEG CHAPTER
At the Winnipeg Chapter’s seminar on welding productivity on April 22, the chapter recruited seven new individual members to the CWA. Well done!
MIKE IRVINE MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
This year’s Mike Irvine Memorial Golf Tournament was one of the most successful CWA fund-raising events ever. It is sponsored by the Hamilton, Golden Triangle and Toronto Chapters and has an objective of raising funds for welding education at the high-school level in Ontario. 152 golfers attended. Over $14,000 was raised through sponsorships, raffles, silent auctions, donations and tournament fees. Congratulations to the committee and its chairman, Dan Tadic.
MIKE CHERRY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Mike Cherry Memorial Golf tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, August 30, at Granite Ridge Golf Club in Milton. Another worthy cause – a scholarship in engineering at University of Waterloo – and an opportunity to network with your fellow welding professionals. Get information and register online, at www.cwa-acs.org.
JOB POSTING
A job opportunity for a Plant Manager in Edmonton has been posted to the CWA website.