Welcome to the American Welding Society Kansas City Section

The Kansas City Chapter of the American Welding Society was established in 1937. It encompasses 18 counties in Kansas and 41 counties in Missouri. They include:

Kansas	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Osage, Shawnee, Wyandotte
Missouri	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Benton, Buchannan, Caldwell, Camden, Cass, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Mercier, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Putnam, Ray, Saline, Sullivan, St. Clair, Vernon, Worth

For membership inquiries, please call Brian McKee at (816) 270-8157.

PLEASE NOTE:
(1) We will be voting at the April 8th meeting to add this to the bylaws.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Any person named as a defendant or respondent in a third party legal proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Sectio, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Section , though not in excess of the actual amount of the Section's available insurance coverage, against all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in the defense of the legal proceeding, except in the event the officer or director received an improper personal benefit, engaged in willful misconduct, or other circumstances resulting in ineligibility for indemnification under applicable State law.
 

(2) The following are the regular nominees for 2010-2011 AWS Kansas City Section Officers:

Jason Miles - Chairman
Mike Vincent - 1st. Vice Chairman
Mike Williams - 2nd. Vice Chairman
Joey Bleam - Secretary
Treasurer - Brian McKee

Nominations for officers may also be made by petition by not less than ten members in good standing of the Section. Voting will be at the April meeting.

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