{"id":6,"date":"2018-05-01T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T22:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.com\/losangels-inlandempire\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:03:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/losangeles-inlandempire\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6\" class=\"elementor elementor-6\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bc5a085 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bc5a085\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-748c7c11\" data-id=\"748c7c11\" 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Kirby<br><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>1ST VICE CHAIR<\/strong><br>Doug Walker<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>SECTRETARY<\/strong><br>George Moore<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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Encore Gas &amp; Supply will be hosting our Section&#8217;s Meeting on&nbsp;September 24th at 6:00 PM. The Long Beach\/Orange County Section of the American Welding Society is partnering with Encore Gas &amp; Supply to host a Technical Meeting<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/losangeles-inlandempire\/2025\/09\/05\/%f0%9f%93%a3join-us-9-24-for-long-beach-orange-county-student-night-and-technical-meeting%f0%9f%91%a8%f0%9f%8f%bc%f0%9f%8e%93\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \ud83d\udce3Join Us 9\/24 for Long Beach\/Orange County Student Night and Technical Meeting\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83c\udf93\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-989 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-post-event-report\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/losangeles-inlandempire\/2025\/05\/16\/recap-section-awards-and-elections\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tRecap: Section Awards and Elections\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMay 16, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Date of Event: 05\/16\/2025 Location:\u00a0Richland, WA Number of Attendees: 9 Event Summary:\u00a0Section Awards and Section Elections were held at our end of the year meeting. 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