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November Meeting Thursday, November 16th – 5:00 PM CDT |
This month, our November meeting will be held at Patti Marine in Pensacola, Fl. Our speaker for the evening will be Mr. Frank Patti. The PATTI family has a rich history of involvement in the marine industry. They owned and operated commercial fishing vessels since the 1930’s. In the late 1970’s they crossed over into building their own vessels. Over the years, the PATTI family constructed more vessels for the Corps of Engineers than any other builder. In addition to these vessels, the PATTI history includes Ferries, Quarters Barges, Galley Barges, Research Vessels, Clam Vessels, Long-liners, Dinner Vessels, Trawlers, Anchor Tenders, Drift Collectors, Floating Machine Shops and River Towboats. A long legacy, indeed.  Some of the notable accomplishments include the very first River Gaming Vessel, the P/V “DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE”, followed by the largest, 447-foot, 4,000 passenger P/V “CASINO QUEEN”. Also, the 10,000 HP Ocean Tug, the M/V “HARVEY WARHORSE” continues to be the “go to” towing vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Patti Marine Enterprises is a very unique family-owned company that knows the importance of its most valuable assets, the Employees! It is the “PATTI BUILT” character of our crew that gives us the ability to produce landmark vessels and has been since 1977.  Our scholarship Chairman, Mr. Jody Heusman, will be talking about the scholarship portal when it opens up, and encourages all students to apply.  STUDENTS – Make sure you continue to attend the meetings.  As we have done in the past, we will be offering special prizes at the end of the year to the students who attended the most meetings. Also, students, we encourage you to sign up for an AWS membership.  Student membership is now FREE!  It costs you nothing to join, but everything to gain.  Instructors – Please post this meeting notice in an area around your school that is easily accessible to your welding students and any student interested in a dynamic career as a design engineer. We are now utilizing Eventbrite for registration so students will need to start registering themselves to attend. You are more than welcome to forward them this meeting notice, but even easier simply print it out and they can scan the above QR Code with their phone to link to our Eventbrite registration page. Also, they can find our Eventbrite registration page via our AWS Mobile Section Eventbrite Organization page, our AWS Mobile Section website, or our Facebook page.  Please remember to connect with us via Facebook! Find us by searching “American Welding Society Mobile Section” or at www.facebook.com/AwsMobileSection. Here you can always find the latest updates on our meetings, events, or reach out to fellow friends and colleagues. |
