Recap: November 2025 Section Meeting

Date of Event: 11/13/2025

Location: George Stone Technical College

Number of Attendees: 85

Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Mike Vice, Sales Manager, Oxylance Cutting
Tripp Gorman, Gorman Sales, Rep. for Oxylance Cutting
Anthony Blakeney, District 9 Director

Event Summary: The AWS Mobile Section November meeting was sponsored by Oxylance Cutting and hosted by George Stone
Technical College, in Pensacola, FL.
Mike Vice, Sales Manager, of Oxylance Cutting gave a great presentation and live demo on the Oxylance burning
bars. The meeting was very interactive. Students got to cut with burning bars and experience first hand how they
work. A special thanks to Oxylance for sponsoring the meeting.
There were 85 in attendance. Of the 85 that attended, 51 of them were students. We love it when our students
show up! Our District 9 Director, Anthony Blakeney, attended and signed up some students for AWS
memberships while at the meeting. Thank you, Anthony!
Door prizes were provided by Oxylance

Jody Heusman, AWS Mobile Section Chairman, is shown with speaker Mike Vice of Oxylance Cutting
Anthony Blakeney speaks to students on the value of becoming an AWS member
Mike Vice of Oxylance looks on as a student shows his skills with the use of burning bars