{"id":232,"date":"2025-12-02T17:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/santaclara\/?p=232"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:45:51","slug":"recap-santa-clara-valley-section-growth-and-development-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/santaclara\/2025\/12\/02\/recap-santa-clara-valley-section-growth-and-development-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Santa Clara Valley Section Growth and Development Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Date of Event:<\/strong> 12\/02\/2025<\/p>
Location:\u00a0<\/strong>UA Local Training Center 780 Commercial St. San Jose California<\/p>
Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 15 Attendees<\/p>
Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>AWS President Richard Holdren and AWS District #22 Director Randy Emery\u00a0<\/p>
Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Santa Clara section development meeting:<\/span> This meeting focused on the growth and development of the Santa Clara<\/span> Valley Section. Existing Santa Clara section officers joined with partners from<\/span> the United Association, Local 393 and key members from the San Francisco<\/span> Section. With input from AWS President Richard Holdren and AWS Director<\/span> Randy Emery ideas were share on scaling up activities within the Santa Clara<\/span> section. Key participants include UA Local 393 training coordinators Matt<\/span> Hajny and Andrew Stafford. Current Santa Cara section officers Ron Sharp<\/span> and Alex Demirjian and San Francisco section chairman David Vertrano.<\/span> During this highly productive meeting local UA apprentices also participated<\/span> and gave critical feedback regarding benefits of advanced welder training.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t