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| The Pacific Northwest Section's E-Newsletter
January 2013 Issue #36 |
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Winter Subsection Advisory Council Training and Trustee Meeting February 6-8!
If you are a subsection officer you will wan t to attend the Winter Subsection Advisory Council Training and Trustee Meeting taking place at the Portland Airport Embassy Suites, February 6-8.
Join us for a day and a half of training and then attend the Section Trustee Meeting on Friday and the Section will reimburse you for your accommodations! Hotel reservations must be made by January 15 to take advantage of the discounted rate!
You won't want to miss Thursday's networking and dinner as the Young Professionals and the Past Chairs from the Portland Metro area join us for the evening.
Committee Chairs: Your committee reports are due January 25! You must submit a report whether you are presenting in person or not. Check out the agenda as a few of you are scheduled to present at the Trustee Meeting!
To RSVP as well as check out the training and Trustee Meeting agenda's check out the home page of our new website! |
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2013 PNWS Conference Registration Is Now Open!
We have a great conference planned with great technical sessions and fantastic networking opportunities! You do not want to miss the largest water conference in the Pacific Northwest!
You must be an AWWA member to attend the conference! If you are not a member you will be charged an additional fee and a one year AWWA membership will be purchased in June for you.
NEW THIS YEAR:
- A Free 5K Fun Run and Walk, Wednesday morning May 8. (Same time as golf.)
- Conference Smart Phone App (scheduled to go live February 1 )
The Mobile App, created by Core-Apps LLC, is a native application for smartphones (iPhone, iPad and Android) that will provide easy-to-use interactive capabilities to enhance your conference experience.
Benefits for attendees include:
- Keep all your show information in one place - no more printed schedule to refer to
- Schedule-at-a-Glance can easily organize schedules with one click - plan your technical sessions in advance
- Built in Twitter feed to follow and join in on the show chatter
- Rate the sessions you attend and comment on them
- Interactively locate exhibitors you want to visit
- Share your conference photos
Sponsors and Exhibitors - The App provides:
- Opportunities to market through banner ads and multimedia advertising.
- A great tool that provides company, product and contact information plus advertising long after the conference is over.
- You manage your own content on the app so you can point new business prospects there whenever new information is available, all on a device that they have daily in the palm of their hands!
Platinum sponsors - advertising on the Mobile App is included in your conference sponsorship! Gold sponsors - you have first right of refusal on advertising. The cost is just $250 until March 1. After March 1 banner ads are available to all exhibitors regardless of their sponsorship level for $250.
Vendors - Register early to get the best booth selection and sponsorship options.
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Oregon Water Utility Councils: 2013 Legislative Symposium
Water professionals, management and elected officials who would like to hear about how upcoming issues might affect the management of their water systems should plan to attend the January 9th - OWUC 2013 Legislative Symposium, "Meeting Oregon's Water Needs".
The goal of this conference is to inform water providers throughout Oregon of water related issues that will likely be addressed during the 2013 legislative session. The perspectives of the various stakeholders will help you gain insight about what to expect from upcoming issues.
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Water Loss Control Focus Group Looking for Members!
AWWA has a national Water Loss Control Committee which focuses its many educational efforts on encouraging water systems to prepare an annual compilation of water loss using a standard, best practice water audit for efficient water operations.
Our Section would like to start a Water Loss Control Focus Group to meet the various regulations on water loss that are already in place in our three states. If you are an interested water purveyor, regulator, equipment manufacturer, engineer or service provider you are welcome to join the WLC Focus Group. Contact Patti Godwin for more information.
The group's first meeting is scheduled to take place at the 2013 Section Conference in Spokane! Topics discussed will include non-revenue water loss, apparent and real losses, the free AWWA Water Audit Software and more. |
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Arch Flash and Electrical Instructors Needed! 
The Training Coordination Committee is seeking volunteer instructors to teach an Arc Flash and Electrical course. The goal is to have this material available throughout the Section, so we're looking for instructors who can:
- Present the course at multiple locations within his/her portion of the Section
- Attend an instructor training on May 8th in Spokane, WA (pre-conference activity)
Interested? Please fill out the application form on the TCC webpage, or contact Lisa Snowden with questions. |
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King County Best Tasting Water Contest 
The King County Subsection is having their Best Tasting Water Contest, Thursday, March 14 from 4-7 at the ACME Bowl in Southcenter.
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Mark Your Calendar for Upcoming Water For People Events!
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Training Opportunities Ahead - CEU's and More CEU's!
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That's it for this month! Please send your news or information for inclusion in the February edition to the Section office. See you in Portland for the Winter SAC Training and Trustee Meeting!
Sincerely,
Kyle Kihs
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