FUTURE MEETING DATES:

• 2010 PFI & PFI/UA Annual Meeting - March 4-9, 2010 - at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ
• 2010 PFI (Executive & Engineering Subcommittee) & PFI/UA Fall Meeting - September 11-14, 2010 - at the Westin Annapolis, in Annapolis, MD
• 2011 PFI & PFI/UA Annual Meeting - March 24-29, 2011 - at the Diplomat Golf Resort & Spa in Hollywood, FL
• 2011 PFI (Executive & Engineering Subcommittee) & PFI/UA Fall Meeting - September 18-20, 2011- at the Fairmont Express Victoria, in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
• 2012 PFI & PFI/UA Annual Meeting - April 19-24, 2012 - at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel, in New Orleans, LA

ENGINEERING COMMITTEE:

• The PFI Standards and Technical Bulletins version 2008/2009 on CD Rom is now available 

• New Standards; 

  ► ES-47 Welding of Internally Clad Pipe

  ► ES-48 Random Examination

  ► ES-49 Guidelines for Installation of Integrally Reinforced Branch Connection Outlet Fittings

• Revised Standards; 

  ► ES-16 Access Holes, Bosses, and Plugs for Radiographic Inspection

  ► ES-24 Pipe Bending Methods, Tolerances, Process and Material Requirements

  ► ES-39 Fabricating Tolerances for Grooved Piping Systems

  ► ES-45 Recommended practices for Local Post-Weld Heat Treatment

• Deleted Standards; 

  ►ES-30 & ES-25 replaced by ES-48 Random Examination

  ►ES-46 Bar Coding

APPOINTED OFFICERS for 2009/2010:

• Chairman:  Steve Brunett (John E Green, La Vergne, TN)
• Vice-Chairman and Program & Meeting: Mark Habermann (Lawdan Industries, St. Paul, MN)
• Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman: Michael R. Cables (Kinetic Systems, Union City, CA)
• Membership Committee Chairman: Jeff Huggard (Pipe Fabricating & Supply, Woods Cross, UT)
• Labor Relations Committee Chairman: Gordon Tunberg (Acco Engineering Systems, Tustin, CA)
• Editorial Committee Chairman: Robert Nardei (Nardei Fabricators, Calgary, AB, Canada)
• Nominating Committee Chairman: Gary Nichols (McAbee Construction, Tuscaloosa, AL)
• By-Laws Committee Chairman: John Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
• Engineering Committee Chairman: Tim Monday (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
• Industrial Health & Safety Committee Chairman: Richard Stadelman (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)

APPOINTED UA REPRESENTATIVES for 2009/2010:

• Steve Kelly, Assistant General President and Chairman of the United Association Labor Relations Committee
• Thomas Montano - Local 412 - Albuquerque, NM
• Roger D. Morgan - Local 630 - West Palm beach, FL
• John Endicott - Local 290 - Tualatin, OR
• Kenneth Edwards - Local 211 - Houston, TX
• James Hogarth - Local 46 - Scarborough, ON, Canada

PFI ON THE ROAD:

• PFI will be represented by IMS Fabtrack (booth 7950, BMO Building "D"), at the 2010 Global Petroleum Show, this coming June 8-10, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• PFI documentation will be distributed to the CPFA members at their 2010 Annual Meeting this coming June 10-11, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• PFI was represented by Team Industries at the MCAA 2010 Annual Convention last March in San Francisco
• PFI will be exhibiting at "The Fabtech Show 2010" this coming November 2-4 in Atlanta
• PFI was present as exhibitor at "The Fabtech Show 2009" last November in Chicago
• PFI was present as exhibitor at "The Fabtech Show 2008" last October in Las Vegas
• PFI was present as exhibitor at "The Fabtech Show 2007" October 2007 in Chicago
• PFI was present as exhibitor at "The North American Pipe Trades Training Conference & Exposition (NAPT) 2007" from June 17-22, 2007, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Come and visit us at the PFI booth.
• PFI was present as exhibitor at "The North American Pipe Trades Training Conference & Exposition (NAPT) 2005" from June 26 to July 1, 2005, at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, FL.  Come and visit us at the PFI booth.

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