August 18th 2014
Shane Allen, Head of Synchro
ERP North American Operations, had the pleasure of representing the global team
at the recent AFS, American Foundry Society, Texas Chapter board planning
meeting. The event was held in Corsicana
Texas which is about sixty miles south of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Eric Meyers, President of Oil City Iron Works
and chapter chairman, hosted the event at the Corsicana Country Club and a fine
fare was provided.
This was the 2014-2015
planning meeting and the upcoming events were covered in-depth as well as the
financials and budget of the chapter. A
lot of quality time and energy has been expended by the membership in getting
the upcoming15th AFS Texas Regional organized.
The dates of the event are September 24th - 26th
at the Hilton in Arlington Texas. For
complete details and registration information, please visit http://www.afs-tx.org/regional/2014/regional_main.htm
Sponsors are still needed to help defray the costs of the event and to get their name out in front of the attendees .
This will be an "All
Star" event with the heavy hitters of Chris Norch, AFS National President
from President of Denison Industries Texas and Leo Baran, AFS National Director
of Membership Services speaking at the event.
Please contact Dan Smith,
Vice Chairman of the AFS Texas Chapter, at 903-759-3946 or by email at DSmith@swscc.com
regarding sponsorship packages.
The schedule of events for
2014-2015 include:
·
September 24th - 26th 2014
Regional at Arlington Hilton
·
November 14th 2014 Choctaw Casino,
Oklahoma
·
Jan 30th 2015 Sam Houston Race
Park
·
April 10th 2014 Corsicana Golf
Tournament
·
June 12th - 13th JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort
& Spa
In additional news from the
planning meeting, Shane Allen was nominated and he accepted being the chairman
of the publicity committee. Other
members of this committee include Ben Riley, Eric R. Meyers, and Steve Hodges.
There are additional
sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming AFS Texas Sam Houston Race Track
meeting held in January 2015 . A sponsor
is needed for providing the box lunch for the Texas Trouble Shooters
Meeting. This is a popular class that
focuses on solving problems within the foundry. The preliminary topic for this year's
meeting will be to cover solidification modelling, gating, and risers.
Dr. Laura Bartlett,
Professor at Texas State University, provided an update on the success of the
foundry program and how AFS Texas is really supporting their needs. They have students lined up for the foundry
course and also students participating in internships.
Until next time, see you on
down the road at the 15th AFS Texas Regional.
Shane Allen
Head of Synchro ERP North
American Operations
AFS Texas Board of Directors
Member, Class of 2017
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