Douglas A. Desrochers (Doug)
District 1 Director
Welding Instructor
Old Colony RVTHS
269 Irvington St. Apt 2
New Bedford, MA 02745
E: dadaws@comcast.net
District 1 Sections
SECTION 009Boston
Website : http://awssection.com/boston/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSBoston/
Contact : boston@awssections.org
CHAIR
Thomas Ferri, Airgas
1ST VICE CHAIR
Bob Lavole, The Portable Weld Shop
2ND VICE CHAIR
David Paquin
SECRETARY
Thomas Ferri, Airgas
TREASURER
Gary Hylan, Middlesex Gases & Technologies
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Jim Shore, Quality Lean Solutions
SECTION LIBRARY
Boston Section Library
14 Cherie Lane
Franklin, MA 02038
Librarian: Tom Ferri
P: 508-789-2040
SECTION 030Central Massachusetts / Rhode Island
Website : http://awssection.com/centralmass/
Contact : ctmassri@awssections.org
CHAIR
Timothy Kinnaman
1ST VICE CHAIR
Larry Smith
2ND VICE CHAIR
Kevin DeSousa
SECRETARY
Kevin DeSousa
TREASURER
Douglas A. Desrochers
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Timothy Kinnaman
SECTION LIBRARY
Section 030 Central Massachusetts / Rhode Island
476 North Avenue
Rochester, MA 02770
Librarian: Douglas A. Desrochers
P: 508-991-9013
SECTION 57Connecticut
Website : http://awssection.com/connecticut/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSConnecticut/
Contact : connecticut@awssections.org
CHAIR
John Jones, Edmond E. Jones & Sons, Inc.
1ST VICE CHAIR
Albert Moore
2ND VICE CHAIR
Joe Hanlon
SECRETARY
John Jones, Edmond E. Jones & Sons, Inc.
TREASURER
Walter Chojnacki
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Rick Munroe, Asuntuck Community College
SECTION LIBRARY
Asuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT 06062
Librarian: Rick Munroe
P: 860-253-3167
SECTION 102Maine
Website : http://awssection.com/maine/
Contact : maine@awssections.org
CHAIR
Mark Legel
1ST VICE CHAIR
James R. Kein
2ND VICE CHAIR
Paul McClay
SECRETARY
Chris Pollack
TREASURER
Russ Norris
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Russ Norris
SECTION LIBRARY
Maine Maritime Academy
Box C-1, Pleasant Street
Castine, ME 04420
Librarian: Lauren Gargani
P: 207-326-2260
SECTION 116Green & White Mountains
Website : http://awssection.com/grn-wht-mountains/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSGreenWhiteMountain/
Contact : gwmountains@awssections.org
CHAIR
Philip Witteman
1ST VICE CHAIR
Ernie Plumb
2ND VICE CHAIR
Jerry Ouelette
SECRETARY
Aaron Emmons
TREASURER
Philip Witteman
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Ray Henderson
SECTION LIBRARY
Green/White Mountains Library
1186 Borough Road
Charleston, NH 03603
Librarian: Geoffrey Putnam
P: 802-782-3259
SECTION 206Montreal
Website : http://awssection.com/montreal/
Contact : montreal@awssections.org
CHAIR
Marier Michel, Sodevec
1ST VICE CHAIR
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
SECRETARY
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
TREASURER
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
SECTION LIBRARY
Consultarc Inc.
1885 Cedar
Mascouche, Quebec J7L 1X1
Librarian: Michel Marier
P: 450-477-0240
District 1 Student Chapters
SECTION 102Maine Section
Eastern Maine Vo-Tech Institute
Stanley Siviski
Eastern Maine Community College
354 Hogan Road
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-4600
Seacoast School of Technology
Jonathan Theberge
Seacoast School of Technology
40 Linden St.
Exeter, NH 03833
603-775-8736
Welding in Agriculture
Welding keeps our economy growing. Our friends at Welding Productivity discuss what welders in the agricultural industry need to know to keep their welding careers flourishing in the article, "Farm to Table".
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