PNW Chapters Conference and Annual Meeting - CANCELLED
Unfortunately - Due to low enrollment - this years conference has been cancelled. Check back here for more information about future meetings.
From the President - June 2010
The PNW Chapter of the ISEE is continuing to grow! We now have nearly 50 members, our fourth award winning chapter newsletter has just been published and we are working on plans for September 17- 18, 2010 annual meeting and conference. Your participation and ideas have really supercharged our activities and we are making real headway in our mission to unite our industry.
Rules and regulations, at times, can be hard to comply with or difficult to understand. Being a member of our chapter will give you the opportunity to discuss these regulations with the appropriate regulatory agencies and come up with reasonable solutions. For the most part, I have found the current ATF and State regulatory agencies are very understanding and willing to work with the blasters.
We still need to get additional participation from blasters, drillers and users in the Pacific Northwest. We need to hear from the far corners of these three States. Small shots in the middle of nowhere can turn into big problems today. The more the public knows about what we do as blasters the better off we all are. Send your stories, photos, questions and answers to: Shari Reiter at shari@reiter-bs.com so we can all learn from your experiences and in turn you will experience the benefits of the PNW Chapter.
Also, check out the ISEE.org web page. The ISEE is a great benefit to the explosives industry. Spend some time on the website and consider becoming a member as well, you will find this an immense benefit to you, your blasting service and the public.
Remember good communication drives safety.
Jon Andrews
PNW Chapter at Orlando!
The Pacific Northwest Chapter was well represented at the recent National Conference in Orlando, Florida with 18 members in attendance, 3 of our companies exhibiting their great products and 2 members presenting papers. Read more and see some pictures of our team in action at the conference by following this link to Events.
Some Pacific Northwest Attendees enjoying the conference: Chris Breeds, Neal & Marsha Rothenbuhler and Gretchen & Jim Dawson.
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the ISEE
The Chapters mission is for our members to be highly educated, technologically advanced, have low cost continuing education opportunities and to mentor the next generation of blasters, drillers and manufacturers. We also strive to help the public better understand the safe, beneficial and peaceful use of explosives in our society.
If you are a blaster, driller, manufacturer, transporter, scientist or contractor that wants to learn more about explosives technology, best practices, new tools, gain new certifications, design more effective blasts, be the first to know of proposed changes in the law and have a chance to give input, then you want to join the PNW Chapter of the ISEE.
Our National President, Jerry Wallace recently commented in "The Journal of Explosives Engineering" on the struggle that many local chapters are facing, including his own PNW Chapter. " Some (chapters) are struggling due to the distances necessary for members to travel to meetings, some because members who have always been core members have retired or moved out of the area, others struggle simply because of the economic downturn has caused people to lose their jobs within the industry and move on to other lines of work." Don't let distance, a dip in the economy or temporary career change stop you from staying current in the explosives industry.
The PNW Chapter of the ISEE wants you!
Through this website and our newsletter, we hope, are going to bridge some of the gaps of distance! And working together we can see our industry and our colleagues through these difficult economic times and reap the rewards of the recovery together but your participation, ideas and energy are required to make that happen. Become a member today! It will be the best 20 bucks you ever spent!
Pacific Northwest Chapter has a new email address
Do you have a question about the chapter? Do you need some expert advise? Email PNW ISEE at: iseepnw@gmail.com If you would like to be added to our notification email list - just send a quick email to us and your done.
The Pacific Northwest Chapter was well represented at the recent National Conference in Orlando, Florida with 18 members in attendance, 3 of our companies exhibiting their great products and 2 members presenting papers. Read more and see some pictures of our team in action at the conference by following this link to