<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:20:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Western Coatings Symposium</title><description></description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-7846267570807233531</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T14:20:32.962-07:00</atom:updated><title>Curious.......????</title><description>Attention ALL WCS Attendees!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curious who is attending this years WCS?&lt;br /&gt;Is gray the new black for 2009?&lt;br /&gt;Is mingling a fun sport?&lt;br /&gt;Do you dream about your 30 seconds of fame?&lt;br /&gt;Is collecting money a life long passion of yours?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get answers to all of these questions and more......volunteer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hurry slots are filling up but we still need door and speaker moderators; registration help and exhibit hall greeters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Mary Keane @ &lt;span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254864302_0"&gt;520.760.5917&lt;/span&gt; or westbound07@yahoo.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-7846267570807233531?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/10/curious.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-6832590391775662734</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T08:42:54.378-07:00</atom:updated><title>Hurry book your room at Flamingo</title><description>Remember only $70/night at Flamingo. Hit 'Book your room' on the website.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-6832590391775662734?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/09/hurry-book-your-room-at-flamingo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-9027923078634239967</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T15:55:40.022-07:00</atom:updated><title>This is your show</title><description>Want to give back to your industry? Donate some of your time during the show. Various shifts available. Contact westbound07@yahoo.com or call Mary Keane at 520-760-5917&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-9027923078634239967?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/09/this-is-your-show.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-2640021098924889262</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T15:51:18.043-07:00</atom:updated><title>Exibitor List on Web Site</title><description>Check out the latest news under the registration tab. Current registered exhibitors are listed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-2640021098924889262?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/09/exibitor-list-on-web-site.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-9138602615704916362</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-30T21:09:27.893-07:00</atom:updated><title>Volunteers Needed</title><description>Would you like a chance to give back to your industry? Volunteers are needed to help facilitate technical talks; registration and exhibit hall. Please contact Mary Keane at 520-760-5917 or westbound07@yahoo.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-9138602615704916362?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/08/volunteers-needed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-8634333534481664047</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-30T20:34:07.875-07:00</atom:updated><title>Exhibitors</title><description>List of attendees will be kept confidential. However list of exhibitors is available. Please email westbound07@yahoo.com if you request this list&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-8634333534481664047?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/08/exhibitors.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-511063576881617628</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-30T20:30:19.886-07:00</atom:updated><title>October 25th- Welcome Reception</title><description>Plan on attending our welcome reception, Sunday Oct 25th 6:30pm! See you there&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-511063576881617628?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/08/october-25th-welcome-reception.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-7632426230166969219</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-30T20:28:52.511-07:00</atom:updated><title>Email Updates</title><description>Stay in the know. Sign up today for automatic email updates. Visit the registration page to sign up!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-7632426230166969219?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/08/email-updates.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-6100220110900615047</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-02T16:03:09.617-07:00</atom:updated><title>NPCA/FSCT Short Courses- Sunday October 25th 2009</title><description>Register for NPCA/FSCT Short Courses at www.coatingstech.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Early Bird Registration $595/ deadline Sept 30th, after Sept 30th $695&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 1: Emerging Technologies and Nanotechnology Applications in Coatings&lt;br /&gt;Course 2: Introduction to Formulation and Coatings Tecnology&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lunch and a pass to table tops included.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out www.coatingstech.org for more details&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-6100220110900615047?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/07/fsct-short-courses-sunday-october-25th.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-2377701958512717948</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-02T15:41:37.373-07:00</atom:updated><title>REDUCED ROOM RATES!!</title><description>Check out the new, reduced room rates at the Flamingo! $70/night. Book now by clicking on the link&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-2377701958512717948?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/07/reduced-room-rates.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-1994365497633445951</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-14T18:48:54.983-07:00</atom:updated><title>Samson-Adler Distinguished Service Award- NEW</title><description>This year the WCS committee is awarding a distinguished service award to an individual who has made significant contributions to the coatings industry. Please send your nominations to dshields110@comcast.net&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-1994365497633445951?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/05/samson-adler-distinguished-service.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-3907227195229630282</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-17T09:45:26.385-07:00</atom:updated><title>Decision on Technical Papers</title><description>The time is right around the corner for finalist for the WCS technical papers. April 20th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look for an announment here!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-3907227195229630282?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/04/decision-on-technical-papers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-1477169277059170700</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-01T14:38:57.600-07:00</atom:updated><title>On-line shopping</title><description>Becoming a sponsor is easy. Click on the registration tab on the home page. It will direct you to a link where signing up is easy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-1477169277059170700?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/03/on-shopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-2679463295287192103</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-23T21:03:07.772-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Women in Coatings</category><title>Requesting Ideas for Women in Coatings Panel</title><description>Hey Ladies (and all of you hip guys that attended the Women in Coatings panel discussion in 2007)&lt;br /&gt;...the WCS is planning to update this successful event and would like your input.  Please send any questions , issues,  comments or ideas to the WCS committee.  Either post your comments or send an email to &lt;a href="mailto:melinda.forbes@kronosww.com"&gt;melinda.forbes@kronosww.com&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-2679463295287192103?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/03/requesting-ideas-for-women-in-coatings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627800800311575744.post-451523584663628797</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-23T14:45:27.245-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>WCS Call for Papers extended</category><title></title><description>Attention raw material suppliers, formulators, educators to the paint &amp;amp; coatings industry! It's not too late to submit an application to be a speaker at the Western Coatings Symposium in Las Vegas in October.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The technical committee has extended the deadline for abstract submission until &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;April 3, 2009&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please visit the website (&lt;a href="http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/"&gt;http://westerncoatingsymposium.com/callforpapers.html&lt;/a&gt;) to register and download a pdf with the speaker application.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627800800311575744-451523584663628797?l=www.westerncoatingsymposium.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.westerncoatingsymposium.com/blog/2009/03/attention-raw-material-suppliers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (West Coast Societies)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>