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AWO

Annual Fall Convention

SAN FRANCISCO — SEPTEMBER 8™ & 9th by

Thomas A. Allegretti,

President, AWO

September signals the start of a period of intense Congressional activity as Congress returns to work after its Labor Day recess, and begins to work toward adjournment and the

November elections. This also means the start of a new round of issue challenges for AWO.

Those issues and more will be addressed among

AWO's members during its Fall Board of Direc- tors meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in San

Francisco, September 8-9, where the Associa- tion will also celebrate the second of three events this year to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

Towing Safety

The safety debate taking place in the

Congress, the Ad- ministration, and 1 the industry, which began with the

Amtrak derailment last September, con- tinues to dominate both the regulatory and legislative agendas, and re- mains the central focus of AWO's work. At press time, two barj safety bills — HR 3282, the Towing Ves

Navigational Safety Act of 1993, introduced

Rep. Billy Tauzin (D-La.) last October, and ~ 4058, the Towing Safety Act, introduced by Ri

Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) last March —

AWO FALL MEETING

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Thursday, September 8 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.: AWO Common Issues Council 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. : AWO Public Affairs Committee Meetirj 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: AWO Coastal Sector Committee Meetin 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.: AWO Inland Dry Sector Committee Meel 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.: AWO Inland Liquid Sector Committee I

AWO Faces

Another

Round Of

Challenges

Friday, September 9 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: AWO Board of Directors Meeting]

At this meeting, AWO will celebrate the second event ofl part 50th Anniversary Celebration, with a private evenil tion aboard a vessel cruising San Francisco Bay. The arf celebration began in April in St. Louis, where AWO cel| inland presence. The September cruise will celebrate! presence, and a headliner luncheon in December in Wl

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