MEMBER BENEFIT
The GAWDA/CGA Safety & Training Playbook Utilizing the Program & Leveraging its Resources
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n Thursday, July 15, GAWDA and the CGA hosted a live webinar entitled “The GAWDA/ CGA Safety & Training Playbook.” The webinar discussed how GAWDA members can participate in the CGA subscription program and get the highest safety return on investment from their GAWDA membership. GAWDA members have free access to the full CGA library of technical publications and the online training modules, just by virtue of participating in the CGA Subscription Program. “We realized at the Spring Management Conference that we have huge untapped potential in rolling out the CGA/ GAWDA alliance program throughout our membership,” said GAWDA President Abydee Butler Moore at the start of the presentation. “Currently only 90 distributor companies take advantage of this resource. One of our objectives for this year is to increase participation and to increase understanding of all the phenomenal resources that are available through this GAWDA/CGA subscription program.” The webinar, which can be found on GAWDA’s MembersOnly page, was open to existing subscription members as well as members who are not yet participants. It covered a wide range of topics, including: • An overview of the GAWDA CGA subscription program • Who is eligible to participate 46 • Fall 2021
How GAWDA members can participate • Accessing the resources The webinar also included a member panel, where GAWDA members: Mike Bourgeois, Operations Manager at Coastal Welding Supply, Inc., and Lonnie Nash, Compliance Manager at Haun Welding, discussed how they utilize the subscription program within their own company. It concludes with an audience Q&A session. The full onehour webinar is accessible through the Members-Only site. The following is a brief summary. •
PROGRAM OVERVIEW The GAWDA/CGA Subscription Program is open to any GAWDA Distributor Member in good standing who submit required subscription and safety data forms. Participants must not be a former member of CGA with a termination date later than October 10, 2011. Benefits of the program include free access to CGA’s library of safety publications and eLearning modules, invitations to industry seminars and webinars, and discounted pricing on hardcopy publications and the CGA Handbook of Compressed Gases. “There are two types of membership sizes that can sign up two different ways,” says GAWDA Executive Director John Ospina. “If you have less than ten employees, all you really
