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42 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2019 success of all of the eight local IPC DC Chap- ters and their respective activities, as spotlight- ed in this column series. Gary also presented updates from overseas chapters covering South East Asia and Paris, France. The feedback from all of the attendees of this open meeting was very constructive, and I doubt that it will be the last. A lot of excite- ment and collaboration took place that will help take local IPC DC Chapters to the next lev- el and hopefully start new ones. Stay tuned for announcements and activities that may be com- ing to your area. Also, after hours, the Porch Dawgs were let out of their kennels and made a rare ap- pearance at this year's PCB West. Pete Waddell, Andy Shaughnessy, and Kelly Dack played in the conference hotel lounge for conference attendees accompanied by backup singers Frances Stewart, Judy Warner, and Tara Dunn. Songs includ- ed "Mustang Sally" with Kelly Dack on lead vocals (and occa- sionally on harmonica). Woof! IPC CID/CID+ Certification Success We have continued to have successful IPC CID and CID+ certification classes. This year, 23+ participants took part in CID/CID+ certi- fication at PCB West. The four-day IPC certi- fication sessions kicked off the weekend be- fore the conference start date. The certification sessions were followed by four days of jam- packed professional development sessions that included a show floor filled with enthusiastic Figure 2: The reunited Porch Dawgs playing an acoustic set at PCB West. Pete Waddell, Kelly Dack, and Andy Shaughnessy were joined by Frances Stewart, Judy Warner, and Tara Dunn. Figure 3: The PCB West show floor was busy during most of the event.