34 Southwest 2018 was an exciting year with several mile stone events. From our 7 regular Chapter Meetings: • Our Meet & Greet Mixer at Whiskey Cake in January was a tremendous success and we learned about the sci- ence behind whiskey! • February was a very enlightening presentation on Target Delivery Systems held at Arthur’s. • A Crash Course in Preservatives was our March topic giv- en by our Speaker of the Year, Chris Johnson from Kine- tik. • April’s topic was Mega Trends to help the cosmetic chem- ist stay ahead of the curve on new concepts. • Our May topic was a timely discussion of Anti-Pollution and its role in cosmetics. • October was a first for the SWSCC as the meeting was held in HOUSTON and was very well attended. We will continue to have at least one meeting there per year! • Our CEP course was held in November and we were treated to all you ever wanted to know about Polymers in Cosmetics and more! Our special events included: • April Golf Outing – our most successful Golf event ever, held at Cowboy’s Golf Club. Beautiful day at a legendary course made even more pleasant by the generous dona- tions of our dedicated sponsors. Good day even if you aren’t a pro golfer! Jeff Barcafar, Mary Miller and Alison Nally are your committee members for the Golf Outings. • July’s Fun Event was a Murder Mystery – Of Sound Mind and Dead Body. The audience was challenged to deter- mine the “who done it” ….. • 2018 was the year for our SWSCC Suppliers’ Day event at the Irving Convention Center. Record number of booths with new and more attendee friendly layout, new after show party (with armadillo racing) and a record amount of donations all contributed to our semi-annual event. Make sure to thank your committee of Mary Miller, Mau- ricio Castro and Alison Nally (Co-Chairs) and Melissa Mata, Vallerie Deleon, Terry Easley, Joy Roederer, Andra Corder for a HUGE job well done. • And to finish the year, the most popular event in the en- tire SCC (in my opinion anyway) – The SWSCC Dinner / Dance. The theme this year was “Gatsby Style” held at the Hilton Granite Park. Theme related decorations, giveaways, entertainment, casino, dancing, music – all resulted in a most enjoyable evening and having a “roar- ing good time”! We always collect unwrapped toys to be donated to the Children’s Medical Center for their Hol- iday Party – truly a worthy cause – thanks to Emultec for getting the toys to the hospital. Your committee was Daniel Ramirez (Chair), Terry Easley, Andra Corder and Alison Nally We are already hard at work for our 2019 events – make sure to come join us!

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