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• Membership Promotion
• Chapter Technology Transfer Committee

Programs

NEW Dinner Meeting Location

 Welcome back to ASHRAE!  I know that you’ve missed the meetings and wonderful meals.  Well maybe the meals weren’t always wonderful but the speakers were so good that you probably never noticed.  Well now we’re going to have wonderful meals also at a great location!  Starting in September our dinner meetings will be held at the Dubsdread Historic Banquet Hall at Dubsdread Golf Course. 

This location is just north of Orlando and has easy access to I-4 (see map at end of newsletter).  The banquet Hall features an outdoor deck for enjoying the scenery and socializing.  It’s a large facility so we will have plenty of room – no more setting up tables in the entranceway!  Come and check out our new digs at the October meeting.

• October Meeting

By: Todd Moore, P.E.

President Elect & Programs Chair

Membership Promotion

Welcome to another ASHRAE exciting year!

After the summer break, I would like to welcome everybody to another year. This is my first year as the Membership Committee Chairman and I need your help. Our Chapter needs your help to promote ASHRAE.  Please make an effort to bring a new membership candidate to our meeting. We also want to bring back those members who have not being attending our monthly meeting. It is our hope that everyone employed in our industry in the local community can be involved in the activities of ASHRAE’s Central Florida Chapter. Another way you can help is by attending our monthly meetings.

Annual Dues

Please be sure to watch for your membership renewal from ASHRAE. These dues enable ASHRAE to fund industry research, the publication of monthly journals and annual handbooks, develop standards that strengthen our industry, and support the activities of our local Chapter Florida Chapter.

Membership – Changes and Status

If you have changed employers, moved and/or unsure of your current membership status, please call Society membership at 800-527-4723. For membership information and applications, please contact Miguel Quiles at 407-292-4400 ext. 271 or mquiles@addison-hvac.com.

Thank you for your support.

Miguel A. Quiles

Membership Promotion

October 2004

CTTC
Chapter Technology Transfer Committee
Brian Mirus
CTTC Chair

CTTC Committee
The main yearlong goals of the CTTC Committee will be to keep the Chapter informed of all the Regional and Society Awards, and to keep information flowing between the Society, Chapter and local government. This committee is subdivided into Government Activities, Refrigeration and Technical Communications. Brian Mirus will serve as the committee’s overall chairperson. Bob Symmes will serve as the Government Activities co-chair.  Bob Egan will serve as the technical communications co-chair.  The refrigeration co-chair position is still open.

Government Activities
The CTTC Committee is seeking ASHRAE members to participate as liaisons with local government, school boards, and other business groups/professional societies. As a volunteer, you can help keep the chapter informed on government activities and technical issues related to our industry. If you already attend or would like to attend meetings for any of these groups as an ASHRAE representative, please contact Bob Symmes at bsymmes@grgce.com.  With your help, we can keep our fellow local and society members up to date on Central Florida government related issues.
One way to stay up to date on our state government issues is to attend the Florida Government Expo. This year’s event will occur September 21-23 at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. The purpose is to bring government employees, business owners, citizens, etc. together to learn about new directions in our state government. For more information, check out: www.floridagovernmentexpo.com

Refrigeration Activities
The Refrigeration portion of the CTTC Committee is moving to become a separate committee in Region XII.  Region XII is advancing this shift of responsibilities this year by individually tracking PAOE points and events specific to refrigeration.  Region XII has revived the KRYO award for the top performing refrigeration chairperson for each year.  Ron Vallort, ASHRAE President, is a big proponent of refrigeration and is working to increase awareness and knowledge during his tenure.  This effort is headed up at the Regional level by our Wade Conlan at wconlan@grgce.com.

The refrigeration project award recognized by ASHRAE is the Milton M. Garland Award for non-comfort low- temperature refrigeration projects. Central Florida Chapter members William C. Weinaug Jr. PE and Wade H. Conlan PE were both recipients of this award last year for their design of the St. Louis Zoo Penguin Puffin Coast.

Part of the Refrigeration Committee’s push is to add new members from other refrigeration societies dealing with non-comfort cooling, as well as having joint meetings or programs. If anyone attends or knows people in other societies including but not limited to the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration at http://wwwiiar.org or Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians at http://www.reta .com, please provide contact information to Brian Mirus bmirus@grgce.com.  We would like to expand our chapter’s membership and learn more about non-comfort cooling refrigeration.

 

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Last modified: 08/17/08