ASPE is Now 61 Chapters Strong
The newest addition to the American Society of Plumbing Engineers is the Seattle Chapter. The Seattle Chapter will have its charter signing ceremony on March 16. This meeting is expected to be well attended, and is a historic event to our organization. Congratulations to the Seattle Chapter and may your future be enlightening and rewarding! The President of the Seattle Chapter is Patrick Cooper and he can be contacted at p.bc@comcast.net. Feel free to extend your well wishes and thank Patrick for stepping up and leading the Seattle Chapter.
I want to again thank all those involved in helping organize the Seattle Chapter, especially Chris Scott, the President of the Portland Chapter. Chris set up some initial meetings in Seattle on his own dime, and also ended up losing several of his chapter members that resided in the Seattle area. Chris did this in the interest of ASPE as a whole. At last years Region 4 Presidents Meeting I presented Chris with an ASPE Directors Award for this among other fine work he has done for the betterment of the Society.
I also again want to thank Mike Adkins, The ASPE Region 4 Affiliate Liaison, for his help in organizing support for the Seattle Chapter. Mike had a great list of contacts in the area that proved to be very fruitful. Mike also
organized support from the manufacture reps in the area. As we all know the reps are the life blood of many of the chapters operations and financial support.
Thanks to all for a job well done!
Grass Roots Budget Meeting
The ASPE Grass roots budget meeting is being held on Saturday March 13th from 10am-1pm Central Time. You can attend in person or online by web broadcast. Contact Jinnie Yoo at 847-296-0002 to register and get call in information.
This is your chance to voice your questions, comments, and concerns related The ASPE Budget and ASPE finance matters in general.
ASPE 2010 Region 4 Presidents meeting
The 2010 Region 4 presidents meeting will take place in Scottsdale, AZ on June 4th and June 5th. I encourage all of the Chapter Vice Presidents, Technical to attend this meeting also. This meeting is being hosted by The ASPE Phoenix Chapter. The President of the Phoenix Chapter Dorothy Thrasher can be contacted by phone at 602-824-5238 or by e-mail at dorothy.thrasher@smithgroup.com. Feel free to contact myself or Dorothy with any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding this meeting. Make sure you let the hotel know you are with ASPE so you get the ’Signature Guestroom’ at the special room rate of $79.00 plus taxes, assessment charges, and mandatory gratuities. The event hotel information is below. Please make your reservation today by calling 480-421-7600 or 866-882-4484.
Hotel Valley Ho
6850 East Main Street
General: 480.248.2000
I look forward to seeing every Region 4 President and Vice President, Technical in Scottsdale!
CPD Examination and Recertification
The Deadline to register for the CPD test is March 19th. The Exam will be held on April 16th or 17th depending on which test site you use. There are over 200 test sites throughout the United States and Canada.
If you already have a CPD designation and have not sent in your recertification information yet, then do it now! There are a few different dates this information is due. If you are unsure of your due date, contact Stacey Kidd at 847-296-0002 or by e-mail at skidd@aspe.org immediately to get your due date.
Go to http://aspe.org/CPDCertification for all CPD information and forms.
ASPE 2010 Convention and Engineered Plumbing Exposition
The 2010 ASPE Convention and EPE will be held in Philadelphia, PA from October 28 - November 3, 2010. Here is the link to the for information, http://aspe.org/EPEConvention. Registration will open some time in May. More information will be available soon.
Scott Steindler from the Charlotte Chapter of ASPE has agreed to accept the position of Co-Chair for the 2010 ASPE Convention in Philadelphia. Scott will be working with Frank Heine who has been a chair to the Convention for many years. Scott will also have the support of the 2010 Convention Committee, ASPE Staff, and volunteers. This position entails a lot of work and I want to thank Scott for stepping up and accepting this very demanding position.
College of Fellows Program
The deadline is fast approaching for applications for the induction of anyone you feel deserving of becoming an ASPE Fellow that meets the criteria set forth. This person should hold a CPD or PE professional designation. The deadline for applications is March 31st, 2010. Please try to have all the required application information mailed by March 15, 2010. Please go to http://aspe.org/College-of-Fellows to get the application and program information. The 20 (Maximum) Fellows that are chosen from the submitted applications will be honored at the 2010 ASPE Convention in Philadelphia, PA.
If you are filling out this application for fellowship and you don’t have all the answers required, you can ask a family member or close friend of this person for help. If you can not get the required information from the family or friend of your proposed inductee, then you can ask the inductee for the information. It would be ideal to get the information without your proposed inductee’s knowledge as they may feel let down if they are not inducted in the next round.
Employer Honor Roll
Please fill out an application for the Employer Honor Roll if you work for or know of an employer that has and continues to support and promote ASPE. Applications and program information can be found at www.aspe.org. The employers that are chosen from the submitted applications will be honored at the 2010 ASPE Convention in Philadelphia, PA.
Technical Presentations for The ASPE Convention and EPE
Are you or someone you know interested in presenting a technical program at the 2010 ASPE Convention? If so, please go to http://aspe.org/CallForPapers and fill out all the required information. The deadline is March 31st, 2010.
ASPE Delegates and Alternates
The executive director and staff have requested delegate lists, with alternates included ASAP. The official count of delegates will not be done until June-July after the approved annual reports are turned in. This list is being requested now and in most cases the official delegate count will not change in June-July. Please fill out your delegate forms now and remember to include all alternates.
Proposed Bylaw Admemdments
Proposed bylaw amendments need to be completed and delivered to The ASPE Headquarters by June. The proposed bylaw amendments will then be organized into a packet and delivered to all of the ASPE 2010 Delegates 90 days before the delegate meeting at the convention. Do you want change? If so, get your proposal in today!
Speakers Bureau (Speakers List)
The ASPE Speakers Bureau is a list of speakers that have technical programs that are above the standard. This is a working list as you can get speaker information and ideas from the list as well as submit speakers that you feel have provided an exception technical experience for your meeting attendees. Please go to www.aspe.org and make good use out of this list.
Introducing New ASPE Staff
Susan Kennedy has joined the ASPE Staff. Many of you already know Susan Kennedy. Susan recently retired from Sloan Valve after 17 years of service as Sloan’s Marketing Director. Susan’s assignments will cover several marketing and business issues as well as events, programs and the launching of new research development into the worldwide green plumbing initiatives. This is expected to improve economic conditions and job opportunities for ASPE Members and all Plumbing Professionals worldwide.
New Member Benefit Announced
ASPE is extending use of meeting space at the new ASPE Headquarters to its members. If you need a place to meet with clients, design team members, or if you just need a space that is larger than what is available in your office, call 847-296-0002 to make a reservation today.
If you need food or beverages for your get together, this can be arranged by ASPE for a nominal fee.
Region 4 Directors Assignments
Each member of the ASPE Board of Directors has assignments that are in addition to their outlined duties per the Policy and Operations Manual. As the Region 4 Director my current additional assignments are as follows.
2010 Convention Committee Member, among other duties, this includes the creation of technical programs for the convention. This starts at a concept stage, as example what technical tracks and what topics in general that the ASPE membership will benefit from. The end results are cutting edge technical programs that every plumbing engineer should take. Make sure your there, registration information will be available in May.
Association Relations, this entails maintaining, and assigning ASPE members as, liaisons to the various associations related to our industry. Are you a member of another organization as well as ASPE? Let me know.
In Closing
Please feel free to contact me by phone at 619-813-4800 or by e-mail at mattbinsd@aol.com with any questions, suggestions, or concerns.
Best Regards,
Matt Bell, CPD
ASPE Region 4 Director
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