Presidents Message  

By David Cropper, CIPE/CPD

The May meeting was our first dinner meeting in over a year and I feel that it was a great success. I would like to thank our speaker, Steven Cook with Tracpipe and Ross Stubber with Hugh M. Cunningham for sponsoring the bar. The May meeting also marked the end of this board of directors first year in office and the start of our last year. It has gone by very fast and in 12 short months we will be swearing in a new board. I also would like to thank Mr. Cook for providing us with a well informed presentation.

In the next few months we will be going from a hard copy, mailed news letter to an electronically produced news letter. We have been instructed by ASPE National to have this done as soon as possible. We hope to get everybody’s e-mail address so you will continue to receive the news letter. Please send Emigdio Hinojosa, Jr. your e-mail address if you feel we do not have it, so you will not stop receiving this publication when we go electronic.

Our next ASPE meeting will be our annual joint meeting with ASSE. Robert Cross the President of ASSE has asked John Roth with the City of Houston to be our speaker for the evening. The meeting will be at the Plumbers Local Union # 68 Hall at 502 Link Rd. I look forward to seeing all of you at next months meeting.

June Chapter Meeting

TIME:          5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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May  - Technical Sessions

By Christopher B. Ennis, CET

June Joint Meeting with ASSE 

The June meeting will be a joint meeting with ASSE, at the UA Plumbers’ Local Union Hall 68 at 502 Link Road. Our speaker will be Mr. John Roth, Chief Plumbing Inspector for the City of Houston.  Mr. Roth will be talking about updates on Plumbing Plan Review, City of Houston Administration and City of Houston Code Revisions.  Please plan on attending and giving Mr. Roth a show of support from the Houston Chapter of ASPE.  This will also be a great way to rub shoulders with real (don’t bite your fingernail) plumbers and the City of Houston inspectors and plan checkers.

For more information contact:

Chris Ennis @ (832) 467-9090

technical@aspe-houston.com  

General Meeting Minutes

By Rodger Clemes

David Cropper, Chapter President, called the Houston Chapter General Meeting to order on Wednesday 5/5/04 at the HESS Club at 6:05PM. SS thanked Tracpipe and Hugh Cunningham for sponsoring the Bar.  

Hank Fry offered an invocation and led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.  DC presented certificates to John Bartnick for ASPE Life membership and to Hank Fry for Retired Life Membership.  DC recognized the Past Presidents and Charter Member in attendance and automatic roll call was conducted. Mitzi Bolling, Chapter Vice President Membership presented 10 tenure pins to members.  MB then announced the results of the membership drive, awarding Kamer Beek for 3rd Place, Donald Taylor for 2nd Place, and Christine Mosely for 1st Place.   Blake Locke, Product Show Chairman, thanked all those involved with the Houston Chapter Product Show for their service.  BL announced that the exhibitor award presentations would be postponed until next week.  BL also requested that all expense reports be turned into Emigdio Hinojosa, Product Show Co-Chairman.   DC then presented the President’s Award to Blake Locke Sean Smith, Chairman of the Houston Chapter Board of Governors conducted elections for the 2004-2005 Board of Directors for the Houston Chapter.  After a receipt of a motion and second to approve the election of the Board as presented, a voice vote was conducted. The BOD reelection was unanimously approved and SS installed the new BOD.  Chris Ennis, Chapter Vice President Technical, reported on the technical seminars and announced that certificates for all those who attended the seminar were available.  CE then introduced Steve Cook with Tracpipe by Omegaflex as the speaker for the evening.  SC talked about corrugated stainless steel tubing for gas service.  SC discussed their application, sizing & economic considerations, and answered questions.  Following his remarks Blake Locke recognized Chris Ennis for the work on the seminars.  DC thanked Steve Cook for the presentation and presented a certificate of appreciation.  Jim Ivey, newsletter editor announced a change in the newsletter to an electronic format and requested that everyone interested in receiving the newsletter contact Emigdio Hinojosa with their e-mail address.  JI also announced that Glen Mallory would be the new Chapter Newsletter Editor.  DC then drew for door prizes of Houston Chapter ASPE golf shirts and Astros Tickets.  DC announced that the next Houston Chapter General Meeting would be held 6/2/04 as a joint meeting with ASSE at the Union Hall with John Roth with the City of Houston as the speaker for the evening..  The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.

David Cropper, Chapter President, called the meeting to order at 11:40AM on 5-12-04 at the offices of Accurate Air Systems.  Present were David Cropper, Chris Ennis, Emigdio Hinojosa, Mitzi Bolling, Roger Clemes, Cyril Unger, Chuck Baumgarten, Blake Locke, Vic Schneider, and Jim Ivey.  

The BOD approved the April BOD meeting minutes as published in the May newsletter. DC noted that the golf shirts have been paid for.  DC said he would call Glen Malery to invite him to the next BOD meeting.  DC reviewed the schedule for the HESS club for 2004-2005 noting the price differences.  DC noted that August 2004 would be the first electronic version of the news letter and that Emigdio Hinojosa would distribute the newsletter.  DC reported that Richard Merz and his Boy Scout Troop were completing the ASPE National plumbing car project.  DC then discussed arrangements for the Region 5 President’s meeting in Omaha on June 5th and 6th..  DC noted that he would get the gift certificate to Blake Lock for the President’s Award. DC discussed annual reports and made sure each BOD member had submitted their respective report.  

Cyril Unger, Chapter Treasurer, distributed the April Treasure’s Activity Report and Houston Chapter   The BOD approved the activity report as submitted.  DC reported that Brian Salzbery, Region 5 Chairman, had requested a Chapter donation to the ASPE Research Foundation.  

Chuck Baumgarten, chapter Corresponding Secretary, agreed to write a letter to Brian Salzbery to get a list of the projects being funded by the Foundation for 2004-2005.  DC noted that ASSE was requesting volunteers to sponsor the bar for the next joint meeting.  

Blake Lock, Chapter Affiliate Liaison, agreed to assist John Roth, Speaker for the June Meeting, with a list of topics. Blake Locke discussed negotiating a 3-year extension of the contract with SHRP for the Product show and extending the agreement with Trans America to make in concurrent with SHRP.  BL requested any expenses for the 2004 Show and announced the Emigdio Hinojosa would take over for the 2005 show after the Appreciation Dinner.

Mitzi Bolling, Chapter Vice President Membership, presented a letter from Hank Fry requested a Life Membership for Doug Meyer.  CB agreed to write a letter from the Chapter to support the request.  MB reports that the Houston Chapter now has 219 total members.  MB said she would award tenure pins at the September General Meeting..  MB also discussed upgrading a member from retired to full.  

Chris Ennis, Vice President Technical, reports the he had met the DC and would be sending in the meeting reports to Nation on a monthly basis.  CE updated the BOD on the candidates for Speakers at the General Meetings.  CE also announced the ASPE Seminars in Dallas on 5/25 and 5/27.  CE reported that he had sent out the certifications for the technical seminars.  CE also discussed the budget and costs for the seminars.  

Emigdio Hinojosa, Chapter Vice President Legislative, reported that CIC would meet on Tuesday.  

Jim Ivey, Chapter Newsletter Editor, announced that May 17th was the deadline for the June newsletter.  JI noted that he needs bios for the recent awards and asked for clarification on the parameters for the classified ads.  

Vic Schneider, Jr, Chapter Social Director announced, that the Product Show Appreciation Dinner would be held Friday 5/14/04 at the Pappadeaux on I-10.  VS noted that the Astros baseball game activity would be 7/23/04 and the form would be in the ext newsletter.  He also noted that Night at the Races would be held in August..  DC announced that Jim Ivey would make the arrangement for the location of the next BOD meeting held Wednesday 6/09/04.  The meeting was adjourned at 1:00PM.

Current Board Members reelection confirmed as follows: 

President - David Cropper, CIPE/CPD 

V.P. Technical - Chris Ennis

V.P. Legislative - Emigdio Hinojosa 

V.P. Membership - Mitzi Bolling 

Treasure - Cyril Unger, CIPE/CPD 

Administrative Secretary - Roger Clemes

Corresponding Secretary - Chuck Baumgarten

Congratulations go to the winners of the membership drive.  

Christine Moseley - 1st place—$200 gift certificate

Donald Taylor - 2nd place—$100 gift certificate

Martie Kamerbeek - 3rd place—$50 gift certificate 

We will not be handing out tenure pins at the June meeting as it will be in conjunction with the ASSE Association.  See you at the next meeting. 

The following members received their tenure pins during the may general meeting. 

10 years continued service – Bob Morales has been in the plumbing industry for 34 years and previous to operating his own company Morales & Associates for the last 10 years Bob was employed with Bernard Johnson, Jochen & Henderson, Cook & Holle and mechanical products for 24 years. bob has served on the product show committee. bob has been married for 36 years and has two grown sons, enjoys fishing, hunting and plays in two bands. 

10 years continued service – Gary Shepperd has been in the plumbing industry for 25 years and with Oslin Nation the past 20 years. previous employers included Kellogg Brown & Root and Way Engineering. Gary is also active with Ashrae as served various chairmanships & treasurer and past member board of governors. Gary has his (MBA) from Tulane University and (BSME) from University of Houston. Gary is also a licensed HVAC contractor (TEMS). 

10 years of continued service – Larry O’Neal has been in the plumbing industry for 28 years and with Morrison Supply for 12 years. previous employers include Ferguson Enterprises. Larry is a member of the American Supply Association and associate member of many local plumbing groups. 

5 years of continued service – Ricky Nietsche has been in the plumbing industry for 20 years and with Shah Smith & Associates the past 5 years. previous employers include CRSS/HOK for 13 years and PSP for 2 years.

5 years of continued service – Donna Edwards has been in the plumbing industry for 9 years and with S.S.R. for the past 5 years. previous employers include R.H. George & Associates. 

5 years of continued service – Ed Palacios has been in the plumbing industry for 20 years and with Bovay Engineers the past 4 years. previous employers include BDMI and I.A. Naman + associates. Ed has served as ASPE committeeman and has been involved with NFPA-97. Ed indicated that Bob Love, Manny Rivademar, Sam Speich and Plas VerA have been great mentors. Some of Ed’s work included the Rocket’s Arena and George Bush Airport. 

5 years continued service – David Oxman has been in the plumbing industry for 54 years as a consulting engineer in New York & New Jersey and currently is an instructor for International Training Associates (Home Inspection School). David is still active as consulting engineer. David is the former president of Battau & Oxman and David Oxman pc for 42 years. 

5 years of continued service – Alton W. “Butch” Scherer, Jr has been in the plumbing industry for 27 years and with CHPA for 15 years. previous employment was with King & Arthur Mechanical. Butch has served on past product show committees. 

5 years of continued service – Walter Raynaud (no information available) 

5 years of continued service – Rod Shoemaker (no information available)

Membership Benefits

Bulletin Board

A.S.P.E. NIGHT AT THE BALLGAME

FRIDAY, JULY 23rd 

GAME TIME 7:05 PM 

CLUB LEVEL  -  SECTION 208 

LIMITED TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS WHILE THEY LAST.

Entry Form

Information For Retiring Members 

Life Member – The Society’s Board of Directors, after nomination by a Chapter Board of Directors, may grant upon verification of retirement, Life membership status to any retired person who has been a Full member in good standing continuously during the past ten (10) years and has demonstrated significant contributions to the chapter and the Society.  The Life member shall also have reached the age of sixty (60) years and no longer be active in the profession.  All the rights and privileges of a Full member shall also pertain to this membership category, except that Life members shall not be required to pay annual dues and shall not receive free Data Book materials. 

Retired Member – Any retired member with ten (10) years of continuous membership in the Society who has reached the age of sixty (60) years and is no longer active in the profession.  Members in this category will not receive Data Book materials and shall pay substantially reduced annual dues. 

Presidential Member – The outgoing President of the Society shall become a Presidential member upon installation of a successor and shall retain all rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Full member.

Industry News  

ASPE Houston Chapter is selling golf shirts for $30 each to members only. They are available for purchase (while supply lasts) at our monthly meetings and at the product show.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! 

THIS ASPE NEWSLETTER WILL SOON BE CHANGED FROM THE PRINTED AND MAILED COPY TO THE ELECTRONIC ONLY TYPE. THE NEW ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER WILL BE E-MAILED AS A PDF FILE. 

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Fax: 713-780-8933

All submissions are subject to ASPE Board approval. 

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The Affiliates Corner

Thank you so much to everyone involved in the 2004 ASPE Houston Product Show.  The Show was a great success for our Chapter and maintained its record as one of the top ASPE Shows in the country.  We will do our best to get the list of attendees out to the vendors to help with follow-up calls.  If you get a chance, please submit your application for next years show to guarantee your booth. 

Thanks again,

Blake Locke

2004 ASPE Product Show Chairman