2012 Region XI CRC was held in Winnipeg from held May 10 -13. Overall the experience was a success. In addition to the regular business meetings I was able to attend Regional Training on Student Activities, YEA, and CTTC. There was quite a bit of new information that was passed down and I will do my best to use this in bringing you the members a better product in 2013. In case you were wondering what the benefits of your chapter sending multiple officers to the Regional Conference, much of it comes in this training and the idea sharing that happens throughout the whole weekend. There were so many great ideas that came up and I am already getting excited for next year.
One of the general concerns that the regional delegates had was our finances, we acknowledged this and we have made corrective actions and are continuing to focus on this area. Another area of concern for us appeared to be the percentage of area assigned members paying society dues but not local dues as well. This money goes to help paying the expenses our chapter incurs and if people opt out of this it makes it difficult to continue provide the level of service that we currently enjoy.
If anyone has questions or comments please feel free to contact any one of your board members.
Student Activities at CRC 2012 – our chapter currently has a strong presence in the local post secondary schools, this will continue into next year. ASHRAE has developed an online database for activities to help out with presentations for our younger audience. That’s right K-12. There is a big push currently to get kids interested in science and peak there interest. Our current presentation that we have created and been presenting for the grade 3 Hot and Cold toic locally drew a lot of interest in discussions and I am working on sharing this information with a couple of other Region XI chapters.
As mentioned before if you are doing a presentation for any students please let us know. This work is appreciated and we would like to recognize that and track it.
During the SA training we worked in teams to do simple presentations focusing on science. This does not need to be directly related to HVAC&R to be noticed. All students minds are wanting to soak up information and we have a great opportunity to possibly peak the interest of younger students as well as Post Secondary. Help us help you.
We have one of the stronger presences among chapters in the local post secondary and this will continue next year.
Once again the ASHRAE NAC wil be teaming up with the MCA / SMCAA to bring you a fantasitc end of the year social. Keep your eyes open for the notices which will be coming to your mailboxes.
Bring your spouses out to enjoy the festivities.
Lobsters will be flown in fresh from Atlantic Canada for this years festivities.
East Coast Celtic Music will be on hand and the BAAAR WILL BE OPEN BAYE.
Keep your eyes and ears open for the notice so you can sign up, you wont want to miss this event
~ASHRAE SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Tom & I would like to thank everyone from the chapter for another fantastic Student Night. There have been many positive comments coming back from both the UofA, and NAIT students. Please remember that the Student Activities Comittee will be in contact with these students, so if you are in need of an up-and-coming HVAC’er please feel free to contact us and we will be sure to pass this message along to the students.
Annually the local chapter hands out copies of the ASHRAE Pocket Guide to our student members. This pocket sized book has a ton of information within its pages. Every year these books are distributed courtesy of the Don Holte Endowment Fund. As a legacy of his service to our chapter and the ASHRAE Society at large, this fund was set up. Wita Holte has directed our chapter to provide direct benefit to HVAC students from it, as Don was a large supporter of students in our industry.
Congratulatons to Taylor Wight as this year’s ASHRAE NAC Scholarship recipient. Taylor is a currently a student at the U of A. Keep up the hard work Taylor, and we look forward to seeing you at more ASHRAE events.
Please make these students feel welcome at upcoming events. Your kind words and friendly faces have helped make these folks feel welcome, and hopefully, will become familiar faces for years to come.
With just over two weeks until the John Ross Spiel, things are looking great. This should be another great social event put on by your local ASHRAE chapter.
If you are interested in donating prizes to the hottest event on ice this year please send an email to curling@ashraenac.org
Are you interested in helping out young up and coming members that are looking to break into the HVAC profession?
NAIT has a strong history of supplying local companies with HVAC professionals. Over the past few years our chapter has been active in reaching out to these students as well as the mechanical engineering students at the U of A. The past couple of years the U of A has put together a program that specifically deals with the Building Sciences industry. This elective course is full of students who are hoping to enter the Building Sciences field upon graduation. NAIT currently supplies our industry form a few separate programs. We will once again be speaking to many of these students this year.
Here is where you come in. We would like to offer you the opportunity to help out these students and be recognized. For each student that is sponsored we will recognize this contribution with a sticker on the inside of the student fundamentals book that will be presented to them. As well each student sponsor will be recognized to the local membership.
After several discussions, we are asking the Northern Alberta Membership to sponsor these students. Many of these students understand what is out there but do not truly realise the benefit of membership. Having a student membership allows these students to access numerous technical resources, be part of technical committees helping to shape our technology, and be informed of the daily in and outs of our industry. As well these students and potential employees will be encouraged to walk among us at our monthly meetings and various social events.
Currently we are looking to have these students membership fees covered and a copy of the current ASHRAE Fundamentals provided to these students for use in their studies.
This sponsorship opportunity is just $75 but will mean so much more to an up and coming HVAC student as well as our chapter..
Members of the Student Activities Committee will be contacting people shortly.
If you are interested please contact:
studentactivities@ashraenac.org
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