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1 ASPE NEWS PITTSBURGH December 2014 NEWSLETTER Monthly Association Meeting DATE/TIME Monday, December 8,2014 4:30 to 5:30 Board Meeting 5:30 to 8:30 Tabletop Presentations TOPIC Holiday Tabletop Extravaganza / Social LOCATION COST RSVP Sciulli's Bar and Grille 1562 Island Ave McKees Rocks, PA $10.00 Kevin M. Morrissey; kmorrissey@mwspec.com CHAPTERS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR THE SOCIETY

2 President : Don Ditter Thanks to everyone that attended last month, some great information on air sampling smoke detection systems. Hopefully this month will produce a great turnout! Our Holiday Tabletop will be at Sciulli's Bar & Grille in McKees Rocks and the Society President (Mr. Mitch Clemente) will be joining us. So, please come and join us for the Holiday celebration and meet the ASPE President. Jack, Greg and I have got the calendar book set and are awaiting word from Printers USA that the books are complete. I'd like to thank those two guys for their time and efforts. Hopefully we will have the day planners to distribute at the meeting. So, there is another reason to attend. Come save us some shipping costs and get your day planner at the meeting! If you were not at last month's meeting, the board voted and appointed an ASPE Young Professional Liaison to our chapter board of directors. This being said, I would like to both welcome and thank Mr. Phil Hober for stepping forward and volunteering his time and talents for this task. Phil will be responsible for reaching out and communicating with the youth in both our industry and in the college and school settings. Phil is planning to set up some fun, exciting and informative events for the AYP's in our area. Please welcome Phil to the position and if you have any questions, comments or recommendations let him know! He is eager to hear from you, this I am sure of!! Last month, I sent out a survey and got about 25-30% response and it seems that mostly the reasons for not attending are the day and time in which we have our meetings. I will be discussing this with our chapter officers and we will look into the possibility of having a few meetings on another day, time and/or location for next season. Once again though, I ask that if you have any ideas or comments to please send them to me. I always keep correspondences that I get private. So be assured that if you have something to say, it will be between you and I. As the holiday season approaches, I hope that you all take some time to sit back, relax and reflect on another year past. We all need to be thankful for what each of us has and treasure our experiences. I hope to see you all at the meeting! Don

3 Vice President Technical: Tom Taylor

4 ASPE Meetings: Monday, September 8, 2014: Variable Speed Domestic Water Booster Systems Monday, October 13, 2014: Commercial Pex Piping Systems Thursday, October 23, 2014: Optional meeting with Engineers Club in Pittsburgh Corrosion Protection in Fire Sprinkler Systems by Engineered Solutions Monday, November 10, 2014: VESDA Air Aspirating Smoke Detection Systems (Joint w/ SFPE & NICET) Monday, December 8, 2014: 2014 Holiday Tabletop Extravaganza Monday, January 12, 2015: Thermal Expansion in Piping Systems Monday, February 9, 2015: Oil and Grease Interceptors Monday, March 9, 2015: SUMP PUMP CONTROL SYSTEMS Monday, April 13, 2015: Latest Changes in NFPA 99 Medical Gas Code Monday, May 11, 2015: Boilers Friday, June 12, 2015: ASPE Pittsburgh Golf Outing!!! Save the Date!! What topics interest you? Talk to your board members. We want to hear from you!

5 VP Membership: Paul McKee As of the November 21, 2014 membership roster printout received from the Society office, our total number of members is 87. Our membership total breaks down as follows: 49 Full 2 Associate 28 Affiliate 0 Governmental 6 Special 0 Student 2 Retired 22 members have their P. E., 19 have their CPD, and 4 members have both. The following members celebrate a birthday in the month of December. Please wish them a HAPPY BIRTHDAY if you see them. Anthony Ferrella December 5 David Roberts December 7 Michael Plummer December 8 Gregg Shaw December 15 Greg Torchia December 22 John Matthews December 24 I would like to wish everyone in the Pittsburgh Chapter of ASPE and their families a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a safe holiday season. See you next year. ATTENTION: Again, I would like to reiterate that we are looking for new members. If there is anyone that you feel should be a member of ASPE, please forward their information to me and I will make sure to get a hold of them and send them a warm invitation. Paul

6 Kevin M. Morrissey-Secretary Welcome to our December newsletter. Happy Holidays! Believe it or not, I am in sales and I was taught early on to UNDER PROMISE & OVER DELIVER. Unfortunately, I failed to follow this golden rule with regard to our new website. We are close... Again, we do welcome any new advertisers as we get ready to move the newsletter to our website. Those who sign up to advertise for the balance of this year before January will get their logo on the front page of our new site for the balance of the year. With our new location for this Holiday Tabletop, it is very important to have an accurate headcount. PLEASE send me your RSVP. See you Monday! Kevin NEWSLETTER AD RATES FULL PAGE HALF PAGE $40.00 PER MONTH $30.00 PER MONTH $ FOR THE YEAR $ FOR THE YEAR QUARTER PAGE BUSINESS CARD $15.00 PER MONTH $10.00 PER MONTH $ FOR THE YEAR $75.00 FOR THE YEAR Advertisements need to be sent by the third Thursday of the month in order to be included in the following month s newsletter. Ads can only be accepted in.doc or.jpg file formats. your Ad to kmorrissey@mwspec.com or call Kevin Morrissey at if you have any questions.

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