October, 2012 - Vol 60, Issue 1

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This first gazette of every year, the viewpoint is given to the President of the Chapter.

I am not sure I remember that rule over the past years, but my Executive Board and Board of Governors were very quick to vote me to be the one to do the viewpoint for October Gazette!

For my viewpoint I would like to bring to your attention the C.R.C. that is held every year for ASHRAE Society Region II.  ASHRAE Toronto Chapter is joined at this annual conference by the following ASHRAE local Chpaters:

Windsor | London | Hamilton | Montreal | Quebec City | Halifax | Ottawa | New Brunswick/PEI

There are 9 chapters in total that meet every year in a location that rotates annualy so that each chapter is CRC host once every 9 years. The most recent CRC was held in Ottawa at Carleton University Campus.

The main reason for using the "VIEWPOINT PODIUM" is to talk about ASHRAE C.R.C. is because next year in August of 2013 we have the responsibility as a chapter to host everyone from Region II in our great city of Toronto!

You will be hearing a lot about the CRC in Toronto next August as it takes a huge amount of effort in order to put this conference together. We will as a chapter, need to have a lot of our members join the CRC Committee and become volunteers for this event.

The more people we have on the planning and execution committees for the ASHRAE C.R.C. in Toronto the easier it will be. With so many of our chapter members involved it will definitely make for a fantastic event for all of the attendees.

We as a chapter will also require the assistance of our Member's companies. We will need to ask for sponsorship and also marketing give-aways so we can include in the conference attendee welcome packages. I mention this now, as company budgets will come up for discussion in your board rooms this fall with regards to next year. The sponsorships can be big or they can be small, all of the support we can receive from our ASHRAE Member companies would be greatly appreciated and certainly go along way with the attendees of the ASHRAE C.R.C.

We look forward to hosting the ASHRAE C.R.C. for our Region as we can show everyone how great our city is and that we really are the "centre of the universe" when it comes to Canada. Perhaps we could even try to get the Capital of Canada moved from Ottawa to here in Toronto?

Thanks for your time on learning about the upcoming Toronto ASHRAE CRC August 2013.

See you soon,

David Benedetti
President ASHRAE Toronto Chapter 2012-2013
 

Would like to bring to you attention some highlights of ASHRAE International Society News for the last month and summer break.

Please visit: ashrae.org if you would like to get more details on any of these topics.

I am sure when you go to the website you will find the new look of ASHRAE Society's website to be great.

With more information than you can ever imagine!

• Leadership University announced for YEA Members of ASHRAE Society
• Winter Conference is at end of January 2013 in Dallas, Texas
• New Faces of Engineering competition announced
• New scholarship announced to honour the late Lynn Bellenger
• The first female ASHRAE Society President.

Welcome to another fun and engaging Toronto ASHRAE Chapter year!

Trust everyone had a great summer and ready for another fun year of learning new technologies, meet new and old friends at the Toronto Chapter meetings.

As the past president, I roll into the Research Promotion (RP) Chair role automatically.

This year I will be learning myself and discussing with you the meaning and history of ASHRAE Research Promotion.

By the end of the year, hopefully, we will all understand Research Promotion a bit better.

Last year, Toronto Chapter met its RP goal of $29,000.00 with our total contributions of $31,165.00. An award was given to our Chapter for our efforts at the recent Chapter Regional Conference (CRC) held in Carleton University, Ottawa this past August.

Thank you to all contributors for our success.

The Chapter will be sending out acknowledgements to the contributors very shortly.

Michael Khaw, P. Eng.
Toronto ASHRAE Research Promotion Chair
Past President - ASHRAE Toronto Chapter

 

PAOE or Presidents Award Of Excellence, provides the chapters in Region II with a means of measuring success across a wide range of chapter operations.   It is meant as a tool to guide the Board of Directors and Committee Chairs towards their goals.

Below are the final PAOE results from the 2011-2012 ASHRAE Calendar Year. As you can see we had a very successful year.  Congratulations must go out to David Benedetti for his tireless efforts in posting points and to all of our Chapter's commitee chairs for their hard work.

Sincerely,

Glenn Kilmer
President-Elect
ASHRAE Toronto Chapter"

The great success of YEA continues! Previous years have included everything from technical tours to pub crawls, all of which are of equal importance.  Keep an eye out for our first YEA event in late October. We plan on kicking off this year at a fine local pub while involving some of our student members.

We're keeping up with the tradition of sending YEA members to the ASHRAE Leadership weekend. Three YEA members including myself, attended the leadership weekend last fall in Atlanta. It's a great excuse to get out of Toronto. ASHRAE does a good job with the accommodations (especially the food!)  The plan is to send 2 or 3 members this year to the spring session which is being held in Vancouver. If you are a YEA or Student member and are at all interested, never hesitate to send an email directly to myself!

There is also the opportunity for outstanding YEA members to attend the ASHRAE winter conference. The application deadline is fast approaching (mid October) so check out the website for details. They are selecting 4 YEA members and picking up the tab. See the website or email me for details on how to apply.

It's important as a YEA member to stay in touch. You might be sitting in the office right now, surrounded by a group of elders... when in reality there are many young people in Toronto with goals and aspirations similar to yours. All the cool people in ASHRAE make it their new-year resolution to attend at least two YEA events every year - Looking forward to meeting you at our first pub night in October.

Michael Genin
2012-2013 YEA Committee Chair

If you are new to ASHRAE and you find yourself reading the Gazette - Congratulations! You have just increased your odds of becoming a committee member in the next few moments...want to know a trade secret? Just say yes. That's it. Y-E-S or alternatively, you can say YEA! We take many forms of yes at the Toronto Chapter; in the form of donations to ASHRAE Canadian Research, joining a committee you just heard of, or maybe jumping down a 3-story-high slide (true story!)...however you do it - we will support you!

If you are a hardened veteran of 1 year experience and you have returned for another year as a student - and non of the above makes any sense to you...Congratulations on reading the Gazette! And for your curiosity! Asking questions is important (never forget that), but attending the Toronto Chapter meetings is even more important! You will learn all this and so much much more, and here are some tips:

1. Say yes: then make sure your tray is in the upright position and your seatbelt is on...
2. Sharing is caring: knowledge, contacts, experience and especially high fives.
3. Ditch the buddy system: although proven useful in engineer filled environments - studies show that only 1 in 2 student members survive their first meeting with their buddy; and there is 1 to 1 odds that a brave student who attends alone thrives 60% of the time, every time...    
4. FACT: The more meetings you attend the exponentially cooler and smarter you become.
5. Everyone you meet has a story.
6. OMG: ASHRAE has more acronyms than there are numbers in the alphabet - exactly - too many to possibly count. ASHRAE, although being a great name for a type of tree - is in fact an acronym. There will be a prize for the first person to find me on Oct 1st; you must stand on one foot while touching your nose and tell me what ASHRAE stands for...
7. Everyone is your friend - you just need to meet them...
8. YEA is what everyone says when they graduate but it is also what they become.
9. A Distinguished Lecturer (aka 'DL') is like a Yoda of HVAC. Listen you must, young padawans.
10. Be there on Oct 3rd @ Ryerson University. See below:

Student Branch Presidents & Faculty Advisors:
If I have not contacted you yet - please email me ! Please provide me your name, school, faculty advisor/student branch president information and your goals for this year! Look forward to hearing from all of you!

Want to join the SA Committee?
That was a rhetorical question - everyone wants to join! But if you are serious and have some time to work with the team, we would be happy to have you aboard. Please email me  - indicate who you are and your interest in joining the committee. Thanks!

All the best,

Michael McEvenue
Toronto ASHRAE Student Activities Chair
m.a.m.designs 'at' gmail.com
 

CTTC Schedule for Toronto Chapter

Please click here to see ASHRAE Toronto's 2012/13 Program Schedule. Please note that this schedule is constantly being updated.

Members will be prompted via email to register for upcoming events at TorontoASHRAE.com.