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DECEMBER MEETING

Central Arkansas

Date: Wednesday, December 2 Location: Camp Aldersgate Cost: $20 Schedule: 10:30a.m. Board Meeting 11:30a.m. Lunch / Technical Session 12:00-1:00p.m. Program

Northwest Arkansas

Date: Thursday, December 3 Location: Arvest Ballpark Cost: Free (lunch extra) Schedule: 11:30a.m. Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Program

Volume XXVII, Issue 4, December 2015

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Chapter Meeting Calendar Page 2 Meeting Minutes Page 3-5 NWA Meeting Miinutes Page 6-7 Membership Promotion Page 8 Arkansas ASHRAE History Page 9-10 NWA Trap Shoot 1 ASHRAE Learning Institute Page 12 ASHRAE Events & Ads Page 13

The holidays are here which hopefully means great food, friends, and family for you! It is easy to get caught up in the daily grind of work and the

chaos going on in our evening news and forget about the real things in life that mat-ter to us most. I was reading an article the other day that talked about what being thankful actually means. While being thankful can mean many different things to each of us, the author (in my opinion) did an excellent job in detailing this. She talked about how being genuinely thankful re-quires a conscious effort to clear out our daily busyness and chaos that is around us and to pause and reflect on the people, things, events, second chances, or whatever it is that is meaningful to us. I hope this holiday season you to take a moment to put a pause on life and reflect on those things that you are thankful for. I am specifically thankful for all of our Arkansas ASHRAE volunteer officers, committee chairs, and committee members whom have worked so hard for our Chapter to bring value to your membership. There are many hours spent each month by these volunteers to put on programs, fundraisers, support our stu-dents, and promote various other ASHRAE activities. Next time you see one of these volunteers, please be sure to reach out to them and thank them for their time. The last few years the Arkansas ASHRAE Student Activity Chair has been successful in coordinating efforts of The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas Tech University, Arkansas State University, and University of Arkansas at Little Rock ASHRAE Student Branches to attend the ASHRAE Winter Conference. In order to send students to this conference, our Chap-ter has helped with fundraisers and coordi-nated donations from our vendors in order to make these trips / experiences happen for our students. This year will be no different. Josh Faulkner is coordinating a Pork Butt

fundraiser. All proceeds will go towards sending these students to Orlando in Janu-ary. Please contact Josh Faulkner if you are interested in purchasing a Pork Butt to sup-port our Arkansas ASHRAE Students. So-ciety has recently made an amendment to the Constitution and Bylaws for Chapters. An Ad-hoc Committee comprised of Rus-sel Black, Ron McCarty and Chance Hol-lingsworth was developed to review the amendment and update our Constitution and Bylaws. Per the Constitution and By-laws (paragraph 10.2) if amendments are made by Society “Written copies of said amendments shall be sent by the chapter secretary to all members, or an officer of the Chapter shall read said amendments at the next succeeding chapter meeting.” A revised Constitution and Bylaws will be emailed out this month to all members as well as posted to our website. The amend-ment made by Society now includes a de-scription and definition for Grassroots Gov-ernment Advocacy Committee, specifically the inclusion of paragraph 8.3.1.7. Please do not forget about our membership pro-motion night on Thursday December 3, from 6:00 – 8:00 at Lost Forty Brewery. We hope to see you, your spouse/significant other and a prospective ASHRAE member. There were many member requests to provide a continuing education seminar before the end of the year. With our very own Hamid Habibi giving us an ASHRAE Standard 62.1 up-date for our program this month, Mark Ely was able to procure an ASHRAE Distin-guished Lecturer, Hoy Bohanon, to follow this by covering more specifics of Standard 62.1 in regards to multiple space equations and demand control ventilation. Please be sure to secure your spot for this seminar by registering for this event. We hope to see you at our December meeting! May your thankfulness this season be intentional, your travels safe, your gatherings meaning-ful, and your belly’s full of your Aunt Claire’s famous dessert!

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ENGINAIREENGINAIREENGINAIRE Arkansas Chapter Newsletter for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Forrest Moseley

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MONTH MEETING TOPIC SPEAKER SECTION DATE LOCATION THEME

SEPT Advancements in Pumping and

Motor Efficiency

Stan Kutin, Bell & Gossett Little Red

Schoolhouse

Central 09.02.15 Camp Aldersgate Chapter Awards

NWA 09.03.15 Hoolihan’s Rogers, AR

OCT

Property Assessment for Clean Energy

Central 10.07.15 Camp Aldersgate

Resource Promotion

NWA 10.08.15 Hoolihan’s Rogers, AR

NOV

Design of Education Facilities Impact on Total

Cost of Ownership

David Handwork, Arkansas State

University


Government Affairs

NWA 11.05.15 Springdale

Country Club

DEC

ASHRAE Standard 62.1

Hamid Habibi, TME

Central 12.02.15 Camp Aldersgate Membership Promotion

NWA 12.03.15 Arvest Ballpark

JAN TBA David Underwood, Society President


History

NWA 01.07.16

FEB Ammonia

Refrigeration Systems

Jerry Bradford and/or Amos Turnipseed, Baker Refrigeration

Central 02.03.16 Pulaski Academy Culinary School

The “R” in ASHRAE

NWA 02.04.16

MAR Humid Climate

Design Eric Strum, Trane


Student Activities

NWA 03.03.16

APR ASHRAE

Standard 189.1

Dr. Thomas Lawrence, Distinguished

Lecturer


Sustainability

NWA 04.07.16

MAY Past President’s

Night N/A

Central TBA TBA Past

President’s Recognition

NWA N/A N/A

Frank Mayfield, Harrison Energy

Partners

ARKANSAS CHAPTER MEETING MINUTES Board Meeting of November 4, 2015

Ron McCarty—Secretary

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ARKANSAS CHAPTER MEETING MINUTES Board Meeting of November 7, 2015 Ron McCarty—Secretary Members Present:, Forrest Moseley – President, David Hicks (NWA – President), Mark Eley (President Elect / CTTC), Max Good (Treasurer), Ron McCarty (Secretary), Josh Faulkner (Student Activities), Phil Watson (Membership), Drew Grant (Electronic Communication), Dan Allison (Reception), Josh Robinson (YEA), Russell Black (Historian), Tom Hanlon (Refrigeration), Jake Skinner (Newsletter), Terry Jacks (Research Promotion) Chance Hollingsworth (Grassroots Government Affairs Committee), Courtney Michael (Honors and Awards), Tom Hanlon (Refrigeration), Rick Sellers, Bill Simpson and Steven McConnell (Board of Governors)

Call to Order: precisely 10:30 a.m.

· Forrest Moseley – President o Meeting Minutes – Call for review and approval – One change was noted related to the number of tick-

ets sold for the Gun Raffle. The minutes should read 400 not 100 tickets. 1st motion for approval of the amended minutes was made by Terry Jacks, 2nd by Mark Eley – Motion Passed – The amended minutes were approved.

o PAOE – Forrest indicated that a number of chairs have been entering points. He requested that all groups stay current and up to date.

o Contact NWA Liaisons – DavidnHicks from the NWA section was present at the meeting. Forrest re-quested that each Chairperson try to make contact with their counterpart in the NWA group.

o General discussion related to each Chair having some article for the newsletter. All articles should be forwarded to Jake Skinner.

o #MyASHRAE Picture – Forrest will be scheduling a photo session to take a picture of this year’s Ar-kansas ASHRAE board members. In addition Forrest put a call out for anyone that knows where the Arkansas ASHRAE banner may be.

o Update Bylaws to Include GGAC - It was mentioned that Russell Black went through the process of comparing the Chapter’s current Bylaws and Constitution with guidelines from ASHRAE. An Ad-hoc committee of Russell Black, Chance Hollingsworth and Ron McCarty were charged with reviewing the updated Bylaws and Constitution. The final version would be sent to Forrest for submission to ASHRAE.

o NWA Update – Davin Hicks provided a general update on the activities of the NWA section and also noted that the insurance had been approved for the upcoming Trap Shoot fund raiser.

o Winter meeting was discussed – Date: Jan 23 in Orlando this year. o CRC – Tyler TX – Looking to match past performance at CRC

· Mark Eley – President Elect / CTTC

o Mark indicated at this meeting we would be having another catering group, Pinnacle Valley Restaurant Catering, providing lunch. Questionnaires were put at each table for feedback from the chapter mem-bership.

o Tech Sessions – at ASU (Arkansas State University) were discussed. It was discussed putting an article together for the newsletter realted tot eh tech sessions – Tom Halon offered to draft the article.

o Past presidents Nights – Mark would be coordinating efforts with Courtney Michaels. o Research Promotion (RP) sessions – There was a discussion related to finding Sponsorships for the ses-

sions. Various board members indicated they would approach vendors for possible sponsorship. (cont’d on page 4)

Max Good – Treasurer o 2015-2016 Budget – General discussion about the budget. It was mentioned that the CRC Travel fund

that was setup in 2010 by increasing the meeting lunch cost from $15 to $20. The additional $5 would go to the CRC Travel Fund. It was noted that the additional funds really were not available due to the fact that the Chapter was only making $3/meal. There were general discussion to discontinue the CRC Travel Fund. The fund actually had not been used in the past and it appeared based on costs would be underfunded going forward. After the discussion a motion was made to discontinue the CRC Travel Fund. A 1st was made by Ron McCarty and a 2nd was made by Rick Sellers. The motion passed with zero against.

o Next a Motion was made to approve the revised budget. The 1st was made by Terry Jacks with a 2d

made by Mark Eley. The motion passed with zero against. o Financial Audit - Ron McCarty and Jared Henderson have the financial records and are working on the

Audit. The Tax returns were reviewed and return to Max Good for filing. • Pay Pal system was discussed – still working on the system – may be an issue with transferred funds

without having additional expenses (limit on the number of transfers under the current plan).

• Ron McCarty – Secretary o Copiers of the last Meeting minutes were distributed

o No additional items

• Board of Governors – Rick Sellers, Steve McConnell, Bill Simpson o Nothing to update

• Tony DeMarco – Social o Poker Night – has been scheduled for Thursday 11/12 at Harrison Energy Partners. Terry Jacks would

be sending out a reminder to the chapter. o Spouse/ Family Social Event – Forrest/Tony are looking for someone to Chair a picnic and/or other fam-

ily events.

• Josh Faulkner – Student Activities o Josh indicated that he will be visiting ASU on 11/10. In addition Josh had talks at NWA, UALR and

ATU with about 30 students at each. o Winter Meeting Fundraiser – Smoked Pork Butts – Ordering forms are on each table. He requested that

all board members push the fund raiser. This is to help fund the travel expenses for the students to the Winter meeting. It costs approximately $650/ student to attend the meeting. Josh noted that ATU helps the students by funding the trip, UALR students and others are not as lucky and need help.

o t eh for a talk with the students.

o Also there will was visiting with AR tech this week and UALR next week. ASU is to be scheduled in

the near future. It was mentioned that Petit/Petit and Bill Simpson had a number of contacts at ASU and could be helpful.

o In addition, Josh continues to make contacts with the K-12 for visit and talks. He requested help to

make the visits happen. In the near future Josh will setup dates and will issue a schedule.

• Phil Watson – Membership – o Phil reported that there ae 341 total members, 1 new member, 3 new students, 3 cancellations, 3 transfer-

ins for this month • Phil mentioned that there will be a Membership promotion/Social event at the Lost Forty on 12/3 at

6:00. Everyone is welcome.

(cont’d on page 5)

• Drew Grant – Electronic Communications o Drew provided an update on Star Chapter. Drew made a strong push for everyone to get on-line and to

attend a training session. o Drew noted that we had 820 views on Facebook.

o Overall the system appears to be working well.

o Drew asked everyone for feedback.

o There was general discussion related to how Star Chapter is generating the Meeting Invites. It was not-

ed that the acceptance to a meeting was having issues, especially log-in process. Drew would look into the issues.

o General discussion about the payment and signup for meeting announcements. There appears to be a

little confusion. Next meeting we will have a quick tech session about the overall process.

• Dan Allison - Reception o General discussion with setup for PayPal and having access to a tablet or smartphone for payment at the

reception area. No additional items

• Melanie Richardson - Sustainability o There will be a raffle today for those that Car pooled.

o Still working on a fall meeting

o April Planning meeting and 2 sustainability-related activities

• Josh Robinson - YEA o Josh indicated that he stills needs additional ideas for tours.

• Russell Black – Historian o Russell indicated that he has contacted his RVC and everything is on target for all objectives. He is also

working on the Leadership articles and the CRC display.

• Tom Hanlon – Refrigeration o Tom indicated that he has contacted his RVC

o There is nothing new with the Committee

o Everything is still on track for the meeting in February

• Jake Skinner – Newsletter o Jake has communicated with his RVC.

o General discussion related to the Star Chapter and the appearance of the newsletter.

o Next Newsletter info is due on 20rd and will be issued on 25th

• Terry Jacks – Research Promotion o Terry has been in contact with his RVC and provided updates.

o The Gun Raffle Raised $3,800. There was a discussion related to setting the proceeds aside to an En-

dowment – Arkansas Chapter Hall of Fame. There was a motion made to proceed with this allocation of the funds to an Endowment – Arkansas Chapter All of Fame – 1st motion was made by Ron McCarty with a 2nd was made by Forrest Moseley. The Motion Passed with 0% against.

o Terry also thanked everyone that donated and Full Circle participation by the chapter leadership.

• Chance Hollingsworth – Grassroots Government Affairs Committee o Chance indicated that he has been in contact with RVC and has updated POAE points.

o Made contacts with the Local Government Officials

• Working on the Engineer’s Week in February (Governors Proclamation) •

• Courtney Michael – Honors and Awards o Nothing to update

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The following are items that were discussed during the NWA ASHRAE Board of Governors meeting: Meeting began at 7:30am. Kim has new name tags to start being used at the monthly lunches. Davin noted that we need to push to get people more excited about ASHRAE. Davin also stated that the best way to bring in new people is to make ASHRAE fun. It's easiest to do that with Social events and YEA. Sam stated that everything is still way too vendor driven and vendors are going to get frustrated and tired of never help-ing with ASHRAE. Jim noted that he got involved in ASHRAE because the leader of his company informed him about it. He told everyone that we have got to go to the top of the companies to make the sales pitch, not the engineers themselves. Will talked about how ineffective having vendors try to sell ASHRAE to engineers. Debbie discussed that Star Chapter has some issues that need fixed. Debbie is also working with LR to make more payment options than PayPal. Davin talked about how much more difficult it is to register with Star Chapter compared to last year's RSVP method. Sam noted that local Engineering firms have got to get more involved to make ASHRAE successful. Engineers in NWA that need to be targeted to get more involved:

· HP · Henderson · Benchmark · Core States · HFA · Engineering Elements

(con’t on page 7)

Date: November 5, 2015; 7:30am – 8:45am

Participants: Aric Reed, Sam Browning, David Long, Marshall Rucker, Debbie Fedricci,

Location: Davin Hicks, Jim LeFevre, Miguel Purdy, Kim Polingo, Will McGehee, Zachery Alderman, Jon Cook Neal’s Cafe, Springdale, Arkansas

Submitted By: Aric Reed

TME is the only significant engineering presence in NWA ASHRAE. Will also talked about how much it would benefit the section to get Scott Turley and the University of Arkansas in-volved. Davin noted that he believes the NWA section is still two years away from becoming a standalone chapter. Sam agreed. Sam discussed Full Circle and everyone on the NWA BOG getting involved and doing their part. The goal is for it to be done by the end of next week (November 13). Davin would like everyone to work more at filling out POEA points. Davin also alerted everyone to new budget line items for this fiscal year. One item is money for members of the BOG whose company won't help pay for CRC attendance. Jim talked about how ASHRAE members use to bring their families and spouses to events years ago. Davin encouraged everyone to work towards getting spouses more involved in possible Social events. Davin talked about documenting points for the upcoming student trip to Ruskin. Davin wants to start involvement in the newsletter. He will look for an old Razorback Report template. Aric will begin putting together a YEA event to be held the week after the December ASHRAE meeting. Airetech has volunteered to be a sponsor of the event. Davin moved to adjourn. Debbie seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:45am.

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Membership Promotion Night

Lost Forty Brewery Tour

Thursday, December 3, 2015

6:00 – 8:00 pm Lost Forty Brewery

501 Byrd St, Little Rock, AR 72202

All are welcome to attend and be sure to bring a prospective member!


Arkansas ASHRAE History Russell Black – Historian

Leadership Recall Interview: Kent Pettit (March 30, 1999, Interviewer: Tim Staley – Arkansas Chapter Historian)

Kent Pettit was president of Arkansas ASHRAE in 1958. Earlier, Kent had worked in conjunction with his father (Ernest

M. Pettit) to start the Arkansas Chapter of ASHRAE (ASHVE) in 1952. Together, Kent and his father represent the foun-

dation of ASHRAE in Arkansas, and both have been elected into the Arkansas ASHRAE Hall of Fame.

(Special Note: 1999 Gold Ribbon Award Interview)

QUESTION #1: Would you give a brief biographical sketch of your life. (Place of birth, family size, early schooling, higher

education, employment background, current family, etc.)

Mr. Pettit was bom in 1925, at St. Vincent Infirmary Hospital when it was located on High Street. Mr. Pettit is an only child of

Mr. Ernest N. Pettit and Rosalee Pettit. Mr. Pettit attended a few years of elementary school at Centennial Elementary in

Little Rock. He completed his lower education in Kansas City. Mr. Pettit obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the Uni-

versity of Texas at Austin. After college, Mr. Pettit helped his father start Pettit and Pettit Consulting Engineers in Little Rock.

Mr. Pettit became a licensed engineer in Texas prior to moving to Little Rock and obtained an Arkansas license through reci-

procity. The consulting engineering firm was started in 1949.

QUESTION #2: Please describe what attracted you to the engineering industry as well as your first job in the engineering

industry.

Mr. Pettit's father and grandfather attracted him to the engineering industry.

QUESTION #3: How and when did you get involved in ASHRAE?

Mr. Pettit's father (Ernest) became a member of ASHRAE while living in Houston. Ernest Pettit, Jim Brown, and others

wanted to form a chapter in Arkansas. Jim Brown was the first president of Arkansas ASHVE before obtaining an official

charter. Ernest Pettit was president of Arkansas ASHRAE when it received its charter in 1952. Kent Pettit was one of the

founding members and assisted the chapter in obtaining its charter.

QUESTION #4: Please describe the Chapter, Regional, and Society positions that you have held.

Mr. Pettit has held numerous positions at the Chapter, Regional, and Society level. These include routing through the com-

mittee chairs and officer positions at a chapter level, Regional Vice Chairman, a number of ASHRAE Society Technical Com-

mittees, and a Director at Large Position in Society. Mr. Pettit is also an ASHRAE Fellow, an Arkansas Chapter Life Member,

a recipient of the Regional Award of Merit, and a recipient of the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award.

QUESTION #5: Can you recall what challenges faced you and others as founding members of Arkansas ASHRAE?

Mr. Pettit stated that the charter was reasonably easy to obtain. He could not recall any specific challenges.

QUESTION #6: How do you think the involvement in Arkansas ASHRAE today compares to the involvement in the 1950's,

1960's, and 1970's?

Initially, engineers and plant managers were very involved in ASHRAE. There was an excitement about ASHRAE in Arkan-

sas when the chapter was first founded. Since this time, it appears that engineers have had less involvement in Arkansas

ASHRAE.

QUESTION #7: As a past Arkansas ASHRAE President, what were some of the major issues facing the HVAC industry at

that time?

Providing quality programs and involving more people in the industry to foster growth of a new chapter.

QUESTION #8: What was the single greatest challenge that faced you during the years you served as an officer for the

Arkansas Chapter?

During his presidency, the Arkansas Chapter hosted a Region VIII CRC. This was by far his biggest challenge.

QUESTION #9: Who were your supporting Chapter Officers?

Howard Lammons - Treasurer, Otis McCallister, Jr. - Secretary, and Allen Bullard - Vice President QUESTION #10: What

people stand out as influences on you?

Mr. Pettit's father, Ernest N. Pettit, has the largest influence on Kent Pettit's life.

QUESTION #11: What advice would you give a young individual starting out in the HVAC industry today?

A young engineer must obtain his or her professional engineering license. This individual must also become involved in

ASHRAE and be willing to serve at all levels.

QUESTION #12: What advice would you give a current or future ASHRAE Chapter Officer?

Be willing to serve. Give something back to an industry that has given so much to you. An individual must serve locally before

serving regionally and nationally.

QUESTION #13: Please describe any humorous and/or significant historical event(s) that you recall from your ASHRAE

experience.

Mr. Pettit recalls that ASHRAE was a very joyful and rewarding part of his professional and personal life. It provided numer-

ous opportunities that he and his family may not have otherwise experienced. He recalls that an interesting part of the in-

volvement with ASHRAE was when Arkansas hosted the CRC during his presidency. The CRC tour that year was a tour of a

Titan missile site. Mr. Pettit unfortunately did not get to attend.

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COMMITTEE CHAIRS

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2015-2016 CHAPTER OFFICERS

Rick Sellers [email protected] Bill Simpson [email protected] Steve McConnell [email protected] Forrest Moseley (CRC Alternate) [email protected] Terry Jacks (CRC Delegate) [email protected]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS


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