We are now more than half way home and we need to make our final push. Things to look forward to are the spring golf outing. Don't be like me a wait until the last minute start getting your team together now. Also every year we see a rush to get ASHRAE members on ASHRAE Members teams. Lets make a big effort to get non-ASHRAE Members in attendance. It gets more people at the event and is a great marketing time for the organization.

We are continuing to bring value to your membership dollars with this months meeting. Gerry Chapman Esq. is a lawyer that specializes in immigration law. Any trip to a construction site will confirm that this is an issue that we all need to be aware of proposed changes and what we need to do to protect your intrust.

ASHRAE supports Math Counts. On Saturday 2-10-07 ASHRAE members were onsite to grade test for this years Math Counts event. Thanks to all that helped out.

Thanks to Bryan Holcomb we have some of the best meetings of the year yet to come, so mark down the dates and plan to be downtown. Bryan Lampley

Please put March 27th meeting on your calander as we have confirmed that the ASHRAE President will be were for the day and giving are main topic presentation. More details will follow but we need a large turnout.

Bryan Holcomb (CTT & Chapter Programs), Reggie Lee (Refrigeration), and Kevin Bingel (Technical, Energy, and Government Activities-TEGA) make up the North Piedmont Chapter Technology Transfer (CTT) Committee. One function of the CTT Committee is to "coordinate dissemination of technical information in the chapter's geographical area". That means we're planning Programs, seminars, workshops, and tours.

Further your ASHRAE knowledge with the following Insights.........

Stuart Warren Cramer was born on a farm in Thomasville N.C on March 31, 1868. Mr. Crammer came up with his famous phrase in 1906, the same year that Willis Carrier installed the South’s first air conditioning system at the Chronicle Cotton Mills in Belmont N. C. Cramer died in 1940, the holder of 60 patents and the founder of Cramerton, in Gaston County.

Donald W. Patterson, News & Record – July 20, 1997

As always, we strive to have Positive Membership Growth. The key to this is Positive Net Growth is to have everyone renew their membership. In the next month I will be posting a list of the members who are delinquent. Please logon to the ASHRAE website and renew your membership has soon as possible.

If there is anyone you know that might be interested in joining ASHRAE please have them call me. Kevin Heywood 336-292-8777

Thanks to all of the North Piedmont member and corporate sponsors that continue to help the North Piedmont chapter remain one of the top chapters in the world when comparing resource dollars donated per member.

The next research event is the Annual Spring Golf Outing. This will be in May and details will be sent out in March. We are finalizing the location and date. We would like to get our attendance for this back up to the 90-100 golfers that we have had in the past.

I would like to thank all the Platinum Sponsors that have helped us get the year started. Our goal for 2006-2007 year is $26,000. We are well on our way there!

Satellite Broadcast April 19, 2007 at BradyTrane

YEA Leadership Weekend - May 19,20 in Atlanta Georgia

Spring Golf Outing- May, 2007

2006-07 North Piedmont Meeting Schedule

Platinum $1000 and above

• AC Corporation
• Alamance Consulting Engineers
• All Seasons Mechanical Sales
• Benner & Fields
• BradyTrane
• Carrier North Carolina
• Environmental Air Systems
• Hahn-Mason
• Hoffman & Hoffman
• Industrial Air
• Lomax Construction
• James M. Pleasants Co.
• P.A.C.E.
• Superior Mechanical Services
• Thermal Resource Sales
• P.A.C.E.
• Superior Mechanical Services
• Thermal Resource Sales

Gold $500