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June is here and with it brings the end of an-other ASPE operating year. This past year brought many interest-ing meetings, events and technical sessions for our members. We had a tremendous turn

out at our annual Product Show, as we headed back to the Sam Houston Race Park. We were able to hold many AYP events in an effort to get our younger members more involved with ASPE as well as several techni-cal workshops throughout the year to further enrich our Chapter members.

As the new operating year begins, I would like to congratulate and wel-come the incoming Houston Chapter Board of Directors (as elected by members in attendance at our May general meeting):

President: David Clark / IA Naman + Associates

VP Technical: Donald Taylor / HOK

VP Legislative: Gwynne Morrison / Morrison Plumbing Design & Drafting,

LLC

VP Membership: Chris Ennis / De-tection Suppression International

Treasurer: Geoffrey Moore / Chum-ley & Associates

Administrative Secretary: Jeremy

June 2017

June 21

Joint meeting ASSE, IAPMO, ASPE

Plumbing Local 68

454 Link Rd

5:30 to 8:00 pm

Meeting notice

Chartered July 10, 1968

President Daniel Leos 

president@aspehouston.com  

VP‐Technical David Clark, PE 

vptechnical@aspehouston.com  

VP‐Legislative Christine Moseley 

vplegislative@aspehouston.com  

VP‐Membership Christopher Ennis, CET 

vpmembership@aspehouston.com  

Treasurer Geoffrey Moore 

treasurer@aspehouston.com  

Administrative Secretary Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD administrativesecre‐

tary@aspehouston.com  

Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Charmchizadeh EIT 

correspondingsecre‐tary@aspehouston.com 

President’s Message: Daniel Leos

Charmchizadeh / HOK

Corresponding Secretary: Jaime Cruz / Wylie & Associates

Thanks to all the members who con-tinually volunteer their time and efforts to the advancement of our Houston Chapter. For those that are inter-ested, we’re always looking for mem-bers to help with planning events, such as our Product Show, or help with tasks like maintaining our website or becoming future Board Members! If you or somebody you know is wanting to get involved with our Chapter please do not hesitate to contact any of the Houston Chapter Board of Di-rectors with inquiries.

Lastly, this month will be our annual joint meeting held at the Local 68 Plumbers Union Hall with ASSE and IAPMO. This year’s meeting will take place on June 21st starting at 5pm. BBQ will be served and there will be an open bar as usual! Cost to attend is $10 (cash only) and will be collected at the door.

After June, ASPE will go on its usual summer break. Please make sure to visit our website for information on all upcoming Houston Chapter events!

Union Hall. The speaker will be the City of Houston Plumbing and Me-chanical Code Enforcement Officials. Dinner will be served and remember to bring cash for the dinner.

Our next ASPE Houston General meeting will be held on September 6th. The Presentation will be on PEX manufacturing processes, installation guidelines and application. The speaker will be Mr. Todd Anglin with Zurn PEX. Lunch for all engineers, designers and City Officials in atten-dance will be sponsored by Zurn PEX and Southwest sales.

The 2017 ASPE National Technical Symposium is fast approaching. This year the event is being held in Mont-real Canada on October 19-22. Reg-istration is now open. Go to http://2017tech.aspe.org/ for more details.

We’re still looking for a November 2017 Lunch speaker. Please remem-ber that ASPE is a great way to ob-tain CEU’s and network with many of the most knowledgeable people in the plumbing industry. If there is a topic you would like discussed please let me know and I will try and set some-thing up. There are openings avail-able to be a presenter at one of our upcoming lunchtime general meet-ings. If you are interested in present-ing at any of these events please contact Donald Taylor your new VP Tech at Donald.taylor@hok.com

It’s been a whirl-wind spring, or should I say soggy spring. Hopefully with the school year behind us and the summer fast approaching all of these extreme

rainstorms will stay away. Now we just have to watch out for the mos-quitos’…

I want to thank Kevin Freeman with Town & Country Plastics for last month’s presentation on Acid Neu-tralization & pH Control of Chemical Waste. I also want to thank T&C Plastics and PMI Sales for sponsor-ing lunch for all Engineers and de-signers in attendance.

I want to thank everyone for all of your help and support these last two years while serving as the ASPE Houston VP Technical Representa-tive. As you know I will now be serv-ing as the Chapter President for the next two years. I appreciate every-one’s confidence in my abilities to lead the chapter. I will try to grow and promote our Houston chapter going forward and continue to offer educational as well as promote the plumbing industry as whole.

Please remember our next meeting will be a joint meeting with ASSE and IAPMO at the Local 68 Plumber’s

VP Technical: David Clark, PE ASPE HOUSTON CHAPTER

COMMITTEE POSITIONS 

Board of Governors Chairman 

Anthony Jaspal, PE, CPD 

ajaspal@dbrinc.com 

Social Director 

Vic Schneider, Jr. 

vicsjr@albertsterling.com 

Affiliate Liaison 

Sean Smith, CPD 

ssmith@cougarsales.com 

2016 Product Show Chairman 

Brandi Rocha 

brocha@park‐usa.com 

Education Committee Chairman 

David Clark 

vptechnical@aspehouston.com 

Construction Industry Council Delegate 

Freddie Landaverde 

vplegislative@aspehouston.com 

Roster and Product Directory Chairman 

Christopher Ennis, CET 

vpmembership@aspehouston.com 

Newsletter Editor 

Curtis Dady 

curtis.dady@viega.us 

Historian 

Christine Moseley, CPD, LEED AP 

vplegislative@aspehouston.com 

NATIONAL POSITIONS HELD BY HOUSTON CHAPTER MEMBERS 

Region 5 Affiliate Liaison 

Dave Cropper 

cropper_dave@yahoo.com 

Chair Legislative Committee, Chair College of Fellows, Region 5 Rep‐resentative Nominating Commit‐

tee 

Cyril Unger, FASPE, CPD 

cyril.unger@att.net 

WELCOME TO OUR NEW ASPE HOUSTON CHAPER PRESIDENT MR. DAVID CLARK, P.E. I know Dave will lead us in a very professional way while having some fun along the way.

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. Com-ing up we have our joint meet-ing with ASSE. A little summer break, throw in a vacation or

so and we’ve got a packed summer. I hope you have a fun and safe summer.

Membership FAQ;

Q-How can an associate of mine join the Houston Chapter?

A-That’s easy! Go to https://aspe.org/Membership , click on On-Line ASPE Mem-bership Application. Completely fill this for out, chose your method of payment and Welcome!!

Q-Will I be notified on my pending member-ship drop?

A- The first notice actually goes out 90 days before your expiration date and the final notice goes out the same month of your ex-piration date.

Q-How can I make sure my membership doesn’t lapse?

A- Sometime after your first notice and be-fore your “Drop” date go to https://aspe.org/RenewMembership , sign in and follow the prompts. It takes about 3 minutes and too easy not to do on line.

I hope this little bit of information is helpful. Re-member to stop me when you see me, call me, or email me with any questions or comments you may have. C.Ennis@FireDSI.com

Please remember if any of your pertinent informa-tion has changed that it is your responsibility to no-tify ASPE National and The Houston Chapter. You’ll want to do this in order to remain on our mail-ing list.

VP Membership: Christopher Ennis, CET

I will be contacting all those who qualify for their ten-ure pin to be presented to them at our next General meeting. If you are a recipient of one of these prestig-ious pins, please be sure and plan on joining us for your dubious recognition.

Membership delinquent list: If you are on this list, or know you haven’t paid your annual dues get ready to receive a phone call from one of the Board members. We don’t want to see you go!!

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Daniel Leos (DL), President, called the Houston

Chapter BOD meeting to order at 11:50 a.m. on

May 11st , 2017 at Pappadeaux’s restaurant at I-

10 and the Beltway. Also present was Donald

Taylor (DT), Jeremy Charmchizadeh (JC), Chris

Ennis (CE), Christine Moseley (CM), Geoffrey

Moore (GM) and Jaime Cruz (JCR). Last month’s

meeting notes were voted on and approved by the

board. DL brought it to the board’s attention that

the Houston chapter is currently at 177 members.

This is down from the last several months and

discussed ideas to increase membership. DL

again discussed requirements and the importance

BOD Meeting Minutes: Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD

of award of merit progress. DL and JC brought it to the

board’s attention that the Revit workshop was full and

successful. CE presented to the board the ASPE mem-

bership drop list and distributed this list to reach out to

those on this list and encourage them to continue their

memberships. DT reminded the board that the 50th an-

niversary and Presidents meeting will be next year and

to continue thinking of event ideas. The board voted

DL to take over the role of the Affiliate Liaison posi-

tion. JC updated the board on ideas for AYP events,

attracting new members and advertising. Meeting was

adjourned at 12:56.