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1 CONNEX-IT A Message from your Northern Ohio President... NORTHERN OHIO CHAPTER ASSE/ASPE SCHEDULE OF JOINT UPCOMING EVENTS: December 11, 2013 Create Watertight Tiled Shower Systems - Eric Edelmayery Noble Co. - 5:00 PM Harry s Steak House 2014 BSA Training Session Dates: Boy Scouts of America Plumbing Merit Badge Training NOH Chapter - CPI/UA Local 55 Brooklyn Hts, OH - 8:30 AM February 22, 2014 March 22, 2014 April 19, 2014 Visitors Welcome to Attend Joint meetings with ASPE are held at Harry s Steak House, 5654 Brecksville Road (Route 21), in Independence, just north of Rockside Road and I-77. Each Training Session starts with a Product Show at 5:00 PM. NOH Chapter Board Meetings convene at 5:00 PM also, and dinner follows at 6:00 PM. Each Training Session/Joint Meeting and dinner will cost $24.00 per person (subject to change) payable at the door. Attendance at these State Certified Training Sessions will earn you Continuing Education Units (CEU s) for each session attended. The Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE November 23, 2013 Hello to All, This month I was honored to attend, on behalf of Northern Ohio Chapter, the 2013 ASSE Annual Meeting in California. The meetings started Tuesday, November 5th and concluded Saturday, November 9th. If you have never attended the Annual Meeting I highly suggest you attend one. It is a great chance to sit in on the meetings that really make and shape our organization. It also gives all of us a chance to share our thoughts, experiences and issues with trying to provide the principles of Prevention Rather Than Cure. One of the highlights every year for me is the E.J. Zimmer Technical Seminar. This year s speakers covered topics in the Medical Gas field centered on Certifications (Jaime Valdiva/NITC, Scott Lisec/CHT), Legionella in building water systems (Ron George Plumb-Tech), The new PQ Standard about to finish Series Health and Safety of Construction and Maintenance Personnel (Edward Lyczko Product standards Chair), The World Plumbing Council presentation of its history and mission (Rich Proposal ASSE Regional Director/WPC Board Member) and finally a 6010 Medical Gas re-certification Course (Larry Coleman/ASSE Regional Director). The information and discussions presented at these seminars are well worth the trip because it brings the experts, of whatever the plumbing field that is being discussed, to the table. This is why ASSE in my opinion will always be, as it was from the start, at the fore front of protecting the health of the nation and now the world. Lastly, I would like to thank ASSE International and all of my fellow Northern Ohio Chapter Members. The reason for this thank you is that it was my honor to accept two awards presented by ASSE International to the Northern Ohio Chapter this year. Because of all of the hard work and time volunteered by the NOH members this year we received the Dewey Dedrick, Jr. Award for best performance by a Chapter and Best Chapter Newsletter, the Connex-It. Also, the winner of the NOH Chapter s Gerri Tesar Memorial Scholarship was Sean Dolansky, who is currently in his 3rd year at Kent State University. Sean is the grandson of the late Gerri Tesar, a former International Past President of the now defunct Ladies Auxiliary of ASSE. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Jason Shank NOH Chapter ASSE - President The Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE Newsletter NOVEMBER 2013 VOLUME NO ISSUE NO. 11 Prevention Rather than Cure Jason Shank President Of the Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE

2 CONNEX-IT Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE Meeting Minutes November 13th, 2013 PRESIDENT: Mr. Jason Shank Plumbers Local 55/UA 980 Keynote Circle Brooklyn Hts., Ohio (216) FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Dan Sugrue EPS Supply Co Clark Ave. Cleveland, Ohio (216) SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Joe Hallman All-City Backflow Prevention Pease Rd. Cleveland, Ohio (216) THIRD VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Robert D. Tesar FASSE (Editor of Connex-It ) 6973 Carol Drive Independence, Ohio (216) Cell: (440) nohprez44131@aol.com SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mr. Terrill L. Tahsler (Retired- Cleveland Plbg Supply) 5302 Albertly Ave. Parma, Ohio Cell: (440) terryjeri@cox.net BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Kenneth J. Kerr, IPP/FASSE Kerr Marketing Agency Edward J. Lyczko, IPP/FASSE (Retired)Cleveland Clinic Foundation Richard Prospal IPP/FASSE Prospal Consulting Services (Region 6 Director) Patrick Sugrue IPP/FASSE EPS Supply - Retired Immediate Past President Thomas Wanner Cleveland Plumbing Industry Fund Members in Attendance - Bob Tesar, Jason Shank, Terry Tahsler, Dan Sugrue, Pat Sugrue and Ken Kerr Meeting Starting Time: 5:00 P.M. 1 Review/Approval of Minutes of Oct. 9th, 2013 meeting Motion made by Terry and seconded by Dan for approval Motion approved 2. Chapter Financial Statements Current totals Nov. 13th - $3, List of expenses since Oct. 9th, 2013 $ Boy Scout sessions (6) Paid to Local 55 JATC Income since Oct. 9th, $318 Dues Rebate from International Loss of $ ASPE to mail Annual Golf Outing shared Money Receipts to Bob or Terry for the Chapter s treasury. Terry Reported completing the Federal EIN Number for the Chapter. Two benefits of having this are: We can now put ads on the local cable station to promote events of the Chapter free of charge. This could help with the Boy and Cub Scouts. We can file with the State to be Tax Exempt Jason to get the info and paper work to Terry. Newsletter - 1 new ½ page ad for the newsletter awaiting check from Omar-McDowell Co. for PVI ad. Terry is to contact Joe H. about his ad. 3. Reimbursements Motion made by Dan and Terry to repay Local 55 JATC $ for ½ the expenses to send Jason to the ASSE Annual Meeting Motion Approved. 4. Committee Reports Pat reported for the Scholarship Committee 8 awarded this year for about $25, total. There could have been more but lacked applicant s responses before the deadline. Pat also asked if anyone had any ideas for the Legionella fund, or if we knew of anyone working on anything related. Jason suggested Ron George s name since he spoke at the E.J. Zimmer this year on Legionella. The Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE Newsletter NOVEMBER 2013 VOLUME NO ISSUE NO. 11 Prevention Rather than Cure

3 Meeting Minutes from NOH Chapter Board Meeting November 13, Old Business Plumbing Merit Badge 6. New Business Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE Meeting Minutes November 13th, 2013 Continued - Page 2 3 new dates for 2014 winter/spring - All Saturdays are as follows: Feb. 22nd March 22nd April 19th Jason to get the info out and start signing Troops up. Many have already made contact. Discussed the cancellation of the Cub Scout Program in Oct. Terry volunteered to go to the Packs and Dens and personally invite/promote the program. Terry Said Moen would be interested in helping also. Invite Girl Scouts also for the Cub Scout training program. Decided to try it one more time Sat March 15th Jason to update the info and get Packs and Dens info to Terry. ASSE/CPI/Local 55 Apprenticeship Contest Agreed to do again this year same as last year. Jason to get some dates together. Reviewed the thank you card from Rand Ackroyd s wife thanked us for the donation to Rand s challenged son s trust fund, in memory of Rand passing. Terry reviewed with us and handed out some info on the new Hot Water Tank Federal regulations coming April 16th, Reviewed and discussed the report submitted by Jason about the ASSE Annual Meeting last week. (See report on page 4.) Meeting Adjourned at 6:00 P.M. Terry motioned the issue and Bob seconded it. Meeting Facilities utilized by the NOH Chapter of ASSE Board of Directors courtesy of Jason Shank, Training Director - UA Plumbers Local 55 JATC - Keynote Circle - Brookllyn Hts., OH

4 Report of ASSE International Annual Meeting November 5th - 9th, 2013 Report on the ASSE Annual Meeting 2013 By Jason Shank Code Committee 8:00 A.M. Jason a Member of Committee 1. Reviewed past code hearing no major issues that we addressed with amendments to proposed code changes - IRC, UPC and NSP. 2. Next meeting to cover upcoming Code proposals for 2015 codes. 3. Long discussions on what the code committee is charged to do by the ASSE Board of Directors. Committee does not propose code changes but only comments/proposes amendments on proposed code changes by other people or organizations. 4. UPC update The ASSE standards not listed inside the body of the code have until the 2018 revision to be included into the body of the code not the 2015 as reported before. Seal Control Board 1:00 P.M. Jason Attended 1. Reported that an Engineer should be hired for ASSE International by years end. This should help with the process of getting correct info out to the board members. 2. Discussed at length the listing of valves on the ASSE website. What is this list and why it is on the website. Referred to the Standards Committee meeting. 3. Changed the invoicing to monthly. 4. Proposed to the ASSE Board that Finley be the chair again and Ron George be the vice chair. Cross-Connection Control Technical Committee 8:00 A.M. Jason Attended 1. Reviewed info on the proctor check list. Getting close to being done. 2. Reports on areas that the program is moving into. 3. Executive session for review of testing questions. 4. Reviewed numbers of certification over the past 12 months. Manufacturers Forum 10:00 Jason Tried to attend 1. I was told that only Manufacturers, Agents of Manufacturers and ASSE Board Members were allowed to attend this meeting. The reason given to me was that they did not wish to have ASSE business rivals to be able to attend the meeting. Products Standard Committee 1:00 P.M. Jason Attended 1. Reports by other committees reported to committee.

5 Report of ASSE International Annual Meeting November 5th - 9th, 2013 PAGE 2 -Continued 2. ASSE /ASPEJoint Dictionaries almost ready deciding on what type(s) of formats to publish in and determine if there will be a charge. 3. Standards update Long discussions on re-affirming some standards vs re-opening them. Some past due already. There were many issues with the new lead law coming into effect January Voted to start working on many standards. 4. Reported on Harmonization of Standards Still working on it. 5. Proposal to the Board to remove the valve listing on the ASSE website. 6. Presentation by IAMPO s Lobby staff saying that they are now tracking Federal and State legislations that ASSE should be a part of. Requesting to the Board that a Legislation Committee of ASSE be set up to help their efforts. Professional Qualification Standards Committee Agenda 8:00 A.M. Jason Attended 1. See attached list for updates on the current and drafting PQ Standards Fire Stopping PQ Standards voted to tell working group to finish up the project. It seems to be that some members of the working group maybe holding up the project. This has been going on for 3 yrs Ed reported on this. This sounds very good for the industry. 4. Same Lobby presentation Rich talked before they did. Al Cohen Chapter Presidents Liaison 10:00 A.M. Jason took Part 1. Jason reported on the Chapter actives and membership the good and bad. 2. Most of the chapters all meet with some other group. We are all about 1/3 of the total monthly meeting. Most don t have monthly chapter meeting maybe 1 or 2 a year. 3. Funding a chapter seems to be through dues, training, golf outings and trade shows. Motion to the Board again to raise the money coming back from dues. Russ from IAMPO spoke to us about this issue and stated that if a chapter needs some help to promote ASSE that they should make such requests to the board. The Board feels that instead of giving money back to inactive chapters it would be better to help the more involved chapters by approving money on a case by case base. a. Maybe we should ask for some money for the Boy Scout Merit Badge sessions? b. Also I wish to ask for a complete set of ASSE Standards in Book form with stands to promote at places we go and at chapter meetings. 4. Selected proposed places for Annual meeting is Oklahoma City. Board of Directors Meeting P.M. Jason Attended 1. All committees reported and approved by the Board. 2. Lobbyists presented again. No action taken by Board as of the closing of this meeting. Some talk of the makeup of this new proposed committee.

6 Report of ASSE International Annual Meeting November 5th - 9th, 2013 PAGE 3 -Continued 3. I talked to 1 of the Lobbyists about what the training programs such as Local 55 does and what apprenticeships are and entail, such as amount of time and partnerships with colleges. ASSE International Business Session #1 3:00 P.M. Jason Attended 1. NOH Chapter has 1 new 25 yr member Tom Wanner and 1 new 35 yr member Terrill Bardwell 2. Voting on Proposed By laws: a. Revision #1 and 2 were removed by the proponent Approved b. #3 Passed by all c. #4 Passed by all d. #5 Passed e. #6 - Passed by all with amendment Took out Chapter. f. #7 - Passed with amendment Took out section about no more than 12 yrs per life time. g. #8 Passed with amendment h. #9 Passed by all i. #10 Passed by all 3. Nominations Due to the newly approved by law changes, the following are who were nominated: a. President Steve Silber b. VP Doug Marian c. Region 1 Director Jamie Valdivia d. Region 2 Director John Parizak e. Region 7 Director Bill Hall and Joe Felugio Joe removed his name from consideration f. Manufacturer Representative John Higdon ASSE International Business Session #2 8:00 A.M. Jason Attended 1. Reports from all 2. No new nominations Elected as stated above - Item 3. E.J. Zimmer Technical Seminar 10:00 to 3:00 Jason Attended 1. NITC Jamie Valdiva Gave a history of NITC. What they are offering exams for. The cost of making these exams. The importance of 3rd part testing with ASSE PQ Standards. 2. CHT Scott Lisec Talked about the importance of the ASSE PQ Standard 6000 and how we need to promote this. Seemed to be pushing for ASSE to start approving training companies as ASSE approved training agencies. He stated that 6040 and 6005 maybe become part of the NFPA code in 2015.

7 Report of ASSE International Annual Meeting November 5th - 9th, 2013 PAGE 4 -Continued 3. Plumb-Tech Ron George Large Presentation of Legionella and ASHRAE Product Stands Chair Ed Lyczko Gave a report on the working group PQ Standard Health and Safety of Construction and Maintenance Personnel. Covering some OSHA laws and much more. Sections for employers and employees. He used Local 55 plumbers and contractors as examples. 5. World Plumbing Council Rich Prospal Gave a report of the mission, purpose and history of WPC. 6. Larry Coleman - Region 8 Director conducted a Medical Gas 6010 re-certification course. ASSE Annual Awards Banquet 6:00 P.M. Jason Attended 1. NOH Chapter Awards Best Chapter Newsletter ( the Connex-It), and the 2013 Dewey R. Dedrick Award for Best Performance by a Chapter 2. NOH Gerri Tesar Memorial Scholarship awarded to Sean Dolansky, attending Kent State University. Board of Directors #2 8:00 Did not attend 1. Due to the meeting being closed to membership after 9:00 A.M. I did not attend but instead traveled home.

8 Results of Joint ASSE/ASPE Training Session on NFPA Changes/Impact on the Code Presented on November 13th, 2013 On November 13, 2013 Scott Lisec, CEO - CHT - Compliant Healthcare Technologies, shown above, presented a very comprehensive summarized Power Point presentation concerning the recent changes in NFPA , which changed from a Standard to a Code. It was intended to be new Standard but wound up being a law rather than a reference. One of the key sections AHJ addresses Governing Body or Designee area for Patient Care. Classifications: 1. Critical Care Rooms 2. General Care Rooms 3. Basic Care Rooms 4. Support Rooms Anesthesia - Governing Body or Designee Designate: 1. Deep Anesthesia/Analgesia 2. General Anesthesia 3. Minimal Anesthesia 4. Moderate Sedation (Conscious Sedation) He covered Chapter 4 Fundamentals: Category 1. Facility Systems in which failure of equipment or systems likely to cause major injury or death to the patient or Caregivers shall be designated to meet System Category 1 Requirements as defined in this code. Other key topics of the new code discussed were: Temperature Exposure for Gas Storage Alarm Wiring Outdoor Storage Enclosures-Cylinders NFPA (C) (3) Manifold Room -Electric Devices Master Alarm Wiring Med Gas Storage Room Ventilation Med Gas Installations Scott was assisted by Jason DiMarco, Chief Operating Officer and Jason Affolter, Account Manager with this very timely and informative presentation which is available in its full presentation at the NOH ASSE web site listed below. Check out the NOH Website at Additional details and Training aids are available at the site.

9 Upcoming Events at the Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE and ASPE Schedule of Upcoming Events December 11, Create Watertight Shower Systems - Eric Edelmayery Noble Co Boy Scouts of America - BSA Plumbing Merit Badge Training Sessions will be conducted by UA Plumbers Local 55 - CPI -Cleveland Plumbing Industry - ASSE NOH Chapter at the JATC Training Facility -Keystone Circle - Brooklyn Hts., Ohio - 8:30 AM on the following dates: February 22, 2014 March 22, 2014 April 19, 2014 Contact Jason Shank at UA Local 55 JATC.- jshank@plumbers 55.com for further information regarding the above listed dates. Join in with us and Have Some Fun! Check out the NOH Website at Additional details and Training aids are available at the site.

10 Advertisers and Sponsors of the Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE Kathleen D. Heidt Sam Heidt Dan Sugrue Industrial & Commercial Plumbing & Heating Supplies Tools & Parts 6605 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH FAX Notice! Memberships Available - Please Read Carefully: The Northern Ohio Chapter of ASSE is seeking new candidates for membership in the Chapter. If interested, please request an application from any member of the Chapter. Qualifications are as follow: 1.) Candidate must be a qualified member of some phase of the Plumbing Industry (Plumber-Contractor-Inspector-Plumbing Design Engineer-Manufacturer- Journeyman- Apprentice-Manufacturer s Representative) or any other interested parties who believe in our motto Prevention Rather Than Cure 2.) Must be willing to actively participate in Chapter functions, organizational duties, and assignments given them by the Chapter or International ASSE. 3.) Must be willing to give freely of their talents to promote the American Society of Sanitary Engineering and its principles. Applications are available below or from any Officer listed in the Directory within this Connex-It Newsletter. You may contact the International Office of ASSE Hickory Creek Dr. Suite 220, Mokena, IL or to:

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