A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT

April showers bring May ... more showers?

We got lucky for the golf outing - the clouds parted and the sun came out and a good time was had by all. We also raised a good contribution for ASHRAE Research. Many thanks to Steve Fraley, who did a FANTASTIC job!

Not so lucky for the Dragons, although anyone who stayed got more than their money's worth as the game went to 11 innings before the Dragons went down to defeat.

The Green Expo is just a week away - Earn PDH points at the seminars and visit all of the vendors while you munch on snacks and beverages provided. This is a great, NO COST activity which just gets better every year.

This is my last newsletter as President - I have enjoyed the year and appreciated all of the hard work from the officers, committee chairs and other volunteers who are what makes this a great organization (and a special thanks to Tom Ferdelman for keeping our board meetings wellsupplied with donuts from Bill's).

I hope some of you will come with us to Akron for the Chapters Regional Conference July 31 - August 1. The Chapter will help with expenses - this is a great way to see what other ASHRAE chapters are doing. Contact any board member for more information.

Good luck to Jeremy Fauber as he takes over as President for next year. I hope you will all provide him with the great support you provided to me.

Sincerely,

Larraine A. Kapka, P.E.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

There have been many questions from ASHRAE members regarding Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for renewing Ohio PE license for Engineers. Beginning in 2007, Ohio PE Registration renewal requires 15 CPDs. The PE Registration Board does not pre-approve courses nor does the board pre-approve providers. Each Registrant is responsible for their hours and to make sure that the courses they take meet the requirements and must include technical, ethical or managerial content. Typically 50 Minutes of content would account for one CPD. There are many ways to obtain CPD's just to mention few as outlined by the Ohio PE Board are as follows:

1. Completion of courses offered by a professional of trade organization, university or college, or offered in-house by a corporation, or technical presentations conducted at meetings, conventions conferences sponsored by a corporation, other business entity, professional or technical societies, association agency or other group.
2. Teaching relevant courses (does not apply to full-time faculty, only applies to courses being taught for the first time).
3. Authoring papers.
4. Completion or auditing of college courses.
5. Being an office or committee member (2 CPDs) of an engineering society i.e, ASHRAE. They do not accept self-directed study courses. You must keep your own records (see attached suggested log sheet). I feel that our typical technical ASHRAE meetings would count for credit. However, I suggest you check the BOD's web at http://ohiopeps.org (click on "Renewals > CPD" located just under the heading) for more complete and accurate information.

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