A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Our annual spring golf outing could not have had better weather. The weather brought no rain and just the right amount of breeze. Thank you to those that either participated by playing or sponsoring a hole and a special thank you to Mark Neiheisel for all the effort in putting this together. I understand Mark wants to retire as golf organizer - anyone want to step in and fill his shoes?

Thanks to all of our hole sponsors:

1. Uptime Solutions
2. Solid Blend
3. Applied Mechanical
4. Ramsay-Cohron Mechanical Equipment
5. Johnson Controls/York International
6. ElitAire
7. Heapy
8. Spears Mechanical
9. Controlled Air
10. Starco
11. Waibel

Don't forget the Green Expo on June 26th - ASHRAE is a co-sponsor. This is a great opportunity to pick up PDH points and update your knowledge on "Green" opportunities.

I wanted to take a moment to let all of you know that writing this note is my last action as President of Dayton ASHRAE. Larraine Kapka will be taking over the Presidency from this point forward. I have sincerely enjoyed my term and I appreciate having had the opportunity to work closely with not only the officers but also the various committees. How about giving it a chance? Get involved - you get so much more than you give! Next meeting is July 10th at 8 AM.

Best regards,
Greg Cohron, 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.