Meeting Minutes

Jeff McCoy		Matt Austin	ü
Pattie Krippendorf		Jeff Francis
Pat Folz	ü	Sergio Zamora	ü
Perry Salvadovini	ü	Bill Kushner	ü
Randy Boettcher	ü	Dave Anderson	ü

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Ø Ø 4:30pm meeting called to order.

Ø Ø Meeting Minutes

· By Pat Folz - September meeting minutes were submitted and approved

Ø Ø Treasurer’s report

· By Perry Salvadorini – was submitted and approved

Ø Ø Action Items Reviewed:

Ø CRC funds – Bill Kushner recommended the following for the $9300 balance in the CRC account:

· $1,000 Ashrae research

· $3,000 Scholarship fund

· $5,300 General fund ($2,000 to be used to pay for the Social night for CRC volunteers and their spouses)

It was agreed to table the discussion on the General fund usage until next meeting.

Ø Vendor tables - The following were recommendations for vendor tables:

· Ferguson/Thrall

· Columbia Pipe

· Gustav Larson

· Johnstone Supply

· Steiner Electric

It was agreed that the vendor be given approx. 5 minutes to speak at the meeting

Ø Possible tours – The following were recommended for bus tours:

· Atlas Cold Storage – Belvidere

· Alliance Energy – Madison (“Green building”)

· McHenry County Auxillary Building

· Northwest Community Hospital

Ø Ø Membership:

· Sergio Zamora is a member of LaVos Latina (community outreach program) he suggested bringing students in to get involved in Ashrae and promote new membership

Ø Ø New Business

· Ashrae offers speakers that the Chapter can hire to do presentations for their monthly Chapter meetings. It was reviewed by the BOG and voted down due to the expense.

Ø Ø Action Items

To be reviewed at next month’s meeting:

1. Social night – Recommendations included having a Casino Night, going to a Casino, a play at the Fireside, the Odyssey at Chicago’s Navy Pier for a boat ride and dinner (if Social night is moved to June)

2. Choose a vendor for a vendor table

3. Agree on one of the tours for a meeting

Ø Ø Meeting adjourned at 5:28pm. Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 9^th – Details to follow.