October 2004 Newsletter

	Meeting Notes
	Meeting Sponsor Synopsis
	Upcoming Events
	Advertising

Volume 19, Number 8, October 2004

Meeting Notes

Meeting Announcement

Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Location: American Serbian Club on the South Side
Meeting Sponsors: Total Equipment Company

Agenda

Business Meeting Minutes

Call to Order: President Ray Franks called the meeting to order at 6:45 P.M. Ray introduced our sponsor for the evening, Beckwith Power Systems. Chris Pflugh introduced Ray Marfell who talked about generator controls and alarm and data interfaces to PCs and via the Internet, available from PointGuard, a Caterpillar Affiliate.

Business Meeting: Ray Franks called the business meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. The minutes for the September 2004 meeting were approved as printed. The attendance for this evening's meeting was as follows: 19 hospital members, 30 associate members and 9 guests. The actual count was 69. The 50/50 Raffle was drawn. Roy Brunner won $60.

Treasurer's Report: Dick Barker read the treasurer's report. It was approved as read. Dick mentioned there are still a few ad payments outstanding and anyone still owing please settle up.

New Members: There were Three candidates who applied for membership tonight: Patrick J. McConville and Bob Litonenko; UPMC Braddock and Carol A. Lang, Filtech. HESP welcomes its new members.

Guests: We had five guests introduce themselves tonight: Richard Downey and Gene Ciafrel from GMP, Eric Martin from UPMC Braddock, Bob English from Pittsburgh Air Systems and Lee Wetzel from Nalco.

Committee Reports

Education: Michael Bryer — Mike announced that due to the recent hurricane and flooding, this year's educational program for Stationary Engineers has been rescheduled. Classes will be held on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 and again on Wednesday November 10, 2004. Participants will have a choice of days and will not have to attend both. The program will be held at Duquesne University's Fisher Hall Conference Center, starting at 7:30 AM. Parking, lunch and materials will be included in the registration cost. This year's topics are: Fire Pump Operation and Maintenance, and Air Filtration presented by Filtech. The cost and further registration information will be available soon. [See Education.]

Newsletter: Ron Lukcic — Ron thanked our advertisers, both old and new, and asked that we support the "green pages." Ron also mentioned that he is soliciting ads for next year on a first-come first-served basis and that the rates will be the same as this year's rates. Also, we will be accepting web links from our site to yours for a yearly fee of $100. Ron, also, thanked Walt and Marion, our "spirits dispensers," and our caterers.

Codes and Regulations: Bill Brooks — No report.

ASHE: No report.

Biomedical: Dan Procupp — No report.

Christmas In April: Chuck Froetschel & Linda Cardello Walker — No report.

Golf Outing: Steve Tarasovic — Steve reminded us that this year's golf outing was held on Thursday, September 16th at the Lindenwood Golf Club in Peters Township. Steve said that we had 71 golfers and all had a good time. Steve thanked all golfers, vendors and hole sponsors.

Membership: Brenda Henwood — no report.

Holiday Party: Chuck Froetschel — This year's holiday party will be on Friday, December 10 at the American Serbian Club, downstairs. We will have our regular caterers and "spirits dispensers," Walt and Marion. The theme will be a Monte Carlo night with games of chance, slots, poker, roulette and a crap table. No money will be involved; we will be using tickets handed out at the door. More information to follow. [Check our Events page for the latest information.]

Picnic: Bruce Saddler — No report.

Old Business: Elections for HESP's 1005 officers will be made at next month's meeting. The nominees will be Dick Barker for Treasurer and Frank Rutledge for Secretary. We are looking for someone to fill the position of President-Elect.

New Business: Roy said that we are looking for a sponsor for December and January's meetings. Anyone interested or knowing anyone interested, please contact Roy or any officer on the back of the newsletter.

Adjournment: There being no further business, Ray adjourned the meeting at 8:05 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,
Frank Rutledge.

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October's Meeting Sponsor

HESP extends its thanks and appreciation to: Beckwith Power Systems. The following synopses were submitted.

The presentation covered PointGuard which is an on-site monitoring and data management service offered exclusively through Beckwith and the Caterpillar dealer organization. The PointGuard solution, which was officially launched through North America Cat dealers earlier this year has been effectively utilized in hundreds of applications involving on-site assets including gen-sets, switchgear and UPS systems in everything from Standby to Cogeneration applications. The system can offer data through the PointGuard WebCenter of be a compliment of existing BMS & SCADA systems. Users appreciate the peace of mind that comes from the constant monitoring of key asset parameters, the ability to easily access the on-site asset information collected and such value-added services as fuel dispatch, alarm response and report generation.

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Calendar of Events for Upcoming Sponsors

December: To be announced
Topic: To be announced

January: To be announced

If you would like to be a meeting sponsor in 2005, please contact Roy Brunner.

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ATTENTION ADVERTISERS
FULL COLOR ADS NOW AVAILABLE

For further information or to place an AD contact:
Ron Lukcic, Publication Editor
208 Karen Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Phone: 412-821-1496 Cell: 412-389-7000 FAX: 412-821-3937

For Just $100 A Year

HESP can provide a link To your web site From HESP’S web site:
www.hospital-engineers.org

For more information, contact:
Richard W. Barker, Treasurer, at:
412-487-1611