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October 2007 HESP Newsletter
Volume 22, Number
8, October 2007
Meeting Notes
Meeting Announcement
Next Meeting: Nov. 6 , 2007
Location: Serbian Club
Meeting Sponsors:ControlsLink, Inc.
Speaker:
Bill Nethen
Topic: Electric Arc Flash and Arc Blast Hazards
Business Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER: President, Terry Kocian, called the meeting to order at 6:45 P.M.
Terry introduced our speakers for the evening: The Hite Company -- John Brady;
Square "D" -- Mark Zvonar: Sylvania Lamps -- Ken Grimm; Pass & Seymour -
Christy Goss.
BUSINESS MEETING: President, Terry Kocian called the meeting to order 7:45 P.M.
The attendance for this evening's meeting was as follows: 19 hospital members;
22 associate members; and 10 guests. The actual count was fifty-three (53).
TREASURER'S REPORT: Dick Barker -- Dick read the Treasurer's report. It was
approved as read.
NEW MEMBERS: There was one new applicant for membership tonight -- Julie L.
Halter, Continential Sales and Engineering. HESP welcomes its new member.
GUESTS: We had one guest introduce himself, Hopeton Thompson, Director, of The
Mechling-Shakley Veterans Center, in Cowansville, Pa.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
EDUCATION: Michael Bryer -- No Report.
NEWSLETTER: Ron Lukcic -- Ron expressed our thanks to all of our advertisers. As
usual, Ron is looking for articles of interest and / or humor for the
newsletter. Look for your ad renewal letter to be mailed shortly. Ron also
thanked Harry from Filtech, Inc. and Mark Lantz, Investment Executive, for the
snacks.
CODES AND REGULATIONS: Bill Brooks -- No Report.
ASHE: No Report.
BIOMED: Dan Procupp -- Bob Tobin. No Report.
MEMBERSHIP: Brenda Henwood -- No Report.
HOLIDAY PARTY: Chuck Froetschel -- Chuck said that he is planning for the event
to take place at the American Serbian Club on Friday, December 7, 2007.
Various ideas were given by Chuck. He is open to suggestions and volunteers
for this committee. More info to follow.
SUMMER ACTIVITY: Bruce Saddler -- No Report.
GOLF OUTING: Steve Tarasovic -- Steve's report is located after the Business
Meeting Minutes.
WEB SITE/MARKETING: Alice Hoffmaster (The Write Design) -- No Report.
HOSPITAL ENGINEERS SPECIAL PROJECTS: Mr. Hopeton A. Thompson, Director of The
Mechling-Shakley Veterans Center, in Cowansville, Pa., was our guest speaker.
Hopeton reported on the status of the center and expressed his sincerest and
most appreciative thanks to HESP for its efforts in wanting to sponsor this
special project.
A list of items needed will be published shortly in an upcoming monthly
publication and on our web site.
Hopeton mentioned that he can be contacted directly at the center. His number
is: 724-545-9016.
For additional information on the center, go to the web site: WWW.268CENTER.COM.
OLD BUSINESS: No Report.
NEW BUSINESS: No Report.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Terry adjourned the meeting at
8:11 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Frank Rutledge
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October's Meeting
The Hite Company
HESP extends its thanks to The Hite Company, the synopsis follows:
For those members who couldn't attend, The Hite Co. is a family owned full line
electrical distributor with 8 locations in W. Pa. and headquartered in Altoona.
Although we're new to Pgh. [1st location opened in 2005], we've been in business
since 1949 with a total of 20 locations [18 in Pa.]. While we realize most of
you have existing relationships with other distributors, we welcome the
opportunity to perhaps become an "alternate" supplier.
Please feel free to contact me anytime. Thank you for introducing me to Mr.
Thompson from the Veterans Center -- we plan on donating materials for their new
building.
Best Regards,
John Brady, The HITE Company, Regional Sales Manager
(412) 391-0205 EXT 242
(412) 302-4899 CELL
(412) 391-3463 FAX
johnbrady@hiteco.com
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UNITY ELECTRICAL SALES
CABLOFIL/PASS & SEYMOUR/WIREMOLD
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce our company, Unity Electrical Sales,
to your membership. As the manufacturer's representative for the Legrand North
America companies of Cablofil, Pass & Seymour and Wiremold, we offer an array of
electrical products applicable to the healthcare industry.
Here is a recap of the products we highlighted at your mini-trade show:
CABLOFIL WIRE CABLE TRAY is designed to reduce installation time and cost. It is
available in a wide variety of tray sizes and finishes to meet any application
need from telecommunication systems to power cables.
PASS & SEYMOUR offers a complete line of wiring devices specifically designed
for healthcare facilities, manufactured to the highest standards of safety of
dependability. These innovative products include the LED Nightlight/GFCI combination device, Tamper-resistant receptacles and GFCIs, Plug-tail
Illuminated receptacles and MRI receptacles, to name a few.
WIREMOLD'S FLAMESTOPPER products offer a UL-rated fire-stopping solution for
thru wall or thru floor systems in either new or retrofit applications.
WIREMOLD'S 4000 DESIGNER SERIES RACEWAY has a cleaner, smoother profile and one-
third more wiring capacity than more traditional raceway profiles. This product
offers a perfect blend of functionality and aesthetics, along with an expanded
color palette.
For more information on any of these products, please contact us at 412.322.7172
or visit us on the web at www.unityelectrical.com.
Regards,
Christy Goss
Unity Electrical Sales
Dan Sherwin
Unity Electrical Sales
Ray Stander
EWS/Wiremold/Legrand
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SEE THE WORLD IN A NEW LIGHT SYLVANIA
According to DOE estimates, almost 30% of all power consumption per year is used
for electric lighting. For individual businesses, that percentage can be as high
as 60%. That's why the Federal government is offering tax deductions for
lighting upgrades.
Sylvania energy efficient lamps and electronic ballasts can greatly reduce your
demand for electricity and potentially qualify you for a tax deduction.
Reduce your power consumption by over 40% with a T12 to T8 fluorescent lighting
upgrade resulting in average savings of $24.00 per year for a typical 4 lamp
fixture. You'll get more light, better light, and dramatic energy savings with a
simple lamp & ballast retrofit. No need to replace sockets or fixtures.
If you already have T8 lamps installed, simple switch to Sylvania's 28 watt
OCTRON Supersaver XP lamp and save 12% in energy over standard T8's. Supersaver
XP lamps offer lower energy usage, longer life, & more light than standard T8
lamps while operating in the same fixture.
Sylvania DULUX EL compact fluorescent lamps are long life, energy efficient
alternatives for incandescent lamps in many applications. They can save up to
75% in energy compared to similar lumen output incandescent lamps while lasting
up to 14 times longer.
If you use 400W metal halide lamps, Sylvania's 360W METALARC Super Saver will
save 10% in energy, an average of $16.00 per lamp per year and $80.00 over the
life of each lamp; all this with no ballast change or socket change required.
Simply take one bulb out and put the other bulb in. You will maintain the same
light level and bulb life, but capture immediate energy savings. We also offer
an energy saving 950W replacement lamp for your 1000W Metal Halide fixtures.
Save $20 in energy per year per fixture just by changing the lamp.
How can we help you and your company??
Contact your local SYLVANIA Sales Representative:
Mike Reeves @ 412-897-1042
Or
Ken Grimm @ 412-980-1666
2007 GOLF OUTING RE-CAP
This year's HESP golf outing was held on Thursday, September 13th at the
Lindenwood Golf Club in McMurray, Pa.
The weather was perfect. No hurricanes this year! We had our biggest and best
outing to date with eighty-four (84) attendees. There were no broken windows. No
golf cart accidents. And I'm pretty sure only one tree was seriously injured.
HESP would like to thank the following for their participation in this year's
event.
Hole Sponsors:
Allied Healthcare
Automated Entrance Systems
CJL Engineering
Clayworth Mechanical
Conco Systems
Filtech
Hanco
Industrial Pump & Motor Repair
Limbach
Medpipe
McKamish
Nalco
Ruthrauff -- Sauer
Scalise
Universal Medical
The following companies donated a gift that was used in our prize raffle:
American Serbian Club
of Pittsburgh
Lawson Products
IES
Powerex
Sherwin -- Williams
T. F. Campbell
This year's grand prize was a Tom-Tom GPS navigator. Jeff Grimm, Universal
Medical, was the lucky winner.
Thanks to our sponsors, everyone in attendance won at least one prize at the
raffle.
This year's winning score was 12 under par. The winning team received gift
certificates to Best Buy.
Hope to see you all next year.
Steve Tarasovic
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