March 2020

President's Message

Welcome spring and daylight savings time!

We had another great meeting at Louie’s Basque restaurant in downtown in February and celebrated our Past Presidents with 8 past presidents in attendance. Thank you all for your service.

Douglas Morrin, Past President was the earliest past president in attendance. Douglas told us about his career and retirement activities. I presented immediate past president Dianne Mitchell with her past president pin. Thank you Diane for a great year!

Jeff Solberg with Flowtherm Systems was our featured speaker who discussed Domestic Booster Applications. Although the presentation was difficult to see Dave has added it to the NN ASHRAE website at: https://nonevashrae.org/pastpresentations so you may review it again. The room was small but the food was great!

This month we will be meeting on March 19^th at noon at the Atlantis. Rick Kabele, a member of NN ASHRAE, will be our speaker updating us on the latest building codes. We hope to see you all there as we will be announcing the 2 scholarship winners for 2020. Bring a colleague to share ASHRAE!

Remember April 11^th is our annual Clay Shoot which is always a popular event. This year is the 17^th annual shoot and will be held at Carson Valley Clays in Gardnerville. Your participation and sponsorship is very much appreciated and allows us to support local technical students with scholarships.  

See you on the 19^th!

Adrienne

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President Elect Report

President Elect / Programs Chair - Alec Lyons

This meeting will be held at the Atlantis

Networking 11:30, Lunch at Noon  
Atlantis Casino Resort
3800 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502 

Advanced registration $30, week of event $35, day of or at the door $40, student registration is $15.

Rick Kabele, Deputy Administrator and Building Official for Nevada Public Works Division (SPWD).

Bio

Rick Kabele is the current Building Official for the State of Nevada where he administers code development and enforcement through offices in Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas. He has been focused on assistance to the architectural and engineering design community and facilities management professionals throughout Nevada for over twenty-five years. Rick’s focus at the State of Nevada is to move the Public Works Division into the 21^st century, while at the same time growing the inspection staff both in numbers and in professional qualifications.

Rick has over forty years of broad experience that includes work as a licensed contractor, a Fire Officer, Manager of Emergency Services, and a building Fire Protection Specialist for jurisdictions in both California and Nevada. Prior to accepting his position with the State of Nevada, Rick served as the Building Official for a municipal jurisdiction, managed building inspection services for the Clark County Building Department, and had previously worked for the Community Development Department in Reno, Nevada, where he was responsible for fire and life safety code compliance.

Rick is an active member of both the International Code Council where he has served as vice-president of the Northern Nevada Chapter of I.C.C. and is certified as both a Building Official and Fire Marshal. He continues to participate in the code development process with the International Code Council. Further, he has represented a national organization of building product manufacturers as a consultant to the International Code Council with memberships on the Building Code Action Committee, IBC Means of Egress, and IBC Fire Safety committees.

Rick is also a Member of the National Fire Protection Association where he is certified as a Fire Protection Specialist and has served on the NFPA technical committees for NFPA 3 and NFPA 720. He was an original proponent and supporting author of NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing.

He has both Associate and Bachelor of Science degrees in Fire Sciences and Public Administration.

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Treasurer's Report

TREASURER: John Bigda

As of March 3rd, 2020, the chapter account balance is (deleted by editor - we are solvent). 

John

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Historian's Report

Historian: Dean Borges

Hi Everyone,

Northern Nevada Chapter held its fifth Chapter meeting on February 20, 2020 at Louis’ Basque Corner for a dinner meeting. President Thomle welcomed all to this meeting of Past Presidents (8 in number), had self-introductions, had a pledge of allegiance, updated Chapter events and introduced Douglas M. Morrin, Past President, who reported about his career and retirement activities. Dianne Mitchell was presented a Diamond Past Presidents pin. The main program was Jeff Solberg with Flowtherm Systems and discussed Domestic Booster Applications.”

Everyone enjoyed the question and answer period.   

Best regards,

Dean S. Borges, Historian, 2019-20          

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Calendar of Events

17th Annual Sporting Clays Event

Saturday April 11^th, 2020 –Registration at 9:00 a.m., Shoot at 10:00 a.m.

At

Carson Valley Clays

61 China Springs Rd.

Gardnerville, NV

Entry  Fee: $110.00 per shooter, $550.00 per team

The fee includes:

• Sporting Clays, Lunch, Ammunition for all participants.
• Prizes awarded in 4 classes (A thru D, Lewis Scoring) plus individual categories (High Team, High Gun, High Lady, and High Student).

All Participants and Guests are eligible to participate in a raffle with great prizes. Raffle Tickets will be on sale at the shoot: $5.00 for 1 ticket, or $20.00 for 5 tickets.

See attached flyer, if you have any questions, contact Matt Brennan at (775) 745-8555 or [email protected]. 

Sporting Clays Shoot

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Government Activities Chair Report

GAC Chair - Dave Wyllie

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