Inside This Issue - the Institute of Power Engineers

Alberta Institute Of Power Engineers
The Publication for Power Engineers of Alberta
Volume 4, Issue 2
Mar / Apr 2003
NOTE CHANGE: Edmonton Branch Meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of each month between September and June. This excludes
planned field trips, June Picnic and the Christmas dinner meeting. The Calgary Branch meetings and tours are held on the 3rd
Wednesday of each month between September and June.
MARCH MEETING:
GUEST SPEAKER:
Presentation on the Construction of the CP Rail Rogers Pass Highway
Mr. Harry Maekelburger, P. Eng., PE
Harry is the Program Coordinator for the Power Engineering Department at SAIT and will
have a slide presentation that was part of a $600,000,000 twinning project in the Rogers Pass
area between Golden and Revelstoke, BC. The project took four years.
LOCATION:
NAIT Room L036, Engineering Technologies Annex (10240-118 Ave)
Edmonton, AB (Meeting Room is on the SE Corner of the building in the basement)
Tuesday, March 18, 2002 @ 6:30PM **Free Parking in L Lot by the Power
DATE / TIME:
Engineering Technologies Building. Coffee & donuts. Everyone is welcome and bring a
friend.
***DO NOT PARK AT A CITY METER AS YOU WILL BE TAGGED!
APR MEETING / TOUR:
LOCATION:
DATE / TIME:
IPEX PVC Plant
4225—92nd Ave (*The parking lot is in the front of the building)
Edmonton, AB
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 @ 6:30 PM
**Approx. 2 hours for the tour
IPEX is a leading supplier of thermoplastic piping systems. All IPEX products are backed by over 50 years of experience. With
state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and distribution centers across North America, the IPEX name is synonymous with quality
and performance. The products include: Municipal pressure and gravity piping systems; Plumbing and mechanical pipe systems;
PVC, CPVC, PP, ABS, PEX and PE pipe and fittings (1/4" to 48"); Electrical systems; Telecommunications and utility piping systems; Irrigation systems; Radiant heating systems. Bring a Friend! ***Safety glasses are required and meet in the reception area.
January Meeting & Tour:
Extreme cold sub-zero weather and an abundance of snow could
not stop the meeting and tour held at the Molson Canada brewery, 10449-121 Street, Edmonton,
AB., on Wednesday, January 22, 2003. members and guests were treated to an evening where we
gathered for the tour of the power house and facility consisting of 2-100 psig B&W boilers,
approx. 1,600T ammonia refrigeration system, the engine room, brewhouse and bottling plant.
Following the tour Molson Canada provided refreshments, snacks and T-shirts to all that attended.
Our special thanks to our Edmonton Branch AIPE members Chief Engineer, Ron Pawliuk, Ernie
Plese, as well as Michelle McNaughton (hostess) for all of the time making the meeting and tour a
success.
Mike Poehlmann, ABSA Manager of Education and Certification outlined the highlights of the
upcoming changes to the Engineers’ Regulations that should be finalized by March 2003. These
highlights are shown on Page 4 & 5.
Winner of the 50/50 draw was John Melnyk who received $50.00. Winners of the beer certificates (donated by AIPE member Ernie Plese, Molson Canada) were Peter Makowsky, and Ray
Kjenner.
Inside This Issue
(Continued on page 2)
Engineers’ Regulations Update
4&5
Impact of Relative Humidity on Air Quality
5
Task Force Meeting Highlights—Sunday, January 19, 2003
7
Annual General Meeting Resolutions for 2003
8&9
Calgary Branch News
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Ed Hnytka was presented with the William G. Childs Award by Lorne
Shewfelt consisting of an engraved 10k gold lapel pin and Award Certificate. Ed was the recipient of this award this past September at the AGM,
in Toronto, ON, and was unable to attend the meeting and tour this past
November where other awards were given out. Congratulations, Ed!
The W. G. Childs Award can be awarded after a Service Crest Award
with seven additional years of outstanding membership. Only one award
can be given per person in their career. This award is administered differently in that there is only one recipient each year in Canada. Nominations must be made by a National Officer, and selection of the successful
nominee is made by a National Committee comprised of past recipients
of this award. The award has only been received three times since its
inception in 1955. It was received by Ray Kjenner in 2001, Frank Kapuscinski, in 1992 and K.R. Nixon in 1982.
At the meeting, Ed volunteered to be the AIPE representative for the Edmonton Association of Technical Societies (EATS). Edmonton Branch
President, Sam Seepersad nominated Ed and the motion seconded by
Ray Kjenner.
Area Director, Lorne Shewfelt was on hand and gave an update on the
Annual General Meeting that will be held at the Ramada Inn, Thursday to
Saturday, September 25-27, 2003, in Edmonton, AB. Everything is proceeding as scheduled and Committee Chairpersons have everything in
perspective.
The February Seminar and Tour, Tuesday, February 18, 2003 was held
at the U of A Heating Plant. Phiroz Abbany, P.Eng and Edmonton
Branch member, Tony Eckert of Spirax Sarco Canada Ltd., gave a
video demonstration with the theme “Improving Plant Performance”
showing the latest developments in steam trap technology that included
demonstrations of the three types of steam straps: thermostatic, thermodynamic and float type. Thank you, Phiroz and Tony for your continued
support to the AIPE. Thank you, U of A Utilities for providing the refreshments, snacks, meeting room, tour operators and continued support.
Following the presentation the members and guests divided into groups
and toured the power plant consisting of: 3-2800 kPag and 2-6300 kPag,
gas and oil fired power boilers, 1-13.3 MW steam turbo-generator and 126 MW condensing turbo-generator with a 100% air-cooled condenser,
3-1.5 MW diesel generators , air compressors and desiccant air dryers,
demineralizer and new polisher plant. There are closed loop chilled water systems and related plant auxiliaries, UCMS network of Fisher Provox process control and UPS systems, etc. The Power Plant upgraded to
the Fisher Provox system. In addition, the U of A is adding another 6300
kPag boiler and stack that is scheduled to go into service later this summer.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
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Tues., April 29 - MHC Advisory Committee meeting
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Sunday, May 4 - Alberta Area meeting in Red Deer.
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1. Revisions to the Engineers' Regulations
- Change of terminology to Power Engineer
- Clarification of roles of Chief Engineer and Shift Engineer
- Chief Engineer not to act as Shift Engineer
- Clarification of supervision for Thermal Liquid Heating Systems
- Change of pass mark to 65% with no averaging
- Clarification of rules for suspension from writing for repeated failures
- References to fees deleted - to be addressed by ministerial order
- The plan is to have revisions completed by the end of this March
2. New Third Class Syllabus and Examinations
- Roy Stock, SOPEEC Examinations Coordinator has completed development of examination question databanks, distributed to jurisdictions for
review at end of December Reference Material from the website at:
http://www.sopeec.org/StudyGuide/Important%20Info.htm
New Third Class Syllabus
- The New Third Class Syllabus has been approved by the Association of
Chief Inspectors (ACI).
- The following Time-table for the implementation of the New Course
and New Examinations was developed by the Interprovincial Power Engineering Curriculum Committee (IPECC) and approved by the Standardization of Power Engineering Examinations Committee (SOPEEC), in June
2002.
Time-table
- The Joint Venture will supply the Colleges with the New Third Class
Course books and CDs on February 1st, 2003. Colleges and Training Providers may start using the New Third Class Course books and CDs from
February 1st, 2003.
- All colleges and training providers will use the New Third Class courseware by September 2003.
Examinations.
- SOPEEC examinations for the New Third Class will be available in all
SOPEEC Jurisdictions from February 1st, 2003.
- Existing Third Class examinations will be offered until Jan. 31st, 2005.
- Following January 31st, 2005 only the New Third Class examinations
will be available.
- No upgrade examinations will be offered.
- Candidates who have not completed the existing Third Class examinations by January 31st, 2005 will be required to continue with the New
Third Class examinations.
3. Expired Certificates of Competency
Reference website material:
http://www.absa.ca/E&Cprogram/PowerEng/Expiredcert.htm
• 3 years, pay the fee
• 3 - 5 years with documentation of relevant work = Pay Fees
• 3 - 5 years without documentation = special exam
• 5 - 10 years with documentation = special exam
• 5 - 10 years without documentation = rewrite up to all papers
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4. Qualifying Experience in a Process (Pressure) Plant
- Regulations provide for recognition of qualifying experiEdmonton Branch Members
ence in " pressure plant in a capacity acceptable to the
administrator."
1. Richard Lasouski Plant Operator
Imperial Oil Resources
- We've been taking a look at applications from pressure
Bonneyville, AB
plants to make sure the applicants are in compliance with
2. Peter Pisz
Plant Operator
Imperial Oil Resources
existing agreements (means somebody has reviewed the job
Bonneyville, AB
and the plant in past and found it acceptable).
3. Paul Hurst
Operations Co-ord.
Nova Chemicals
- Also looking at plants where no agreement exists to make
Joffre, AB
4. Peter Kennedy
Operator
Peers, AB (steam engine) sure work experience is relevant.
5. Charles Coffey
Shift Foreman
Japan Canada Oil Sands - For example: we became aware of an operation where the
job had changed to the point that a person doing mostly
Fort McMurray, AB
warehouseman-type work was expecting that experience to
6. Michael Crothers NAIT Student
3rd Class Power Eng
be accepted as firing time.
7. Dan Olson
Building Operator
West Edmonton Mall
(NAIT Student-Member)
8. Byron Wickenheiser 3rd Class Engineer Lamb Weston, Taber, AB 5. Courses
- ABSA has a 3 - day Pressure Equipment Safety Legisla(MHC Student-Member)
tion (PESL) Seminar. Delivery started last year. The semi9. David Boychuk
Process Operator
Syncrude Canada
nar includes presentations on the Safety Codes Act, CSA
Fort McMurray, AB
10. Patricia Kirtz
NAIT Student
Power Eng. Technology and ASME codes, governing bodies, quality systems, construction, inspections, welding, Owner/User integrity man11. Leon Prusko
Transfer to the BC Branch
agement systems, accident investigations, repairs and al12. Danny Schafer
Re-instated to the Edmonton Branch
terations and other relevant topics.
13. Michael Anderson Transfer from Calgary to Edmonton Branch
- ABSA also have a modified 2-day format of the PESL
14. Brad Jansen
Transfer from Calgary to Edmonton Branch
Seminar available for customer delivery at client facilities.
15. Thorsten Schmidt, MSc. Water Treatment Specialist
- Developing a "Safety Codes Act and Regulations" semiGuardian Chem. Inc.
nar for power engineers. This should be about 4 hours and
16. Laurence Gore
Assist. Shift Eng.
Glenrose Hospital
the intent is to cover things a power engineer "needs to
know".
WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS!
Understanding Relative Humidity
-by Peter Sievers
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air and can be described in different ways, including "relative humidity," which is
the term used most often in weather information. Relative humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air compared with the
amount of vapor it can hold. The humidity level, as indicated in
the table give a clear indication of the benefits derived.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Earth has about 326
million cubic miles of water. This includes all of the water in the
oceans, underground and locked up as ice. Only about 3,100 cubic miles of this water is in the air, mostly as water vapor, but also
as clouds or precipitation, at any one time, they estimate.
Dewpoint: the temperature air would have to be cooled to in order
for saturation to occur. The dewpoint temperature assumes there
is no change in air pressure or moisture content of the air.
Dry bulb temperature: The actual air temperature.
Wet bulb temperature: The lowest temperature that can be obtained by evaporating water into the air at constant pressure. The
name comes from the technique of putting a wet cloth over the
bulb of a mercury thermometer and then blowing air over the cloth
until the water evaporates. Since evaporation takes up heat, the
thermometer will cool to a lower temperature than a thermometer
with a dry bulb at the same time and place. Wet bulb temperatures
can be used along with the dry bulb temperature to calculate dew
point or relative humidity.
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“Think Tank” Meeting
(** now called “Task Force”)
Theme: “Back to the Future - Part 2”
The Edmonton Branch and Calgary Branch Executive met Sunday January 19, 2003 in Room 0120, located at NAIT’s Main Campus in Edmonton for a
full day meeting as follow up to the meeting held at SAIT, Saturday, September 7, 2002.
- Calgary Branch President, Ray Shupac presented Awards to John Melnyk and Lorne Shewfelt from the Calgary Branch (Member of the Year 2002
& Alberta Member of the Year respectively), for their contributions in making their Branch a success.
Review of Previous Action Items
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Tom Arisman has a meeting with Keyano College Steering Committee on March 5, 2003.
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SAIT field trips for students organized with AIPE tours. - Ray Shupac (complete)
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Medicine Hat College Power Engineering Open House - They are seeking AIPE attendance on March 19, 2003, for this event.
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The MHC Advisory Committee is another issue; April 29, 2003. Gerald Borgel may still be available. Harry Maekelburger can also offer
his support. Lorne Shewfelt will follow up.
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Wil Amundson attended the meeting at APECC and was well received. There is a need to follow up with individual colleges regarding our
participation on the Advisory Committees.
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The AIPE is now represented at the SAIT Advisory Committee by Ray Shupac.
- Lorne Shewfelt can provide a link between IPECC and AIPE to build a program evaluation and endorsement standard. Tom Arisman will be on the
committee. We need to have some way to evaluate the courses at each level to approach the standards that we would set.
- Harry Maekelburger will set up an official invitation for the AIPE to attend the SAIT advisory committee.
Suggestion to strike the committee and deal with these issues. Define roles of Committee members.
Peter Sievers - Fourth Class, Ray Shupac - Fifth Class, and Sam Seepersad, Lorne Shewfelt, Tom Arisman will participate.
- Lorne Shewfelt discussed the endorsement issue with the National Board of Directors and it was approved. The Endorsement will cover standardized
material recognized by SOPEEC. Applies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th as approved by SOPEEC.
- Ray Shupac will continue to be our liaison and have ongoing meetings with Mike Poehlmann at ABSA. Mike will make a presentation at the next
Edmonton Branch meeting (January 22, 2002).
- We will still offer to contribute to development of a CTAB Power Engineering Standard.
- SAIT is in the middle of an accreditation process. At present there is a standard being presented for accreditation. The Advisory Committee will have
input on the accreditation standard. The AIPE is invited to take part.
CTHRB standard is being used as a stepping stone for the new standard for CTAB. The Accreditation process is expensive and is seen as having dubious value.
- The National Board of Directors will create an Operations Memo describing our status regarding income tax, charitable number, external audits, etc.
See memo dated December 11, 2003. All the research has been done - thanks to Tom Arisman.
The Future of Steam Lines:
- Calgary Branch has a volunteer for editing - Doug McCauley
New actions - We will need a separate meeting to deal with this issue. Request that John Melnyk set up a meeting at NAIT on Sunday, February 23,
2003 at the U of A Heating Plant.
New Topics:
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The future of Power Engineering education and the AIPE’s role in it.
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Power Engineering Applied Degree
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Separate courses made available for different topics
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Athabasca University credit for Power Engineering certification
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ASET credit for Power Engineering certification
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Discussion deferred until the February 23 meeting.
- Update on potential Lac La Biche / Cold Lake Sub-Branch. We need to change our presentation to reflect the work done by the AIPE and appear as
less of a social club. We consider the chance to produce our own brochure in Alberta. Ray Shupac will work with Bob Clark to produce the brochure.
Ray will develop the text for the school brochure. Start electronically and look at formatting later.
Role and Significance of Student Members.
- Other branches do not pursue student members. Alberta has over half of the total student membership.
We normally keep only 7% of our students. We need to target a higher percentage of students to continue their memberships.
Membership Growth and Unpaid Members.
- Over 50% of new membership in Canada is contributed by Alberta. We are doing well.
Next Steps:
- May 4, 2003 - Area meeting in Red Deer. Breakfast at eight, then meeting at nine (9 a.m.)
- Review action items that have been agreed to.
- We need to investigate the insurance issue regarding NAIT rooms. Rooms are available at “no charge”, however a liability waiver must be signed by
the person requesting the room. Liability Insurance is available from M.B.S. Insurance Brokers for any event for $25.00.
-See Page #8
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RESOLUTION #1 FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE 2003 AGM Of THE AIPE
-Lorne Shewfelt, Alberta Area Director
TITLE: Amendment of the Per Capita Cash Advance Schedule
SUBMITTED BY: Edmonton Branch Nominations Committee, as per instruction from the Branch Executive Committee and general
membership.
BE IT RESOLVED that the per capita schedule for cash advances to Branches be revised to eliminate the amounts currently used for “next 100
members” and “additional members,” so that the schedule will read as follows:
- For first 40 members:
$18.00 / member
- For additional members:
$14.00 /member
RATIONALE:
1. The current per capita schedule, in Operational Memo # FM/2/JUN/02, is counter-productive to Institute growth. This is evident in that large
Branches derive more financial benefit when their recruiting efforts are focused on student membership rather than on regular membership. The
$10.00 dues collected from student members remains with the Branch with a minimum of administrative effort, while the extra effort expended in
recruiting a regular member yields only an additional $1.00 or $2.00.
2. Membership growth can be enhanced by accepting credit cards for dues payments, but the cost of this is currently financially prohibitive for larger
Branches. This is because the credit card merchant’s fee is 4% – 6% of the total dues paid, even though the Branch only receives 12.9% – 16% of the
amount collected, for members in excess of 100.
3. Membership growth can be enhanced by the formation of Sub-Branches, but a larger Branch will currently pay $6.00 or $7.00 for each member
who joins a Sub-Branch, in addition to what is received as a per capita payment. Thus, the loss of money for the parent Branch compounds the loss of
membership, and makes the formation of a Sub-Branch financially prohibitive.
4. The current per capita schedule is biased against particular Branches. It penalizes them for their success in increasing membership. The reduced
amounts that are used for “next 100 members” and “additional members” are currently applied to only one Branch (Edmonton), and yet the national
Institute benefits financially from the Branch’s success.
5. The most fiscally responsible approach for Edmonton Branch under the current per capita schedule would be to refuse to accept any more new
members, which would deprive the national organization of 38.5% of its new membership (based on the results of the 2002 calendar year.)
This resolution will have the following benefits:
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Encouraging recruiting efforts by the larger Branches, which have been most successful at attracting new members.
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Correcting an inequitable distribution of Institute funds. Although the amount of money involved will be significant to the Branches affected, it
will be relatively small for the Institute as a whole. The cost of this resolution is therefore minimal, and will be offset by continued growth in
new membership.
Update from the Edmonton & Calgary Branch Task Force Meeting - February 23, 2003. U of A Heating Plant
1. Obtaining a MasterCard or Visa - The Executive reviewed the cost of obtaining a credit card for accepting new memberships. At this
time it would require 9 new members per month before breaking even. The Executive decided that this was not viable and will not pursue obtaining a credit card.
2. AGM Resolutions - Submissions must be sent to the IPE Head Office in Burlington, ON., before May 31. (See Pages 8 & 9)
3. Meeting Rooms and Liability Insurance - The Edmonton Branch will hold the Executive meetings at the U of A Heating plant and insurance is not necessary. When regular monthly meetings are held there the Branch Treasurer will obtain insurance ($25.00).
4. Embossing AIPE Seal - Award Certificates will have the following color of seals now that we have an embossing seal: Edmonton Branch Red; Calgary Branch - Blue; Alberta Area - Silver; National Office - Gold.
5. Membership Committee Update - The next meeting will be held before the end of May. Details later.
6. Lapel Pins - The Executive is willing to split the cost of lapel pins if they are of a good quality. We will obtain half of the 250 pins if they are
acceptable and sell them at a reasonable cost to our members.
7. Steam Lines - This was the main topic and who will succeed John Melnyk at the end of 2003? Nominations for 2004 Executive are in May.
GUS RETTSCHLAG, PE
Service Sales Representative
10717—181 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1N3
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Office telephone: (780) 484-1141 Fax: (780) 486-0261
Cell: (780) 953-3266
E-mail: [email protected]
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RESOLUTION #2 FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE 2003 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE AIPE
-Contribution by Lorne Shewfelt, Alberta Area Director
TITLE: Amendment of the Criteria for Assessment of President’s Cup Award Marks
SUBMITTED BY: Edmonton Branch Nominations Committee, per instruction from the Branch Executive Committee and general
membership.
BE IT RESOLVED that Operational Memo # CM/3B/DEC/90 be revised to include marks assigned for the following criteria for President’s Cup Award assessments:
• Branch new member growth rate (between 3 and 5 marks, at the discretion of the Board of Directors)
• Proportion of Branch membership for which dues are paid, vs. proportion of unpaid membership (between 3 and 5 marks, at the
discretion of the Board of Directors).
RATIONALE:
• The Institute’s continued success and survival is entirely dependent on continued growth in revenue, and thus in membership.
The President’s Cup provides a tool for recognizing successful Branches, and for providing a benchmark against which success can be
measured, and yet there are no marks awarded during President’s Cup assessments which are relevant to membership growth. Additionally, the Institute’s financial health is dependent on minimizing the number of members who are in arrears in paying their dues, and yet
there are no marks awarded during President’s Cup assessments which are relevant to Branches who have worked to minimize this number. This resolution will serve to modify the criteria for President’s Cup mark awarding in such a way as to make the President’s Cup
more relevant to the current reality of the Institute’s needs.
• The intent of this resolution is to maintain President’s Cup marks at a maximum of 100, but to allocate a portion of the marks to
the two new criteria. The number of marks awarded for these criteria will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Three marks for
each criterion should be considered the minimum, since no existing criterion is allocated less than four marks. Five marks for each criterion should be considered the maximum, since no existing criterion, other than broad categories, is allocated more than five marks.
• New member growth rate and proportion of paid membership have been selected for these criteria rather than absolute numbers
of new members or paid-up members. This is to ensure that the new criteria will not be biased for or against any Branch because of its
size. The attached matrix illustrates this principle, in that, in 2002, Branches’ performance against these criteria have not been dependent
on their actual membership strength.
RESOLUTION #3 FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE 2003 AGM OF THE AIPE
TITLE: Detailed Definition of the Criteria for Assessment of President’s Cup Award Marks
SUBMITTED BY: Edmonton Branch Nominations Committee, as per instruction from the Branch Executive Committee and general membership.
BE IT RESOLVED that Operational Memo # CM/3B/DEC/90 be revised by the Board of Directors to provide detailed explanations for the awarding
of marks for the President’s Cup Award.
RATIONALE:
President’s Cup provides a tool for recognizing successful Branches, and for providing a benchmark against which success can be
measured, but it is not always clear what a Branch must do in order to improve its standing. The existing Operational Memo provides a
starting point, and this has been expanded on in recent years by the issued reports of the National Auditors and National Awards Committee Chairman. Providing more detail about the criteria behind each mark which can be awarded will benefit the Institute, in that
Branches will have more clarity about how successful operation is defined. This will enable Branches to direct their efforts in the directions in which the Institute will benefit the most.
•The
Subject: AIPE 2003 AGM Resolutions
-Contribution by Lorne Shewfelt, Alberta Area Director
Those of you who were at the Think Tank meeting earlier this month will recall that I showed a spreadsheet with some stats regarding
membership growth in 2002, and that I made mention of three resolutions that I was developing for the 2003 AGM. I promised to distribute these in the near future, and so here they are.
The "Membership Growth" shows some interesting information about our performance with regards to membership growth in 2002:
- Calgary is by far the fastest growing Branch in Canada (of 20 total) and Edmonton is second.
- Edmonton is by far the largest Branch in Canada.
- Our two Branches together contributed about 55% of the new members in Canada.
- Looking at the proportion of membership which is paid up, Calgary is #2 in Canada and Edmonton is #4.
I consider these stats to be indicative of two very strong Branches, with top notch leadership and lots of hard work evident. Well done to
all of you!!
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ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERS
216 Ogden Drive SE Calgary, Alberta T2C 1W4
Email: [email protected]
OFFICIAL BRANCH SPONSOR
Calgary Branch Meeting
Date:
Location:
Location:
Topic:
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
SAIT
1301-16 Ave, NW
Calgary, AB
Thomas Riley Building
Room T114 @ 7:00 PM
T.B.A.
Calgary Branch Executive Meeting – Jan. 11, 2003
Review 2002 Budget vs. Actual and Develop 2003 Budget
Discussion: Motion – Accept the 2002 year end financial report as
presented by Treasurer Tom Arisman.
Conclusions: Moved by Gary Snow. Seconded by Henry Englehart.
Action items: Treasurer to prepare 2003 budget and forward for emotion. Tom Arisman. (Jan 22/ 03)
Calgary Branch Meeting - December 14, 2002
Website Status
Our first Annual, Dinner, Dance and Awards Night was very good
and will give us some things to look at next year. Door prizes were
given out and a slide show by Harry Maekelburger was enjoyed
prior to the awards.
Discussion: Motion - Draft a contract for website services with Casey Kok.
Conclusions: Moved by Ray Shupac. Seconded by Tom Arisman.
Secure contract for website services for review by membership.
(Jan 31/ 03)
The National Awards given here are for the year 2001. It is the
custom rather than the procedure guideline to not issue awards to
first time positions and this presented some problems for the Calgary branch. It was only through the help and recommendation of
our area representatives that some of these national awards were
honoured and we are grateful to the Alberta Area Director, Lorne
Shewfelt for his guidance and commitment to the Calgary branch.
NATIONAL AWARDS
Honourable Mention Citations - 2001
Henry Englehart
Tom Arisman
Harry Maekelburger
Peter Collis
Steam Lines
Discussion: Motion - Calgary Branch and AIPE to add Steamlines
to Jan 19 ‘Think Tank’ meeting agenda in Edmonton, AB.
Conclusions: Moved by Gary Snow. Seconded by Dan Iverson.
Steve Munn to contact John Melnyk. (Jan 15/ 03)
Membership
Discussion: Network with other technical society’s, EATS was an
example, brochures for promotion of the AIPE. Standing agenda
item.
Conclusions: Carry forward to the next Executive meeting.
Tour
Past Presidents Scroll & Pin
Klaus Reichert
Discussion: Motion - Recommend tour committee formation to
general membership.
Conclusions: Item to be forwarded to general membership.
Item put on Jan 22/03 General membership meeting agenda. Steve
Munn (Jan. 22/ 03)
Calgary Branch Awards
Committee Chairperson
Calgary Branch – Member of the year 2002
Steve Munn
Discussion: Motion - Committee Chairpersons to submit reports at
Executive meeting and general meeting.
Conclusions: Moved by Gary Snow. Seconded by Ray Shupac.
Contact Committee Chairpersons. Ray Shupac (Jan. 31/ 03)
Calgary Branch – Edmonton Branch Member of the Year 2002
John Melnyk
Calgary Branch – Alberta Member of the Year 2002
Lorne Shewfelt
First Calgary – Branch Banking
Discussion: Motion - Move banking to First Calgary.
Conclusions. Moved by Dan Iverson. Seconded by Gary Snow
Finalize account set-up at First Calgary. Tom Arisman (Q1 2003)