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• March 2014
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Palm Beach
Executive Director: Doris Rohner
(954) 723-0937
Rick Myers
does commercial sales
for
AquaCal
, is a LEED Green Associate
and is a CPO Instructor. He gave a superb
presentation February 11 at Contractors
Business Park, West Palm Beach. The
topics included energy-saving products
available to the pool industry, what they
do to save money, and where the most
savings are available on an average pool.
He also covered the basic concept of
OHMS Law and how to apply it. Everyone
who attended benefited greatly from the
presentation. Thank you,
Rick Myers
, for
a job well done.
Therewill not be amembershipmeeting
in March due to the Chapter’s Marketplace
2014 being held on Wednesday, March
19. The Marketplace 2014 will be held at
Embassy Suites, 1601 Belvedere Rd., West
Palm Beach. Registration for attendees,
both members and non-members, is free
with pre-registration. Online registration
will be available until March 19, the day of
Marketplace 2014. Watch your inbox for
further information or check the Chapter’s
website at
.
Chapter membership meetings
resume onApril 15 at Contractors Business
Park. Please mark you calendar and plan
to attend. The program will be on workers’
compensation and workplace safety.
Registration fliers will be available soon.
Please welcome the Chapter’s four
newest members in 2014:
LB Rowe,Inc.,
Larry Rowe
, West PalmBeach;
Sparkling
Clear Pool Care, Cecil ”Lewis” Fain
,
Lake Mary;
Hill Resources, LLC, John
are also two events coming up. April 12
is Safe Kids Day; location and times to be
determined. May 17 is a Water Safety Fair;
booths and volunteers are needed.
We also have several members
who will be attending Legislative Days in
Tallahassee in March.
Save the date! The Northeast Florida
Chapter’s Annual Golf Tournament will
be held April 25 at The Champions Club
at Julington Creek with a shotgun start at
9:00 a.m. A continental breakfast will kick
off the day and the event will end with a
cookout. Start getting your team together!
Watch your e-mails and faxes with sign-up
sheets. As always, volunteers and sponsors
are needed! Start soliciting donations now
for raffle and silent auction prizes!
Please keep
Debbie Holder,
wife of
Joe Holder, Backyard Design
, in your
thoughts and prayers as she is fighting
cancer.
Your Chapter leaders for 2014:
• President
Mark Turner, Backykard
Designs, Inc.
• Past President
Jim Batts, The
Batts Company.
• Vice President
Rick Schmitz,
Paradise Pool Service, LLC
.
• Treasurer
Kim Quintal, Blue
Haven Pools & Spas
.
• Directors:
Paul Roth, Roll-A-Way
Protective Pool Fence; Susan
Landregan, HornerXpress;
Stephanie Mitchell, Superior
Design Pools & Spas, Inc.;
Clay Long, Pool Corp, LLC;
Brian Curts, Eagle Pools, Inc.;
John Garner, Pools by John
Garner;
and
David Pruette, David
Pruette’s Electrical Services, Inc.
As always, thanks to our members for
your support. We welcome your ideas for
classes and trainings that you would like to
see at the local level. Please contact any
member of the Board to submit your ideas.
CHAPTER NEWS
The Northeast Florida Chapter had a great
turnout for its first Member / Employee
Training.
North Central Chapter.
The Board of Directors has planned
events for the year they feel would be
of interest to you as a member. Please
support your Chapter by attending. If you
have something specific you would like to
see at a meeting, please let us hear from
you.
Northeast Florida
Chapter President: Mark Turner
State office: (866) 930-3772
The Northeast Florida Chapter held the
first Board Meeting of the year on January
23. Thank you to
SCP Distributors
for
hosting the meeting and providing a yummy
BBQ dinner. The tentative calendar was set
for Chapter meetings. The meetings will
be held the third Thursday of the month
for most months. There will be no meeting
in February due to the annual show. The
next meeting will be held March 27. April
is the annual golf tournament, see below
for additional information.
The first Chapter meeting was held
January 30 at the Holiday Inn Town Center.
This was the Chapter’s first Member/
Employee Training. There were over 70
members and employees who attended
the event. All participants received a volt
meter, a gift from Pentair and a certificate
from the Chapter. A big thank you to our
presenters:
Dave Pruette, David Pruette
Electrical Services
, who taught basic
electric troubleshooting;
Rick Myers,
Aquacal,
who taught basic water chemistry
and why we test; and
Tim Sprinkle
and
Scott Condor, Pentair Water Pool & Spa
,
who taught the basics of variable-speed
pumps.
The Chapter presented a $2,000
donation check to the PIPAC committee at
the state Board meeting.
The state office has asked each
Chapter to have a representative on the
new Commercial Council.
Jeff Clarkson,
Florida Bonded Pools
, has graciously
agreed to represent the Northeast Florida
Chapter on this council. Thanks, Jeff!
Thank you to
Beth Starling, Classic
Marcite,
who has volunteered to represent
the Northeast Florida Chapter at the Safe
Kids meetings held each month. There
Rick Myers, AquaCal, and Zane Wright,
The Wright Pool Service, at the Palm Beach
Chapter Meeting.
