Board:      April 5 Map B.O.R.D.: April 8 Region 7:  April 25

2/16 Gen. Mtg. Minutes 3/1 Board Mtg. Minutes Chapter Supporters Blue Card  Continuing Ed. Form Calendar of Events Padres Tickets/SkyShow/Information

I would like to thank Vince Gillette, Vice President and General Manager, Pool Systems, of Laars/Jandy for his generous donation of $500 to further the education of our members. It is our intent to use his additional donation of $500 to assist a member of the Carlsbad chapter who has brain cancer. Vance also provided a copy of the book "The Roaring 2000's" to the members who attended the meeting. Vance will be speaking on a range of topics pertinent to business at the NSPI meeting on 3/14/2000.

Next month the Skimmer will include a profile or "spotlight" of a chapter supporter. The intent is to strengthen the relationship of the individual(s) with the chapter. Stay tuned.

JON

Called to order 7:09 PM

Greeters: Geoff Conradi & Alan Jaquish.

There were 59 members and 8 guests in attendance.

Introduction of Guests

Honorary Member Al Daugherty, Brandon Chase of Sun Chasers, David Courey of PS2000, Michele Howard, Bob Haning & Vance Gillette of Teledyne Laars/Jandy, Richard Brown of the "CHP" and Robert West of TrendsWest.

Guest Speakers

Richard Brown of the California Highway Patrol spoke to us regarding hazardous materials transportation. He passed out excerpts from the Ca. vehicle code and title 13, Ca. code of regulations, charts on segregation and separation of hazardous materials. We discussed shipping papers, loading & securement & vehicle safety equipment. One important handout was Docket HM 200 Materials of Trade Exceptions.  Read this over very carefully.

Vance Gillette gave us a little preview of his March 14th seminar talk.  Everyone was welcome to a copy of the book "Roaring 2000's".

We want to thank Vance again for his generous contribution of $500 ea. to our education fund and emergency fund. Thanks Vance. we really appreciate your support.!

Secretary's Report

Acceptance of January' meeting minutes. Accepted with the following change . Re: Contractors Licenses. "If you contract for over $500.00. you must be licensed".

Treasurer's Report

Marc Stewart gave the Income and Expense Report for February and it was accepted. It is printed in the Skimmer (printed version only) along with the annual report. which makes a year to year budget comparison. PLENTY OF MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN THE EDUCATION FUND. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS!

President's Report

Paul Grimes updated everyone on the various concepts of the web site. The Skimmer should be available online on the web.

Region 7 Board Mtg. minutes will be sent to the chapters.

B.O.R.D. Dinner / Dance will be opened up to all members. instead of just officers.

Vice President's Report

Mike Gregg announced that the March guest speakers will be Tony Ruf - taking all your questions on tile.  Mike Ramey of Blake Sales will also be speaking to us. 

Prospective members Scott & Steven Alix were not present.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Sick Leave

Nelson has returned to work. Blue cards are due tonight.

Joe Dudas is going out. If you can do multiple pools please sign the sheet in the back of the room.

Entertainment

The entertainment committee is working on the summer picnic. which will be held on August 13,2000.

They are also considering a new location for the Christmas dinner / dance.

Get your tickets to the Padre games April 10th and June 16th. See the advertisement in the Skimmer for details.

Blood Drive

• The next Blood Drive will be on February 19.2000.
• Get a gift card for Pete Rienhart.

Show Time 2000 Service Industry News - Check it out.

We have received applications for the Western Pool & Spa Show March 6,7, & 8. CPO course coming up. See Jim if you are interested in CPR classes.

Product testing

Pat Farrior reported on CF-138 D.E. substitute. It was tested for 6 mo. to 1 year on 50 pools. It was found to be user friendly however there are still concerns about the product. See the report in the Skimmer.

Good Of The Order

Tom Gharib pointed out that we need to make sure we have open vac. lock plugs on are pools.

ADJOURN: 9:27 p.m.
 

Called to order at 7:07 PM

Rumble. Gregg, Stewart. Nichol. Hines & Silcox were present.

Secretary Report

Correspondence received: New advertisement for A.O. Smith. File copy of letter regarding disbursement of funds, re: Richard Cummings.

Treasurer's Report

We are in good shape financially. See reports in the Skimmer. There was some discussion on having an internal audit. This will be revisited next month.

President's Report

April 8th B.O.R.D. meeting San Francisco.

Water damage claims are on the rise, please pay close attention to this problem.

Marc sent a thank you letter to Vance Gillette for the donation to the education and and the emergency fund.

John Silcox made a motion to have the chapter donate $100 to the MS Society. It was carried. A pledge card will be passed around at the March meeting. For those of you who cannot attend the MS walk, please pledge your support for this good cause.

Vice Presidents Report

Steven & Scott Alix are quitting the pool business. so we have no prospective members.

Guests speakers for March will be Tony Ruf & Mike Ramey.

Discussed revisions to Article III New Membership Applicants form.
New member packet from IPSSA. IPSSA Policies and Procedures revised February 2000. Every member needs to get one of these.

Received employee application from Bob Miller.

Members: Return all pages of employee application to the vice president, he must sign before sending off copies. Thank you.

Committee Reports

Sick Leave

Nelson Groff has returned. All yellow cards were turned in without incident. 

Three members were fined $50 for not turning in blue cards by February 16th

Entertainment

Padres tickets are available.  Please bring your money to the March 15th meeting and pay for your tickets then or you may miss out.

Blood Drive

The next one is on April 22

Unfinished Business

Chapter supporter follow ups. We discussed the best way to track chapter supporter donations and how to advertise for them in the Skimmer. Further discussion will take place.

New Business 

None

Adjourned 10:13 p.m.

CF-138 is designed as a D.E. substitute. It is currently available at all the major suppliers. Below is listed some of the positive and some of the questionable attributes of the product.

On the Positive Side

1. Less quantity needed, (more truck space available). 1/4 to 1/8 as much product needed as compared to D.E.
2. Biodegradable - basically paper.
3. User friendly- not as toxic as D.E., but never breath a considerable amount of any fine particulate. It may be found to be harmful some time in the future.
4. Fine filtration - 2 microns. Cleaner water may be noticeable after 2 filter cycles.
5. Does not bridge to other grids. reducing usable filtration area.
6. Seems to work better in winter. (Don't we all!)
7. Back washes out of system completely.

On the Down Side

1. More expensive.
2. Product completely separates when water flow is shut off.
3. Shorter back wash cycles - Somewhat temperature dependent.
4. A little algae problem plugs up filter quickly.
5. "Old water" seems to short cycle filter much faster with C.F. than D.E.
6. Possible "mixing" with dirt and debris at the beginning of each cycle, due to complete separation of product from filter grids when filtering cycle is over.