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Rochester Chapter
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Rochester ASHRAE website: rochester.ashraechapters.org MAY NEWSLETTER
President's Message
I hope everyones family and
friends are doing well during
these difficult times. All of
us have been impacted by
the COVID-19 virus in one
way or another. ASHRAE
is no different. As a result,
necessary changes have been
made in an effort to maintain
some consistency with our
programs and services we
offer.
The annual golf outing and
picnic has been postponed.
It will be combined with our
fall clam bake with a time
and place to be determined.
Over the years ASHRAE has
benefitted from the generosity
of the local community. Well
now we believe it is time to
give back. The officers and
Committee Chairs have agreed
that 25% of the proceeds
raised for the clambake will be
donated to Foodlink NY (www.
foodlinkny.com). The Corona
virus has put a strain on so
many, especially those less
fortunate than us. Foodlink NY
has partnered with Rochester
City Schools to provide meals
and emergency food boxes to
those in need. More details
on the clambake and how to
donate will follow.

Another change for us will
pertain to our upcoming
meetings. Video seminars will
be offered for the foreseeable
future. Our webinar was
titled “A Different Approach
with Cloud Based Controls, Please continue to check out our website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org for
presented by Mike Hoppe of information on upcoming chapter meetings, current officer list and contact information,
Daikin Applied on April 10 at chapter newsletters, and more! Also take a minute and like us on Facebook at
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11:30. www.facebook.com/#!/ashraerochester.
YEA (Young Engineers in Most importantly, please follow the guidelines placed by the CDC and health officials so we
ASHRAE) also hosted a may get through this as quickly as possible and put all of this behind us. Please be safe
webinar on April 23 at 5pm. and stay healthy.
The topic was Control
Systems & Communication Tom Streber, P.E.
Protocols. 2019-2020 President, Rochester Chapter

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