Iowa History 2023 Archive

HISTORY and CRC REPORT

Chapter #051

ACTIVITIES

HIGHLIGHTS

9 meetings held with 2 more planned before end of the year.
3 DL presentations with 1 more planned before the end of the year.
2 facility tours held.
2 YEA socials with a Disc Golf event planned for June.
1 Golf outing with a 2nd planned for May.
Well attended social hour event at new local brewery
Provided 70 copies of ASHRAE children's book to local school and did a live reading for the kids.

CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Held 3 DL Meetings
- DEI DL Presentation
- Sustainability DL Presentation
- Virtual DL Presentation
7 PDHs provided at Meetings
Ethics PDH provided
4 Chapter Technology Awards submissions to the Regional competition.

MEMBERSHIP AND PROMOTION

3 MP events
Active MP chair contacting lapsed members
Achieved membership growth goal for the year

	2022-23	2021-22
Area-Assigned Members (without students)	314	307
Chapter Dues Paying Members (CDPM)	250	253
New Members to Date (AAM)	7	1
Members Delinquent to Date (AAM)	20	10

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Held two joint meetings with the Iowa State Student Chapter and were able to tour two new facilities on campus.
Awarded 5 x $1,000 scholarships
ASHRAE Children's book reading event - donated 70 books to local school

	2022-23	2021-22
New Student Members	11	15
Student Branches	1	1
Student Meetings	5	7
Students Attending Winter Meeting	0	10

RESEARCH PROMOTION

Currently at 57% of RP Goal - on track with last year
- Additional funds earmarked for RP bring us to 85% of goal
Spring golf event is planned for next week (May 9th) - expect that proceeds from this event will allow us to reach our RP goal!

YEA

89 YEA Members
- + 4 members
- 28% of membership
- Over 50% of BOG and Committee Chairs are YEA members
2 Dedicated YEA Events
- Two social events
Disc golf event planned for June

HISTORY PROJECT

History of Hart-Hammer

The 2022-2023 Iowa Chapter Historian (Tyson Scheidecker) did a history of a company this year. His investigation, interviews and reporting of the history of Hart-Hammer, Inc. is fascinating and inspiring. Click on the graphic to the left for the whole thing.

You can also click here to check it out and all of the other history projects from the Iowa Chapter!