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A World of Opportunity H0 Quality 2 MAGAZINE A PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS WATER QUALITY ASSOCIATION SPRING 2014 ISSUE A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY Awaits you at the 41st Annual Texas Water Quality Association Convention & Exhibition • 41st Annual TWQA Convention & Exhibition • Point-Of-Entry Systems by Viqua • Grace Enters RideCare Challenge 361-573-6707 Victoria, Texas 77901 Texas Victoria, 1904 Sam Houston Sam 1904 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN, PERMIT NO. 1425 NO. PERMIT PAID U.S. POSTAGE U.S. PRESORT FIRST CLASS FIRST Simple SolutionS Sell And so does the fresh new look for pure & Gentle’s top-quality household cleaners and personal care products. Customers love it! our formulAS Are Pure & Gentle’s new branding, package design and website were Still Simple & pure: created by Giles-Parscale Inc., • plant-based ingredients a San Antonio design and web-marketing firm. • carbon-neutral manufacturing • dye-free • no chemical preservatives • non-toxic “Giles-Parscale’s work for us • 100% biodegradable • hypo-allergenic was effective immediately – we saw a marked increase in sales as soon as • ultra-concentrated • no volatile organics we released the new packaging.” – John Blount, President, Pure & Gentle theY SAve You Sell Your customers dilute ultra Promote your systems with concentrates with your treated Pure & Gentle’s new product water, creating quality products line, a $7,000 added value for pennies per use. for your customer. 210.224.8378 [email protected] (800) 876-9455 www.pureandgentlesoap.com PGI_GP_full_page.indd 1 4/30/13 9:53 AM H0 Quality 2 MAGAZINE 2013-2014 TWQA Officers President John Blount President-Elect Ryan Lessing Secretary Kurt Denson Treasurer Greg Gayler Immediate Past President Kelly Parks Directors Alan Branson Ron Dobbs TABLE OF CONTENTS Robert Kersey Don McGhee QUALITY FEATURE: Bill McGraw Grace Enters RideCare Challenge ................8 Perry Ratcliff Brian Rose H2O DEPARTMENTS: W. Robert Shelton President’s Message ..........................................4 Tyler Stenseng News from the Board ......................................5 Supplier Representative Billy Slone Mark Your Calendar ........................................6 Executive Director Daina Grace New Math Courses ..........................................7 Legislative Update ...........................................10 The H2O Quality Magazine is a publication of the Texas Water Point-of-Entry Systems ..................................12 Quality Association and is published 4 times per year. Membership News ..........................................18 TWQA Award Nominations .......................20 Editorial and Advertising Offices: Call for Nominations .....................................22 Texas Water Quality Association New Water Filtration Product ....................24 1904 Sam Houston Dr. 2014 TWQA 41st Convention ....................25 Victoria, TX 77901 Email: [email protected] ADVERTISERS INDEX: Website: www.twqa.org Pure & Gentle ...................Inside Front Cover Gunn Fleet ........................................................11 Publisher: 360 Press Solutions Stensing Distributing Inc. ...............................13 2009 Windy Terrace Viqua ..................................................................15 Cedar Park, Texas 78613 US Resin ............................................................17 Email: [email protected] United Salt Corp. ............................................17 Website: www.360PressSolutions.com WaterWorld USA ..........................................19 Nelsen Corporation .......................................23 TWQA Mission Statement United Filters International ..........Back Cover Your Publication Chairman is Kristi Stanford, past The purpose of the Texas Water Quality Association is to assure the individual’s TWQA Treasurer and a third generation Culligan Dealer in San Antonio, Texas. Publications Committee right to enhance the quality of water by providing continuing education and consists of Irma Bishop and Jo Grace, past chairman and Kristi’s mentor. Publication is produced by 360 Press training to our members, government entities, and the general public. Solutions in Cedar Park, Texas, owned by Jason Tuggle. TWQA | Spring 2014 Issue 3 President’s Message By John Blount, TWQA President Fellow TWQA Members: All great organizations are built on the dedication and hard work and tireless efforts of their members. The TWQA is no exception. Our organization is blessed with a tireless, dedicated core of experienced individuals with whom I count myself very fortunate to work alongside. Every one of the TWQA volunteers serving on the Board brings talents and a passion to build upon the past efforts of those who preceded us. Our vision is to build on the wonderful accomplishments of our predecessors. We continue to focus on providing our members with the best resources, networking capabilities, and professional development opportunities that are available in our great state. We have all watched as the TWQA has changed and grown over the years to meet the needs and demands of our profession and our industry. To be sure, change always requires effort. But effective change first requires careful thought to ensure that any effort is applied in the right areas. Accordingly, the Board spent a lot of time considering how best to meet the challenges and opportunities of not only today but tomorrow. To that end, many of you reached out to me and other members of the Board, providing valuable input and perspective on where to take the TWQA, and how to make it better. We are thankful for those of you who took the time and effort to share your thoughts, concerns, and suggestions. After carefully chewing through what you gave us, the TWQA set its priorities for the upcoming year, and is now poised to take the next steps towards becoming an even more effective resource and representative for the water conditioning industry. (More on that later.) One of your suggestions was a total redesign of the TWQA website. I invite you to take a look at your new and improved TWQA website at www.twqa.org. The site includes not only an updated look and feel, but is more interactive. You can also register online for upcoming events such as the convention and exposition July 16th-19th in Fort Worth. This new website exists because of the long hours and talents of both Tyler Stenseng and Roger Grace who were respectively the Web Design Chairman and Web Designer. I hope you will take the time, especially after you have tried the new website, to thank both Tyler and Roger for their fine efforts. Thanks, guys! And thanks to all of you for being part of this great organization. I wish you continued success throughout the coming year. Do great work, have lots of fun and maintain good balance. Go fishing! Sincerely, John B. P. Q. Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sun-dial in the shade? – Benjamin Franklin 4 TWQA | Spring 2014 Issue Setting the entertainment for the convention was the final item on our list. This year we would like to take The TWQA Board of Directors held its second advantage of all that Sundance Square in downtown Fort quarterly meeting of the 2013 – 2014 fiscal year on Friday, Worth has to offer. Following the conclusion of the banquet January 10, 2014, at the Hampton Inn in Buda, Texas. we are looking to offer transportation to Sundance Square in President John Blount called the meeting to order at 10:05 the heart of downtown Fort Worth. Sundance Square offers a.m. Secretary Kurt Denson called roll. Board members in the best shopping, dining and entertainment. We hope to be attendance were: John Blount, Ryan Lessing, Kurt Denson, able to offer attendees a choice of entry tickets to either the Greg Gayler, Kelly Parks, Alan Branson, Ron Dobbs, jazz bar or one of the comedy clubs. We will be contacting Don McGhee, Bill McGraw, Brian Rose, Bob Shelton, bars to try to obtain drink discount tickets as well. This will Tyler Stenseng and Billy Slone. Also in attendance were allow each individual the opportunity to make their own Legislative Committee Chairman Bob Boerner, Publications plans for that evening while still being a part of the group. Chairman Kristi Stanford, Legislative Consultant Marc Transportation to and from the hotel will be offered. Our Rodriguez and Executive Director Daina Grace. A quorum goal is to offer this as a part of the banquet/convention was established. A motion to approve the agenda was package. made and seconded followed by Lessing continued with President Blount reminding everyone discussion of the Friday night in attendance that the meeting was function. Fort Worth is known for operating under the TWQA Anti-Trust its unique Stockyards so we toured guide; a copy of the document was in Billy Bob’s and were very excited each board packet for review. about the experiences it has to offer. There were several guests in We can have a catered meal in one of attendance: Scott and Debbie Shaffer their historic private dining rooms to of Texas Water Savers, Irma Bishop, start the evening. Then the attendees General Manager of Culligan of have many choices for entertainment Austin, Rocky Hoffman of Nelson such as: arcade games, pool, bands, Corporation and Eric Green, partner dancing, live bull riding, and more. and attorney for Pure and Gentle They also have the opportunity to Soap. President Blount thanked go outside the hall and visit some of them for their support and interest in the many shops and bars along Main TWQA. Street. We want to be able to offer Secretary Kurt Denson
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