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MINUTES Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting Saturday, January 23, 2016 Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Pkwy . M I N U T E S Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting Saturday, January 23, 2016 Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32819 Approved by the Grassroots Government Activities Committee on May 19, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting January 23, 2016 CALL TO ORDER, WELCOME AND ROLL CALL ............................................................. 2 REVIEW OF AGENDA ............................................................................................................... 2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 30, 2015 CONFERENCE CALL .............. 2 REVIEW OF MBOS AND PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES .................................................. 2 SUBCOMMITTEE AND MBO AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS ................................... 2 GGAC Executive Subcommittee and MBO # 7 Ad Hoc Committee .................................... 2 Active Outreach Subcommittee and MBO # 3 ....................................................................... 2 Responsive Engagement Subcommittee and MBO # 5 .......................................................... 3 MBO # 1 Ad Hoc Committee ................................................................................................... 3 MBO # 2 Ad Hoc Committee ................................................................................................... 3 MBO # 4 Ad Hoc Committee ................................................................................................... 3 MBO # 6 Ad Hoc Committee ................................................................................................... 3 REPORTS FROM REGIONAL VICE CHAIRS ...................................................................... 4 COMMUNICATIONS REPORT ................................................................................................ 5 REPORT ON 21ST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES (COP21/2015 PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE) .......................................................................................... 5 GGAC PAOE POINTS FOR SOCIETY YEAR 2016-17 ......................................................... 6 NEXT COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL.......................................................................... 7 ADJOURN ..................................................................................................................................... 7 MINUTES GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY COMMITTEE Saturday, January 23, 2016 Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32819 Saturday, January 24, 2015 – 8:00 am-12:30 pm MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Bahnfleth, Chair Tom Phoenix Rob Craddock Erich Binder Bill McQuade Dave Conover Steve Kennedy Cesar Lim Ross Montgomery Jim Wolf Rich Vehlow Ron Gagnon Mike Witkowski Jeff Vestal Chad Powell Chad Moore Dan Merkel Brian Lynch Mark Bender Jeff Hurd Nate Boyd Vorasen Leewattanakit Ahmed Alaa Eldin Mohamed Vikram Murthy Keith Reihl MEMBERS ABSENT: Sonya Pouncy Bjarne Olesen Tim Wentz STAFF PRESENT: Jim Scarborough Mark Ames Lilas Pratt Lauren Walters GUESTS PRESENT: Billy Austin Atilla Biyikogtu Mike Brandemuehl Alauelu Brooks Doug Cochrane Calina Ferraro Minutes – Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting – January 23, 2016 Page 2 GUESTS PRESENT: Larry Fisher (continued) Annie Foster Courtney Karine Leblanc Bill Malphus Apichit Pana Michael Patton Larry Spielvogel Edward Tsui Keith Yelton CALL TO ORDER, WELCOME AND ROLL CALL Chair Bahnfleth called the meeting to order at 8:06 am EST (USA). After welcoming the members, Mr. Scarborough conducted a roll call. A quorum was present. Everyone was introduced. Mr. Montgomery thanked Mr. Boyd and Mr. Scarborough for last night’s Committee dinner. REVIEW OF AGENDA A discussion of GGAC PAOE Points for Society Year 2016-17 was added to the Agenda. The Agenda was accepted with this addition. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 30, 2015 CONFERENCE CALL There were no changes to the minutes of the October 30, 2016 conference call, so the minutes stood approved as written. REVIEW OF MBOS AND PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES Chair Bahnfleth reviewed the MBOs and PPPs. (Attachments A and B) SUBCOMMITTEE AND MBO AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS (All Subcommittee and Ad Hoc Committee Minutes Attached – Attachment C) GGAC Executive Subcommittee and MBO # 7 Ad Hoc Committee Chair Bahnfleth presented a Power Point on proposed changes to the ROB and MOP. (Attachment D) Mr. Wolf said he would like to see a seasoned government affairs person serve on the committee who is not a Presidential Member. He suggested the position be defined as someone who has government affairs experience. Chair Bahnfleth noted there could be more than one At Large Member. Active Outreach Subcommittee and MBO # 3 Mr. Phoenix reported for the Active Outreach Subcommittee and MBO # 3 Ad Hoc Committee. There was discussion about training and how even those on this Committee need training determined to be most effective. There is a need to update and complete the resource manual that had been created under the old Minutes – Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting – January 23, 2016 Page 3 GGAC and this subcommittee will take ownership of this issue. Mr. Craddock asked if this document might be ready for the Spring CRCs. Mr. Phoenix noted that is a goal. There will be “how to” documents in this manual such as “how to contact your Congressman.” Mr. Conover suggested we could consider Webinars and other options like those created by the Standards Committee. Mr. Wolf reminded the Committee that there is now a global climate agreement and there will be a number of components of that agreement that are of interest to ASHRAE regarding energy efficiency and building technology. Responsive Engagement Subcommittee and MBO # 5 Mr. Craddock reported for Responsive Engagement Subcommittee and MBO # 5 Ad Hoc Committee. Mr. Misuriello, representing ACEEE, has asked this Subcommittee if ASHRAE would participate in code adoption/enforcement/ changes with other organizations. The Subcommittee has concern about who is leading this process. Another issue this Subcommittee is working on is the creation of a document on ASHRAE for the new government in Canada. An initial draft has been created. It is too lengthy and will be shortened. Mr. Wolf asked a question about getting jurisdictions to adopt revised flammability standards once Standard 15 is completed. We should be planning now creating documents that are ready to go when the Standard is finished. Mr. Conover suggested that we contact NFPA, ICC and IAPMO on this issue. Mr. Reihl suggested that we create a brief overview of the Standards and ask representatives from those technical committees to attend our meeting and comment. MBO # 1 Ad Hoc Committee Mr. Craddock reported for MBO # 1 Ad Hoc Committee. This is to promote ASHRAE Certifications. Certification has been asked to create a fact sheet on their Certifications and the first draft has been completed, this on BEAP. There will be a fact sheet on each of the six certifications. Mr. Craddock showed a graphic comparing where we have administered certification exams and how that compares to ASHRAE Chapters and Sections. (Attachment E) MBO # 2 Ad Hoc Committee Mr. Phoenix reported on MBO # 2 Ad Hoc Committee. This is to promote bEQ to government officials. A good discussion occurred yesterday at the Ad Hoc Committee. bEQ Committee is revisioning itself and this Ad Hoc Committee is waiting somewhat for bEQ Committee to make decisions before moving forward. The Ad Hoc Committee will meet again in mid to late February after bEQ meets to interface our objective with the decisions of bEQ Committee. MBO # 4 Ad Hoc Committee Mr. Murthy reported on MBO # 4 Ad Hoc Committee. He briefly went through the GGAC Communications Plan. (Attachment D) MBO # 6 Ad Hoc Committee Minutes – Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Meeting – January 23, 2016 Page 4 Mr. Boyd reported on MBO # 6 Ad Hoc Committee. (Attachment E) Several of the Regions outside the United States have reported on their key global affairs. Many of them revolve around water issues such as rising sea levels, clean water and climate change. Mr. Reihl asked if Region VIII is represented on this Ad Hoc Committee. Mr. Craddock said Region II should be added as well. Mr. Gagnon and Mr. Merkel will be added to this Ad Hoc Committee. REPORTS FROM REGIONAL VICE CHAIRS (Attachments H – O) are various Power Point Presentations from RVCs) Region I (Mr. Vehlow). In this past year, 10 Chapters have achieved par on PAOE points. This is compared to six Chapters in the previous year. He noted he was approached by a Chapter Chair in Connecticut regarding a request to sign on to a letter from the local Chamber of Commerce on various issues. There was nothing in the letter that was of particular interest to ASHRAE. Mr. Reihl asked all the Chapters to note how many Chapters have GGAC Chairs. Mr. Vehlow said that 8 or 9 of his Chapters have GGAC Chairs. Region II (Mr. Gagnon). All nine Chapters have a GGAC Chair. They have translated the bEQ PowerPoint presentation into French. New items implemented this year are best practices sharing, email updated and chair continuity. He did not that, in Quebec, it is illegal to adopt a code that is only in English and it is important that our Standards are translated into French. Region III (Mr. Witkowski). Almost every Chapter has a GGAC Chair though some of these may be in name only or are the Chapter President. Mr. Witkowski wants to increase communication with them possibly by establishing a monthly conference call with the Chapter GGAC
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