2011 – 2012 ASHRAE Region VI CRC

Chapter Summary Report

Madison Chapter095

www.ashraemadison.org

Special Chapter Activities

Student Activities Committee presentations: UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and local High Schools

Sponsored six student scholarships Technical Seminars before Chapter

meetings Energy Modeling Meetings

Success Stories

1. Star Chapter up and running2. Can now pay by credit card. Reduced no-

shows.3. Energy modeling meetings4. Six scholarships split between UW Madison

and UW Platteville5. Technical Sessions well attended

Lessons Learned1. Need to follow-up with committee chairs

regularly2. Making sure venue for chapter meetings has

suitable acoustics3. BOG meetings held at regular times

Finances are stable Added in Paypal as option to pay for chapter

meetings. Add in web sponsorship for additional

revenue Less no shows, minimal collection activities. Meal Revenue/ Expenses are down Some growing pains from new website but

bugs are mostly worked out.

Finances

(Effective date DD/MM for Balances)

YTD Reported 2011/12

Reported 2010/11

Reported 2009/10

Investment Fund Balance $47,682.36 $46,878.07 $41,369.12

Operational Fund Balance $16,641.13 $19,580.75 $17,416.58

Chapter Dues $5,310.00 $4,220.00 $6,300.00

Members’ Cost of Meals $8,700.74 $11,966.02 $12,541.95

Date of Last Chapter Audit 3/30/12 DD/MM/YY DD/MM/YY

Finances

Area assigned members = 253 Chapter dues paying members = 138 New members to date = 13 Delinquent members to date = 9 New student members = 23

Membership Promotion

Chapter Program Activities

One tour to UW ice rink arena LEED Insider talked about modeling reviews Technical programs are well attended Diverse types of programs ranging from VRF

to energy modeling Attendance ranged from 34 to 45

Student Activities

Completed two presentations◦ UW Madison◦ UW Platteville

One student chapter night held on UW campus

Students are attending other chapter nights also

Presentations by an ASHRAE TC member: 3 Technology Award submittals into chapter: 1

in 2011, 4 in 2012 Technology Award submittals into regional

and Society competition: 1 to both region and Society in 2011, TBD for 2012

Regular monthly meetings with tech program: 3 tech sessions, and 9 chapter programs, all on tech topics

Chapter social events: 1

Chapter Technology Transfer

Research Promotion Research Promotion Night

Website

Golf Outing

Chapter History

Display at CRC Photos on website

◦ chapter meetings◦ technical sessions

Communications

StarChapter website: ◦ Helping tremendously with

connecting to members◦ Much easier delegation of tasks to

committee chairs and BOG members

◦ Easy to survey program attendees Informaire Newsletter now

organized and distributed through website