ASHRAE REGION AT LARGE
X CRC
AT BEACH ROTANA HOTEL – ABU DHABI
21ST22NDSEPTEMBER, 2011
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
MEMBERS ROLL CALL SHEET IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
South India / A Pandi MuraliS A – Western India / Aakash Patel
Nigeria / Ableye Y
Mumbai Chapter Alternate / Adarsh Kaul
DELEGATE-KUWAIT / Adel A Alruwayeh
Lebanon / Adham Al-Hassanidi
CRC Gen. Chair-Falcon / Ahmed Alaa El Din
FELLOW – PAKISTAN / Ainul Abedin
Nigeria / Akerele Adediran
branch advisor- pakistan / Akmal H Khan
president-C pakistan / Amer Abbas
pune / anand joshi
m p chair-sri lanka / Anthony K Hemakumara
DELEGATE – C PAKISTAN / Arshad S Sheikh
kuwait / asad ale brahim
rvc-cttc- india / ashish rakheja
m p chair-western india / ashok patel
DIrector & Regional Chair / ASHOK VIRMANI
s a chair- n pakistan / Ather N Siddiqui
alternate-bahrain / Ayman Eltalouny
delegate–hyderabad / B.B.N. Prasad
delegate - NIGERIA / Babatunde Agboola Badru
student gathering Co-ordinator - uae / Basheer Ahmed
treasurer-belgium / Bassam R Elassaad
rvc-rp-falcon / bassel anbari
DELEGATE-SOUTH INDIA / Bhagavan Srinivasan
mp chair-mumbai / bhavesh mehta
s a chair-hyderabad / Chakradhar Majety
delegate-sri lanka / Chandana N Dalugoda
student member-uae / chandra bhushan
alternate-WESTERN INDIA / Chetan R Shah
steering committee Chair-oman / Christiane Faddoul
ashrae director of technology / claire ramspeck
vp-sri lanka / Clarence Dushantha Wijeyesekera
SOCIETY V P / COSTAS BALARAS
south india / d nirmal ram
nigeria / daramula o
RAL UK / DAVID ARNOLD
CTTC CHAIR – SRI LANKAN / Dilruk N Perera
rvc-mp-hellenic / dimitris Charalambopoulos
alternate - HELLENIC / Dimitris Mantas
delegate - HELLENIC / Dimitris Z Atsidaftis
ALTERNATE-INDIA / Dinesh K Gupta
nigeria / e bakare
CTTC CHAIR – FALCON / EBRAHIM AL HAJRI
uae / ebrahim al hajri
alternate-protugal / Eduardo A B Maldonado
member student-sri lanka / Eshan K Perera
S R C- Region A / Essam Eldin Khalil
S R C REGION C / Farhan Mehboob
delegate-poRtugal / Fernando Brito
m p chair-south india / g ramesh kumar
pune / gajanan khot
student member-uae / gaurav bajargan
qatar oryx / ghassan trobolsi
UAE / GIRISH HIRANANDANI
sa Chair-chennai / Gunasekaran Raju
aLTERNATE - QATAR ORYX / Hani Awni Hawamdeh
south india / haridas uppath
DELEGATE - QATAR ORYX / Hassan Ali Sultan
S R C REGION B / Irene R Reichert
oman / jamal al-rashd
uae / Jason Serrao
v p + mp chair-pune / Jayant A Joshi
RP CHAIR – INDIA / K D SINGH
r p chair-india / k, leela prasad
rp-chennai / Kamlendra Singh
TREASURER – SRI LANKAN / Kapila P Rodrigo
alternate-saudi arabia / Khalid A Al-Mulhim
student advisor- pakistan / khalid iqbal
qatar oryx / kinan fahs
student – uae / kiran s
nigeria / kristopher s
uae / kwon joong son
president student-uae / m shakeelurahman
delegate-CAIRO / Maged F Hashem
ALTERNATE-CAIRO / Mahmoud A Fouad
MANIPAL STUDENT CHAPTER PRESIDENT-INDIA / MANISH JANGIR
sa-hellenic / Michaela Figkou
DELEGATE - LEBANESE / Michel D. Hayek
m p chair-lebanese / Mohamad El-Cheikh
QATAR ORYX / Mohamad Mokdad
uae / mohamed alshehhi
historian-falcon / mohamed e
Delegate-falcon / Mohamed Elmasry
Delegate-falcon / Mohamed Ibrahim
CTTC CHAIR-PAKISTAN / Mohammad A Sajid
lebanese / mohammad el chaikh
oman / mohammed al-hedeebhi
s a chair – uae / Muhammad Ali
m p chair– n pakistan / Muhammad Nadeem Zuberi
bog member – c pakistan / Muhammad Shahbaz Khan
r p chair-sri lanka / Mulkirigala K Weerasinghe
alternate–hyderabad / Murali Ramanathan
STUDENT MEMBER-INDIA / MYRON GOMES
vp-india / n s chandra sekar
membership promotion chair / n sriram
recc+webmaster-bangalore / n. sivasanakran
student gathering
co-ordinator - uae / nada ahmed
r p chair – n pakistan / Naseer Ahmad
ALTERNATE-KUWAIT / Nawaf Al-Mutawa
DELEGATE-KUWAIT / Nawaf F Aljuwayhel
RP Chair – mumbai / nitin naik-Recording Sec.
rvc-sa-lebane / nohad boudani
nigeria / ogunde babatunde
alternate – nigeria / Olaniyi Olaboyejo Kehinde
nigeria / olatinbesun o
v p + rp chair-nigeria / Oluwasesan O Daramola
student chapter president- / omer khan
r p chair-pune / Panduang G Salunkhe
Nominating Committee Member / Pankaj Dharkar
ashrae rp / Patriciaadelmann
delegate–N PAKISTAN / Pervez Iqbal
uae / Pranav Mathur
past president + bog - UAE / Prashanth S Bindiganavile
student chapter advisor-india / r udayakumar
alternate-pune / Rahul A Pabalkar
DELEGATE- INDIA / Rajnish Joshi
ALTERNATE-FALCON / Rami Y Alkhalil
U K / RICHARD ROOLEY
SOCIETY PRESIDENT / RON JARNAGIN
aLTERNATE - LEBANESE / Roula Wehbe
sa chair-sri lanka / ruwan kurera
cttc-chennai / s r valluri
falcon / s v kota reddy
CHENNAI-delegate / s. Sriram
alternate–C PAKISTAN / Safdar Ali
society dal / samir traboulsi
oman / sandeep malhotra
DELEGATE-pune / Sanjay S Phadke
president student-uae / sanket mehta
ALTERNATE–N PAKISTAN / SARFRAZ AHMAD
ALTERNTE-SOUTH INDIA / Satish N Iyengar
m p chair – india / saurabh rao
historian-chennai / Sayani Sri Haribabu
qatar oryx / seenu pillai
delegate-bahrain / Shawqi A.Rasool
s a - south india / shilpan shah
student member-uae / shylaen keshwani
student member-uae / siddhant maheshwari
cttc chair- hellenic / Spyridoula Papadimitriou
qatar oryx / subrata kar
r p chair - south india / suhas hegde
student member-pakistan / Syed Adeel A Naqvi
c pakistan / Syed Shezad Raza Kazmi
student chapter vp -pakistan / syed umer
m p chair-C pakistan / Tahir Imran
delegate–PAKISTAN / Tajammul Husayn
s a chair-india / u s jadon
ral tr- mumbai chapter / v. krishnan
CHENNAI-alternate / V. Sridhar
hellenic / valia galiotou
r p chair-hellenic / Vassilis C Zoucos
mumbai chapter delegate / vikram murthy
SA Chair-india / Viresh Ruhal
ARC / Walid Chakroun
dubai / yakub iqbal mogul
m p chair- kuwait / Yaqoub H ALMatouq
historic comm - c pakistan / Yaser Tufail
delegate -WESTERN INDIA / Yogesh H Thakkar
The Xth CRC RALwas called to order at 10:00 HRS on the 21stof September,2011 at Abu Dhabi.ASHOK VIRMANI, DRC was in the Chair.ASHOKwelcomed the Members and thanked them all for their presence.
ASHOK requested DR. AHMED ALAA CRC GENERALCHAIRto address the Members.
DR. ALAA welcomed & thanked all guests and the Members for attending X CRC.DR. ALAAthanked the society & past RAL leadership under Walid for giving the ASHRAE UAE Falcon Chapter an opportunity to host the XthCRC event and expressed this was the second time ASHRAE UAE Falcon Chapter has hosted the CRC event.
DR.ALAA also expressed that this was the first time in the RAL history that a student gathering is being held on the sidelines of the CRC and thanked the organizing committee for making it happen.Dr. Alaa explained that hosting three events i.e.ASHRAE / UNEP Engineering Conference, CRCand student gathering is a big task, andthe ASHRAE Falcon Chapter BOG & CRC Committee members have done a wonderful job of putting this together. DR. ALAAonce again thanked all the guests while expressing and extending any kind of support to all attendees during the stay and business.
ASHOK introduced Society President RON JARNAGIN,RICHARD ROOLEY-SocietyPresidential member 2003-2004,Costas Balaras Society VP,Samir Traboulsi DAL, Claire Ramspeak ASHRAE Director Technologies, Patricia Adelman Manager RP, David Arnold First DRC RAL & other distinguished guests and thanked them for their presence and support for the Region at Large.
ASHOKmoved a motion for appointment of Prashant B.S’s name as Meeting Secretarywhich was approved by the House.
Ashok appointed Nitin Naikmember from WESTERN INDIA CHAPTER for coordinating and helping ASHOK on IT, motions and Presentations.
ASHOK proposed SAMIR TRABOULSI be appointed the Parliamentarian for theMeeting & the same was approved.
Following the appointments, the Chair called for a formal Roll Call and Introduction ofall Members present.A formal count was made of all Voting Members (Only Delegates & SRCs).The following Chapters were present: FALCON / MUMBAI / NIGERIA / CAIRO / BAHRAIN / CHENNAI /HELLENIC / INDIA / KUWAIT / LEBANESE / CENTRAL PAKISTAN / NORTH PAKISTAN / PAKISTAN/ QATAR / SAUDI ARABIA / PUNE / HYDRABAD / SOUTH INDIA / SRI LANKA / WESTERN INDIA/ PORTUGAL.SRCs from Region A, B & D were present.
Chapters which were not represented were: POLONIA/SPAIN/Danube.ASHOK reported that Regional Historian& YEA Chair VIVI shall not be able to attend the CRC due personal reasons.
ASHOKrequested Society President RON JARNAGINto address the Members while thanking him for his presence and support for the Region at Large.RONbegan by saying that he had this opportunity for being back at the Region at Large and the last time he attended was in 2005 and has seen a great diversity, environment, dedication while attending and returning back 6 years later at this RAL. He expressed that this was the most vibrant CRC he as seen and attended to dateand most certainly oneof the largest CRC that he has attended. He was also delighted at the enthusiasm of all theMembers.All members applauded to this gesture. Ron went on mentioning that his office is there to help all members and requested that in case anyone requires his assistance not to hesitate to reach out to him. He said that he would be making a detailed addressduring the Presidential Luncheon and wished the Meeting all success.Ron thanked all people for having travelled long distances to attend the CRC and expressed that he was happy to talk to each of the chapters and members present. Ron finally wished a good meeting, thanked all members for allowing him to be here amidst all.
ASHOKthanked RON once again and thanked all the Members for coming by and contributing so muchfor the Society. He then explained the Business to be discussed, tasks to beaccomplished over the next two days. A request was also made to solicit theinclusion of any other item not in the Agenda already before the House. There were no additions to this request.
ASHOKthen requested the Society Vice President, COSTAS BALARAS, PhD, toaddress the Members.
COSTASthanked all members and stated that this was his first year as Society’s VP and look forward to serving the society and to its members and would be providing updates and good news of the society till last year.
COSTAS welcomed the members to join at Jan. 21-25, 2012winter conference at Chicago; which will also have AHR expo on Jan. 23-25, held in conjunction with Conference; The other events happening to which COSTAS welcomed the members to join are:
- Young Engineers in ASHRAE Leadership Weekend - Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2011 Atlanta, GA;
- High Performance Buildings Specialty Conference - March 12-13, 2012, San Diego, CA;
- Spring 2012 webcast: Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems - April 19, 2012
COSTAS finally thanked members for all the great work they do for ASHRAE while finishing his presentation.The full version of his address is attached as Annexure I
ASHOKthanked COSTAS and requested CLAIRE RAMSPECK -ASHRAE SOCIETY DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, to address theMembers.
CLAIREthanked all members for giving her an opportunity to present ASHRAE Staff Presentation to the RAL CRC members attending the event. She introduced herself as Director of Technology at ASHRAE Society HQ and before joining ASHRAE she was a design engineer at Bechtel Corporation. She provided encouragement to all the members to get involved at society level and going on to say that she was here attending the RAL CRC to answer questions; become aware of changing needs of membership; to provide a contact point of assistance from Headquarters for referral to proper departments and Reinforce that ASHRAE staff is here to support.
On a closing noteCLAIRE gave a detailed reference list of web site address where members could visit and explore. CLAIRE welcomed members to visit Atlanta ASHRAE HQ and hoped to see them there!The full version of her address is attached asAnnexure II.
ASHOK in response to CLAIRE presentation conveyed the sincere gratitude and appreciation to all the HQ Staff for all that they are doing for the Region, Chapters and the Members and allowed for any questions from the members to CLAIRE.
S.BHAGAVAN - Delegatefrom South India Chapter complimented the efforts put forward by the Director of Technology,. Similar compliments were given by Nigeria Chapter Delegate Mr. BADRU BABATUNDE
Motion for approval of the RAL CRC minutes of the meeting held at CAIRO was placed on the floor of the house & moved byKRISHNAN(WESTERN INDIA CHAPTER) and Seconded by MOHAMMED IBRAHIM(FALCON CHAPTER). Motion approved unanimously.
ASHOK requested WALID CHAKROUNARC RAL to address the Members.ASHOK mentioned that WALID has been a real force at RAL and had done excellent during last 3 years as DRC. ASHOK thanked WALID for his presence and support for the Region at Large.
WALID thanked ASHRAE Falcon Chapterfor hosting the ASHRAE / UNEP Engineering Conference, CRC event and student gathering. WALID also thanked members at the RAL for supporting him in the past as DRC and thanked officers for excellent work done by every single chapter. While during his term as DRC, WALID mentioned that RAL memberships had increased; contributions for the Research & Promotion had improved and thanked BASSEL for his efforts; WALID expressed that RAL contributions on Research Promotion was not substantial however requested all members to place grater emphasis to promote this activity so that ASHRAE community benefits from the Research activities promoted by the society; Student branches had increased; budget had increased from 5,000 US$ to 25,000 US$. WALIDpersonally had visited many chapters in last 3 years; as recently last year 2010 WALIDhad met Pakistan delegation in Dubai; visited Indian chapters and chapters in Sub Region A; support at the RAL has been excellent; most motions are being heard at society level; WALID will continue to be on certain committees and serve the Society and its members. On a closing note WALID showed his appreciation to all members for an excellent work done and was honored serving as DRC in the past.
ASHOK informed the house thatWALIDhas agreed to continue to serve RAL as ARC.ASHOK thanked WALID and a standing ovation provided to him.
ASHOKrequestedSAMIR to give background as how to make an effective motion.
SAMIR opening remarks expressed that 1stsecession of the business meeting was on time and still had 15 minutes left.SAMIR explained that every chapter, delegate or alternate or any officerof the chapter has the right to make motions. Motions placed by the chapter must be Concise; viable; worth to be discussed; motions that apply to the Region or to the Society must be made clear; objective of the motions must be presented in the first statement; background to the motion should be provided that should support the motion, fiscal impact(future revenue or expense) should be clearly indicated; motions must be applicable or favorable to all at the region and society and not necessarily limited to a certain chapter or region.
ASHOK informed the house thathe has chosen SAMIR to be the Controller of motions and requested SAMIR to review all motions presented by chapters and be ready for presentation of motions next day. SAMIR agreed to be the Controller of motions. ASHOK thanked SAMIR for his contributions
ASHOK requested RICHARD ROOLEY Society Presidential member 2003-2004 to address.
RICHARD thanked the Society and RAL for allowing him to be present at this CRC. On a lighter note, RICHARD informed that in the past CRC held in London, all members could easily fit into the top deck of the London bus; however looking at the numbers at this CRC, this is now not possible. This only showed that ASHRAE & RAL are growing strength by strength. RICHARD expressed good words on Membership promotion activities and encouraged members to promote and take part actively in Research Promotion and other functions available for members.
ASHOK thanked RICHARD for his encouraging words.
The CRC broke for Coffee/Tea and reconvened at 11:30 hrs.
ASHOK invited BASSAM ELASSAD fromBENELUX Sectionand CHRISTINE FADOUL from OMAN to take their allocated seats along with the Delegates / Alternates and invited Dignitaries.
ASHOK requested Prof Mohamad FOUAD member from CAIRO Chapter and past SRC Region A to address the gathering
Prof FOUAD thanked all the members for attending this CRC, while taking note that CAIRO had hosted the last CRC event and thanked all chapters for their support in making it happen. Prof FOUAD also thanked Falcon Chapter for hosting this CRC event in Abu Dhabi and expressed his satisfaction on the proceedings. Prof FOUAD highlighted that chapters and memberships at the Sub Region A have grown; and thanked all members and RAL chapters for their contribution. Prof FOUAD expressed having greatly experienced working for RAL and went on to a Egyptian saying that anyone who drank water from the Nile river will always return back to Egypt and the same thing goes on at ASHRAE; members serving the society will always return back to serve the society. Prof FOUADon a final note thanked everyone and wished for a great CRC.
ASHOK thanked PROF FOUAD for his encouraging words
ASHOK announced that for the first time during the Presidential Luncheon, RAL along with the Host chapter would be honoring those members who have made the Xth CRC a memorable event bygiving away special X anniversary awards.