It is a new world now: social distancing, mask-wearing, and avoiding crowds. Zoom, Teams, and GoTo are now a regular part of our vocabulary! Hopefully, our chapter members are staying productive, despite the pandemic measures that caused the last few meetings of the 2019-2020 ASHRAE year to be cancelled. At the time, there was not a lot of choice in the matter, but in our off-season, the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) has worked to ensure that the 2020-2021 ASHRAE year can proceed with some sense of service to our membership.
The ECC has met numerous times this summer and is now prepared to inform the Chapter of conceptual plans for the near future. Our meetings will be virtual to start the year. However, we well-understand that a great benefit of our monthly meetings is the social aspect. We will monitor progress with the pandemic and as distancing policies allow, in-person meetings will be considered. This may be a gradual change and several options have been discussed when this becomes possible. We understand that all individuals may see this from different perspectives and are considering options that will accommodate both in-person and virtual meetings.
Our chapter is in the process of migrating our e-mail list over to our web host (SquareSpace). If you are on our list, this will (hopefully) be the last e-mail that you will receive from Matt Price or Anne Jacoby. We very much appreciate the effort that they have made for several years, and the support that Hobbs and Associates has given to them.
In the next few days, perhaps a week, the e-mail list will be migrated over to SquareSpace, and our new Chapter President, Jeff Gibson will offer us our first message on the new service. Subsequently, we will communicate regarding meetings and the like from time to time. We promise to limit the quantity of mailings. However, initially we will be communicating often to explain how the Chapter will function this Fall. If you receive this e-mail, then you are automatically entered into our new system. Going forward, we will have some additional flexibility with our list, including opt-in and opt-out opportunities. We are learning as we go, so please be patient! If you are not on our e-mail list and would like to be, then an opportunity will soon be provided for sign-up.
We have also recommitted to frequent updates of our website. So, please check it out often! Jared Murrell is our new webmaster and will be providing updates to it. Meeting information will appear soon, so plan to participate!