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MEETING NOTICE The regular monthly meeting of
the Washington Suburban Master Plumbers Association will be held Wednesday,
November 16, 2011 at Outback Steakhouse in Laurel (15107 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD
20707.) FREE DINNER with over 20 menu choices. Please
arrive no later than 7:15pm to place your dinner order. This meeting is being sponsored
by Ferguson. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Steve White November has arrived! With that said I want to remind you that Ferguson Enterprises will be the sponsor for this month’s meeting. We had a great turn out for our last meeting; hopefully you were able to attend. If you missed it, we covered the continuing efforts of WSSC to update their website to include online permit services (great news), as well as discussions on CSST gas pipe and the Fusion piping system. Hope you all have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT George
Brill Peter Orzag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obomba administration, wrote in the New Republic September 14, 2011. “To solve the serious problems facing our country, we need to minimize the harm from legislative inertia by relying more on automatic policies and depoliticized commissions for certain policy decisions.” For an example of such policy see Industry News. Can you say Erudite? Almost one in six Americans are now on food stamps. That is an 8% increase since last year. More hope and change we can believe in from the USDA.
INDUSTRY NEWS George Brill, Jr. I love this one, typical government kakistocracy. The US EPA has halted implementation of rules for boiler emissions of five pollutants from taking effect. It seems someone pointed out that no boilers meet the requirements of all 5. It has postponed the compliance while it reconsiders the requirements. Courtesy NFIB. EDUCATION Applications for classes below can be downloaded from WSMPA’s website www.wsmpa.com under Education. BACKFLOW
TESTER/MECHANIC CERTIFICATION 32-Hour
Certification Course Nov. 29, 30, Dec.
6, 8, 13, 15, 20 & 22, 2011 8-Hour
Re-Certification Course January 12 & 17,
2012 18-HR JOURNEYMAN/MASTER
TEST REVIEWS Plumber December 6, 7, 8, 13, 15, 19, 2011 Gasfitter January 2012 SUNSHINE & SYMPATHY Get Well Wishes . . . Continue to keep Rick Barnes, and family, in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to recuperate. Congratulations . . . George Cranford’s son, Christopher, was promoted to Petty Officer. MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2011-2012
General Membership Meetings November 16, 2011 December 14, 2011 January 18, 2012 February 15, 2012 March 21, 2012 April 18, 2012 May 16, 2012 The next Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 5th. Location TBD. 65th ANNUAL DINNER DANCE (The
Plumbers’ Ball) Saturday,
February 4, 2012 Gaithersburg
Hilton 7:00pm Cocktails/Hors d’oeuvres 8:00pm Dinner (followed
by awards, casino games, dancing,
door prize drawings) Open Bar 7:00pm-11:00pm Cash Bar
11:00pm-12:00am $140.00
per person ─ Tables for 10 Formal
Attire Optional TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE. Call 301-466-7747 for
more information. Hilton Guest
Rooms Available @ $69 (Limited Number Available) For
Reservations – Call 301-977-8900. OCTOBER MEETING UPDATE We had a packed room for the October 19th
meeting. Congratulations to Tom Hill
who was the lucky winner of a GPS raffled off by our sponsor, Thos.
Somerville. EDITORIAL If you have an Editorial (or any type of article) you would like to submit for our Newsletter Committee to consider for publication, please email it to the office at charlotte@wsmpa.com or mail to the address below: WSMPA 26712 Howard Chapel Drive Damascus, MD 20872 (Opinions
expressed by various authors are those of the author and not necessarily
those of this association, the board of directors or the editorial staff.) These companies support
our Association, please patronize them: Meeting Sponsors and Advertisers: Barger & Associates/ Delta Barnett Pro Contractor Supplies D & B Distributing Co., Inc. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Noland Company Northeastern Supply, Inc. Thos. Somerville Company S. E. Taylor & Associates Washington Gas Washington Winnelson
Company Advertisers: Belfor Cummins-Wagner, Inc. Harry Eklof &
Associates, Inc. J & H Aitcheson/Hajoca Milby Company Parts Unlimited, Inc. ROI Marketing T & S Brass T. M. O’Donnell Company Tom Weaver Associates Virginia Marketing Wolverine
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