NEWSLETTER

March 13, 2013

Dear Member:

MEETING NOTES

The Section’s 38th
annual meeting was held January 23-25, 2013 at The Bahia Resort Hotel, 998 West
Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA.  We
were housed in the main hotel but the Thursday and Friday meetings were held on
the docked William D. Evans Sternwheeler.
Lunch both days was on Level Two of this sternwheeler in an elegant
setting with a stained glass domed ceiling.
The lunches were very good and the atmosphere superb.  Everyone present stated that the meeting was
a resounding success. Although it
rained, our spirits and outlook remained sunny.

President Bob Glenn conducted the business meeting Wednesday afternoon
January 23, 2013 in the Shell Room – the minutes are attached for your perusal.

President Glenn
opened the technical meeting Thursday morning, January 24, 2013 and after
welcoming attendees and speakers, he introduced Frank Hearl, PE, YPSW
President-Elect who gave a brief overview of this year’s conference theme “In The IH
Toolbox, Risk Analysis.” Frank Hearl, the Program Chairman, presided over
the Thursday morning segments of the program. Frank Renshaw, PhD, CIH, a YPSW Director, presided over the Thursday afternoon
segments. Hank Muranko, CIH, YPSW Past-President, presided over the morning
segments of the program, Pat Brogan, PhD, CIH, YPSW Director, presided over the
Friday afternoon final technical segment of the program. A surprise
announcement was made by AIHA President Allan Fleeger, that
I was granted a Lifetime Membership in AIHA – a quick business meeting was
called and I was officially elected as your Secretary-Treasurer. Bob Glenn then
announced that the YPSW Executive Committee had voted to fund a one-time
scholarship to be named in honor of Doug Davis in the amount of $1,000.00 to
the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation.
The Clayton Award was presented to Bob Wheeler and YPSW officers were
installed with the passing of the gavel from Bob Glenn to Frank Hearl. The
meeting closed Friday evening with our banquet and a narrated slide show
presentation by Jim Rock. The “open mike” on the podium encouraged members to
make comments – much good natured banter ensued by Bob Glenn and Jas Singh
regarding the book Jas is writing.  Many
toasts were proposed and as the banquet ended we reconvened in the Hospitality
Room for a few hours of discussions and “story telling”.

Frank Hearl provided
the attached in-depth summary of
the presentations which can also be found on the YPSW website.

Bob Wheeler once
again ran the audio-visual equipment for all the presentations.  I was granted authority to spend $550.00 on a
projector for the Section – which I will purchase about a month prior to the
Jan 2014 meeting so we have the latest technology.

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ABIH CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE POINTS

As reported following last year’s meeting, ABIH
discontinued review of CM requests for Category 4 Education Events effective
11/28/11 – meaning ABIH no longer issues CM approval numbers. You are
responsible for calculating your own CM point values and list them on your
worksheets.  Additional information can
be found at: “http://www.abih.org/documents/TerminationofCMPointsReviews.pdf.”

WEBSITE

Peter Bellin established and
maintains our website www.ypswaiha.org.  Peter brings the site up to date by posting
data as it is supplied to him - check out the 2013 meeting data I will send to
him when this letter is mailed and technical meeting posts supplied by Frank
Hearl.  The site is specifically for our YPSW
members.  Thanks, Peter for keeping the
website up to date and providing this valuable service to the YPSW membership.

CLAYTON AWARD

The recipient of the
2013 YPSW George and Florence Clayton Award, Bob Wheeler was very appreciative
of the Section's acknowledgement of his many years of notable
achievements in the field of industrial
hygiene and dedicated service to YPSW.
President Glenn made the presentation and Bob’s gracious acceptance
speech was greeted with a round of applause. The design of the award is crystal
pillars with a clock at the top, engraved with the YPSW emblem and appropriate
sentiments. When received, acceptance photos will be posted on our website
along with a short bio on Bob (Bob please send me a short bio to post).

CHANGE OF YPSW OFFICERS

As a result of the
election on January 23 the 2013 Executive Committee consists of:

President:                    Frank Hearl                                                     Directors:

President-Elect:           Del Malzahn                                                    Pat
Brogan

Past-President:                        Bob Glenn                                                       Anna
Davis*

Secretary-Treasurer:    Anna Davis                                                     Steve
Davis

*The Executive
Committee is searching for a replacement Director to fill the position for the
remainder of the year. Watch for the announcement in the next newsletter.

Sincere thanks to
Hank Muranko, who served one year as a Director, one year as President-Elect,
another as President and a year as Past-President, for his expert guidance and
valuable contributions.  Sincere thanks
to Frank Renshaw who served three years as a Director. Certificates of
Appreciation were signed and presented by President Glenn to Hank and Frank
Renshaw for their dedicated service and valuable advice.

Certificates of
Appreciation dated 2012 were signed and presented by Past President Muranko to
Bob Wheeler, who served two years as a Director, one year as President-Elect,
another as President and a year as Past-President, for his expert guidance and
valuable contributions and to Carolyn Phillips for her three years dedicated
service and valuable advice as a Director.

2013 DUES PAYMENT

Please pay your 2013
dues promptly.  Your cooperation will
enable me to prepare the 2013-2014 membership book for
mailing in June along with information pertinent to the 2014 meeting.  Please check your current listing in the
2012-2013 membership book (and updates in subsequent newsletters) and make necessary changes on the dues form. Lifetime
Members, please note your special
form. If you are a lifetime member or paid your dues in advance I
still need your completed form for file and verification of membership book informa-tion – if
you are in either of these categories, you can send this info via email, fax or snail mail.

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Note additional
information requested on the dues form – AHIA member status; your credentials -
CIH, CSP, PE, etc. Also indicate on the membership form if you are an
"AIHA Fellow".  If you are not
a Fellow and feel you are qualified, download the forms and instructions from
the AIHA website and send completed forms to me for review by the YPSW
Executive Committee and submission to AIHA.

MEMBERSHIP CHANGES and NEWS

Welcome
New Members:

Fred Boelter, Environ
International Corp

Phoebe Boelter

Allan Fleeger, Exxon Mobil Corp

Al Heins, Heins Consulting Service

(Complete contact information will
be published in the 2013-2014 membership book)

Membership
Book Changes:

Kyle B. Dotson, CIH, CSP, BCEE – Dotson Group, LLC, 24040
Oak Knoll Circle, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022; Phone (650) 559-5712, Cell (408)
234-1409, Fax (650) 559-5713, Email no change

Judith Freyman, (Now new
member of Cal/OSHA Appeals Board) general contact address is: Occupational
Safety and Health Appeals Board, 2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 300, Sacramento,
CA 95833, Toll-free (877) 252-1987, Phone: (916) 274-5751; email [email-masked]. (This information
was provided by Terry Thedell – when Judi returns her
dues form contact information will be published in the new membership book)

John Pendergrass:  6994 Somberby
Lane – all other info no change

Some emails are being returned as undeliverable – please
check your listing and advise me of your changes.

Emails addressed to the following members failed
consistently:

Judi
Freyman – [email-masked]

Tom
Goob – [email-masked]

Joe
Holtshouser –[email-masked]

Kirk
Martin - [email-masked]

It is with sadness that I report the
passing of another YPSW member, Grace Baier.
I sent a note to Ed and Grace along with the November newsletter and
received a letter in return from their daughter Grace saying her parents had
moved to a retirement community a little over 2 years ago. Unfortunately her
Mom passed away suddenly as a result of a fall. She said Ed is managing as well
as can be expected for his age, however, travel and writing are no longer
possible.  She said her parents often
spoke about what wonderful friends they shared time with while actively
involved with the YPSW Section and the wonderful memories from past
meetings.  When I called her she said Ed
really enjoys the membership letters and YPSW news.  She paid Ed’s dues so he would remain current
and provided the following obituary on Grace.

OBITUARY

Grace McDonald Baier,
86, passed away suddenly on October 31, 2012, surrounded by family members from
as far away as Alaska.  She passed from
the loving arms of her family as a result of complications from a fall.  Grace leaves behind her husband of 65 years,
Edward J. Baier; daughter Grace C. Baier-Green and husband Chuck; son Edward M.
Baier and wife Ellen; grandchildren Gracie and husband Craig, Jonathan, Mary,
Rebecca, David, Daniel and wife Emery, and Erica; three great-grandchildren,
including 3 month old Jack.  Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to William and Grace McDonald who
preceded her in death along with her sister Rita M. Boynton. Grace loved
life and adventure and was able to travel the world with her husband Ed while
raising her beloved children Grace and Ed.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 AM, on Friday, November 2,
at Saint Johns the Evangelist Catholic Church, 118 E. Second
St, Frederick.  A Mass of
Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM at the church.  Interment will be at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in
Pittsburgh, PA.  Arrangemnts by Keeney & Basford Funeral Home.  Condolences may be shared with the family at www.keeneybasford.com.  (Please do share your
thoughts with Ed and his family – it really helps. Anna).

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MISCELLANEOUS

·
Sincere thanks to Stephen Davis and his company LaCroix Davis, LLC for paying for the banquet wine; this is
a very generous gesture and helped the Section make a profit on the meeting.

·
Thanks to Frank Hearl for presenting an
outstanding program and providing the excellent technical program write up for
publication as an attachment to this newsletter.

·
Messages from members who could not attend the
2013 meeting are included as an attachment.

Following
the meeting, thank you letters were sent to each speaker; and the required
Roster of New Section Officers was submitted to AIHA.

Our
deep appreciation to attendees for their acknowledgement and thanks in the
handling of the logistic and administrative details for the meeting.  I personally want to thank Bob Glenn and
Terry Thedell for all the “legwork” they did in
securing this venue.

The Bahia Resort Hotel was a great choice and change of
venue for our meeting.  The facilities
and food were excellent.  My hotel
contact personnel were very helpful, and courteous. We will keep this hotel on
our list of sites for future meetings.
Note: Returning to a hotel and working with past contacts is valuable
when negotiating for future meetings.
The only complaint I made to management was not being notified by hotel
staff when George Cvejanovich was taken in the early
morning hours to a local hospital with heart problems.  If we had been notified one of us would have
been at his side throughout the ordeal.
The good news is that when George got home to Texas he saw his
cardiologist and was given a clean bill of health – no stent was required as they
wanted to do at the San Diego hospital………always good to get a second opinion!

The hospitality suite served our purposes  and comments by participants assured me
everyone was extremely pleased with the upgraded refreshments provided; let me
know if you have any suggestions for additions to the fare I currently provide
in the hospitality suite. If we return to this venue again, I will negotiate
for a larger hospitality suite in a better location.

News Flash – Just In:
Congratulations to Del Malzahn – now an
AIHA Fellow!

My sincere thanks to all for the honor bestowed on me by
AIHA and YPSW funding a one-time AIHF scholarship in memory of Doug.  You are indeed the greatest group of friends.

Thanks to all YPSW
members for "keeping the faith" and making YPSW a continuing
success.  Member input and cooperation
keeps “Your Section” alive and flourishing.
Pictures you may have taken at the meeting will be appreciated for the
album and posting on our website; information about your travels or any other
subject that would be of interest to your fellow members is always welcome for
publication in the newsletter.

Have an enjoyable
summer. I look forward to seeing you at the 2014 meeting.

______________________________________

Anna V. Davis

Secretary-Treasurer

Enclosures:

2013 Technical
Meeting Summary

2013 Meeting Regrets

2013 Business
Meeting Minutes

Annual Financial
Statement

2013 Dues Notice

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YUMA PACIFIC – SOUTHWEST
SECTION

January 23, 2013

Business Meeting

YPSW Section, AIHA

Shell Room, Bahia Resort Hotel

San Diego, California

4 P.M.

MINUTES

President Bob Glenn called the business meeting to order at 4:18 PMon January 23, 2013 at The Bahia Resort Hotel, 998
West Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA.
The late start was due to the 4 PM hotel check-in time and late change
of meeting room.

The agenda was
distributed to those individuals present.
A count of members established that a quorum (20%) was indeed present.

The minutes of the
2012 business meeting were printed on the back of the agenda and, therefore,
not read aloud.  A motion to approve the
minutes was made, seconded and unanimously carried by the membership.

Secretary-Treasurer reported: Financial
Status:  The savings account
as of December 31, 2012 was $6,595.23; as of today, the checking account
balance is $10,371.06 and I have 4 checks totaling $1,034.00 to deposit  (combined
total $18,000.29.)  Several
attendees indicated they would register and pay “at the door.” All hotel
expenses for room setup, audio visual equipment, breaks, lunches, banquet,
hospitality room supplies, reproduction costs, postage, etc.,
(approximately $8,000.00 to $10,000.00) remain to be paid at the
conclusion of the meeting.  The
$3,500.00 hotel good faith deposit will be applied.  A full financial report will be printed
in the newsletter mailed at the conclusion of the meeting. Bob Glenn
negotiated the contract with the hotel for $139.00 double or single room,
plus taxes- a good faith deposit of $3,500.00 was made in September.  A conference meal package, which
included a continental breakfast, morning and afternoon breaks and lunch was agreed upon.
Those not signing up for full or one day registration will need to
have breakfast and lunch on their own.
Costs continued to increase throughout the year for administrative
supplies, document reproduction and postage. The section award was again
purchased in Orange County, - the award is beautiful - appropriately engraved, I
submitted the required reports throughout the year: Local Section Officers
roster to AIHA; new IRS postcard requirement established for non-profit
annual revenues less than $25,000.00 (YPSW report year is 1 Feb – 31 Jan);
and the annual group exemption report to AIHA.

Frank
provided Secretary Davis with the complete names and addresses of
speakers; routine confirmation letters were sent to each speaker along
with preliminary program and hotel information.

·
Program:
President Elect Frank Hearl presented an overview of the outstanding
program he developed. Reminder: ABIH no longer issues approval letters for
meetings – each individual is responsible for reporting their own information.

Stephen
Hemperly presented the Pacific Region Local
Section Representative’s Report on general matters related to his role as
regional representative.

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Election
of Officers was next on the agenda with the offices of President-Elect and
one Director to be filled. The Executive Committee’s nominations of Del Malzahn for President-Elect and Steve Davis for
Director were presented and nominations opened to the floor.  No additional nominations were
forthcoming; a motion for approval of the nominated slate was made with
unanimous approval by acclamation.
2013 Officers are as follows:

President                     Frank Hearl

President Elect            Del Malzahn

Past President             Robert Glenn

Secretary-Treasurer     (Anna Davis – elected and confirmed January
25, 2013)

Director                       Pat Brogan

Director                       Anna Davis

Director                       Steve Davis

2014
Meeting Planning Highlights: I will be contacting hotels in Orange County,
Palm Springs, a possible cruise, etc.
Orange County (beachfront) reports 2014 prices are in the area of
$200.00 per night, plus taxes, but I will try to negotiate the price of
$175.00 agreed upon at last year’s meeting. I will negotiate as usual for
the best rates from each venue. The meeting will be held as usual during the MLK week, Wednesday January
22 to Friday, January 24, 2014. Please mark your calendars and reserve the
dates.

Steve
Davis, Chris Laszcz Davis and Terry Thedell provided the needed audiovisual equipment for
the meeting.

Other Business/Announcements:

·
Conference registration fees for YPSW member
speakers to be addressed by the Executive Committee.

Projector
– I gave President Glenn copies of specs for 3 Epson projectors.

Need
another signatory on our bank account – Hamid Arabzadeh
was not present and was elected.

YPSW
nominations to AIHA for Fellow Status – submit your paper work to the
committee

Members
unable to attend the meeting sent regrets; their notes were made available
for reading in the meeting room and hospitality suite.   Cards for several YPSW “shut-in”
members were made available in the meeting room for attendees to sign – I
will mail the cards at the conclusion of the meeting.

All agenda items were approved, seconded and unanimously carried by the membership.

President Glenn asked for adjournment if there were no
further items for discussion.  Motion was
made, seconded and carried.  Adjournment at 5:10 PM.

Recorded by:  _____________________________

Anna V. Davis

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