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During an ASHRAE CRC, I met Heather
Schopplein's, P.E., Member ASHRAE, a
dynamic and devoted volunteer. In 2020,
we met again virtually, this time with ninemonth-old
Cohen making an appearance.
reminding me of ASHRAE's global impact
on the next generation.
members. So your president is enthusiastically
on the ASHRAE_Society
Instagram page, and I hope you'll join
me.
Second, patterned after U.S.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
fi reside chats, we'll deliver a series of
member-to-member, informal video
shorts addressing various topics,
which will be available ashrae.org/president. I look forward
to seeing you each month.
Feeding OthersÕ Roots
Now, if you take one thing away from this, let it be our
fi nal initiative, which includes a request to you.
Earlier, you made a list of people who fed your roots.
Now, it's time for each of us to give back and determine
whose roots we will feed. Please create another
list of two to three people whose roots you will feed in
the next three months. It can be friends, professional,
ASHRAE, at your workplace, in your community-
someone who you already admire, and you want to
help them grow.
Now that you've made the list, reach out. Each time
you do this, you bring us back to our roots of Harrie
Crane's vision for ASHVE 127 years ago and to ASHRAE as
we move on to our extraordinary and impactful future.
Whether we've helped someone else grow or they've
helped us, let's share our " feed the roots moments, " perhaps
on social media!
Here's how my roots were fed this past year. It
reminded me to feed the personal roots of those closest
to us who sacrifi ce so much, so we can volunteer and
serve others.
I knew of Heather Schopplein, P.E., Member ASHRAE,
through her contributions as a Young Engineer in
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ASHRAE but hadn't volunteered with her until attending
the combined Region IX and X Chapters Regional
Conference [CRC] in August 2019. The night before the
CRC, I met her husband, David Schopplein , and learned
they were expecting their fi rst child. Throughout the
CRC, Heather tirelessly led a small team of three to
four people who did all the behind-the-scenes work to
deliver an amazing CRC. What a dynamic and extraordinary
volunteer!
Little did Heather and I realize, the next time we
would see each other would be a year later during the
2020 Region X Virtual CRC, and nine-month-old Cohen
would be with her. Our global impacts serve Cohen and
his generation too.
We've come full circle.
Guided by our mission, we get to serve humanity every
day, and that is an honor and privilege. We each are
involved in ASHRAE for different reasons and volunteer
in our chosen ways. We do it because we grow-professionally
and personally-and help others do the same.
We do it because collectively we have tremendous global
impact. We do it because that global impact serves the
world's as well as our personal future generations.
All this occurs because we our true to our deep, widespread
and strong technical roots, grassroots and personal
roots.
Ladies, gentlemen, feed the roots.
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