ASHRAE®
Long Island
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History
Its that time of
the month again…where I look thru our
archives to find a snap-shot of time
that may be interesting to the members
of the Long Island Chapter of Ashrae. As
I Was looking through one of the giant
binders we have I happened upon a 1990
Ashrae News Paper. This paper came
directly from Headquarters in Atlanta
and was full of honors and awards.
As I scrolled through these pages I
found an entire article on a lady named
Doris Flandorffer. It was an article
describing how she retired after 34
years of service to the Society. I
thought it was interesting that we had
kept this article, after all this lady
was the “Secretary to Mr. Boggs”. Mr.
Boggs was the Executive Vice President
of the Society which we know to be based
out of Atlanta. Well it was not until
1980 that the decision was made to Move
the Society to Atlanta. Doris started
her Ashrae career right her in New York
and even served on committees here in
the Long Island Chapter. She started
locally and continued to grow with
Ashrae for over 30 years. In that time
she changed titles several times from
Assistant to Mr. Boggs to Assistant to
the Board of Governors. She never missed
an ASHRAE meeting except one in 1964,
which means she attended over 120 Board
of Directors meetings. She was
considered an expert in Ashrae
regulatory documents, the Rules of the
Board of Directors and the Society
Bylaws.
Although I could not find too much
information about Doris out on the Web,
when I did a search I did see her name
span decades worth of Ashrae paperwork.
She clearly was involved in many aspects
of the keeping our society in compliance
with the rules it created over the
years.
When Doris retired she was quoted as
telling all the young people who want to
get involved with Ashrae “learn as much
as you can about the organization, what
it does, why it exists in the world, and
what value it serves, try to do your job
as best you can.” These words can be
used in our professional life as well as
our personal and the volunteer work we
do. We are all here as members as Ashrae
for various reasons, but most
importantly we are here to help the
society grow and to continue striving
for a better tomorrow.
Carolyn
Arote
Chapter Historian
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Next Meeting
Tuesday,
Sept. 13, 2010 6:00pm
First 2010/2011 Meeting Westbury
Manor
1100
Jericho Turnpike Westbury, NY
11590
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Upcoming Events
Annual Golf
Outing Monday, August 9, 2010
11:00am Cherry Valley Country Club 28 Rockaway Avenue Garden City, NY 11530
ASHRAE Region
1 CRC - 2010
Thursday, August 19 -
21, 2010 Watkins Glen
Harbor Hotel 16 North
Franklin Street
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
ASHRAE 2010 Annual Conference
Saturday, June 26 -30, 2010 High Finance Restaurant Sandia Peak Tramway Albuquerque,
NM
ASHRAE 2010
AHR Expo Mexico
Tuesday, October 26 -
28, 2010 World Trade
Center Montecito 38 Piso 47
Mexico
City, MX
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