ECF-Central Chapter J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 8 Inside This Issue NEWSLETTER Together We Strengthen Our industry Join ECF today You are only an Application away Welcome to our ECF Central Chapter Newsletter. Editor s Note Recent Supply House Break-ins ACT/ECF Annual Clay Shoot Florida Electrical Apprenticeship & Training (FEAT) News Community Outreach - 2017 Thanksgiving Basket Brigade - Update Save the date - February 27th ECF Central Chapter General Membership Lunch Meeting at The Metro West Golf Club Save the date - May 3rd ECF Annual Cookout and Corn Hole Tournament FBC and 2014 NEC Changes Supporting Business Advertisement Advertise with the ECF! Central Chapter Sponsorship Levels 2018 Membership Application Officers 2018 ECF Board Members President Dwayne Bishop Nancy Merced, ACT Earl Lomas, Terrys Electric Vice President Tim Hersman Mark Evans, State Electric Dan Moore, Moore Electric Co Treasurer Steve Pirolli Ahmed Zulfiqar, Mayer Electric Supply John Heidinger, City of Orlando Secretary Garrett Morrison Gary Tubbs, United Electrical Sales Chris Fatkin, OUC Teddy Holmes, Anixter Power Solutions Jason Kipfinger, Orange County
Editor s Note: Happy New Year! Welcome to our Central Chapter Newsletter. It s been a busy start to the year already for the ECF CF Chapter and it doesn t look like we re slowing down anytime soon. Thank you to everyone who participated in the annual ACT/ECF CF Chapter Clay Shoot. This year sold out in record time! Congratulations to World Electric Supply for taking home the winners trophy. This event is so much fun and by the way, all proceeds from the event will benefit the youth/pre-apprenticeship programs in Orange, Osceola & Seminole county (ACT program) and ECF s Roger Scroggins Apprenticeship Incentive Initiative! Check out the article for some pictures from the event. Also in this issue is a save the date for our next General Membership Lunch Meeting. Have you been wondering about the important changes in the NEC? You re in luck, Jason Kipfinger form Orange County and John Heidinger from the City of Orlando will be our guest speakers and will be discussing how the 2014 NEC will affect you. Members, this is a great event to invite colleagues/ co-workers to. It s a great opportunity to get people in our industry excited about the ECF, and recruit new members. Also, with that in mind, take a moment to review our Chapter Sponsorship Levels towards the end of the newsletter. Being a Sponsor has many benefits, including supporting the Roger Scroggins Apprenticeship Incentive Initiative and strengthening our industry together. Thanks for taking the time to look through our newsletter. We re looking forward to seeing you all at the next event. Until next time, Dan Moore ECF CF Chapter, Board Member
The following is an email regarding the recent rash of Supply House break-ins: Subject: Copper Thieves Greetings, I am the detective in Orlando currently working the copper theft at the CED location. This group has been active in the entire state. If anyone has a case please let me know so I can make sure the FDLE investigator is aware. The method is a lunch time visit when no one is usually in the warehouse area. They will inquire about a job or something if anyone contacts them. Then a distraction will take place while they look to cut the point of contacts on your alarmed doors. Please consider a secondary system besides your point of entry contacts. Once inside they are in no hurry as they assume your alarm is disabled. If anyone has had anyone suspicious with video please forward it to me so we can track where they are in the state for an arrest. Thanks and stay safe! Nick Nicholas Collins Detective, Orlando Police Department City of Orlando O: 407-246-2470 C: 321-246-5122 Who Are We? The Electrical Council of Florida Central Chapter PO Box 568052 Orlando, Florida 32856 On the web: www.ecf-fl.org/central E-mail: ecfcentralchapter@gmail.com Join Today : Application located on last page of Newsletter ECF is a non-profit trade association, owned entirely by its members. ECF s primary purpose is to strengthen and unify all segments of Florida s Electrical Industry. ECF was started in 1961 by a core group of 22 individuals with a goal of unifying the highly fragmented industry. ECF is education, information, but most importantly, ECF is people. People who want to learn more, do a better job, and take pride in their craft.
ACT/ECF Annual Clay Shoot at BlackJack Sporting Clays The Academy of Construction Technologies and the ECF/CF Chapter held its annual fundraising clay skeet shoot on Friday, January 19th. This year the event was held at BlackJack Sporting Clays in Sumterville. 37 teams took aim and fired away for education. Congratulations to WORLD ELECTRIC who took home the first place trophy! All proceeds from the event will benefit the youth/pre-apprenticeship programs in Orange, Osceola & Seminole county (ACT program) and ECF s Roger Scroggins Apprenticeship Incentive Initiative. Complete pictures of the event can be viewed on the ACT website (photo gallery) at www.actcareers.com Congratulations to this years Tournament Winner World Electric Supply
Central Florida Electrical Apprenticeship Update The Florida Electrical Apprenticeship & Training, Inc. (FEAT) program held its Winter/Spring 2018 student registration during the months of November and December. The registration was one of the largest in history for the Winter/Spring term in 30 plus years that the electrical apprenticeship program in Orlando has been in existence. There are now over 600 registered electrical apprenticeship students taking classes at 4 Central Florida locations. Classes are held at Seminole State College in Lake Mary and at three Orange Technical College locations of Winter Park, Winter Garden and South Orlando. Apprenticeship Training Director, Steve Pirolli, said that we will only continue to grow as Central Florida is growing around us. Stay tuned!
Thanksgiving Basket Brigade of Central Florida Last Thanksgiving, as part of our community outreach, the ECF Central Chapter Board of Directors supported the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade of Central Florida. The Thanksgiving Basket Brigade donates and delivers decorated re-useable laundry baskets filled with food for a Thanksgiving Feast. These baskets are distributed locally to families in need during the Holiday season. We were extremely pleased to present 6 large baskets filled with all of the traditional Thanksgiving essentials. A huge thank you goes out to Kim Guay of Graybar Electric for presenting the idea of supporting this charity to the Board and to Nancy Merced of ACT for decorating and putting the baskets together! They looked amazing and served a great purpose.
Advertisement Central Chapter Newsletter Cost per year for a quarterly published Newsletter Half Page Business Card $35.00 Quarter page $65.00 Half page $100.00 Business Card For one publication Quarter Page One Full page $100.00 Advertisement is at the discretion of the ECF Central Chapter Board Special Thanks to the Hole Sponsors Legrand RAB Graybar Electric Mayer Electric Supply Leviton Coresential Lighting Products United Electrical Sales Dynamic Sales Thomas & Betts Eectric-Flex Burndy Hubbell Wiring Devices Square D Terrys Electric World Electric Supply CED Service Wire Orlando Utilities Marvin Bochner Inc Quazite Metra Associates Lighting Partners FEAT
ECF Central Chapter Sponsorship Levels For Members and Non-Members. Effective January 1st, 2017 Platinum Level $750.00 ( Worth $1,350.00 ) 6 free General Membership Lunches Sponsorship at the Cookout 4 free golfers and a hole sponsor at the Golf Outing One year,4 publications, full page ad in the Central Chapter Newsletter Product display setup and 10 minute presentation at one lunch meeting Being a Sponsor You support The Roger Scroggins Apprenticeship Incentive Initiative Gold Level $500.00 ( Worth 750.00 ) 4 free General Membership Lunches You support ECF in it s Sponsorship at the Cookout efforts to make our in- 2 free golfers and a hole sponsor at the Golf Outing dustry stronger One time, full page ad in the Central Chapter Newsletter You support net-working Product display setup and 10 minute presentation at one lunch meeting between ECF Members Select the level that works for you and contact one of our Board Members for assistance or email ECF Central Chapter at: ecfcentralchapter@gmail.com Silver Level $250.00 ( Worth $350.00 ) 2 free General Membership Lunches Sponsorship at the Cookout Hole sponsor at the Golf Outing One time, full page ad in the Central Chapter Newsletter Note: Sponsorship Levels do not include Individual Membership