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LONG BEACH, Calif.—Some 5,500 ASHRAE members voted in the election of new members to the Board of Directors as well as in two separate votes regarding proposed amendments to the ASHRAE Bylaws. The first Bylaw proposal, supported by the ASHRAE Board of Directors, contained the following key points:
• Providing for electronic meetings of the Board of Directors and designated committees.
• Clarifying the purpose of a petition/referendum and how such a document can be used.
• Increasing the minimum number of members required to initiate a bylaws amendment from 50 to 300. The proposed amendments were approved by the membership with a vote of 4,557 for and 460 against. In addition, a group of members proposed its own amendment to the Bylaws, which were not supported by the Board. The amendment included the key point of:
• Giving the Board authority to determine the makeup of the Board, whereas the present Bylaws give the ASHRAE membership the authority to determine the makeup of the Board.
The proposed amendment was defeated by the membership with 3,277 against and 1,659 for. The officers and directors for 2007–08 also were elected. The new president is Kent W. Peterson, P.E., Fellow  ASHRAE, vice president and chief engineer, P2S Engineering Inc., Long Beach, Calif. Through his theme, Greater Efficiency Today, Blue Skies Tomorrow, Peterson emphasizes innovation in the quest for sustainability in the built environment. He notes that “energy efficiency should always be the elegant alternative to fuel consumption.” As such, he encourages ASHRAE members to be more innovative in their thinking, more daring in their creativity, and more dedicated to their pursuit of best practices that will dramatically improve building energy performance. The speech is published online at www.ashrae.org/peterson. Other officers installed for a one-year term are:
• President-Elect: William A. Harrison, president, Trane Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.
• Treasurer: Gordon V. R. Holness, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, chairman emeritus, Albert Kahn Associates Inc., Detroit, Michigan.
• Vice President: Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, partner, Pathfinder Engineers, Rochester, N.Y.
• Vice President: Maureen Grasso, Ph.D., dean, Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
• Vice President: Andrew Persily, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, group leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.
• Vice President: Vincent Tse, Fellow ASHRAE, managing director, Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia), Hong Kong. The following directors will serve a three-year term from 2007–2010:
• Region IV Director and Regional Chair: Ira Poston, northern region business relations manager, Duke Energy Carolinas, Burlington, N.C.
• Region V Director and Regional Chair: Fred Betz, P.E., manager, utility systems, PEDCo E&A Services, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Region VI Director and Regional Chair: Robert Linder, P.E., mechanical engineer, Karges-Faulconbridge Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Region XII Director and Regional Chair: Ross Montgomery, P.E., owner, Quality Systems and Technology Inc., Palmetto, Fla.
• Region XIII Director and Regional Chair: Yie-Zu Robert Hu, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, deputy general director, Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
• Director-at-Large: Constantinos A. Balaras, Ph.D., P.E., research director, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.
• Director-at-Large: Richard Kelso, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, retired president, Kelso-Regen Associates, Knoxville, Tenn., and professor, the College of Architecture and Design, the University of Tennessee.
• Director-at-Large: David Knebel, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, vice president, sales and technology, AAON Inc., Tulsa, Okla.
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