2026 May ASPE St. Louis Chapter

President's Pen

PRESIDENTS REPORT

May 2026

Happy May everyone!

This is the last official meeting of the 2025-2026 ASPE year!

Firstly, a huge thank you to all who have purchase sponsorships from us this year. We are so lucky to have your support to help our chapter provide fun activities for all of our members.

I will see most of you at the upcoming ASPE golf tournament!

We have revised our sponsorship packages and I think you will all enjoy our new offerings. Please go to the ASPE STL website or reach out to Angie Mendica at [email protected] for more information.

https://aspestl.org/Annual_Sponsorship_Opportunities

The St. Louis ASPE chapter is also hosting our ASPE Region 5 presidents meeting. If you’re unfamiliar this is when the ASPE presidents and vice presidents of the Region 5 chapters gather to discuss business. We’re looking for sponsors to help us cover costs of this meeting. Please reach out to your respective board member if you have any interest.

We also put together a welcome package for our visiting ASPE members. If you have product items your team is open to donating please reach out to your respective ASPE board member.

Website:  https://aspestl.org/

You will find the newsletter and the general meeting minutes on the new website. The website address is shown above and the below snip shows where you can find the latest meeting minutes and newsletter. More information will be getting added as we move forward.

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Calendar of Events

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Vice President of Technical Report

TECHNICAL REPORT

May 2026

Hey everyone!

Join us for our next chapter meetup on May 5th at Syberg’s on Dorsett! Great food, great people, and always a good time. Hope to see you there.

Presenter: Aaron Siegel
Position: Business Development Director
Company: Stiebel Eltron

Presenter Bio:
Aaron Siegel is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with more than twenty years of experience in sales leadership and development in the water heater industry. He currently serves as the Business Development Director at Stiebel Eltron, a global leader in water heating, renewables, and heating manufacturing based in Germany. Aaron is a long-time member, advocate, and supporter of ASPE. He serves on the Atlanta ASPE Chapter Board as the Affiliate Liaison and is also part of the National ASPE Affiliate Advisory Committee.

CEU Topic:
Water conservation and plumbing codes' impact on water heaters related to applications and sizing.

Course Description:
This engaging one-hour course explores the evolution of water conservation, plumbing codes, and regulations with a focus on water heating systems. Participants will learn how codes and regulations impact plumbing design, system sizing, and product specifications. Using case-based applications, attendees will gain tools to balance compliance with performance.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

If you have ideas or would like to present at one of our upcoming monthly chapter meetings, please reach out to me or another board member. We are currently looking to fill next year’s schedule. You can email me at [email protected]

Respectfully submitted:

Crystal Kramer

Vice-president Technical

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AYP Report

Thank you to all who attended the event! 

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Toto

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Blackmore and Glunt

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Website and Newsletter Sponsor's

Platinum Sponsor

Investment: $3,000

Benefits:

Gold Sponsor

Investment: $1,750

Benefits:

Silver Sponsor

Investment: $1,000

Benefits:

Bronze Sponsor

Investment: $425

Benefits:

Thanks!

 https://aspestl.org/Annual_Sponsorship_Opportunities

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McWane

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ASPE Sponsorship Package

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Education Report

Upcoming Webinars

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Vice President of Legislation Report

Vice President Legislative

August 2025

This position is now open, please speak to a board member to apply. 

https://aspe.org/pipeline/category/industry-news/codes-standards/

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Welcome and Thank you Members

Thank you to all that attended last months meeting.

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Last Month's General Meeting Minutes

APRIL GENERAL MEETING

April 7, 2026

President Mitch Spillman welcomed everyone to the 8th meeting of the 2025-2026 ASPE year.  He then called the meeting to order.

There was one new member and first-time attendee, Howard Ahern, who is with Plumberex.

He then asked for self-introductions.  As the introductions were going on, he had people start going through the food line.

President’s Report

Mitch Spillman had the following to report –

• ASSE is having their meeting in St. Louis April 14th-15th

• 2026 ASPE Convention is in Oklahoma City October 8th-14th

• 12 April Birthdays

• 14 April membership anniversaries

• As a reminder, please make sure you sign-in and print your name legible, marking if you need a CEU, PEU or PDH; if you are visitor or non-member, please list your email address; for St. Louis County credit, include your license number

• The minutes are no longer read at the meetings to allow additional time for our speakers; they are listed on the website and in the newsletter before the meetings

MOTION:  To approve the December General Meeting Minutes. APPROVED.

Vice-President Legislative’s Report

Jack Fischer had the following to report – 

• PCRC has completed the UPC review with the exception of Chapter 1 and the appendices

Vice-President Membership’s Report

JJ Nagel had the following to report – 

• Thanks for RSVP’ing for the meeting; please let him know if you will be doing the Tech Session only so we can make sure there are enough seats

• Chapter currently has 139 members; this ranks us 20th out of 65 Chapters

Treasurer’s Report 

David Notheis had the following to report – 

• Chapter is financially sound

• Please keep signing up for the sponsorship packages so that we can do things for the Chapter

Newsletter Editor’s Report

Crystal Kramer had the following report:

• If anyone needs their Line Card updated, please send her the information

• She is looking for companies that would be interested in presenting next year, letting her know of any topics you are interested in

Website Editor’s Report

Alex Howard had the following to report – 

• He has been updating and adding things to the website – check it out

Affiliate Liaison’s Report 

Angie Mendica had the following to report – 

• Thank you to all those companies that have stepped up to be a sponsor; as a reminder this goes along the calendar year not the ASPE year

• Golf registration is OPEN, should have seen an email with the details and it’s on the website

• If you want to be a sponsor, get signed up

ASPE Young Professionals (AYP) Report

Tyler Rhoads had the following to report – 

• He is still planning on doing something at the FLIGHT Club, maybe in June

• Once he gets details worked out, info will be sent out

Women of ASPE (WOA) Report

Logan Carter had the following to report – 

• She is looking at putting together an event

Social Media Report

Elizabeth Womack had the following to report – 

• FOLLOW US!!

• Sponsorship Packages get a shout out on LinkedIn

Vice-President Technical’s Report

Crystal Kramer had the following report: 

• She is starting to look for speakers for the 2026-27 year, letting her know of any potential topics

• Crystal introduced today’s speaker Ken Rutherford, Senior Commercial Product Analyst for Amtrol; he will be discussing “Thermal & Hydronic Tanks for Water Applications”

• After his presentation, he was given one of our Arch Awards

JACKPOT WINNER: Drawing was $40.  The first name drawn was Chris Sommers and they were present.

50 / 50 WINNER: $9 Greg Friederich

$5 Angie Mendica

ATTENDANCE PRIZES: Joe Schroeder

Tyler Rhoads

Alex Howard

Notes / Reminders

• Please make sure to RSVP for the meetings on the Friday before the meeting, that way we can make sure we have adequate food

• Our next meeting is on May 5th, here at Syberg’s – bring someone along

MOTION:  To adjourn the meeting. APPROVED.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Don Sullivan

Administrative Secretary

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Anniversaries and Birthdays

Please see below for May Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays

Anniversaries

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