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1999 Annual MHA Meeting
Wildacres Retreat June 3 - 9

Registration Information

Preliminary Agenda
(posted February 28, 1999 - check back for updates)

Friday, June 4 1999

Morning

  • 9:00AM Greetings, introductions, etc
  • Pat Manley - Agenda review
  • Bev Marois - Administrators report
  • Rod Zander - Treasurer's report
  • Norbert Senf - Web site report

Afternoon

  • Review of the MHA Position Paper for Emissions Regulation
  • ?

Saturday, June 5

Morning

  • Create/elect Board of Directors
  • New Brochure

Afternoon

  • Jerry Frisch - rewrite of the ASTM Masonry Heater Standard
  • Jerry Frisch - review of the "Owners' Manual" section of the Heater Mason's Reference Manual
  • Jerry Frisch - follow up on the masonry heater seismic analysis for inclusion in the building code

Sunday, June 6

Morning

  • Morning with special guest John Crouch, emissions regulation specialist with the Hearth Products Association. Update on the the current regulatory situation, and likely future developments. Update on the Bay Area situation.

Afternoon

  • John Crouch - continued
  • Strategy session on further participation with HPA
  • Tom Trout - Heaters in Slovakia

Monday, June 7

Morning

  • Rod Zander - Firebox design and construction, heat exchanger configuration
  • Norbert Senf - Heater design for low emissions
  • Jerry Frisch - How to break in and use cook stoves and ovens

Afternoon

Hands on Session In the Bricks and Mud area:

  • Frank Sotero and Doug Fry - Basic masonry skills for sweeps
  • Rod Zander - Soapstone fabrication
  • Rod Zander - Soapstone heater core/facing(continued details from morning sessions)
  • Pat Manley - Scale model soapstone heaters

Tuesday June 8

Morning

  • Agenda 2000
  • Meeting location for 2000 annual meeting
  • Hands on with Jerry Frisch: stone setting and laying tips

Afternoon

  • field trip

Wednesday June 9

Morning

Afternoon

  • Clean up/pack up Bricks & Mud area

Thursday June 10

  • Breakfast and move'em out


Registration Information

For MHA members, the fee for the entire week INCLUDING accomodations, 3 gourment meals per day (including vegetarian), and a spectacular setting is only $260US

Limited spaces still available - avoid disappointment - make your reservation now, pay later - contact Bev Marois

Photo Report of 1998 MHA Annual Meeting

Photo Report of 1997 MHA Annual Meeting

 

Contact The Masonry Heater Association

The Masonry Heater Association of North America
Beverly J. Marois, Administrator
RR2, Box 33M
Randolph
Vermont 05060, USA
Phone 802-728-5896
Fax 802-728-6004
bmarois@sovernet.com

webmaster@mha-net.org


This page last updated March 1, 1999

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