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| Introducing APSP's Newest Insurance Partner — Aqualine Insurance
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Earlier this week, APSP announced its new partnership with Aqualine Insurance. The new partnership will offer APSP members exclusive rates on commercial insurance including property, general liability, auto insurance, workers compensation, surety bonds, employee benefits, financial services and risk management. Read the press release here. Download this video and get to know more about Aqualine and the great benefits they offer. For more information, email Sam Houghton at shoughton@vpisrisk.com or call him at 949.421.3551 or email Branden Riggs at briggs@vpisrisk.com or call him at 949.421.3522.
| APSP University education heads abroad this April
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APSP University expands its education offerings this April with courses being taught in the United Kingdom and in Dubai.
April 16-18 | CHTT – United Kingdom
For the second year in a row, APSP's partners from The British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA), will offer APSP's CHTT Certified Hot Tub Technician in the United Kingdom this April 16-18.
April 21 and 28 | PPSO — Dubai
APSP's newest certification the PPSO Professional Pool & Spa Operator Course will be taught on April 21 and 28 at the Le Mer Water Park with Andrew Waskey in Dubai.
For more information on connecting with our international partners to take the course abroad, email APSP University or call Ana Hernandez at 703.838.0083 ext. 127. If you can't make it to these courses, check out our online certification courses or our upcoming PPSO instructor lead courses.
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To help you better understand what proposed legislation and regulations mean for you and your business. APSP reports on bills that affect the pool, spa and hot tub industry as they are filed. Members also receive email alerts on any proposed rules affecting the pool, spa or hot tub industry in their area. These six states need your immediate attention.
Arizona:
Issue 1:
Proposed state constitutional amendment that could affect your business by limiting the regulation of professions.
Issue 2:
Proposed legislation that could affect your business by limiting the regulation of professions.
California:
Issue 1:
Automated external defibrillator requirements for public pools & pool safety guidelines for schools.
Issue 2:
Energy Commission proposed rule addressing portable and inflatable spas.
Issue 3:
Energy Commission draft rule on pool pump motors.
Florida:
Legislation providing transparency requirements for local permit fees to impact excessive fees affecting pool builders
Hawaii:
Proposed bill that would allow for alternative codes, possibly affecting construction of public pools.
Idaho:
Issue 1:
Proposed legislation that could affect future pool and spa licensing/certification requirements.
Issue 2:
A proposed bill that would limit local action regarding building codes.
Mississippi:
Issue 1:
Bill that adopts the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code as the statewide minimum code for residential building construction.
Issue 2:
Swimming Incentives
North Carolina:
2018 Building Code Amendments final review
Rhode Island:
Issue 1:
Repeal of existing aquatic venue rules and proposed adoption of new rules that would affect public pools and spas
Issue 2:
Energy efficiency requirements for portable spas.
South Dakota:
Updating the International Building code
Vermont:
New portable spa energy efficiency standards that affect your business.
Virginia:
Issue 1:
Chesapeake, VA: Repealing a local code in order to use the state pool code (ISPSC).
Issue 2:
Page County, VA: Zoning ordinance related to aboveground swimming pools.
Washington:
Issue 1:
Affecting those who build or operate water recreation facilities with surf pools or standalone surf pools
Issue 2:
Sales tax exemptions related to waterparks and recreational swimming
Issue 3:
Energy efficiency legislation affecting pool pumps and portable spas
Wisconsin:
Issue 1:
Revising definition of public swimming pool to exclude certain items.
Issue 2:
Amendments to the Commercial Building Code
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| APSP welcomes 20 new members
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APSP membership is going strong. APSP welcomed 21 new members between March 1 and March 31. With the support and participation from members like you, we are able to build the industry and grow our members’ businesses. Thank You!
United States:
Aqua Pool Service from Santa Ana, CA; Baker Nissan from Jersey Village, TX; Blue Ribbon Pools from South Daytona, FL; Blue Whale Pool Management from Dunwoody, GA; Buckeye Aquatics from Pickerington, OH; Clean ’N Clear Pool Service from Edgewater Park, NJ; Coastal Pool and Spa from Ventrua, VA; Consolidated Spa Service from Sacramento, CA; Cool Pools from Apex, NC; Hydra Pools, Inc. from Warr Acres, OK; Kevin Sparks Signature Pools, LLC from Murfreesboro, TN; Meridian Tile from Phoenix, AZ; Plaster Holdings LLC DBA Performance Plaster from Edmond, OK; Pool Service 123 LLC from Huntington Beach, CA; Ronald L. Jacoboni Plastering, Inc. from Carson City, NV; Summit City Pools from Fort Wayne, IN; Suncrest Pool and Spa Service from Ventura, CA and Woodfield Landscaping Inc. from Fallston, MD.
International:
S-Pool from Neve Yamin, Israel
| APSP welcomes 54 newly certified individuals
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Congratulations! APSP University certified 54 individuals between March 1 and March 31. For more information on how you can earn your APSP Certification email APSP University or call Ana Hernandez at 703.838.0083 ext. 127.
CBP Certified Building Professional:
Alex Bayrak; Gregory Dalcollo; Stephen Evenski; Scott Frisbe, Tri-State; Christopher Greco; Ursula Lindgren; Mostafa Mahmoud; John Myer; Kevin Rivara; Terry Shake and Chris Whitlock
CST Certified Service Professional:
Kevin Begnal, Hoffman Landscapes, Inc.; Marwin Burgos; Ryan Deise; Adam Esarey, Glen Gate Company; James Fischback; Michael Fraychuk, Dobson Pools, LLC; Matthew Gugel, Dobson Pools, LLC; Ricky Helms; Michael Hoffman, Hoffman Landscapes, Inc.; Gary Peloso, Del Mar Pools & Spas; Shane Perry, Concord Pools; Jason Tanis, KVIZ; Daniel Toth, Dobson Pools, LLC; Kurt Schweder, Dobson Pools, LLC and Mark Stypulkoski, KVR Landscape Design of NJ
CMS Certified Maintenance Specialist:
Craig Appelbaum; Kerrie Auld, Easton Pool & Spa; Ryan Bailey, Pool Care, Inc.; Aidan Baumgardner, J. Tortorella Swimming Pools; Matthew Bellantoni, Aqua Star Pools; Conor Bierman, Aqua Star Pools; Todd Bingen; Michael Cafiero, J. Tortorella Swimming Pools; Guillermo Castillo; Brian Eiler; Stephen Gerzak, J. Tortorella Swimming Pools; Tyler Harmon; Michael Jogodzinski; Alden Kendall; James Lewis, Moyer Indoor Outdoor; Colin Martin, Town & Country Pool Service; Gabriel McMahon, Glen Gate Company; Brad O’Farrell; Michael Ortiz; Joshua Paradis, Paradis Pools LLC; Paul Pascarella, Aqua Star Pools; Franklin Pascual, Darien Pool, LLC; Matt Schaffer, Moyer Indoor Outdoor; Joshua Sharma; Joseph Sheehan, Easton Pool & Spa; Ivando Silva, Hoffman Landscapes; Seth Taylor, Glen Gate Company; Thomas Wade, Moyer Indoor Outdoor; Kenneth Uher and Joseph Winter, Winter Bros', Inc.
PPSO Professional Pool & Spa Operator:
Congratulations to all of those individuals that earned their PPSO Professional Pool & Spa Operator designation this month! Special thanks to APSP PPSO Instructor Howard Weiss, CSP from Contemporary Watercrafters Inc. out of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Through his hard work and dedication, a group of his students earned their PPSO certification. For upcoming instructor courses, visit APSP.org/PPSOCourses.
| We are looking for the industry's best installations
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Think you are one of the industry's best? Prove it. We're now accepting submissions to our 2018 International Awards of Excellence program and are looking for your best installations. We offer a variety of categories and discounts on multiple submissions. Check out last year's winners here. Winners will be recognized this Oct. 30 at APSP's Awards reception held at the Border Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada. Submit your best by June 29. For more information, email Lorna Watkins at lwatkins@apsp.org.
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| Making a difference starts here
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In just one month, we'll be celebrating May as National Water Safety Month (NWSM). Participating is a great way to link your name with consumer safety while spreading the message of the safe enjoyment of water. Two great ways for you to participate with minimal effort and maximum results include:
- Making a donation to help your association continue working on your behalf.
- Becoming an APSP NWSM sponsor.
Throughout the year we will continue to promote water safety and will work to protect your livelihood. Your donation and sponsorship will help us continue our fight. Get started here! For more information, email Seth Ewing at sewing@apsp.org.
| APSP offers safety resources to protect yourself and your employees
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Whether through its affinity partners, manuals, or brochures, APSP realizes the value in sharing safety information to keep you and your employee’s safe and OSHA compliant. We also realize it's important to talk about safety with your customers so that they can get the most enjoyment and satisfaction from your product, installation or service. Download and share these great safety resources. It's a great way to educate your employees and customers to keep them safe.
| Funding your next grant just got easier
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Do you know a public health official or department that's making outstanding contributions to advance the public’s health and safe use of recreational water? If so, nominate them by May 11 for our 2018 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant. This $5,000 grant honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding contributions to advance the public's health and safe use of recreational water in pools, spas and waterparks through educational, safety, operational and technical programs. The winner will be celebrated on June 27 in Anaheim, California at the NEHA 2018 Annual Education Conference (AEC) and HUD Healthy Homes Conference. Learn more and download the nomination forms here. For more information, email Tessa Ayala at tayala@apsp.org.
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Rick Harvey serves on APSP's WAVE Young Professionals Network Steering Committee. For the past eight years, he has worked at BioLab Inc, A KIK Custom Product Company as both a Direct Sales Manager for the Pennsylvania/Maryland area and as a Regional Sales Manager for the Fort Worth, Texas area. Committed to the industry, he understands and values his industry association and wants to help move the industry forward. "My reasoning for getting more involved in APSP will be to assist in enhancing ongoing education, developing a path to get young professionals more involved and legislation that will protect our industry's members while promoting overall growth in an ever changing marketplace."
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| APSP heads to Florida to exhibit
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APSP's Vice President of Technical and Standards Carvin DiGiovanni travels this week to Tampa, Florida where he'll exhibit at the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA) Conference. Carvin serves as one of 16 NDPA Board Members. If you'll be at the conference, make sure that you stop by APSP's table. You won't want to miss out on having exclusive access to, Carvin, APSP's staff standards and technical expert. Learn more about the conference here.
| Upcoming dates and deadlines
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April 16-18 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | CHTT
April 16 | FBI Chemical Industry Outreach Workshop | Gloucester County, N.J.
April 26 | FBI Chemical Industry Outreach Workshop | DERC Park, Washington, W.Va.
May 11 | Dr. Neil Lowry Grant Nomination Deadline
May 14 | FBI Chemical Industry Outreach Workshop | Bellefonte, Pa.
June 29 | APSP Awards Program Submission/Nomination Deadline
PPSO Instructor Courses | View Courses
24/7/365 Online Education:
PSCC Pool & Spa Construction Course (24 CEUs)
CST Certified Service Technician (24 CEUs)
CMS Certified Maintenance Specialist (24 CEUs)
CHTT Certified Hot Tub Technician (24 CEUs)
PPSO Professional Pool & Spa Operator (12 CEUs)
Improving Your Bottom Line Using Project Management (24 CEUs)
Cracking the CBP Exam (2 CEUs)
Cracking the CST Exam (2 CEUs)
Cracking the CMS Exam (2 CEUs)
Pool & Spa Inspection Seminar (3 CEUs)
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H2Insider
There is a difference between managing and leading. Managing centers on generating measurable outcomes and controlling work output, budgets and costs, what you might call the "behind the scenes" work. Leaders, on the other hand, are inspirational in that they encourage meeting challenges and creating change, and they provide an unobstructed path for turning ideas into reality, what you might call "center stage" work. Successful retail managers are adept both behind the scenes managing discreet projects and center stage inspiring others to great performance.
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By Delany Martinez
 The debate over corporate personhood continues to rage on, but it brings up a larger societal question in the process: Should businesses wade into charged sociopolitical issues? The natural inclination is to avoid liability wherever possible, and that definitely stretches into expressions and "taking sides" for most businesses, whose leaders prefer to stay as neutral as possible in the public eye. For others, however, it's an integral part of the business or brand.
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By Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield
 For many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate. Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your business, here are two money-saving tips.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 In a recent study on the stresses of American workers, the primary outcome suggests that we are all very tired, and it's taking a toll on our performance on the job. Most of the literal lost sleep comes from work-related anxiety, according to a simple poll. In it, more than 4 in 10 professionals (44 percent) are stressed about the following overwhelming workloads, looming business problems and strained co-worker relationships.
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Entrepreneur
The driving forces of exceptional leadership are desire, self-awareness and, most importantly, compassion. Effective leadership cannot prevail under negative circumstances such as putdowns, dishonesty, demands, frustration, denigration, manipulation, fear or micromanagement. These negative forces create high turnover, a lack of productivity, a lack of motivation and a negative attitude in those required to produce.
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The New York Times
No one should be surprised that there has been a backlash to globalization, given the scale of disruption that has resulted from more interconnected economies. What is surprising is that it has arrived now. That's because globalization, at least in the form we have known it, leveled off a decade ago. And that shows a crucial risk of the recent push to reset the terms of the global economy.
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By Shawn Smajstrla
 In case you haven't heard, there's a skills gap in the United States. That has become common rhetoric over the past few years and seems to be the refrain on business pages across the country. The flames were fueled by recent reports that U.S. job openings set a record high in January of this year. But, as with most coins, there's a flip side. Some maintain the skills gap is an exaggeration perpetuated by whiny employers unwilling to pay for the help they need.
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| SHAREABLE CONTENT OF THE WEEK |
Aqua Magazine
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