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Mark Eatherton January 24, 2012 @ 9:40 AM
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Congratulations John Barba...
Fellow Wallies,

Please join me in congratulating John Barba and welcoming him into the Hydronic Hall of Fame :-)

John is the most recent recipient of the Carlson-Holohan Industry Award of Excellence. We presented him with the Gil Carlson Wheel yesterday in a brief ceremony at the AHRI conference in Chicago.

Thanks to Mr Holohan, Mr Bean, Mr Yates, Mr Webster, and all of the THOUSANDS of other supporting casts that helped make this happen.

I can't think of a more fitting person to receive this lifetime achievement award.

John was speechless, which has NEVER happened to John. :-)

Carry it forward proudly John :-) You have 2 years to get over the shock.

ME
It's not so much a case of "You got what you paid for", as it is a matter of "You DIDN'T get what you DIDN'T pay for, and you're NOT going to get what you thought you were in the way of comfort". Borrowed from Heatboy.

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Tim McElwain January 24, 2012 @ 10:56 AM
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Congratulations John
definitely very deserving of the award.

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Ironman January 24, 2012 @ 10:57 AM
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Ditto
John's a great guy, an excellent teacher and very much deserving of this honor.
Bob

You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.

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Paul Fredricks January 24, 2012 @ 12:07 PM
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Truely
An excellent choice for this years recipient!

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Nathan January 24, 2012 @ 1:19 PM
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John Barba
speechless Wow

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Rich Davis January 24, 2012 @ 4:15 PM
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John's Award
Congrats, John, it couldn't have gone to a more deserving person. But, being speechless that would have been a sight to see.

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lchmb January 24, 2012 @ 6:10 PM
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Grats
to John!!

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rb January 24, 2012 @ 8:26 PM
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Talk about doing your best!
Way to go John!
A standing ovation for the home run from a real modern day hydronics hero!
You deserve it and legions of your supporters agree.
Congrats from a long time fan.
Robert Bean
p.s. a big thanks to John Vastyan, Rae Aldrich and Mark Chaffee for arranging the logistics and of course to Taco and John White Jr. for his inspirational and very fitting speech on education and doing ones best – moments in time just don’t get any better.
p.s.s a big thanks to Ken Webster, Mark Eatherton, Dave Yates and Dan Holohan – until next Namaste to you my friends.
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Dan Holohan January 24, 2012 @ 11:26 PM
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Makes me so happy
to see John as the next keeper of the flame. So well deserved. Thanks to all for a wonderful hand-off!
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John Barba January 25, 2012 @ 11:46 AM
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Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words, gang. Really am speechless! I'm very honored to be entrusted with this amazing artifact - named after two giants - and look forward to telling its story for the next two years.

Just hope I don't break it!

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John Barba January 25, 2012 @ 11:46 AM
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Paul Rohrs January 26, 2012 @ 12:27 AM
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here - hear
My congratulations to a deserving industry icon.

John has brought an industry forward....light years. (Present Company Included)...meaning....all of the previous winners included.

John has a clear focus on what the industry will eventually be, and...if you haven't "seen" him lately, the Johbar@taco-hvac "Lite" version has impacted the industry for the better.

John is too modest to tell you he has a new, and renewed laser-beam focus on impacting the industry for a long time to come because he has lost 57 lbs thus far.

Pause for excited murmering,

He is now, not allowed to keep sending 8x10 color glossies to my wife for fear of reprisal.

That's right, John is now the new "JB Lite" version and the industry looks forward to many more years of insight because of it.

I lift my glass, (albeit a lite-version) to JB's renewed vigor in impacting the industry for a long time to come.

Congratulations my friend. You truly inspire an industry.

Paul
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Mark Eatherton January 26, 2012 @ 8:38 AM
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I noticed that too....
The boy is SKINNY! He looks good, and feels great.

A legend in my mind :-) Setting a FINE example for all contractors to follow.

ME
It's not so much a case of "You got what you paid for", as it is a matter of "You DIDN'T get what you DIDN'T pay for, and you're NOT going to get what you thought you were in the way of comfort". Borrowed from Heatboy.

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