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Well it’s goodbye to the Oughts (or as some say, the Naughts). Time Magazine even called it “The Decade from Hell”. We all know too well all the bad things that happened this past decade but I would prefer that each of us look back and reflect upon all the good things that happened. To start off with the Y2K disaster never happened; the World didn’t come to an end as several groups predicted; the Red Sox finally one a World Series as did our new Diamondbacks; the Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl; Bernie Madoff was put behind bars for 150 years; gasoline did not stay at $4.00 per gallon; we did not go into a cataclysmic Depression, etc, etc. |
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To all of those who volunteered at the CSI Booth during Greenbuild in November, my sincere thanks. The people from CSI National that ran the show were very professional and they appreciated having you there to answer all the questions from prospective members about our Phoenix Chapter. We believe that we did recruit several new members for the Chapter. |
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Well it’s the time of year again where I begin to Market my favorite volunteer effort, the Future City Competition. This is a National Competition open to 7th and 8th graders from any school, Public, Private, Parochial, Charter or Home Schooled children. The Competition lets the kids design their version of a City of the Future using the SimCity4 Deluxe software. |
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How many of you regularly read The Construction Specifier magazine that each member receives every month? Most Architectural Product Representatives I’m sure read articles on their company’s products (and their competitor’s) when they appear. Most Contractor’s I’m sure read articles that pertain to projects that they are planning or have currently under construction and most Architect’s/Engineer’s I’m sure read articles that pertain to their latest buildings/systems they are designing. Hopefully those members dedicated to writing specifications read a majority of the articles. |
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