As I start my first president’s message I have had one subject on my mind and due to the fact that this subject was brought up at two recent meetings, I decided to write about it.

The Reference Library Product Tradeshow Products IMPACT on DESIGN being held on Thursday, August 18, 2011 from noon to 5:00 pm at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass. Come see the 92 table top exhibits with new products! It’s a FREE show!

Reactivity-adjusted VOC content (RAVOC) ratings are a much better way to measure Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and Dunn-Edwards is now revising product labels to include RAVOC ratings along with standard VOC content.

The World’s first LEED-certified paint manufacturing plant here in Phoenix!

The CSI National Convention will be held in Phoenix in 2012. Brian McClure at Brian.McClure@Stantec.com and Gary Campbell gcampbell@assaabloydss.com have agreed to co-chair this convention for the Phoenix Chapter. Our chapter will be asked to help in the following events during the convention.

•     Fundraising
•     Exhibit Booth
•     Marketing
•     Registration
•     Spouse/Guest Program
•     Student Activities
•     Technical Events/Tours

Sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, this award recognizes imaginative investigation and creative design that explore the potential of a building product(s). A different building product/manufacturer is chosen each year from within the CSI’s membership and the companies they represent. This year's product/material sponsor is MAGNUM Companies.

Our chapter has many committees that are vital to its success. Please read over the descriptions and select a committee you want to get involved with. Contact the committee chair for details.

At the encouragement of the Technical Committee, the chapter has set up a new CSI Phoenix Forums page on the chapter web site. Eight topics have been set up initially to get the conversations rolling.