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Hopefully, many of you were able to attend the January monthly meeting. We had a change of program since the original speaker was called out of state. We were able to have Mike Jackson fill in and speak on “A Paradigm Shift – The Future of Specifications?” I was unable to attend but was able to sit with him the next day and also get a copy of the presentation. |
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As we start the new year how many of you identified one or more New Year’s resolutions? Hopefully you haven’t broken any of them by the time you read this article. One of mine will be trying to get the President’s Message to the newsletter editor before the deadline each month! |
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It amazes me when this time of year rolls around as to where the rest of the year went! I guess that’s part of getting older. So with that in mind I will keep this message short so everyone can get back to shopping for gifts, getting the holiday decorations and tree out and up, addressing the cards, sitting back with a cup of holiday spirit or whatever else you might be trying to accomplish in the last few days of 2011. |
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The main portion of this month’s message comes from an article written by Mike Young, President of the CSI Denver Chapter. CSI Institute had noticed the article on the CSI Denver’s blog and reprinted it in the CSI Weekly dated October 4, 2011. Tim Garver saw the article and alerted me before I had even received the CSI Weekly by email.
This article, though written from Mike’s personal experiences regarding CSI, includes many reasons why we are and continue to be members of CSI as I have heard from our chapter members. |
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We had great representation from the Phoenix Chapter at Construct 2011 with thirteen individuals and if we count Ron Geren who had registered, but was unable to attend due to a family emergency, we had fourteen. This equals a little over 10% of our current Phoenix membership up in the Windy City.
I thought I’d pass on some of the events that occurred in Chicago for those who were unable to attend. |
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Drum roll please … Teri Hand’s status with CSI will be elevated to a Fellow at Construct 2011 in Chicago!
This will be a great event for Teri as well the Chapter, but what does it mean? I was curious about this award, its history, its meaning, its members and our local chapter members who have been able to place FCSI after their names. |
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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. |
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Thank you for all those who attended our last membership meeting and awards banquet. Although the attendance was down, it was nice to get together for one last time before summer officially starts. Appreciation certificates were given to the board members and committee chairs for their work in keeping our chapter active and interesting. Six special awards were given by me for outstanding service for the 2010-2011 year and helping to make my term much easier to undertake. |
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Welcome to 2011! Many new programs and projects are planned for the Phoenix Chapter and I hope everyone will take advantage of them. |
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32 members and guests showed up for the “Let’s Get Dirty” program hosted by Sherwin Williams. VOC, smell, application rates, mil gauges and epoxy mixes were presented to those who were willing to get their hands dirty and play with the materials. A special thanks to Angie France and the other Sherwin Williams members who walked us through paints, epoxies and sealants. You missed seeing Jill and Louise applying paint to the display panels and doors, not bad for beginners! |
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Our first dinner meeting was a success and everyone had a lot of time for networking and socializing with chapter members and guests. Those who did not attend missed a great program on Tempe’s new “Green Building” design and the effort that went into constructing it. |
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I hope everyone had a pleasant summer even with the high humidity and temperatures that some of us forget about in the other six months of the year. We have a great lineup of programs for the 2010-2011 monthly meetings and Don Stone and his committee promise something for everyone. |
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As the incoming President of the Phoenix Chapter for 2010-2011, I look forward to the challenges ahead of us for an unsettled construction economy. Membership retention, growth of the chapter and quality education programs are areas that I and your new board will be dealing with over the summer and into next year. We are asking for assistance from the membership to help fill out vacancies on various committees to continue the quality programs like those in the past that made us a great chapter to be a member of. |
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This President’s Message constitutes my “Swan Song” as your Chapter President and I hope I’ve been able to keep you interested and enthusiastic in CSI, why we are here, and what we are trying to do to make you a better Architectural Product Rep, Contractor, Architect, Owner/Manager, etc. It has been an interesting year and one that could not have been done without the help of the members of the Board, the Committee Chairwomen and Chairmen and the members who assisted them on their committees. One thing that is paramount to remember, they are all VOLUNTEERS, they give freely of their time to make this Chapter better which, in turn, results in better specifications being written and better quality buildings being constructed. |
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For the THIRD month in a row I’d like to put a plug in for our annual CSI Golf Tournament, the proceeds of which go towards our Scholarship Fund. Dave Spice is once again heading this effort and is looking for sponsors. Please contact him at DAS Products, 480-838-0821 or dspice@dasproducts.com Our Scholarship Fund, managed by the Ken Lockhart Foundation is one of our most worthy efforts and I urge each of you to support it. Especially in tough economic times such as these it is important to be a sponsor or donor. If your company can’t do that, at least sign up to play a round of golf and bring a client. Now for this month’s discussion: |
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For the second month in a row I’d like to put a plug in for our annual CSI Golf Tournament, the proceeds of which go towards our Scholarship Fund. Dave Spice is once again heading this effort and is looking for sponsors. Please contact him at DAS Products, 480-838-0821 or dspice@dasproducts.com Our Scholarship Fund, managed by the Ken Lockhart Foundation is one of our most worthy efforts and I urge each of you to support it. Especially in tough economic times such as these it is important to be a sponsor or donor. If your company can’t do that, at least sign up to play a round of golf and bring a client. |
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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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