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Presidents Letter
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August Dinner Meeting recap
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Gala Dinner Meeting recap October Dinner Meeting
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SCDF CAll for entries
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west region leadership workshop recap
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board of directors
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is the chance to reconnect with other CSI folks from all over. The West region had a strong turnout, with both LA and Redwood taking home chapter commendations. The Hawaii chapter put in a plug for the next West Region Conference, which is going to be on the big island in April of 2014 and should be terrific. But for me, some of the best bits were just the conversions I got to have with people from other chapters. I had a talk with someone from Virginia about the trials and joys of running a certification program, chatted with an independent specifier from Washington about doing committee meeting by webinar, and got Hey there, my LACSI people! chances to reconnect with people I hadn’t seen in a year. At the product show, I got to meet some very knowledgeable people, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve just come with some great ideas and great informaback from the Institute Convention in tion. There were so many special moNashville, where I had a great time. ments, I hardly know where to start. Nashville is a nice town with a lot going But it’s the chance conversions at the cofon and the people there are very friendly fee stand or between classes, the bumpand inviting. The Convention was the ing into people and the introductions usual blend of interesting education ses- through other people where CSI really sions, a wonderful product show, and comes into it’s own. The convention was a some great activities hosted by the Nash- great chance for me to build new ties and ville Chapter. reinvigorate others, and I was reminded that the real strength of CSI is, and always All those are great, of course, and worth has been, the relationships. The people the trip, but one thing that I really enjoy we meet and the friendships we form are
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vital to each one of us. If we run into a problem or a question or need help, we turn to the people in our networks, the folks who we can count on and who we’ve worked with in the past. This is the power of CSI, building relationships and finding solutions. It was a great convention, and lots of fun on lots of levels, not just the obvious ones. But if you didn’t get to go, never fear! We have some fabulous events coming up to give us all a chance to get together and have a great time while connecting with each other. The West Region conference is coming up in April and our own product show, LACSI Nite, in February. And what’s more, the golf tournament is coming up in just a few days! It’s going to be a great time! So, even if you don’t golf, come on out and join us for dinner at the fabulous Pacific Palms! I hope I’ll see you all there!
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Each year, most organizations set aside one day to acknowledge the efforts of their members, and to honor those who have made significant contributions. CSI is no exception; we have award ceremonies at chapter, region, and Institute levels. The crowning moments take place at the annual convention, where Institute awards are presented, where we honor those selected for Distinguished Membership, and where we honor those who have been elevated to Fellowship. While the criteria for most awards are fairly straightforward and easy to understand, there is a mystique surrounding Fellowship; but more on that later.
Contributions must be acknowledged
I suspect many members don’t give these affairs much thought, unless they are nominees, but it’s worth taking a few moments to consider what awards and honors signify. To be meaningful, an award must be earned, and it must represent something important.
In the world of professional organizations, there may be an occasional cash reward, but in most cases, outstanding work is recognized by an award or honor, often accompanied by a plaque or other object of little intrinsic value, presented at a ceremony attended by the recipient’s peers.
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Acknowledgement of effort and contribution is always important, perhaps more so in a volunteer organization. In the business world, success and achievement are rewarded by increased salary, bonuses, and other perquisites; the commonly accepted, though often inaccurate, measure of one’s value is the paycheck. The more important you are perceived to be, the more you make. Honors and recognition may be important in business, but rarely do they take precedence over money.
one award, recipients must decide which ones to display. The value of any award depends on a number of things: the requirements that must be met, the uniqueness of the award, the total number of awards presented, the importance of the organization making the award, and so on. Even though a plaque in itself isn’t worth much, what it represents can mean a great deal to the recipient, the organization, or a larger community. There is no doubt that we must recognize effort and contributions, but for that recognition to have meaning, differentiation is necessary. If awards are to have value, they must reflect the degree of effort they represent. Is sitting at a registration table equivalent to creating a new education program? Is merely holding an office and voting at board meetings equivalent to demonstrating leadership while in the same office? All of these things deserve recognition, but that recognition should reflect the effort involved. The logical result is a hierarchy of awards, ranging from a simple “Thank you!” to honors that are intended to acknowledge achievements that are “above and beyond.”
Always say “Thank you!” Work of short duration should be
acknowledged immediately. A simple “thank you” often is enough, but that is the absolute minimum required. Most people don’t expect a plaque for doing small jobs, but they do expect and deserve an expression of thanks. An oral expression of thanks at a chapter meeting is appropriate for the people at the registration table, and certainly for those who organized the current chapter meeting. Some will consider it an anachronism, but I believe a short written thank-you remains appropriate, and may have even more impact in today’s world of tweeting and texting. Formal letters of acknowledgement, on the organization letterhead, should be used for more significant contributions. A copy should be sent to the recipient’s employer, especially if the work recognized is related to the recipient’s job. This will tell the employer that the employee is respected in the construction industry, and will promote CSI at the same time. Finally, for the most important awards at each level, plaques or other gifts that can be displayed are appropriate. Using such gifts for all levels of awards reduces their value, and, because volunteers usually keep volunteering and receive more than
I suspect all people enjoy having some visible manifestation of awards, but after receiving a few, they may not have a place for them. I have seen offices with walls full of plaques, but not many; most people choose their favorite few for display and store the rest, eventually throwing them away. Awards committees should look for alternatives to plaques; useful gifts with the organization logo will be appreciated. Shirts, hard hats, hats, key chains, coasters, Matchbox toys, tape measures, levels, business card holders, and other gifts may be more welcome than plaques.
How many awards? Awards committees are in an awkward position. Understandably, they want to present awards; unfortunately, at least from what I have seen, nominations are rare. Without voluntary suggestions, committees have little choice but to solicit nominations. While there is nothing wrong with that, it’s important to not present awards just for the sake of presenting awards. Many people do work that goes unrecognized, but it’s entirely possible that no one in a given group did anything worthy of note! Presenting too many awards reduces their value, and the more important the award or honor, the greater the devaluation. I
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once saw a chapter newsletter with the banner headline, “104 awards presented!” We aren’t first-graders; we should understand that if everyone gets a trophy, those trophies mean nothing. I recall a tale about a local police chief, who, after making a presentation, was given the usual plaque. His sotto voce comment: “Just what I need; another sh***y plaque.” Of course, the value of such a plaque may depend on how many a person has received, something the awards committee should consider.
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Think of it this way: The more awards there are of a given type, the less the value of that award - and the higher the award, the greater the impact. Next month, we’ll look at CSI’s highest honors: Distinguished Membership, Honorary Membership, and Fellowship. If you have comments, please visit my blogs and leave them there! © 2013, Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, CSC Follow me at http://swconstructivethoughts.blogspot.com/, http:// swspecificthoughts.blogspot.com/, http://twitter.com/swolfearch
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15’s President Elect and Institute Director. The Nominating Committee headed up by Valarie Harris has been diligently working to put together a slate of candidates. After the Region Caucus in Nashville, the committee should have nominees for the Election in the spring. I want to thank the committee members from each chapter, the nominating committee and especially Valarie Harris for their hard work.
Greetings West Region. I apologize for not getting this issue of the West Region Corner until now. I have no excuse other than I have procrastinated too long. There are a number of things coming up in the West Region that we all need to keep in mind. First would be nominating candidates for FY
The West Region Fall Mid Year Board Meeting will be again held at the San Jose Airport Hotel, formally the Radisson, on October 26, 2013 beginning at 10:00 A.M. For those wishing to stay at the hotel, the room rate is $79.00 plus taxes and need to be booked by October 11th to get the CSI rate. The Reservation phone number fro group rates is 408-841-4604. This meeting is mainly for the West Region Board members, but any member is welcome to attend. The Region now has the capability of utilizing “GO TO MEETING” for conference calls and has been recently used by the Nominating Committee. Eric Camin and I have yet to begin our monthly Chapter Presidents Calls, but we hopefully will get that going during the month
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of October. I just have to catch up with Eric somehow. On the subject of the West Region Membership Directory, updates are being made and we now will have some help developing some advertising. Image Graphics Company maintains the directory. They will begin selling advertising and charge a commission for each ad sold. Hopefully this will generate funding to maintain and update the directory during the year. Ad prices will range from $1,100.00 for a full page ad to $400.00 for a quarter page ad. For all you Industry folks out there, please consider placing an ad. As you all may recall, a while back there was quite a flap bout the Institute board recommending a decrease of 4% of RAP (Region Assessment Program) money returned to the Regions from membership dues. A RAP Ad-hoc Committee was formed and has made it’s recommendations. In a nutshell, the recommendation is to leave the current 7% RAP funding in place to the regions. The committee also recommended implementation of actions in support of the RAP. To summarize, The RAP should be
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moved from the Institutes Budget (Income and Expense) and be a direct pass through to the regions similar to Chapter dues. Also the institute is to continue uninterrupted the collection of 7% of the member dues, and would apply to all membership categories. 100% of the RAP funds (7% of the member dues) continue be sent to the Regions monthly. This is just a short summary of the RAP Committee’s recommendations but I wanted to provide a little information on what was happening with RAP. For future planning, remember to put the West Region Conference on your calendar for April 23 thru 26 in Kona, Hawaii. More info to follow on the conference.
The Southern California Development Forum Board invites you to submit nominations for the 2013 Design Awards. These awards recognize the contributions and commitment to the business environment and the communities of Southern California.
For all you Chapter Editors, if I am not getting the Corner to the right person, please let me know where to send it. That’s all for now. Have a great fall. Respectfully submitted, David A. Willis President, WR CSI Questions? Contact:
Carolina Tombolesi: carolina_tombolesi@gensler.com or Walt Cousineau: walter.cousineau@haworth.com
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Up and coming leaders from seven chapters met in Palm Springs on the weekend of Aug. 3rd for the 3rd Annual West Region Leadership Workshop. In addition to presentations by experienced chapter leaders on various aspects of chapter operations, Joy Davis, the Institute's Communications/Community/Web Director, expanded our thinking about how to benefit from the generational differences in our membership. Everyone who attended picked up useful resources and will be better prepared to be great leaders in CSI. Many thanks to the workshop presenters and to the chapter leaders who attended.
President Vice President I Vice President II Secretary Treasurer Controller Past Pres/Advisor Director Director Director Director
Kathryn Marek, CSI , CCCA, AIA Stuart L. Fricke, PE, CSI , CCS Buzz Harwood, CSI , CDT Allison C. Asher, CSI Jan Piccola, FCSI Mitch Lawrence, CSI,CCS,CCCA, AIA Jay Nordsten, CSI, CCCA, AIA, LEED AP Monique M. Birault, CSI, CDT Bruce Konschuh, CSI, CDT Christina Alfaro, CSI , CDT Tan Diep, CSI , CCPR, LEED AP
kathryn.a.marek@disney.com sfricke@portla.org buzz@imc-ca.com allisonasher@burkeindustries.com jpiccola@thecomexgroup.com mitch.lawrence@disney.com jay.nordsten@zgf.com birault@usc.edu bruce.konschuh@acmartin.com calfaro@accuride.com diep@ppg.com
Committee Chairs Affiliate Organizations Kathy Greenway, CSI , CDT kgreenway@draperinc.com Budget and Finance Jan Piccola, FCSI jpiccola@thecomexgroup.com Governance Mitch Lawrence, CSI , CCS, CCCA, AIA mitch.lawrence@disney.com Membership Chair Teena Santiago, CSI , CDT teena.santi@gmail.com Education Chair Dean Vlahos dvlahos55@gmail.com Awards Chair Kathy Greenway, CSI , CDT kgreenway@draperinc.com Certification Chair Kathryn Marek, CSI , CCCA, AIA kathryn.a.marek@disney.com Program Committee Jay, Ed, Buzz, Monique jay.nordsten@zgf.com, ebuch@ccd.usc.edu, buzz@imc-ca.com, birault@usc.edu Product Show Chair Bruce Konschuh, CSI, CDT bruce.konschuh@acmartin.com Golf Chair Craig Mount, AIA, CCI, CCS, NCARB craig.mount@aecom.com Planning Chair Mark Brower, CSI , CDT mbrower@vistapaint.com West Region Affairs Mitch Lawrence, CSI , CCS, CCCA, AIA mitch.lawrence@disney.com West Region Secretary Ed Buch, CSI , CCS, AIA ebuch@ccd.usc.edu Chapter Communications Team eCommunications Chair Tan Diep, CSI , CCPR, LEED AP
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Christina Alfaro, CSI , CDT Tan Diep, CSI , CCPR, LEED AP Valarie Harris, FCSI , CCPR Paul McKenzie
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Charles Barker III Travis Behner David Diemer
Robert Meyerhof Jo Drummond, FCSI Albert Grossman Virgil Troyer Lorne Bell Cliff Clark Charles Denisac, FCSI Don Wolverton Jerry Orland, FCSI Morley Simon Kurt Rheinfurth Leonard Hirsch Eugene Trotter Ed Takahashi Young Johnson Russell Hobbs
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