President's Letter
Here’s to a Prosperous and Productive New Year!
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hope everyone had a blessed and memorable C h r i s t m a s and holiday celebrations. I also hope that it gave everyone a chance to rest and get ready to tackle the challenges that 2016
is sure to bring. I would like to start by thanking everyone for electing me as the TDMAW 2016 President. It is a great honor and I will do my best to continue the work that our past presidents have done, to make the TDMAW an amazing and well respected organization. I would like to thank Randy Weber for the great job he did as the 2015 President, and look forward to working with him again on the 2016 Board of Directors. Finally, I would like to thank Steve Latus for the years he served as President and on the Board of Directors. His experience and insight on the BOD will be missed We held this year’s kick-off meeting at Alioto’s on January 5, 2016. The member’s only meeting was well attended with 42 members attending. This year’s board of directors were elected and the results are: Myself, Brian Nuetzel, President Pete Kambouris, Vice President
her plans. This was followed by one of the longest and most enjoyable Q&A sessions I have ever been part of.
I know that most of our member companies have enjoyed one of the best fiscal years in 2015, but if you are like me, you don’t have a clue of what 2016 will bring for our businesses. I am, however, sure of what it will bring for the TDMAW. We will springboard off of the changes last year’s committees and BOD have made, and will grow our membership and sponsorship. We will continue to look for ways to cut our costs, and focus on an increased effort in educating the community about our industry. We will schedule more shop tours with students already interested in the trades, but also need to put more effort in educating the students, faculty, and parents that have no idea of the tremendous careers we have to offer this generation.
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Yours Truly, — Brian Nuetzel, TDMAW President
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The second part of the meeting included TDMAW’s partners and sponsors. Wisconsin DNR Secretary, Cathy Stepp, gave a very informative speech on her department and
April 5th - Tool, Die & Machining Expo, Country Springs Hotel, speaker Rebecca Kleefisch
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After the 2016 Board was confirmed, committee chairs then talked about the work they did in 2015, and presented their plans for the coming year. It was very clear that there were great changes made, that have resulted in substantial operating cost reductions, at the same time there was a major transformation and improvement of our communications and marketing. I would urge you to visit the new TDMAW website (www.TDMAW.org), if you have not already done so.
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I would like to welcome Pete Kambouris to this year’s Board. I am excited to be working together with this group to continue the positive changes that the BOD and committees have enacted in 2015.
February 23rd - Plant tour and breakfast at the Kinetic Company
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