Committee meeting minutes September 17, 2010

The Membership Committee convened on Friday, September 17, 2010at 8:00 AM at the MAF Convention

Chairman: Devon Brookshire devonbrookshire@msn.com opened the meeting with a· Self-introduction of committee chairs and meeting attendees. Committee representatives present were: Cheryl Berard/Northwest, Jerry Painter/NorthCentral, Robert Carlton/Northeast, Jay Snyder/Central, Kelly Kendall/Westcentral, Allison Willmeng/TampaBay, Danielle Larson/Southwest, Sofia Silva/Southeast, Dave Pfeffer/Treasure Coast. Other attendees included convention guests and representatives from the NCMA and MCAA.

Devon Brookshire welcomed the group & provided opening remarks.Devon Brookshire stated that the meeting was conducted under the Anti-Trust Guidelines. Motion to waive reading/Motion- Keith Sommer/Second -Rocky Jenkins

Attendees reviewed minutes from previous meeting. Motion to approve-Rocky Jenkins. Second Wally Dayem.

Pat McLaughlin explained recent update on the next area to form an MAF chapter, which would be in Polk Co.

An accounts receivable aging was provided to each chapter to compare to their local members and membership dues collection process.

Devon Brookshire provided an update from the last MAF Board of Directors meeting, suggesting to the group that there will be discussion on ways to get new members to join the MAF at the upcoming Strategic Planning Session on Oct. 1 & 2 that would be affordable to the contractors.

Pat McLaughln overviewed highlights of the two days ahead at the Convention, encouraging everyone to participate in the days' meetings and introduced three guests, two from the MCAA and 1 from the NCMA.
Guests were very encouraging saying that Florida was setting the pace for the rest of the country with their progress relating to the promotion of Masonry and formation of a state association. Pat introduced the Convention Survey for feedback on convention activities, location and would be used to determine whether the MAF would return to the Sirata in 2012. A drawing would take place after the Farewell Breakfast. The winner of the Convention Survey drawing was Shelly Honsberger/Tarmac Titan America.

All attendees were encouraged to visit the Awards meeting which was the next meeting of the morning; learn more about the awards process and have a local awards representative from their chapter.

Rocky Jenkins provided a Commercial Lead Tracking overview and encourage everyone to attend the Promasonry meeting to learn more about the progress to promote to architects, specifiers and designers.

Joyce Rivas introduced the Member Surveys and Non-Member surveys which have gone out by mail to the 32 contractor members and 150 select non-member contractors in the state of Florida. Results to be reviewed at upcoming Strategic Planning session. All Members that had not completed a survey yet, were encouraged to do so at the convention booth.

Nametags with a green dot indicated convention guests. Members were encouraged to seek out attendees that were visitors and make them feel welcome.

Website highlights were reviewed by Joyce Rivas and include the new Enforcement and Speaker's bureau blogs and Members Only section of the website. The newest addition is the 'WHY MASONRY' link. nutes)Chapter updates from Northwest-Cheryl Berard, Northcentral-Jerry Painter, Northeast-Robert Carlton, Central-Jay Snyder, West Central-Kelly Kendall, Tampa-Allison Willmeng, Southwest-Danielle Larson, Southeast-Sofia Silva,Treasure Coast-Dave Pfeffer stated across the board that they are struggling with membership due to the economy. Treasure Coast reported that they were making some good progress with having quality speakers with topics that are important to their membership including building inspectors, licensing officials and that their apprenticeship programs was up and running and had good attendance during fall orientation.
Pat McLaughlin briefly reviewed what would be covered in his Economic report which had new information related to the residential market He encouraged chapters to schedule him for meetings in their local market in which he will provide local information. The next local meeting scheduled for October 21st is in the Treasure Coast.
Devon Brookshire noted that that Member goals have been revised to incorporate the reduction in contractor members in the state from 500 to 298. Quarterly goals will be set accordingly after the upcoming strategic planning retreat.Current Contractor members goal of 56 = 24 NEW contractors membersCurrent/ Goal /# Contractors in MarketTampa 5 / 8 / 58Northwest 6 / 8 / 21Central 5 / 9 /62North Central 3 / 5 /12Southeast 4 / 6 / 33Southwest 4 / 7/ 43Treasure Coast 3 / 5 / 23Northeast 1/ 4 / 22Ocala 1/ 4 /24Total 32/ 56/298Total as of March 2010 39/ 68/ 452*2010/5 new contractor members 2-Orlando 2-Tampa 1-Treasure Coast.Pending: # of Contractors in chapters not formed- Miami/ 23 Contractors, Tallahassee/18 Contractors,S. Central/Lakeland 15 Contractors. Devon Brookshire presented checks to the winners of the Membership Drive 1st place-Bob Dipietro/Dave Pfeffer 2nd place Wally Dayem/ Frank Cox. Three chapters shared the winning checks for the chapter prize: Tampa, Orlando and Treasure Coast.n

Devon thanked everyone for their participation and encouraged members to stay involved and attend the teleconference on September 28th, which was later cancelled until after the Strategic Planning Retreat.

Meeting Adjourned

September 28 Teleconference CANCELLED

Thank you all for your participation in our 2010 MAF Convention in St. Petersburg, Florida. Our previously scheduled teleconference for September 28 has been cancelled. We will reconvene for our next teleconference after the Strategic Planning seminar on October 1 & 2.

September 17 Membership Committee Meeting

Membership Committee
Friday, September 17, 2010
8:00 AM
MAF Convention Chairman: Devon Brookshire devonbrookshire@msn.com

· Self-introduction of committee chairs and meeting attendees
· Welcome & Opening Remarks-Devon Brookshire (1 minute)
· Anti-Trust Guidelines-Devon Brookshire (1 minute)

Old Business ( 5 minutes)
Approve minutes from previous meeting/below (1 minute )
New area expansion update/Lakeland, Miami, Tallahassee - Pat McLaughlin (1 minute)
A/R 2010 -Pat McLaughlin (1 minute)
Update MAF Board- Devon Brookshire(2 minutes)

New Business (10 minutes)
Convention 2010 update-Pat McLaughlin/Convention surveys (2 minutes)
Masonry Awards-Joe Lesstino/Jeff Turley (2 minutes)
CLT/Promasonry update-Rocky Jenkins (2 minutes)
Contractor surveys- Joyce Rivas (2 minutes)
New Website highlights-Joyce Rivas (2 minutes)

Chapter updates (10 minutes)Northwest-Cheryl Berard, Northcentral-Jerry Painter, Northeast-Robert Carlton, Central-Jay Snyder, West Central-Kelly Kendall, Tampa-Allison Willmeng, Southwest-Danielle Larson, Southeast-Sofia Silva,Treasure Coast-Dave Pfeffer

Marketing/Economic presentation update-Pat McLaughlin (1 minute)
Orlando/May 19-Complete, Tampa/May13-Complete,mWestCentral/June 15-Complete,Northeast/June 16-Complete, Southwest/August 19-Complete, Treasure Coast-October 21, Southeast-None scheduled, Northcentral-None scheduled

Contractor Member/Goals for 2011-Devon Brookshire (1 minute)
Contractor members goal of 56 = 24 NEW contractors members
Current/ Goal /# Contractors in Market
Tampa 5 / 8 / 58
Northwest 6 / 8 / 21
Central 5 / 9 /62
North Central 3 / 5 /12
Southeast 4 / 6 / 33
Southwest 4 / 7/ 43
Treasure Coast 3 / 5 / 23
Northeast 1/ 4 / 22
Ocala 1/ 4 /24
Total 32/ 56/298

Total as of March 2010 39/ 68/ 452
*2010/5 new contractor members 2-Orlando 2-Tampa 1-Treasure Coast

Pending: # of Contractors in chapters not formed- Miami/ 23 Contractors, Tallahassee/18 Contractors,
S. Central/Lakeland 15 Contractors

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Next teleconference September 28 9:30AM-10:30 AM Dial 312-878-0206 Access 735267235

Adjourn

July 6, 2010 Membership committee meeting minutes

The Membership Teleconference on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 was called to order at 9:45 AM by Committee Chairman Devon Brookshire devonbrookshire@msn.com

Self-introductions of Attendees: Chip Otwell/Northwest, Robert Carlton/Northeast, Kelly Kendall/West Central, Devon Brookshire/TampaBay, Sofia Silva/Southeast, Dave Pfeffer/Treasure Coast. Chapters not represented on teleconference: NorthCentral, Central, Southwest.

Devon Brookshire welcomed attendees and called meeting to order under theAnti-Trust Guidelines-Devon Brookshire/Motion to approve Robert Carlton/Dave Pfeffer (second)

Old Business

Approval of minutes from previous meeting/Motion to approve Robert Carlton/Kelly Kendall (second)

.Joyce Rivas reviewed documents section of the Membership blog which includes a printable statewide calendar of events and encouraged Membership representatives to print copies and distribute to local chapter members, Any changes, modifications or updates of local information can be made by e-mailing Deb@floridamasonry.com. The Membership blog page contains links to a comprehensive Member list which is updated monthly as new members join.

Membership representatives are encouraged to send Joyce Rivas any local speaker information from local speakers so that the information can be posted for other chapters to reference for effective monthly meeting presentations on the Speakers bureau blog and the Enforcement blog contains updates and information related to activities of that committee.

Pat McLaughlin provided updates related to new chapter activities in Lakeland, Miami and Tallahassee. Lakeland chapter start-up is being spearheaded by participants in the local apprenticeship training program, MarcoBay. Miami chapter continues to search for a start-up champion. Dave Pfeffer will discuss opportunities with the SE chapter members. Tallahassee has an apprentice training program as well as beginning stages of Promasonry/Lead tracking relationships that should eventually develop into opportunities for a new chapter

Pat McLaughlin review A/R 2010 to date with committee. Copies of AR will be distributed with the minutes to the local committee representatives for follow-up with the local chapter.For copies or questions regarding specific questions, please contact Sandy Cinque sandy@floridamasonry.com

Devon Brookshire provided an update from the state MAF Board-Dues for 2011 will be combined local and state.

Introduction of market survey that will be presented to the board will be posted on the membership blog. Once approved, the survey will go out to current MAF contractor members and 5 selected non-member contractors from each region

New Business

Pat McLaughlin reviewed updates to Convention 2010 reviewing http://www.mafconvention.com/ website and sponsors to date.Deb Bartolucci updated the committee on the status of the Masonry Awards. The deadline has been extended to July 15th to give contractors as extra few weeks to submit projects. A promotional e-mail was distributed listing participants to date:Berard Creative Concepts, Painter Masonry,Oceanside Masonry,Bradley Masonry,Central Broward Construction,Pyramid Masonry and David Nelson Masonry.

Robert Carlton reminded Membership representatives to encourage submissions for Lifetime Achievement. Deb Bartolucci will be marketing this award via Constant Contact in July

Joyce Rivas reviewed the CLT/Promasonry update overview and encouraged all membership participants to get to know their local leadtracking team leaders utilizing the information to encourage new contractor members to get involved in promotion of their trade and to be sure that all chapter members are aware of the progress in their local markets.

Deb Bartolucci reviews new Website highlights which include the Membership Drive information, Facebook promotion and the ability to obtain a member password for access to the Members ONLY section of http://www.floridamasonry.com/

Chapter updates

Northwest-Chip Otwell. Pensacola will be hosting a Clay Shoot to raise fund to support their apprenticeship training program. They are having a meeting in August to finalize the details. This year they will be sending a representative to the state convention to compete. They are receiving good support from their local school affiliation. Their chapter is having productive meetings and their is good interest in the association bearing in mind the current economic challenges.

Northcentral- Chip Sykes- NO REPORT

Northeast-Robert Carlton. Pat McLaughlin did a great job at their recent meeting presenting the local economic market data. They had a very successful Fastest Trowel with over 50 people attending and will be sending 3 teams to the state convention. Their leadtracking team led by Paul Rivers is doing a great job and there is a L&L scheduled for July with a very influentual architect. The continue to work on growing their membership.Central-Frank Cox NO REPORT

West Central-Kelly Kendall. Pat McLaughlin presented the local economic market data at their last meeting. They have established a good relationship with their local school and instructor in preparation for start-up of a training program. Brian Fulcher is organizing the lead tracking activities in the area and the suppliers are very supportive of the start-up of the chapter and the challenges of getting more contractor members.

Tampa-Devon Brookshire. The core group of associate and contractor members are still involved in TampaBay and they are working to encourage new contractor members to get involved in both promotion and apprenticeship training. They had a good meeting in May where Pat McLaughlin did his economic presentation and the local chapter presented their architectural scholarships for the year to deserving students. Tampa continues to raise money to support apprenticship through their local golf tournament and other fund raising activities

Southwest-Danielle Larson NO REPORT

Southeast-Sofia Silva. The SE meeting for July was cancelled for a summer break. They are planning to resume in August. They have a new local chapter member, Ron Kendall Masonry that is a state contractor member. Their meetings continue to be held in Pompano and they have had very effective local chapter meeting speakers over the past few months.

Treasure Coast-Dave Pfeffer. The Treasure Coast chapter has taken the summer off and will resume in August with their next meeting on August 19. Their scheduled speaker is a Building official from Martin County. Apprenticeship training formally ended in May at Indian River College. Students volunteered to layout a BBQ project for the summer which they donated to the college. Dave Pfeffer will forward press to the MAF to include in publications. This project will give good exposure to Masonry and generate interest in Masonry training.

Pat McLaughlin reviewed the status of the Marketing/Economic presentations that have been given at the local chapter level. There will be a statewide economic presentation at the state convention in September. Local chapter presentations will be available again in October. Please contact pat@floridamasonry.com about 30-45 days prior to allow for preparation for your local chapter presentation. Dave Pfeffer scheduled the Treasure Coast chapter presentation for October 21st.2010-

2nd quarter presentationsOrlando/May 19-CompleteTampa/May13-CompleteWestCentral/June 15-CompleteNortheast/June 16-Complete2009 presentationsPensacola-September 2nd/CompleteSoutheast-September 9th/CompleteOrlando-September 16th/CompleteSouthwest-September 17th/CompleteNortheast-October 21st/CompleteNorthCentral-November 18th/CompleteTampaBay-December 3rd/CompleteNorthcentral-December 15/CompleteTreasure Coast/January 21/Complete

Devon Brookshire reviewed Contractor MembersGoals for 2010.

Current Contractor members goal of 100

Current/Target/ Goal /# Contractors in Market

Tampa 7/ 14/ 21/ 78 Northwest 6/ 5/ 12/ 31 Central 7 /16/ 21/ 106 North Central 4/ 2/ 7/ 13 Southeast 5 /6/ 11/ 43 Southwest 5/ 9/ 14/ 63 Treasure Coast 3/ 4/ 5/ 27 Northeast 1/ 8/ 9/ 55 Ocala 1/4/5/36

Total 39/ 68/ 105/ 452

2010/5 new contractor members 2-Orlando 2-Tampa 1-Treasure Coast.Pending: # of Contractors in chapters not formedContractors Miami/ 23 ContractorsTallahassee/18 ContractorsS. Central/Lakeland 15 Contractors

Next meeting set for October 5, 2010 changed to September 28th @ 9:30 AM