July 6 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 presentations
Orlando/May 19-Complete
Tampa/May13-Complete
WestCentral/June 15-Complete
Northeast/June 16-Complete
2009 presentations
Pensacola-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

July 6- Membership Teleconference Agenda

Agenda

Membership Teleconference
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
9:30 AM
RSVP Committee Chairman: devonbrookshire@msn.com.
http://www.gotomeeting.com/
Dial 312-878-0202
Access Code: 782-780-362



To save time, please do a self-introduction of your name and area you are representing as you log into the call. THANK YOU.


Welcome & Opening Remarks-45 minutes meeting goal-Devon Brookshire (1 minute)
Confirm Area Participants-Joyce Rivas (1 minute)
Anti-Trust Guidelines-Devon Brookshire (1 minute)


Old Business ( 10 minutes)
Approve minutes from previous meeting/below(1 minute )
Review Calendar, Membership blog document section and resources-Joyce Rivas (2 minutes)
New area expansion update/Lakeland, Miami, Tallahassee - Pat McLaughlin (2 minutes)
Review A/R 2010 -Pat McLaughlin/copies available via Sandy Cinque (3 minutes)
Update MAF Board-Dues 2011/Sample market survey Devon Brookshire(2 minutes)

New Business (10 minutes)
Convention 2010 update/sponsors-Pat McLaughlin (2 minutes)
Masonry Awards-Joe Lesstino/Jeff Turley/Deb Bartolucci (2 minutes)
CLT/Promasonry update/take information to your local chapters-Rocky Jenkins (2 minutes)
New Website highlights- Deb Bartolucci (2 minutes)

Chapter updates (10 minutes)
Northwest-Chip Otwell
Northcentral- Chip Sykes
Northeast-Robert Carlton
Central-Frank Cox
West Central-Kelly Kendall
Tampa-Allison Willmeng
Southwest-Danielle Larson
Southeast-Sofia Silva
Treasure Coast-Dave Pfeffer

Marketing/Economic presentation update-Pat McLaughlin-(2 minutes)
Schedule 2nd/3rd quarter 2010 local chapter presentations May, June, July, August, September. Demand measurement for this presentation included in Membership survey.

• Orlando/May 19-Complete


• Tampa/May13-Complete


• WestCentral/June 15-Complete


• Northeast/June 16-Complete


• Southwest/August 19

Pensacola-none scheduled
Southeast-none scheduled
Northcentral-none scheduled
TreasureCoast-none scheduled

Completed 2009
Pensacola-September 2nd/Complete
Southeast-September 9th/Complete
Orlando-September 16th/Complete
Southwest-September 17th/Complete
Northeast-October 21st/Complete
NorthCentral-November 18th/Complete
TampaBay-December 3rd/Complete
Northcentral-December 15/Complete
Treasure Coast/January 21/Complete


Contractor Members/Goals for 2010-Devon Brookshire (5 minutes)
Contractor members goal of 100 = 62 NEW contractors members

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 formed
Contractors Miami/ 23 Contractors
Tallahassee/18 Contractors
S. Central/Lakeland 15 Contractors


Set date for next meeting October 5, 2010

Adjourn

April 6 Minutes Membership Teleconference

In attendance:Devon Brookshire-Chairman,Pat McLaughlin-MAF Executive Director,Joyce Rivas-MAF Membership,Deb Bartolucci-MAF Marketing,Sandy Cinque-MAF Administration,Sofia Silva-Southeast,Kelly Kendall-West Central, Southwest-No representative,Northwest-No representative,NorthCentral-No representative,NorthEast- Johnny Woodell,Orlando-No representative,TampaBay-Dave Luebs

9:30 AM Devon Brookshire welcomed attendees with opening remarks.

Joyce Rivas Confirmed Area Participants

Devon Brookshire reviewed Anti-Trust guidelines. Motion to Waive reading-Dave Luebs-Second-Rocky Jenkins.

Minutes from previous meeting posted on blog reviewed. Motion to approve-Dave Luebs-Second Rocky Jenkins

Enforcement and Speakers bureau new blogs were displayed.

Links are posted under the blog section of http://www.floridamasonry.com/ or directly via http://www.mafenforcement.blogspot.com/ or http://www.mafspeakers.blogspot.com/ and on the Membership blog.

Pat McLaughlin overviewed the activities of the newly formed enforcement committee and the process for submitting illegal activities through the links on the blogs. The speakers blog is available for reference by the local chapters as a resource for quality speakers. Please give information from your area speakers to joyce@floridamasonry.com so that they can be listed and utilized by all.

Pat McLaughlin overviewed the Lakeland, Miami and Tallahassee new chapter activities. He will be meeting again with the Miami chapter and had an initial meeting in Lakeland. Marco Bay is interested in spearheading that chapter and there has been interest in forming an apprenticeship program in the area. Tallahassee and Miami are both in the process of having Promasonry activities which could be used as a starting committee to form a local MAF chapter.

Outstanding A/R 2010 list for 2010 was prepared by Sandy Cinque and reviewed as line items with assignments to local contacts for feedback YES or NO as members for 2010. Joyce Rivas will distribute the list to be returned by Monday, April 12th prior to the MAF state board meeting.

Devon Brookshire reported the local and state dues will be combined for the 2011 year. The new pledge sheet will be approved at the upcoming board meeting.

Pat McLaughlin introduced the newest Member benefits via Construction Journal who will offer a 10% discount to existing MAF members who subscribe to the service. Construction Journal will support the state association via membership for any new customers that choose to subscribe to their service. Construction Journal has a list of MAF members on file.

Membership committee members are encouraged to take this information back to their local chapters.

Proposed Membership Drive incentive plan was reviewed and will be proposed to the state board for approval on April 15.

Sample flyers were displayed and are posted on the Membership blog.Dave Luebs and Deb Bartolucci overviewed the convention website, discussed the competition and plans for Marketing and promoting the convention via e-mails beginning April 19th.

Deb Bartolucci reported that there have been no Masonry Awards submitted yet for the state convention. Deadline is the first week in July. Deadline for AIA awards is April 20th. 5 AIA submissions have been received to date.

Promotional materials will be given out at the Promasonry meeting on April 7th and local presentations have been given to AIA chapters around the state encouraging submissions for the newly established relationship between AIA and the Masonry Association of Florida.

Rocky Jenkins provided a Lead Tracking/Promasonry update. Please have your local promasonry team member provide you with up to date statistics about your local area and statewide progress. The next Promasonry meeting is Wednesday, April 7th from 9:30-2:30 at the FC&PA building 6353 Lee Vista Blvd. in Orlando.

Deb Bartolucci reviewed new additions to http://www.floridamasonry.com/ including the printable calendar, convention, awards and promasonry CEU's being given by Don Beers as part of the Leadtracking initiative.

Confirm Area chapter Bloggers are as follows:Northwest-no commitment, Northcentral-no commitment, Northeast-Brian BussellCentral-Terri Brown,West Central-to be determined (Kelly Kendall) ,Tampa-to be determined (Dave Luebs), Southwest-no commitment, Southeast-Sofia Silva, Treasure Coast-Joel CherninMarketing presentation update-Pat McLaughlin

Schedule 2nd quarter 2010 local chapter presentations May, June & July. Requested: Orlando/May 19, Tampa/May13

Membership Local Area updates/Goals for 2010-Rocky Jenkins.

Share ideas with the other areas about what you are doing to build membership in your local areas.-Devon Brookshire

Local chapter representatives Contractor Target databases have been sent to the local chapters-Devon Brookshire reviewed goals for-42 contractor members with goal of 100 = 58 NEW contractors members2010.

Contractor Member Goals by Area are posted on Membership blog

Date for next meeting was set for July 6, 2010

Meeting was Adjourned at 11:30 AM