GSR UPDATE

Recognition of Institute Awards and Recognition

Nestor Lobos, Outstanding Emerging Professional Award

Stacy Colbaugh, Communication Award

Randall Lewis, Distinguished Service Award

Alexandria Anderson, Foundation Scholarship

Chapter Commendations

20 year Gold - Chattanooga and Mississippi Chapters

10 year Silver - Knoxville, Little Rock and Memphis Chapters

 

Important Dates

 IRS From 990 Due  November 15

*Due date for most chapters and regions

 Begin Recruiting Officer and Leaders for Next Fiscal Year   January 15

February 7-9,  2024    |  The Royal Sonesta  |  San Juan, PR

Applications are due by: November 3, 2023

Officer and Leader Roster Report Due  31-May

 

GSR Conference

 Oct. 16-18, 2024   |   Houston, TX

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 Region Conference

The Memphis Chapter of Construction Specifications Institute has the honor of hosting the 2023 Gulf States Region Conference. Join us from June 8th through 10th 2023 for a weekend of education, collaboration, and celebration as we aim to elevate the construction industry in our region.

Thursday, June 8, 2023 1:00 PM 
Saturday, June 10, 2023 2:00 PM

Hilton Memphis
939 Ridge Lake Boulevard
Memphis, TN, 38120

Early Bird Registration price is good through May 9, 2023.
Hotel reservation Group Rate is good through May 9, 2023.

Follow this link for Registration!

More information

 

Contact

Jeffrey Parnell

jparnell@flemingarchitects.com

 

Change is Coming

 

  I wish to share something that I posted over the weekend to help other chapters review the changes we are all facing.

 (1) Change is inevitable. You should have seen the old website - at least we can use this one on our phones now.

 (2) Change is usually painful. Master Format/ Uni-Format / 16 divisions/ 50 divisions/ keynotes / specsintact, etc.

 (3) Learning to effectively communicate professionally across multiple generations and construction related industries is tough for even the best of us.  We can have the absolute best new wizbang gadget with the best sales force but if the audience can't find the value then it will fail.

(4)  Time is our most precious commodity. It is under constant scrutiny and we have to decide what is important to us. We cannot control others decisions we may influence them but it is still their choice. Everyone's time is precious.

(5)  Our Design Industry (Architects, Engineers and Interior Designers) have a tendency to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We let them sink or swim.  In order to develop quality people you have to be willing to invest time in them.  You have to teach, you have to mentor and many times you have to lead. We complain about what they don't know but don't take the time at work, and after work to fix it.

(6) CSI can not do it all. The tools we offer are great at facilitating that but they have to be valued by the professionals using them. The PEOPLE in CSI are some of the best at helping others develop but CSI in and of itself cannot do that.  It cannot and was never intended to be the one stop fix all.  You can not make someone learn, they have to be shown and sometimes nurtured into understanding that it's easier to pay a little now rather than later with disaster looming because they were ignorant and unprepared.

(7) Finally - All organizations have their share of problems - some we can fix - some we can't. Is it worth the cost to fight the changes or adapt and move on.  We only have so much time that we can afford to waste. Me not so much. Are we a pair a fleas arguing over the color of the hair which is on the dog while we get wagged around? Figure it out, make your decisions and move on. The past can't help, the future is unknown, all we have is the present, make the most of it.

For the Good of the Region

John Murray, CSI, CDT, SCIP

GSR Editor

 

  Happy New Year CSI Gulf States Region! I hope everyone had a blessed and enjoyable Holiday Season and close out to 2021. We have experienced a new way of living and working these past couple of years. Hope springs eternal and it is my hope that as we progress through 2022, we can get this pandemic behind us. That being said, we have a couple of events coming up in 2022 that I hope you can get penciled in on your calendars.

First, we are busy planning the 2022 Gulf States Region Conference. CSI Nashville is our host chapter for this event. Mark your calendars for June 23rd through 25th. Travel to Nashville on the 23rd with our conference starting the morning of the 24th and concluding on the 25th. The CSI Nashville team will be sending out more detailed information in the next few months. While we are in the early stages of planning the agenda, I can tell you our intent is to be heavy on chapter leadership and roles for this event.
The date for nominations for the Robert V. Bishop Award, the highest GSR award, has been extended from January 15th to March 1st. This award will be given at the Awards Dinner during the Region Conference in Nashville. We have a wealth or worthy GSR members. Please consider getting a nomination in from your chapter for this most prestigious award. Send your nomination packages to kent.kile@hallmanlindsay.com by close of business March 1, 2022.
 

 Secondly, it has recently been announced that the 2022 CSI Institute Conference will be held in Denver, CO this year. The conference will be held October 13th-14th at the Denver Downtown Hyatt Regency. Visit csinet.org for details. From what I understand from those who attended the 2021 conference in Nashville, it’s an excellent event. Make your plans early. Lat year’s conference sold out.
Many chapters have taken a hit on membership as we navigate through this pandemic. If your chapter is one that these words ring true for, please know I can empathize. Now, is the time to promote CSI to those in your city that could benefit from what we have to offer. Make every effort to promote the benefits of CSI and offer an invitation to attend a chapter meeting or CSI event. Most chapters are offering a virtual meeting option along with a face-to-face meeting option. If your chapter is not currently doing this, give it consideration. The cost of a hosting site is minimal and just might increase your meeting attendance and possibly membership numbers as well.

Opportunities exist all around us. We’ve yet to see the best that we can become in the CSI Gulf States Region. My phone line is open. If you need to kick around ideas about chapter growth or have a concern, please call me at 615-347-4572. I’d love to hear from you and help where I can. 2022 can be one of the best years ever. What’s your mindset and plan to make it a great year? We can do it together. Let’s make it a goal to grow our chapters and take CSI to the construction community as an excellent source of communication and education in 2022. Thank you for being a CSI member. Your involvement is what makes this organization tick. I hope to see you soon either on a virtual meeting call or in person.
May you, and your families have a blessed, safe, and prosperous 2002!
Kent Kile- CSI Gulf States Region President, 2021-2022

Thanks,
Kent Kile FCSI, CDT, CCPR
Director Of Specifications
Hallman Lindsay Paints
608-279-1544

 
Kent.kile@hallmanlindsay.com

GSR Conference Highlights

 

MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND YOUR ANNUAL CSI REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Huntsville, Alabama

AUGUST 19-22 

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