Yes, I know, summer is drawing to a close.  But September marks the beginning of CSI Albuquerque Chapter’s regular annual monthly lunch meetings after a long summer siesta.  How did you rest?  Are you ready and excited for a fruitful year with CSI?

While you’ve been resting (or working harder than ever), Andy Townes, Jake Jacobsen, and a number of other enthusiastic CSI Board and Committee Members have been planning monthly program topics that would make the most stoic architect giddy with youthful exuberance.  A complete list of the yearly lunch meeting topics will be posted in the next couple of weeks.  In fact, our Communications Committee is giving our chapter website a complete tune-up; more on this will be announced soon.

Also keep a look out for an announcement and RSVP from our Arrangements Chair, Chris Morrison, and plan on attending the September 13^th chapter lunch meeting with our guest speaker, Toby Pugh, AIA, Facilities Standards and Specifications Director for Walt Disney Imagineering.  The line-up for the rest of the year is looking equally as exciting, and meetings will continue to be the second Monday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott.

In other planning news, the chapter held its annual planning meeting in July which is always open for all CSI members to attend and help the chapter Board and Chairs plan for both one and five years.  This year, we focused on four goals having strategies that revolved around clear / complete / concise / correct communications (hmm . . .this sounds familiar) as well as gaining new and retaining existing membership including more Emerging Professionals.

Lastly, we are moving our Continuing Education Conference & Product Show (CEC/PS) this year from October to April 29th, 2011 to combine it with the CSI Southwest Region Conference.  David Vaughan and his Committee are working diligently to provide us with some enthralling educational tracks and exhibitors.

Are you ready?

To Infinity, and Beyond!

Stirling Morris, CSI, CDT

President

Construction Specifications Institute

Albuquerque Chapter