2012 Chapter
Meeting Schedule 
All
Chapter Meetings are held on Wednesday's beginning
at 5:45 p.m.
January
11
February
8
March
14
April
11
May
9
June
13
July
11
August
8
September
12
October
10
November
14
Details including
host, location and topics will be announced in
December.
2012
GP NARI
Board
Of Directors Announced
Congratulations
to the following NARI members who were elected to
the board. Their terms begin January 1,
2012.
Scott
Dow, Falcon Designs
Sue
McCurdy, Best Home
Appliances
Thomas
"Otto" Rankin, Today's
Interiors
Alternates:
Doug
Evans, Components
Electronics
Praveen
Purnam, Custom Creative Marble &
Granite
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FREE Contractor
Breakfasts Every Friday!
6:30am -
9am
Monterrey
Tile
225 W. Baseline
Road
Gilbert
&
401 E. Ray Rd.
Chandler |
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EPA
Lead Training
Courses
December 19
8:00
a.m. - 5:00pm
2444 E. University Drive, Suite 100,
Phoenix 85034
602.309.4059
www.epaleadclass.com
All
classes are taught by independent EPA certified
trainers. The class will include all aspects of
becoming fully EPA compliant as a Certified
Renovator.
All
registrations must be done in advance of the
class. No payment or registrations at the
door. Classes are offered for $175.00 per
person.
To
download the credit card authorization form, go to
epaleadclass.com or click the this
link:
Course
Information |
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GP NARI Welcomes The
Following
New
Members
Knipp
Contracting
Wally
Knipp
24654 N.
Lake Pleasant Parkway, Suite 103-139
Peoria,
AZ 85383
623.561.0803
General
Contractor
Forzastone
Anthony
Iudiciani
4110 W.
Washington St.
Phoenix,
AZ 85009
480.678.4441
Remodeling
Contractor
J.R.
McDade
Stephanie
Wrzosek
15250 N.
Hayden Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ
85260
602.955.9400
Floor/Wall
Tile/Granite Contractor
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P.O.
Box 26985
Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
602.441.4910
gpnari@gmail.com
www.greaterphoenixnari.org.
Susan Stein Kregar,
Chapter
Director | |
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Giving Thanks to
All of NARI's Members and
Friends
In
this month of giving an abundance of thanks,
please allow me to express my gratitude in
your inviting me to join the NARI family
this year. I have met many
outstanding people and look forward to an
exciting 2012.
Please
take a few moments to see what we have planned
for you next year and catch up on what you may
have missed over the past few weeks.
As
we kick of the holidays, I wish everyone a
wonderfully festive season. If there is anything
I can do for you as we wrap up the year, please
let me know.
Cheers!
Susan
Stein Kregar
Chapter
Director, your Greater Phoenix NARI
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Thank You To Our
November Meeting
Host
NARI Members enjoyed a fantastic
dinner and program. With the constant changes in
technology, we learned what options are
available to digitally market our businesses.
Check out the ice sculpture that
was on display at the program. How
cool (or cold) is that?
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 RSVP
TODAY! Holiday Party
& CotY Awards
Dinner
Saturday, December
3, 2011
6:00
p.m.
Starfire Golf
Club
$60.00 Per
Person
Join us as we celebrate the
outstanding achievements of our members while
ringing in the
holidays! |
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President's Message
By Steve Shinn, GCP,
UDCR
Homework
Remodels
I
would like to personally congratulate the board
for taking this bold move to improve our
organization. I would like to be clear that
unlike many businesses operating out of fear,
our Board made this decision based on their
ongoing vision of creating additional value to
our membership.
I
would like to recognize and congratulate all of
our Chapter leaders that have worked together to
reinvent our organization with the vision of
creating value for our members, and thereby
promoting growth for our organization.
Mike
Daniel, our vice president, has been
particularly selfless in volunteering to take on
additional responsibilities to help our chapter.
He deserves everyone's gratitude and thanks.
Next
year's NARI president, Steve Lenzmeier, has been
working diligently to insure that the 2012 board
of directors will be just as proactive, if not
more-so, under his leadership. I am sure that
Steve will be a dynamic leader for our NARI
chapter in 2012.
Please
make a point to attend the December 3rd CotY
Awards and Holiday Gala, as well as our programs
in 2012. Your support will help create
value for our chapter and all of its
members.
Here
it is November and my term as President of
Greater Phoenix is winding down. We have had a
good year and I expect even better years ahead
of us.
Our
2011 Board of Directors has done a great job of
working to better our organization.
Steve Lenzmeier, Mike Daniel and I have
successfully worked together to make some hard
decisions and changes that I think will benefit
our chapter for years to come.
The
big news for this month is the Board of
directors voted at the October meeting to make a
dramatic change to how our chapter operates.
Following
the changes Steve, Mike, and I put in place to
reduce our Chapter's overhead, the Board has
voted to eliminate the ten dollar meeting door
charge for our members. This change will start
January 2012. I'm sure this change will be
welcomed by all of our members.
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Multi-Industry
Mixer -- Did You Mix In?
On November 17th,
NARI members spent a cool evening mixing and
mingling with members from various trade
associations representing tile, concrete,
pools/spas, wall & ceiling and many
more.
Coy
Yancy, Johns Refrigeration
makes a new
connection with NARI member, Nick
Dellaca, Hill &
Usher.
NARI's Gary
Wheat, Kirk Development (right)
exchanges business cards with Chuck
Schoch, Jr. (center) and Tom
Burba, both of Pool Corp.
 Nancy
Hugo, Designers Circle chats
it up with NARI board members, Donny
Fargo, Fargo Painting; Gary
Wheat, Kirk Development and NARI
staffer James
Kregar.
The Multi-Industry Mixers
generally take place quarterly. The next one
will likely be held in February 2012. Details
will be announced when a date is
scheduled. | |
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