From the President, May 2003
Revving Up for the New Year

Apr 2003

Jun 2003

all of Kermit's messages

With this month’s Awards program and Golf outing, and the conclusion of The CSI Show in Chicago, it may appear that our CSI program year is coasting toward the finish line with the CSI University in Philadelphia. Not so! Current and incoming Board members and committee chairs are already beginning to complete the task of planning for next year’s events. Each year your Chapter leaders meet in a strategic planning session to help identify challenges and goals to chart a course of Chapter direction for the next five years. This process enables our committees to streamline their efforts to deliver programs and events that provide the greatest benefit to the membership. During the course of the month, the committee chairs and Board will gather for an afternoon to start plotting a course of action that will take the Chapter through its 50th Anniversary. With all of this planning, there is still room for tweaking our goals as time brings the new year into sharp focus.

Our annual Awards program is an opportunity for the Chapter to recognize individuals that have given service to benefit the Chapter over the past year. The Chapter and your fellow members began to receive recognition last month at The CSI Show.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter received the Outstanding Chapter Commendation
Bob Saumur, FCSI, CCPR was elevated to Fellowship in CSI
Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA received the Ben John Small Memorial Award
Murray Schomburg, CSI, AIA received the Dale C. Moll Memorial Quality Management Award
Sarah Nettleton Architects received the Environmental Sensitivity Award
Rebecca L. Foss, CSI, CCS, SCIP, MLA and Diana Nguyen, CSI received the Continuing CSI Publication Commendation
Diana Nguyen, CSI also received the Special Publication Commendation
Congratulations to all of our award winners for their accomplishments.

The first event after the CSI’s July new year is the North Central Region Conference in Duluth, hosted by the Twin Ports Chapter. This conference will be attend by members of the other 21 chapters in our region which include the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The Twin Ports Chapter promises to provide training and educational workshops for present and future chapter leaders along with entertainment the size of Lake Superior. Register early to spend a little of your summer in Duluth. For more information, visit the NCR Website website at www.CSI-NorthCentralRegion.org/events.html.

Kermit Duncan, CSI, CCCA, AIA
President, Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter, CSI
kermit.duncan.nd78@alumni.nd.edu 

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