MAF Central Chapter Meeting Minutes - September 2011

CENTRAL FLORIDA MAF
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
September 21, 2011

CALL TO ORDER
The September meeting was held at Dubsdred Country Club in Orlando. Past Chair Jay Snyder called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Jay reminded everyone of the Anti-Trust Compliance Policy being in effect. Copies of the policy were available at the sign in table and are always available on the website. Reading of the policy was waived by a motion put forth by Mike Brown with the second by Bill Parson. Motion was passed by vote. Fifteen (15) members were in attendance. Introductions were made by participants.

SECRETARY’S REPORT
Secretary Terri Brown emailed the minutes of the July 20, 2011 and the special meeting held on August 11, 2011 meetings. Bill Parson put forth a motion to waive reading of minutes and approve as written. Roger Paul gave second. Motion passed by vote.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Treasurer Andrew Ryan was unable to attend tonight’s meeting. Terri Brown gave the Treasurer’s Report. There is $8,303.31 in both accounts. Our CD is at approx. $21,881. We have not been reimbursed by the State for the monies pledged and paid by credit card for the offset of the expense of our apprentices attending the State Convention. Andrew will follow up with Sandy this week. Wally Dayem made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report with a second by Mary Jane Mueller.

PROMASONRY COMMITTEE
We discussed Life Cycle Costing for various wall systems. OCPS has asked us for this info for the Florida Market. Bill Parsons will research the expense of this endeavor to see if it is feasible for our Chapter to pay for it.

APPRENTICEHIP REPORT
Apprentices are back in school. Jobs are in short supply. MJ is trying to work with Jennifer @ Harper Sewell to try to get a work force together for them. The Zoo project came up in the summer when school was out so MJ will get back in touch with them to see if we can help them now. Discussion ensued regarding Habitat for Humanity projects.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Nothing reported.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
No new members to report.

AWARDS REPORT
Nothing reported.

BRICK REPORT
Lots of brick produced waiting to be ordered.

BLOCK REPORT
Don Zuhr reported good supply on hand would like some orders.

FASTEST TROWEL REPORT
Nothing reported.

GOLF TOURNAMENT REPORT
Frank Cox spoke to Lisa Pelham, Tampa Chapter Chair to see if they would like to combine our efforts and split the profits for apprenticeship funds. She is agreeable to talk further about it. Maybe plan for a spring golf tournament.

STATE TRUSTEE REPORT
Check Off Program for the State of Florida is moving forward. Jay extended his thanks to all who joined the effort to contact State Representatives and Senators. We do have sponsors, Senator Mike Bennett and Representative Matt Caldwell to help us get this program approved by the legislation. The act is in drafting right now. November 15 & 16 the Tallahassee Fly In event is scheduled to shake hands and talk up the act with as many legislators as possible. This year the State Legislation will meet in January of 2012 to go through May of 2012. They are concerned about redistricting. Our group believes it is auspicious for us to get our Check Off Program approved.

OLD BUSINESS
Jay brought up the meeting schedule for this year, our next meeting is November 16th and our Christmas Party is tentatively scheduled for December 7th. Please mark your calendars. Bring a friend because we have to pay for twenty (20) people every meeting due to our contract with Dubsdread.

NEW BUSINESS
Bryan Fulcher is our new Chapter Chair. He was unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to a death in the family. Bryan does have programs lined up for upcoming meetings to stimulate learning and attendance.

Frank Cox has taken another position in North Carolina so this was his last meeting to attend. We will miss him and appreciate all you have done for the organization and each of us. Good luck Frank!

Bricklayer 500 is scheduled for Friday October 21, 2011 at 11 pm at Quikrete of Lakeland 4230 Maine Avenue Lakeland, FL 33801. Call Jeff Russell at 863-399-2422 with any questions. It should be lots of fun and remember last year’s winner received a brand new truck in Lakeland then went to Las Vegas and won at the World of Concrete.

PROGRAM
Our award winning apprentices were at our meeting to accept their awards and get their graduation certificates.
Charlie Darroux won 1st place 3rd year and will be competing in Destin on October 14th at the Regionals against ten (10) other state’s winners. The winner of the Regionals will advance to Las Vegas to compete at the World of Concrete. Chenet Coulanges won 2nd place 3rd year. Both gentlemen received their graduation certificates. Both of these gentlemen are employed by Rey Lorenzo at Castle Constructors. What a great pair of winners our Apprenticeship Program has helped produce. This is the second year in a row that our program has produced the 1st place 3rd year winner. Thanks for all the great work by Mary Jane Mueller and her team at Mid Florida Tech.

50/50 winner was Al Herndan for $30.00. He donated $20.00 back to the program, thank you Al.

Motion made to adjourn by Wally Dayem with 2nd from Sean Rusnak. Motion passed by vote. Our meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.