President's Message

Welcome to fall everyone! Football, back to school, cooler weather, shorter days...now that we are changing gears and really getting back into the swing of some momentum as we come out of summer, now is a good time for me to pitch a suggestion to us all. Let me set this up with one of my favorite quotes:

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” Will Rogers

It’s very true that we all learn so much from the college of hard knocks, but there are quite a few out there who find good mentors and learn by coaching. I am encouraging you to be a mentor to a younger associate and to make time to share with them your valuable professional life experiences. I tell my kids all the time to ask older folks for advice and guidance and emphasize to them that most of my generation will stop their world to help a young person who sincerely wants some help. Please consider making that a priority this month and put yourself out there. It’s an investment you will not regret, and our FM profession will be the great beneficiary.

Randy Rabon, President 2015-2016  

September

9 - Luncheon

10 - 10th Annual Joint Event

October

7-9 - World Workplace 2015

13- New Member Orientation

TBD- Tour and Social 

Buck Fisher Named IFMA Fellow

 The 2015 Fellows Nominating Committee and Jury has named our very own Buck Fisher an IFMA Fellow!

 This recognition is the highest honor paid to a member of the association. The distinction of IFMA Fellow takes into account the significant contributions and impact to both IFMA and the profession of facility management as well as an expectation that the individual will continue as an ambassador for both in the future.  

 We offer Buck our most energetic and animated applause and congratulate him on being recognized on the National level. Buck is a long standing treasure for our GTC of IFMA, and we are very grateful that he has been recognized by this extraordinary achievement. Please be sure to thank Buck for his leadership and many hours of tireless work!

WWP Scholarships

Congratulations to these GTC of IFMA recipients of the 2015 World Workplace Scholarships:Connie Drake, Buck Fisher, Laura Shaw, Ethan Tecklenberg.
World Workplace will be held October 7-9, 2015 in Denver, Colorado.

10th Annual Joint Networking Event

It's not too late to sign up for the 10th Annual Joint Networking event.  Hollywood! Red Carpet! Night at the Oscars! Latest Fashion! Champagne!  As you know, this is the time our commercial real estate organizations join together to have fun, network, win raffle items and contribute to Habitat for Humanity, and IFMA is a sponsor annually of this event. The event will be held on Thursday, September 10th from 4:30PM to 7:00PM at Situs III, 1100 Situs Court, Raleigh, NC.

 Registration deadline is Friday, September 4th at the TCAR website. 

        

CFM Question

A building occupant has directed a complaint to the CEO about poor ventilation and lighting. The CEO has asked you to respond directly to the occupant by the next business day.  How would you respond and what mode of communication would you use?

A. Have your building mechanic evaluate the ventilation against ASHRAE standards
B. Hire a lighting consultant to take light meter readings
C. Develop a plan to investigate the problems and outline the appropriate steps in a written memo
D. Ask one of your staff members to visit the individual immediately