Happy New Year! That sounds like an odd message for May, doesn’t it?!  For the Greater Triangle Chapter (GTC) of IFMA, May represents an aspect of a New Year's celebration, as our annual planning retreat takes place this month.

Our Chapter uses the retreat to set goals for the coming year, plan future events, and establish budgets.  It’s also an opportunity to begin the transition from the current GTC IFMA President and Board to the next year’s leadership team. In this year’s case, I will become Past President, Justin Barber will become the 2019-2020 President, Angel Bond will become Vice President, Ed Boyle will serve as Treasurer, and Haley Hough will be Secretary.

Our Chapter has an established (and successful) succession plan.  As a Board, we recruit potential leaders based on interests and leadership capabilities.  By serving as a Committee Chair or Co-Chair, a member can begin learning the inner workings of the Chapter.  From those committee leadership positions, a member may volunteer or be recruited to a future Board position. 

Traditionally, each volunteer serves a one-year term as Board Secretary and/or Treasurer.  This starts the progression to Board Vice President and finally, a term as Board President.  Several leadership educational opportunities are made available along the way to ensure that the candidate in line for succession is well-supported as they advance to each position. The result of such a well-established plan is a transition to a new Board each year and a consistently successful Chapter master plan.

I think a recent quote from Anne Mulcahy, former Chairperson and CEO of Xerox Corporation, sums it up pretty nicely; “Succession planning should be gradual and thoughtful, with lots of sharing of information, knowledge, and perspective, so that it’s almost a non-event when it happens.”  That’s what we’re striving toward.

Sound interesting?  New Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs are ALWAYS needed and welcomed.  Get yourself started on the road to GTC IFMA Board leadership! 

Cris Karasek
President 2018-2019

GTC OF IFMA FMP TRAINING- FINANCE & BUSINESS COMPONENT
The Greater Triangle Chapter of IFMA will sponsor the Finance & Business component of the Facility Management Professional (FMP) credential program from May 16-17, 2019.  

The FMP credential is earned by the successful completion of the coursework and online testing for each of the four component courses; Leadership & Strategy, Operations & Maintenance, Finance & Business and Project Management.  Please note that the FMP Course content will be modified effective July 2019!

The FMP credential is appropriate for individuals currently working in Facilities Management or those who support the profession and want a better understanding of the basic core functions.  The instructor for this course will be Chapter member and IFMA Fellow Buck Fisher.

What:   FMP Finance & Business Course
When: May 16-17, 2019 from 8:30am-5:00pm
Where:  YMCA of the Triangle Corporate Offices, 801 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27607 
Fee:  $495 (members) and $595 (non-members)

REGISTER

For course registration or additional information on the course or the FMP credential contact Buck Fisher, FMP, CFM, IFMA Fellow or call 919-291-4575.

Registration Deadline Is Today! Wednesday, May 1, 2019

GTC OF IFMA PROFESSIONAL ONLY MEMBER EVENT AND ANNUAL SPONSOR SOCIAL

Join the GTC of IFMA for our Professional Only Event and Annual Sponsor Reception to celebrate FM Day on May 15, 2019 with Speaker Bo Mitchell on The Four Ps:  Protecting Your People, Property, Productivity, & Your Posterior.  The location will be Chatham Station, 110 North Walker Street, Cary, NC followed by the Annual Sponsor Social at Bond Brothers Beer Company, 202 East Cedar St, Cary, NC.

*This is a closed event for Professional members only*
SPEAKER:  Bo Mitchell

BO MITCHELL BIO
TOPIC:  Protecting Your People, Property, Productivity & Your Posterior

Boston Marathon, Aurora, Colorado and Hurricane Sandy emphasize emergency planning for your workplace can be a matter of life and death. Yet, it’s too often that your management is not listening to you on this critical matter of Life Safety. The complexities of emergency planning are way beyond the grasp and authority of facilities management acting alone. How do we get management to give us the resources to do the job?

Also, emergency planning is subject to many federal, state and local laws, regulations and standards. Most who are tasked with creating and maintaining emergency plans are confused or overwhelmed regarding those standards. Learn what laws, regulations and standards apply to your emergency planning, training and exercises. Learn what a lawsuit will do to you if you don't create a plan to standard.

 3:00pm  - Registration
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Presentation 
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Reception

SPONSORED BY ONYX SPONSORS



This event is for the GTC of IFMA Professional Members only. 
Date:  Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Professional Only Event Location: Chatham Station, 110 North Walker Street, Cary, NC
Social Location:  Bond Brothers Beer Company, 202 Easts Cedar Street, Cary, NC

REGISTER

This year’s Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament celebrated our 20th anniversary and was a huge success.  Thank you to all players, sponsors and volunteers as well as to the staff at Lochmere Golf Club.

The primary purpose of this annual event is to raise money towards scholarship funding for students pursuing a career in Facility Management.

Congratulations to these tournament winners!
Team Winners:
1st place-Jeff Forsyth, Keith Hogan, Larry Holder and Todd Taintor
2nd place-Kellie Renzi, John Brack, Mike Kriston and Chris O’Shea
3rd place-Rick Cooper, Randy Horton, Tony Powell and Matthew Waldrop
Random Winner-Tyler Holmes, Jeremy Logue, Billy Cline and Gerrett Hutson
Had the most fun-Chris Dey, Scott Mellows, Kirk Willard and Kim Aguilar

Closest to the pin:
#3-Curt Vanderhorst
#7-Jeff Forsyth
#11-Cory Barns
#17-Chris John

Long Drive:
#9-Larry Holder

Straight Drive:
#12 Men’s-Kelly Martin

Women’s-Kellie Renzi

And special thanks to the following sponsors and support of this event:
Brady Services-Grand prize giveaway (Odyssey Putters)
Restore Pro Reconstruction-putting contest

Finally, special thank you to our Golf Committee for the planning and organization of this event-Buck Fisher, Cris Karasek, Rob Skinner, Mike MacDonagh, Nicole Murphy, Mike Kriston and all of our volunteers!

We are also pleased to announce that the tournament raised enough to fund 
two IFMA Foundation educational scholarships!

The GTC of IFMA  is pleased to announce our March Madness Bracket Challenge winners!  

 First Place: Doug Gallo (Red Coats)=$300

Second Place: Erin Stanford (Grubb Properties)=$200
Third Place: Bridgette Arnold (Carolina Restoration Services)= $100