November 2006 Meeting Notes

October – WOW!!  What a Facility.  Thanks Marj for coordinating!!!

We reviewed overall programs for the rest of the year and into next.  This is where we are:

November 14^th (Roofing Technologies) Bill and Patty Coordinating

• Butch Lockhart of Five Star Roofing Products will present.


• Andrea is on it for A/V requirements, Bill will check on and handle the flip chart.


• We will be back at the Riverwalk

December 12^th (Networking and Relationships) Matt Richards is Coordinating – Andrea will follow up with Matt to verify we are on schedule.

• Matt has indicated an ability to get Tim Roberts to do the presentation.  It appears that Tim needs $500 for the presentation.  I believe that works out to about $20 per presentation minute.  I think we should make him buy his own lunch….(just kidding…)


• Topic idea for Tim is “Team Motivation – Doing More With Less” – Perhaps I should share my ideas of passing out work to those who are not at the meeting… No, Tim probably has enough of his own ideas…


• Any A/V Requirements???


• We will be at the Riverwalk 

January 9^th (Pandemic – Just when you thought is was safe to go out alone) – Marj is Coordinating. 

• Janet Archer of the Marion County Department of Health will be presenting


• Any A/V requirements?


• We’ll bet at the Riverwalk

February 13^th (Environmental Issues Confronting Facility/Property Owners & Managers) – The coordination of this meeting was assigned to Jim Garrett and Heidi Pozsgai in abscentia (I think this is a fancy word for they weren’t around to turn down the opportunity).    

• August Mack would like to present


• We’ll do it at the Riverwalk

March and April Meeting– A Case study of the Regions Bank Building. How it happened, why it happened and what they did to keep it from happening again. AND Fire Safety / Emergency Responders– See about getting those involved in the taking control of the Regions Bank Building and discussing that incident specifically and how a typical emergency is handled and how it affects the tenant and/or tenants of a facility.  Bob Koehne and Andrea Groogan Coordinating.  While initially sounding exciting, Bob saw a presentation on what happened there and it was…. How did Bob put it… I think the word he used was BORING, or was it NON-INFORMATIVE, or was it BAD.  I’m not sure, but we want a stronger presentation for our group.  Bob and Andrea will get together with the building manager to learn what type of presentation can be given.

We all need to bring speakers names and topics for future presentations.  Here are some ideas next year:

·        Possible Bonus Tour of Group Athletica’s Facility for March Madness. 

• Event Planning – what goes into planning an event – presented by the person(s) who plan events like the Final Four and Big Ten Tournament.


• Proactive Planning – proper planning for maintenance of lighting, HVAC, etc.  Christine has some ideas on this topic(s)


• Andrea knows of a company that provides consulting to Facility Managers and believes they may be an excellent source for topics/speaker.  Perhaps, we could just hire them to handle the work of our committee…..


• Energy Management – with the ever rising energy costs, look at ways to reduce electricity, fuel, gas, etc. consumption and thereby save money. 


• Bob had several ideas on the Indy Partnership and potential tax incentives that are available to keep businesses here in Indy as well as to assist with the expansion of businesses here.  Also, discussed the possibility of having Mickey Mauer speak on the business climate here in Indy.  (If there is a way to make this a two-part program, Andrea will definitely come to both!)


• How to hire/select a real estate broker?  Why you need a real estate broker?  What should you expect the broker to do for you?  And have a focus on lease renewals and property acquisitions. 


• Tours of the Stadium, the new Terminal at the Airport, and the Library (we aren’t yet sure what year or decade the library will be finished so we will need a floating schedule to time that tour)


• Risk Management – Liability – Safety Programs


• Lighting – decorative or maintenance


• Furnishings and finish-touches for the complete office environments


• Voice over IP and how to limit costs associated with moving technology when moving an employee.


• Another idea was to show members the IFMA website and all of the information and resources within it.  This could be done during the lunch portion of the meeting as to not interfere with the program.

Christine has provided the form that needs to be completed to obtain CEUs for some upcoming presentations.  Therefore, whoever is coordinating a presentation, that person is responsible (I think that means it’s up to you to get it done) for getting the form completed and return to Christine for submittal at least 2 weeks prior to the event to obtain CEUs for attendees. 

Next meeting will be Tuesday, December 5^th at Marj’s.  For those of you who are apparently calendar challenged, that is the day that follows Monday, December 4^th.  If you need me to pick you up, let me know and I’ll swing by and get you.  If you are not supposed to be on the list or just want off the list, please let me or Marj or Andrea know and we’ll take you off. 

If your notes don’t match mine…. We’ll that’s impossible, as you would have had to be at the meeting to have your own notes!!! 

Cheers.