By John K. Ramsey, CAE
Executive Director/CEO
...<< MORE >>
Posted By
Kirk D. Kistner
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors
San Antonio, Texas
At approximately 5:30 pm on Friday, March 6, 2009, a 125 foot tall light pole at a high school football stadium in Kyle, Texas fell over and landed on a high school gymnasium. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors was called immediately to assess the situation, remove the fallen light pole off of the gymnasium, clean up the debris and repair the damage.
According to witnesses, the wind conditions at the stadium were strong, but ...<< MORE >>
We are living in tough but interesting times...and we have a simple question for you: How highly do you value your CEFPI membership? Give us your frank opinion as we are constantly looking for new opportunities and solutions to help you in your professional development. Tell us how you belong to a large, supportive network of diverse professionals involved in building safe and healthy educational facilities for children everywhere. What's in it for YOU to be part of CEFPI? Give us an honest answer!
...<< MORE >>Tough Times Need Solid and Responsive Associations
CEO Blog: Vol V
By John Ramsey
Executive Director/CEO
CEFPI members around the world are reacting to and bracing for tough economic times now and in the immediate future. So, I encourage you to ask; what can we as an association do for our members and industry during these trying times? President Robertson and the CEFPI Board of Directors are examining this issue right now and we are poised to announce some initiatives and programs that can help ...<< MORE >>
Hello, colleagues! Summer is coming to an end but is still sizzling here at the CEFPI Headquarters. Not because we are located in the one of the world’s hottest cities, (Scottsdale, Arizona) but because we are in high gear and operations tempo preparing for an historic CEFPI Annual World Conference and Expo. If you have attended previous CEFPI annual conferences and are coming to San Diego, you are in for a surprise (or two). It will be unlike anything you have ever seen from CEFPI. We started with a blank sheet of paper and built a brand new conference from ...<< MORE >>
Hey CEFPI, What have you done for me lately?
CEO Blog: Vol. III
By John Ramsey, CAE
Executive Director/CEO
A Call to Get Involved
Greetings Colleagues! Sorry for the delay in my (almost) weekly blog, but we’ve been pretty busy at Headquarters these days with our Annual World Conference and Expo right around the corner. The CEFPI Strategic Planning Committee recently completed a series of meetings in Dallas which was one of the best organized and facilitated Strategic Planning sessions I’ve ever had the pleasure of ...<< MORE >>
CHPS Gears Up to Go National
By Patricia Jatczak
CHPS – the Collaborative for High Performance Schools – is a non-profit, membership organization, originally set up to advance high-performance schools in California.