I’d like to begin this month by thanking everyone who participated in the golf tournament on May 15th at Sammons. Kudos to Jason Carothers for organizing a wonderful afternoon of golf filled with friendly competition that was enjoyed by all who attended. Thank you also to Cheryl and Troy for their supporting roles. We especially want to recognize each member/business that showed their generous support by serving as sponsors. Our main event sponsors were Lengefeld Lumber Company, Lone Star Grading, Tri-Supply and Ratliff Ready Mix. In addition, we appreciate all those who showed their support by serving as tee and hole sponsors. Thanks to Brad Turner of Monteith Title for cooking. The sausage, ribs and chicken wings were fabulous. I know that because I had more than my share. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time and we appreciate all those who took time off to support TABA through this event.
Each day as I read the newspaper, watch the news, or listen to the radio, I am quickly reminded that we are still in the midst of difficult economic times. While we all share the same concerns and hopes for a speedy economic recovery, I think we can certainly find comfort in knowing that our organization is striving to stay strong and fulfill its mission. Our TABA leadership and staff recognize that without your continued membership and service to our organization we could not accomplish our goals of promoting home ownership and strengthening our local housing industry.
To each of you builder and associate members who have renewed your TABA membership, we say “Thank You” and deeply appreciate your continued commitment. We understand that these are tough times to be asking businesses to find extra funds. We appreciate the fact that you see the long term value of TABA membership and we pledge to continue to offer the support and resources of our organization to help you in any way we can.
While a portion of your membership dues directly supports our local TABA organization, funds are also forwarded to support the Texas Association of Builders and the National Home Builders Association. Those of us at TABA who are involved in the day to day work of this organization want you to know that we take the stewardship of your funds very seriously. We hope you know that there are thousands of people at the local, state and national levels working on your behalf every day to strengthen your opportunities in the housing industry.
I also want to welcome our newest TABA family members -- McLane Advanced Technologies and John Phillips with Always Concrete. To them and to all the new members who have joined thus far in 2009,Thank You for your commitment to our industry and your desire to become a part of our local organization. Cheryl is working on our membership directory, so be sure she has all of your contact information and a link to your business website so that all our members can get to know you better. One of the greatest benefits of TABA membership is that we encourage our members to network and promote business with each other. The next time you are looking to start a new business relationship, look first at our membership directory.
Kind regards!
Chris
