Dear Members,
We found our venue for our monthly CSI Memphis business meetings! The first meeting will be on October 19, 2022 and will be held in the Sandler Training Room at 5350 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500. We will hold meetings on the third Wednesday of every month and unless otherwise noted, the timeframe will be from noon to 1:00pm. If you plan to attend, please rsvp at www.csimemphis.org under the events tab. Our first meeting in October will be a “welcome back” meeting where you can meet this year’s officers and board of directors. At the October meeting, we will announce our plans for the Dempsie B Morrison Scholarship and will announce our two new student recipients. The CSI Memphis Chapter has been raising scholarship money for a full year of in-state tuition for two students at the University of Memphis since 1979! We love this partnership with University of Memphis and our plan is to continue these fundraising efforts year after year. Please come prepared to hear what we have planned for the year ahead, but also come with your ideas. We want the monthly meetings to be as interactive as possible.
Mark your calendars for the third fun-filled, family friendly Boos & Brews social event on October 22, 2022. This is always held on a Saturday so that families can come together to relax and enjoy each other’s company. We are having Boos & Brews at Meddlesome Brewery again this year, all details are on the CSI Memphis website. We are doing this event in conjunction with the West TN Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. ABC is another great industry organization for you to meet and get to know. All proceeds of Boos & Brews will go to the Dempsie B Morrison Scholarship fund. You can find event details at www.csimemphis.org
Other important future dates:
November 16, 2022 monthly meeting will be a social in the evening and not held at the Sandler Training Room. This will also be a Food Drive for the Mid-South Food Bank. Details will be provided soon.
December 8, 2022 CSI Chapter Year End Extravaganza
April 13, 2023 Build/IT
June 8-10, 2023 Gulf States Region Conference in Memphis
The temperatures are dropping and if you are like me, you are ready to say goodbye to summer. We had a very engaged group attend the Schluter Systems CEU and hands on training as our last summer event. It’s fun getting your hands on the tools and the products to better understand how things go together. The Chapter’s goal is to have at least one hands on training event each year, so if you missed this one, check back with the website frequently to see when the next one will be in 2023.
The cooler temperatures are also perfect timing for a plant tour, so don’t miss out on the September 29th lunch CEU and plant tour at New Millennium Building Systems. The CEU course will cover many joist and structural deck products for a variety of building types. Immediately after, we will tour the deck manufacturing facility.
One last thing to note, we are on LinkedIn now, search for CSI Memphis Chapter. We would love for you to follow us there and on all social media platforms (@memphiscsi on Instagram and at CSI Memphis on Facebook).
Thank you for your membership and I look forward to seeing you!
Lisa Perkowski