President's Message

Have No Fear: Engagement doesn’t mean a big time commitment

I know first-hand why everyone, from time to time, is hesitant to participate in or speak up at meetings: you’re afraid you’re going to be asked to take something on you’re not ready for or feel you don’t have time to do. Yet I still appeal to you to get engaged in SBCA.

Your Association, Your Voice

SBCA President Jack Dermer reflects on the past year and encourages members to get engaged as the organization embarks on a new year and new approach to quarterly meetings.

Big Returns from Investing in SBCA Events

2017 SBCA President Jack Dermer continues to broaden his perspective on how to tackle issues in his business through continued engagement with SBCA members.

Know What you Know (& Admit What You Don’t)

Ready access to expertise is the biggest value you get out of being a member of SBCA. You’re just a click, call or meeting away from a lot of knowledge on the majority of topics your business addresses on a daily basis.

Spring: A Chance to Sow Seeds for Future Harvest

It is important for our industry to have a voice and to shine a light on the issues we face. Going to DC lets us take part in shaping the future.

Brace Yourself

If you’ve been in the truss industry for any length of time, there’s one phone call you absolutely dread receiving: “We have a problem; your trusses collapsed!”

The Right Tools in the Toolbox

Sometimes it’s hard to start a conversation. You know what you want to say, you think you know how the person you’re talking to will react, and yet finding the words to get the ball rolling and respond to the questions you know you’ll get is tough.

Planning for the New Year

Make this your year to reach out and build your SBCA network.

As we wrap up last year and plan for 2017, it’s important to assess what SBCA has done in order to set goals for the future. I recently joined the SBCA officers for a few days of doing just that, meeting the SBCA staff in Madison, Wisconsin. We shared ideas and discussed the challenges we’re facing—it was most enlightening. I want to highlight a few of the issues we discussed with the hope of getting everybody’s perspective as to how we move forward.

Building the Framing Future - Today!

This issue is full of some of the most valuable nuggets of advice presenters and attendees discussed at BCMC.

 

 

By CMs, for CMs

What has become very clear to me in the last few years as I’ve served on the Executive Committee is that SBCA is an organization that is run by component manufacturers (CMs).