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As material for the

construction of our

building, I pledge

the agility of my

hands, the ability of

my mind, and the in-

tegrity of my heart.

October 2015

Message From Your President PRESIDENT Nancy Lingle Capitol City Door

VICE PRESIDENT Susan Wood Salem Heating & Sheet Metal

TREASURER Dawn Killough Rich Duncan Construction

SECRETARY Jaysa Nesbitt Salem Contractors Exchange

 

DIRECTORS: Robyn Guzman A.G. Sadowski Elisabeth Shinn AKT Kay Evans Salem Contractors Exchange

As material for the

construction of our

building, I pledge the

agility of my hands,

the ability of my

mind, and the

integrity of my heart.

WEBSITE Visit our website at

nawicsalem.com

What an awesome mee ng we had in September. We had a beau ful installa on of Officers and Board of Directors. Thank you Linda, you did an amazing job. Our new officers are Nancy Lingle‐President, Susan Wood‐Vice President, Dawn Killough‐Treasurer, Jaysa Nesbi ‐Secretary and the Board of Directors are Kay Evans, Elisabeth Shinn, and Robin Guzman. We're currently trying to reenergize our chapter and I feel that we really got off to a good start at our September mee ng. A lot of really good ideas were made and I think everyone le feeling enthusias c about the new year. We've been having some get togethers outside of our regular mee ngs that everyone seems to be really a ending. Watch for informa on about these ac vi es. Please let Susan know of your ideas of speakers, mee ng loca ons or some ac vi es or topics you'd like to see done or discussed. We've had a lot of members who won't be renewing, but we've already had a new member Kalene Mar nez with B & K Masonry join us. Welcome Kalene!! Amanda was able to a end AMEC in Nashville, Tennessee and she had an AWESOME

me. She gave a really informa ve report during our September mee ng and some of that informa on will be given in this newsle er. I'm so glad Amanda was able to a end. She was even able to join other members from our region for a Tennessee Titans football game. We passed around the commi ee sign up sheet and if you didn't get a chance to sign up or would like your name added to a commi ee please let me know. Many hands make light work. Please check the commi ee list to make sure your name appears on the commi ee you signed up for! We're a small chapter but I know that we can accomplish so much. I look forward to serving as your chapter President for the upcoming year and I'd love to hear from all of you with ideas on how we can make the Salem chapter grow and what we can do to have fun along the way.

Nancy Lingle

President, Salem Chapter #198

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In This Issue Message From Your President                        1 

Board Officers                                                        1 

Humor in Construction          2 

Meeting Schedule                                                3 

Calendar                                                                   3  

Meeting Notice           4 

Recap of September Meeting        5 

Recap of AMEC                                                     6  

Leadership Story                                                  7 

Contact Information                                           8 Committees                                9 

Humor in Construction  

Upcoming Events November General Meeting

Oatmeal or Bacon! Speaker Ruth Miles

October 21, 2015 5:30 PM

Lunch

Lunch A Bunch

Oct. 27, 2015

APC

APC for the Pacific Northwest Region

Reno, Nevada

Oct. 23‐25, 2015

A Contractor in Heaven A contractor dies on a fishing accident on his 40th birthday and finds himself greeted at the Pearly Gates by a brass band. Saint Peter runs over, shakes his hand and says “Congratula ons!” “Congratula ons for what?” asks the contractor “Congratula ons for what?” says Saint Peter. “We are celebra ng the fact that you lived to be 160 years old.” “But that’s not true,” says the consultant. “I only lived to be forty.” “That’s impossible,” says Saint Peter, “we added up your me sheets!”

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DATES TO REMEMBER

Oct. 1 Chick Sadowski’s Birthday Oct. 6 Board Meeting Oct. 13 Marilyn Jones Birthday Oct. 17 Elisabeth Shinn’s Birthday Oct. 19 Dawn Killough’s Birthday Oct. 21 General Meeting Oct. 23‐25 APC Reno, Nevada Oct. 30 Kim Thatcher’s Birthday

Nov. 3 Board Meeting Nov. 11 Linda Almendinger’s Birthday Nov. 18 General Meeting

October Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 Board Meeting

7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 General Meeting

22 23 24

25 26 27 Lunch A Bunch

28 29 30 31 Halloween

NAWIC October

Anniversary’s

Linda Almendinger 23 Years

Shirley Wertz 23 Years

Kay Evans 7 Years October Birthdays Remember to Bring

your Birthday Auction Gift to the October General Meeting!

Ruth Miles │ Small Business Advocate Office of Small Business Assistance OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE

"Ge ng the Bacon" Oatmeal is boring, but bacon?  Bacon is what we all want.  Ruth Miles, the Small Business Advocate for  

Secretary of State, will walk through one wacky case that came to her office in search of "bacon" ‐ a real  solu on to a real problem affec ng a real business.  Along the way, she'll share challenging trends affec ng businesses across the industries and throughout the state.  Feel like you're drowning in regulatory oatmeal? 

Learn how to get the bacon. 

 

NAWIC Salem Chapter #198

General Meeting October 21, 2015

5:30 PM Social 6:00 PM Dinner and Speaker Held at Salem Contractors Exchange 2256 Judson St. SE, Salem, Oregon

Dinner to be catered by Olive Garden Please RSVP to Kay kay@sceonline.org

Dinner $25 Payment can be made online at nawicsalem.com

First Time Guests receive a Complimentary Dinner

*All members have a standing dinner reserva on unless cancelled by noon on Monday.  If you do not RSVP and cancel you will be billed. 

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Meeting Recap NAWIC-Salem Chapter #198

General Meeting Minutes

September 16th, 2015

Called to Order: 5:55 pm

Pledges: Pledge of Allegiance & NAWIC Pledge

Members Attending: Chick Sadowski, Linda Almendinger, Elisabeth Shinn, Amanda Forkner, Dawn Killough, Kay Evans, Nancy Lingle, Robin Guzman, Susan Wood, & Jaysa Nesbitt.

Guests- Kayleen with B&K Masonry.

Self-Introductions: Good News, Inspirational Thought & Dinner

Good News: Nancy shared with us that she finally finished an overdue wedding gift, way to go Nancy! Chick let us know that the remodel at her office is complete and she will be celebrating her upcoming birthday with 2 Birthday parties. On September 2nd, Kay and her daughter Janai celebrated the birth of Janai’s daughter Ansley Hill. Welcome Ansley (future NAWIC member??) Jaysa got a new Sit-Stand ergonomic workstation in her office.

Installation of Officers:

President: Nancy Lingle Vice President: Susan Wood Treasure: Dawn Killough

Recording Secretary: Jaysa Nesbitt Corresponding Secretary: Chick Sadowski

Board of Directors: Kay Evans, Elisabeth Shinn & Robin Guzman

Reviewed General Meeting Minutes for July. (No meeting was held in August) A motion was made by Chick to accept the minutes as presented. The July minutes were passed as submitted.

Treasurer’s Reports: Available for Review upon Request

Committee Reports:

Budget: Director: Jeanna

Audit Committee - The sign-up sheet was passed around.

Poinsettia Sales – Discussion on raising the sale price from the previous amount of $12.00 up to $12.50 this year. The chapter approved to facilitate this change.

Membership: Director: Chairman: Dawn

Chamber of Commerce – Motion was made to renew the chapter’s membership for next year. Motion was passed and we will be needing members to attend meeting & events on behalf of our chapter.

PEP: Director: Amanda

Career Day Event – We are looking into the State Fair Grounds as the possible new site location.

Special Committees: Director: Robin

Secret Pal – Sign-up sheets were passed out. Participating members drew names for the New Year.

New Business:

Committees, Policies, Standing Rules, Officer and Board of Director Responsibilities-

Our chapter’s Standing Rules were submitted by Nancy & approved with changes. A motion was made by Kay to accept the Standing Rules & our chapter’s Policies as revised. Motion was passed.

AMEC 2015 - September 2-5 in Nashville, TN

Amanda Forkner shared with us her insights & great experience she had attending this event. She was the only member from our chapter to go to Nashville and what a great choice she was! She came back with the NA-WIC enthusiasm that is so contagious from attending one of these national events. An estimated 460 NAWIC ladies were in attendance to celebrate this events 60th annual meeting. Amanda will be posting a recap of her time spent in Nashville on our chapter’s website. Thank you Amanda for sharing with us the knowledge that you learned.

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August Meeting Recap

Lessons in Leadership

OFF THE HANDLE

Ken, project manager for a Northwest contractor, told Session 2B of the Leadership Development LAB, “In the fall of 2000, I was working on a big apartment construction project in Sacramento, CA. I had just bought a cordless tool kit for around $500. One day when I came back from lunch, I found my new cordless drill missing. In a flash, my temper got the best of me. I went outside to the front of the building and started yelling for everyone working there to come out and bring me my drill!

“I noticed a guy on the third floor looked out. I knew him—he was one of the guys I had formed a friendly relationship with. He had an odd expression on his face. When I asked him if he had my drill he answered yes. I was yelling at him when he said, ‘I was getting ready to leave for lunch and saw your new drill sitting out in the open. I knew someone would steal it, so I picked it up and tried to find you. I couldn’t find you so I took it with me to keep it safe until I found you.’ “I tried to apologize, but our relationship was never the same. “The lesson I learned from this experience is that it not only hurts others, but myself as well when I lose my temper and fly off the handle. “The action I call you to take is when something bad happens to you, or even if you just think something bad has happened, start by getting all the facts. Remember: when you fly off the handle, you lose all your leverage. “The benefit you will gain is your peers and people around you will respect you more. They will take you more seriously and see you as someone they can learn from.” Let this story sink in. Read Ken’s lesson learned, action call, and benefits at least three times. Once you’ve lost your temper, it’s very difficult to undo the damage to your working relationships and your reputation. Resolve now to approach problems with patience, get all the facts, and never fly off the handle. Not finding something where you thought you last left it is always frustrating. No doubt you’ve experienced this—we all do—and we can be sure it will happen again. Of course, keeping your own things put away in their designated places and properly secured will reduce these kinds of incidents. But sometimes things go missing. How will you respond? Decide now that you won’t assume the worst, won’t start fuming and yelling and making a fool of yourself. Instead, pursue information in a friendly tone. If appropriate, ask team

members to help you find the missing item. Thank them for their help, whether they find it or not. Remember, it’s far easier to replace a lost item than it is to rebuild a lost relationship or reputation. Larry W. Dennis, President Turbo Leadership Systems®

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Contact Information

SALEM NAWIC NEWS Please send all articles and content recommendations for this chapter to 

Kay by the 25th of each month. 

WEBSITE Visit our website at

nawicsalem.com

FACEBOOK Connect with us on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/nawicsalem  

MAILING ADDRESS Salem Chapter NAWIC #198 

P.O. Box 15137  Salem, OR 97309

PRESIDENT Nancy Lingle Capitol City Door ncarter@capitolcitydoorinc.com VICE PRESIDENT Susan Wood Salem Heating swood@salemheatingandsheetmetal.com

TREASUERER Dawn Killough Rich Duncan Construction dawn@richduncanconstruction.com SECRETARY Jaysa Nesbitt Salem Contractors Exchange jaysa@sceonline.org DIRECTORS: Robyn Guzman AG Sadowski Company robin@agsadowski.com Elisabeth Shinn AKT eshinn@aktcpa.com Kay Evans Salem Contractors Exchange kay@sceonline.org

National Officers President Riki F. Lovejoy CBT, CIT rlovejoy@rfl-consulting.com

President Elect Connie M Leipard CIT cleipard@aol.com Vice President Stephanie K. Crane CIT stephaniec@mjharris.com Secretary Diane Mike CBT dmike@erdman.com Treasurer Jennifer Swinney CBT,CDS,CIT jen@escsafety.com Immediate Past Sandy K. Field CBT, CIT sfield@hgiusa.com

Pacific Northwest Region Contacts:

Director Ruth Fritts ruthf@mcalvain.com

Committee Chairs: Membership R9: Ruth Fritts R10: Shawna Alvarado PR/Marketing R9: Laura Rannow R10: Brittni Daley-Grishvaeva Safety R10: Suzanne Tollefson WIC Week R9: Brenda Smith R10: Kristen Green Mentorship Carol Eisenlohr/Amanda Wilson NEF R9: Lori Barrick R10: Pat McDonald Block Kids R9: Cathy Hall R10: Teryn Bojescu CAD Drafting R9: Erin Holmes

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2014-

2015-2016

BUDGET: Director: Ways & Means: Amanda, Dawn Responsible for our chapter fundraisers, including scholarship raffles and golf tournament string sales.

Poinsettia Sales: Kay, Nancy Responsible for ordering Poinsettias from Egan Gardens and distributing them in December.

Birthday Auction: Amanda Conducts birthday auction at our membership meetings

Contractors Exchange Banquet: Dawn, Susan Organizes the raffle for the Exchange Banquet, sells raffle tickets at the event.

Audit: (3 Needed) Elisabeth, Nancy Audits the chapter finances quarterly. Budget: Chick, Elisabeth, Dawn, Nancy Responsible for designing a budget for the year. The incoming Treasurer is the Chairman of the budget committee per our chapter policies.

MEMBERSHIP: Chairman: Director: Membership/Public Relations/Marketing: Dawn, Kay, Chick, Amanda, Robin, Nancy Responsible for promoting membership; sending NAWIC information & registration packets to prospective members. Sends press releases to various publications regarding Chapter activities.

Social Media/Website: Dawn Research setting up a website. After established, committee will maintain and update website.

Newsletter: Kay

PROGRAMS, EDUCATION AND PROJECTS (PEP): Director: Legislative Awareness: Robin Scholarship: Jaysa, Amanda Advertise, promote and select Scholarship Recipients. Career Days: Susan, Chick, Elisabeth, Amanda, Dawn, Kay, Nancy Helps in the planning and participates in Career Days.

Block Kids: (We will discuss and decide if we want to try and do this during the year) An annual event for grade school children, who are given a certain number of Legos, string, foil, a rock, and a piece of poster board and then have the opportunity to create a building or construction site. Prizes are awarded.

WIC Week (March 6-12, 2016): Responsible for planning events for the Chapter during WIC Week, which is the first week of March every year. This includes preparing a commitment form, tracking activities during the week, and preparing a recap form after the week. SPECIAL COMMITTEES: Director: Secret Pal: Robin Coordinates secret pal drawings.

By Laws: Jaysa, Nancy Responsible for keeping our chapter standing rules and policies and national bylaws current.

Historian: Coast Retreat: Nancy Plans Coast Retreat, a two day event that includes Chapters from our Region. Plans Chapter event in years not hosting.

NAWIC Appreciation Night: Dawn, Elisabeth, Amanda, Chick, Susan, Robin Plans the NAWIC Appreciation Night event to honor our bosses, usually held in the spring.

Craft Night: Jaysa Coordinates a craft night get together

NAWIC SALEM CHAPTER COMMITTEES

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Our Members

Many thanks to my secret pal for the lovely flowers that have arrived at my desk!! Chick

Installation of Officers was done

by Linda Almendinger and pictures taken by Amanda Forkner

2015-2016 Officers from left to right: Nancy Lingle President, Susan Wood Vice President, Chick Sadowski Corresponding Secretary, Elisabeth Shinn Director, Robin Guzman Director, Kay Evans Director. Front Row: Dawn Killough Treasurer, Jaysa Nesbitt Secretary.