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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
JOHN SCHWINDT
Be Involved, Be Bold
Believe it or not, we are coming up on Huge praise and thanks go out to
my first six months of serving as your Heather Price and her team for working
president and I cannot believe how through all the issues of construction
fast it has gone. A lot of that has to while seamlessly keeping the facility up
do with how busy we seem to be just and running. Ms. Price spent countless
running our businesses and then add hours dealing with all the necessary
on what is happening at CFESA, and code issues of building next to a state
things get crazy. We just finished our line. Too many to even mention here.
summer board meeting in Ft. Mill, SC at
CFESA World Headquarters and Global I would also like to commend the
Training Facility. The agenda was full membership on electing the finest
and the entire BOD was in attendance. board that I have been privileged to
Subway was using the training facility serve on. The current board is the most
at the same time and there was still diverse, both in position and location,
room to spare. What a magnificent from coast to coast, border to border,
facility we have built. As this goes to and beyond to the north into Canada.
print, the finishing touches are being The knowledge and experience that
done to the new storage building and exists and willingness to debate issues
additional parking lot. These updates from all angles and viewpoints are
will allow us to utilize all the training inspiring.
rooms and have a separate space for
shipping/receiving and storage of the Committee work is going on at a
modules and equipment used during fantastic pace. The restructuring of
in-house and manufacturers training the co-chair assignments to active
classes. Our facility indeed has become members instead of board members
a premier resource for training. has raised the bar on committee
involvement and bringing forward
Recently the BOD authorized making potential future board members. The
a significant payment on the mortgage leadership provided by these chairs
to save money on interest, leaving us continues to push action items to
with less than three years to achieve a completion and increase member
complete payoff. Now we can buckle benefits. It is exciting to see all the
down and hopefully utilize this center projects being worked on at one time:
every week of the year for years to
come.
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