Dear ICRI-BW Chapter Members,
Happy New Year to all of our Baltimore-Washington DC Chapter ICRI members and families! I hope that
everyone had an enjoyable holiday season and hope that 2012 will bring you all good health, happiness and
prosperity.
I would like to begin by thanking Chris Carlson, the Chapter’s Past President, as well as the 2011 Board
Members for making 2011 a successful year for our Chapter. Under Chris’s leadership, the Board continued
to focus on the Chapter’s key programs. These programs include retaining our Chapter of the Year status,
increasing the Chapters’ membership, providing scholarships to ICRI members and their families, completing
our Chapter History, expanding our Sponsorship Program, and the Industry Outreach program by continuing
our work with Habitat for Humanity and Carver High School.
As outlined in our Mission Statement, we need to continue to be a resource for education and information
regarding quality repairs and restoration. Our purpose should be to foster the growth of our organization
and continue to educate those in this industry. This year, with the guidance of the Board as well as input
and assistance from our membership, I would like to see our Chapter continue to grow and prosper. The
Board met on January 12th and set our goals for the upcoming year. Several of our goals include:
- Retain our Chapter of the Year status;
- Increase our membership by 10%;
- Increase our attendance at Dinner Meetings;
- Continue to provide scholarship opportunities for our membership;
- Utilize publications, meetings and networking opportunities for educational purposes;
- Provide at least one social activity for our membership.
At this I would like to introduce you to the Board members for 2012 year and thank them for their time and
efforts. Board Members for 2012 are Oscar Valenzuela (Vice President), Mike Prizzi (Secretary),
Jay Whitton (Treasurer), Mike Miller, Dan Anagnos, Marty Fischer, Brain Greene, Neil Savitch,
Brian McCabe, Sean Fisher, Cindy Garman and Shannon Bentz.
During my visit to the ICRI National Convention in Cincinnati last fall, I learned that many ICRI Chapters
sometimes struggle to obtain the participation that makes our Chapter successful. Our Chapter is
successful as a result of the hard work, dedication and participation by our membership in support of our
events and programs. I thank you all for your continuing support to our Chapter. This year I look
forward to even more involvement from our membership and encourage everyone to look for opportunities to
volunteer, to assist on our committees and to help grow and support our Chapter. To become involved in
any of our activities, please feel free to contact me and/or any of the committee chairs.
Our first meeting is our joint meeting with ACI and is scheduled for February 9th. The meeting will be
held at Maggiano’s Little Italy in the Tyson’s Galleria. Our scheduled speaker is Fred Goodwin and the
discussion topic is “Cracking Potential Technology”. We look forward to seeing you there.
Information pertaining to our Chapter can be found on our website at www.icribwchapter.org. The website
is an outstanding resource regarding updates, activities and events that are scheduled, our scholarship
program, sponsorship opportunities, technical information, publications, and contact information for the
Board of Directors.
Finally, I would like to thank you all for this opportunity to serve you. It is an honor to serve as your
Chapter President and I look forward to a successful year. If you have any questions, comments or
suggestions, please feel free to contact me.
Patrick O’Malley
President, ICRI Baltimore Washington Chapter
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