SOUTHWEST BY DENVER

David A. Bishton, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, Southwest Region President

Here we go, CSI Southwest! The May 16-18 Southwest Region Conference was:

• ENERGETIC
• A CORNUCOPIA OF BUILDING INFORMATION & GOOD PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• AN IDEA CENTER FOR CHAPTER TEAMS
• POSITIVE
• A GATHERING OF CSI's KNOWLEDGE BASE IN THE SOUTHWEST
• A LOT OF GOOD WORK
• FUN!

Many thanks go to those who played such a key role in making it possible.

• Mike Young, CSI, CCCA: kept the plates spinning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhoos1oY404)
• Michelle Duran: exec. secretary of the chapter managed countless details with aplomb (look it up).
• Denver organizing committee: Dean Leschak, CSI, CDT - Mitch Denman, CSI, CDT and Chapter President - Carla Styles, CSI - Bryan Smith, CSI, CDT - Dan Galanaugh, CSI, CCCA.
• Andy Townes, CSI, CCPR - Albuquerque & Denver Chapters.
• Max Saul, FCSI who gave us all a sense of our place in CSI history.
• Construct Denver trade and education fair participants.
• Springhill Suites Denver - a gracious host for all guests.

Do you feel the winds of change? If you haven't yet, you will soon. There is a rejuvenated focus as we move into FY2014, with the entire organization of CSI zeroing in on its mission of:

• Building information management
• Educating project teams
• Improving building performance

We are still the BIG TENT in the industry - networking via CSI connects us like no other organization. Strengthening Regional Ties was a great theme for the fellowship we shared last month.

FY2014 Officers are ready for the challenge: Jori Smith, CSI, CDT, LEED AP (Albuquerque), Dean Leschak, CSI, CDT (Denver), Robin Snyder, CSI, CCS, SCIP (Phoenix), and yours truly (Denver). We want to see all our chapters succeed and will support them in every way possible. We also want to include and involve the CSI members not affiliated with a chapter wherever they live in the great Southwest.

Our new board will include chapter presidents:

• Albuquerque - Chuck Lowery, CSI*
• Denver - Bryan Smith, CSI, CDT
• El Paso - Dan Mireles, CSI, CCCA*
• Las Vegas - Jorge Schapira, CSI, CDT, AIA, LEED AP
• Phoenix - R. Brian McClure, CSI, CDT, RA
• Pikes Peak - Andy Baturevich, CSI
• Salt Lake City - Tonya Dodge, CSI*
• Tucson - Randy Harris, PE, CSI, CDT*

* designates repeating as chapter leaders in FY2014 - let's thank & support them at every opportunity!

Who else is in the mix? YOU, OUR SOUTHWEST REGION MEMBERS - STAY TUNED FOR OPPORTUNITY! And be ready for a great event next year as we gather in El Paso for Southwest Region Conference 2014.

We are:

Building Construction Industry Leadership in the Southwest.