The 2015 Holiday Party is confirmed!

We will enjoy an evening at the Fox and Hounds on Saturday, January 24th.  Cocktails begin at 5:30 pm followed by dinner at 7:00 pm.  Register by January 16, 2015 to receive a discounted rate of $35 per person.  After January 16th, the cost will be $45 per person.

Dinner selections will be posted next month, so watch for the newsletter and updates on Constant Contact. Sponsorship details will be available at that time as well.

I look forward to bringing you a great evening of fun with your fellow WCBA members!

Your Holiday Hostess,

Stevie

The 2015 WCBA Home Building & Remodeling Expo is starting to come together. Don't miss out on signing up before December 31, 2014 to take advantage of the discounted "Early Bird" rate for your booth. This year, spots are filling up fast since the Expo will be February 6-8, 2015 which is not the same weekend as the Milwaukee show. The Expo is a great opportunity to meet local customers at a lower rate than other similar events.

Several vacancies will be coming to our WCBA Board of Directors next year as some existing directors at large terms expire.  In order for the WCBA to remain a strong and fresh organization it is important to have strong and fresh leadership.  If you can run your business, you have the skills to be a director at large for your WCBA - so don't worry about that.

A director at large has a 3 year term.  In this position, you will attend a board meeting every month for about 2 hours.  In addition, you will choose to help, where you can, with various events and programs which are important or interesting to you.

Serving as a director at large is rewarding.  You have the opportunity to make new friends, work with great people who face similar professional challenges as you, learn many new things and meet many other people during membership meetings and events.

The true rewards of belonging to a trade association are found when you get involved.  If you are willing to consider becoming a volunteer director with your WCBA, please contact our Nominating Committee Chair Person, Jason Miller at jmiller@a1poolfun.com or the WCBA President, Dirk Wildt at dirk@cobblestone-bldrs.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The recent networking event held at West Bend Glass Block was well received by all of those who attended this meet and greet.  Besides networking, we got an opportunity to learn about the business of glass block installation and manufacture from our hosts, Andy and Darlene Klefstad.  Door prizes, food and beverages were provided by our gracious hosts to help make this a fun event.  If you would like to host one of these events at your place of business call me at 262-502-9344 or Becky (office manager) at 262-334-5552.

Also during the evening, one name was drawn from a list all of the members who had attended the general membership meetings throughout the year for a free 2015 WCBA Building and Remodeling EXPO booth, a $395 value.  I am happy to announce that the lucky winner of the 2015 EXPO booth is First National Bank of Hartford.  Our congratulations goes out to Wendy Christenson, Vice President/Branch Manager.  Like Wendy, all you have to do to get your name in the drawing is to attend a general meeting, your name will be entered into the drawing for each meeting that you attend.

Our next general meeting on December 11th is being held at Padway's (formerly Wagner's) on big Cedar Lake.  Topic of discussion will be the 2015 EXPO, so if you have any questions about this event, this meeting will surely be one that you will want to attend. 

See you at the meeting!