Greetings Chapter Members, This month we kick off the annual Chapter survey - our way of listening to your voices and your chance to tell us what is important to you. Please be on the lookout for the survey, and take a few minutes to complete it. We are also developing a Geographic Information [...]
Greetings Chapter Members, As a chapter, we focus on innovation in all we do with our Board and Chapter Committees. While the profession of FM and the services, equipment and tools that support it are often service oriented, we need to continuously strive to bring elements of innovation, strategy and operational excellence to our [...]
Presidents Message Feb 2014 Greetings Chapter Members, I hope you have managed to stay warm throughout the extremely cold temperatures we have been experiencing in the Triangle area. Inclement weather brings its own set of challenges for the Facility Manger. The Facility Manager and their teams need to activate the necessary resources to maintain a [...]
Greetings Chapter Members, Happy New Year! I hope you all have had a fun and relaxing time off with your family and friends. This month we have a lot of exciting events going on in the chapter. January Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 8th – Topic: “Workplace Violence Prevention”. The program will focus in on creating [...]
Greetings Chapter Members, As we enter the holiday season, it’s important to reflect on the year, celebrate our accomplishments, learn from our mistakes, renew, re-calibrate and set new goals for the future. Time is short and it is critical that we take time to do what we enjoy most, brings us a sense of satisfaction [...]
Greetings Chapter Members, I call this month ‘Youmember’. That’s right, this month is all about ‘YOU’! This is the month when we take time to plan for the free Chapter Appreciation gala event to celebrate ALL of the Greater Triangle Chapter of IFMA’s members. This is the month we take time to say thank you [...]
Presidents Message Happy Fall IFMA Family, This is a great time of year as temperatures drop, leaves change color and HVAC systems get some respite! This month we celebrate several great things in the chapter. First Every-Ruby Level Sponsor! I am happy to announce that we have our first ever Ruby Level Sponsor. A [...]
Presidents Message Better, Faster, Stronger. The Chapters board and Committees have been pulling together the past few months working on finalizing the chapters Balanced Score Card (BSC). The BSC will be utilized as a tool to identify and measures the Chapter's targets for the year. We have a great team of Chapter volunteers who are working to implement the BSC [...]
Greetings IFMA Family, Summer is upon us and these are the months filled with vacations, family trips and time off from work and… This is also the time when the temperatures rise to sometimes absurd heights and our HVAC systems are tested. We think of ways to cool the roofs of our buildings (white roofs [...]
“The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfills himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.” - Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson Greetings IFMA Family, It is with great pleasure, pride and humility I write my first note to you as the President of the Greater Triangle [...]
As we roll into the month of June, I am in disbelief in how quickly the year has gone by. I started off my term as President by refocusing on our mission and vision to make sure that, as we grow, we do not lose sight of what our Chapter is all about. I also [...]
So What’s Up with the New IFMA Golf Shirts? For those of you who attended our 11th annual golf tournament, you may have noticed that members of the Golf Committee and our Chapter Committee Chairs and Board Members were wearing new Triangle Chapter of IFMA golf shirts. Besides making us look nice, these shirts [...]
The Value of IFMA Through our celebrating the Facility Management Professional (CFMP) Campaign, we have been refocusing on our mission and vision of our Chapter. This has the added benefit of making us revisit the “value of IFMA” for our membership. The value of IFMA is something we are always looking to improve and [...]
The Value of IFMA Through our celebrating the Facility Management Professional (CFMP) Campaign, we have been refocusing on our mission and vision of our Chapter. This has the added benefit of making us revisit the “value of IFMA” for our membership. The value of IFMA is something we are always looking to improve and now [...]