As the weather stats to heat up so have the activities with our chapter. I want to congratulate Chick McBrien , Thad Goodman and Jim McDonald on the success of the Design Columbus 2008 trade shaw. I believe this year was one of the best show and it was due to the hard work of the committee to boost attendance and get outstanding presenters.

The attendance at our last monthly meeting was close to 100 to hear Ed Jarger talk about Green Roofs their practical considerations in design and construction. Our May meeting brings a topic of Woodworking Quality for Lumber and Trim presented by Kent Gilchrist. Please put this on your calendar and make reservation by May 7th to Alicia Holloway.
I would like to thank Jeff Schumaker for his hard work providing the great topics for our monthly meetings.
Lastly I would like to congratulate and introduce our new directors for next year. The new directors are Adam Olson, Allen Sams and Wes Van Autreve. We will also have a new secretary, Jim McDonald, and Thad Goodman will be our new 2nd Vice President. The rest of the board is listed below and I look forward to seeing everyone at our May meeting.

CSI Columbus 2008 Chapter Officers and Committees
President – Eric Messerly
Immediate Past Pres. – Rich Gatterdam
Pres-elect – Doug Clase
1st VP – Kirk Paisley
2nd VP – Thad Goodman
Secretary – Jim McDonald
Treasurer – Scott Graham
Director ’09 – Mike Rathburn
Director ’09 – Bob Hatfield
Director ’09 – Ron Zinn
Director ’10 – Wes Van Autreve
Director ’10 – Allen Sams
Director ’10 – Adam Olson