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Upcoming Meetings

2010 Luncheon Dates and Topics - (Topics Subject to Change)

February 10 - Zero Landscaping for Water Reduction Registration is Closed. Event is full.

March 10 - Strategic Planning

April 14 - Social Media - LinkedIn, Twitter, IFMA Forum, Blackberries, etc.

May 12 - Commissioning/Decommissioning

June 9 - Lowering Operational Expenses - Tips and Tricks

July 14 - Flexible Work Environment

August 11 - Green Work Environment - What are companies doing today?

September 8 - Building Codes - Egress, Calbo Class, Access Compliance

October 13 - Sea World Tour

November 10 - Finding Qualified Employees

December 8 - Holiday Social

2010 Green California Summit

The 2010 Green California Summit & Expo taking place at the Sacramento Convention Center March 15-17. 20% off for IFMA members. For more information or to register for this event click here.

Community Hands-on Project: Tour of the Bridge, SDYS

We are looking for companies and individuals who can assist with the skills, materials, tools or whatever you can donate to bring this Foster Care Home back into shape! Tour is Friday Feb 5th, noon. Please click here for more info.

Chapter News

2010 Professional Member Campaign

We are exited to announce the 2010 Professional Member Campaign. Please click here for more info.

San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) Holidays - Storefront Decorating a Success

Read about this great community outreach event by clicking here.

IFMA San Diego is now part of the online business community, LinkedIn. LinkedIn allows you to:

Get the most from your professional network
Re-connect - Find past and present colleagues and classmates quickly. LinkedIn makes staying in touch simple.
Build your network - Get to know more about other IFMA San Diego members
Get tuned in - Stay up to date with upcoming IFMA events
Get answers - Use the discussions tool to ask questions or share industry information.

The IFMA San Diego LinkedIn group is open for current IFMA San Diego members. To join our online forum, please click here.

Not sure how to get LinkedIn? View this How-To video click here.

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Meeting Recaps

January Luncheon Meeting Recap

Dr. Lynn Reaser gave an outstanding summary of the economic conditions facing our country and our city. To view her presentation, please click on this link.

To view other past meeting recaps, click on this link.

December Holiday Luncheon
Announced at the December Holiday Luncheon were the Professional and Associate Members of the Year. Chosen as the Professional Member of the Year was Matt Anderson. Matt was chosen for his organizing of the Facility Managers Forum meetings during the year and for his continuing leadership on the IFMA San Diego Board. This was Matt's second time winning this prestigious award.

Chosen as the Associate Member of the Year was Kristine O'Hollearn. Kristine was recognized for her leadership in strengthening the activities of the Membership Committee.

Glen Best presenting the 2009 Member of the Year to Matt Anderson

Marcia Fisher presenting the 2009 Associate Member of the Year to Kristine O'Hollearn

Another notable event at the Holiday Luncheon was the presentation of the Chapter's donation to our charity San Diego Youth and Community Services. Our highly successful golf tournament last June made this donation possible. Making the presentation was Shari Joyce, Co-Chair of the Community Services Committee of IFMA San Diego. Accepting on behalf of San Diego Youth and Community Services was Associate Executive Director Steven Jella.

Shari and Steven

To view a photo gallery of some of the happy attendees of the Holiday Luncheon, please click on this link.

Facility Manager Forum - Facility Manager Forums are open to IFMA San Diego Chapter Members only. To register for upcoming forums, please contact: Matt Anderson - mhaiv@cox.net

Past Forum Discussion Topics:

April - Operations and Maintenance
May - Sustainability
June - Security
July - CMMS and CAFM
August - Personalities, Pet Peeves and Solutions
September - Doing more with Less
October - Cross Functional Teams/How they work in Business

Letter from Chapter President Molly Margallo
Molly has written a letter to the Chapter Members where she discusses the positive things happening in our Chapter. To view her letter, click on this link.