International Door & Operator Industry

JUL-AUG 2012

Garage door industry magazine for garage door dealers, garage door manufacturers, garage door distributors, garage door installers, loading docks, garage door operators and openers, gates, and tools for the door industry.

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PRESIDENT'SCOMMENTARY PRESIDENT'SCOMMENTARY IDAEXPO™ his year's industry event in Las Vegas was very successful and well attended. If you did not have the opportunity to attend please visit the IDA's website, www.doors.org, to see photos and information. This year's Expo offered many different events that met the attendees' needs and supported our association. IDAExpo is produced and supported by not just our board and staff members, but by many individual dealer and industry members. This collective effort allows us to provide our dealer members and industry with an annual event that builds professionalism, creates networking opportunities, improves technical skills, provides an opportunity to earn CEU's to maintain IDEA accreditation and certifi cation, and to gain product knowledge from the trade show exhibitors. The IDA Scholarship Foundation Golf Outing and the Jim Giles Memorial Ride for Scholarships motorcycle bike ride were both fun events that raised money and support for the IDA scholarship program. I want to thank the following companies for their support of these events and the scholarship program: Arrow-Tru Line, Liftmaster, Napolean- Lynx,TNR Door, and Miller-Edge. These events would not be successful without the hard work and backing from committed industry members. The IDEA provided two full days of high quality educational seminars covering sales, management and technical topics. The seminars provided CEU's for our accredited dealers and certifi ed technicians and were excellent educational opportunities for all attendees. The entire IDEA board is to be commended and recognized for the tremendous effort and amount of time that they give to produce the 8 Builds Dealer Professionalism T educational programs. These seminars are key components in raising the level of professionalism in our industry. 152 companies exhibited at the trade show and 138 of these exhibitors were IDA Industry Members. Many companies had new products or new applications to show the attendees and the trade show offered the opportunity to view, discuss and experience these innovative new products. If you did not have the opportunity to attend, please visit the IDA Expo website at www.idaexpo2012.com to see new product videos and other trade show information. I thank all the exhibitors for participating in the trade show and for supporting our dealer members by providing them the opportunity to get fi rst-hand information on their products and companies. I especially want to thank all IDA Industry Members who support both the IDA and the IDEA throughout the year by participating on our boards and for providing technical and fi nancial support when needed. The association held board meetings and the annual member meeting during Expo. At the board meeting International Door & Operator Industry™ By Michael Beltrami President, International Door Association we welcomed new members to the board and said goodbye to members whose terms are at an end. I want to personally acknowledge and thank the following outgoing board members for their service, dedication, and commitment to the association and the industry: Cathy Buckingham (6 yrs.), Patti McCombs (6 yrs.), Tony Price (6 yrs.), Wes Day (3 yrs.) and Shaun Murphy (3 yrs.). I urge any IDA member who is considering whether or not to serve on the board to call these outgoing board members to discuss their experiences. In addition, I welcome to the Board the following newly-elected leaders: Flossie Mohler, Bill Wahler, Paul McManus, Randy Oliver, and Chuck Colton. If you did not have the opportunity to attend this year's Expo, I invite you to attend next year's event May 8 -11, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. The IDAExpo Committee is already hard at work making sure that IDAExpo 2013 will be a valuable and exciting event for all attendees. Para la versión en Español, visitare www.doors.org

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