51st ANNUAL SPRING CONVENTION OF MICA

President Alec Rexroat and his wife, Jeannie, wish to extend a warm MICA invitation to you to join them in celebrating "Renewing our Commitment to the Insulation Industry", as MICA begins its second 50 years of service as an industry association with our annual convention this June 15 - 18, 2008, at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Our 51st Annual Spring Convention will be a special event, and one that you do not want to miss! The convention will follow a Sunday to Wednesday pattern. The timing and location of this year's meeting is designed to allow those of you who would like to extend the meeting into a vacation time for the entire family to do so. Come experience the hidden treasure of the Osthoff Resort. Nestled on the shores of beautiful Elkhart Lake, just a short drive from the Midwest's business centers, sits the elegant Osthoff Resort.. The hotel carries the prestige of being a AAA Four-Diamond resort. The resort provides spacious, tastefully appointed guest suites, two outstanding casual fine dining restaurants and a world class spa. The Aspira Spa provides a holistic, organic approach to the spa experience. The resort's new cooking school, Ecole de Cusine, offers cooking classes for the home chef.

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Osthoff Resort. Our convention rate begins at $149.00 per night for a Woodland Hotel Room and increases to $209.00 per night for a Two Bedroom Lakeview Suite. It is highly suggested that you book your hotel reservations now! Call the reservations office at (800) 876-3399 to reserve your room. Please note that we have blocked a limited number of rooms. If you wait until the last minute to reserve your room, you run the risk that our block will be filled, and the hotel will not have any additional rooms available, especially at this rate. As we have stated in the past, if you reserve your hotel room now, you can always cancel it later, but you may not be able to reserve a room if you wait too long. We will be monitoring our block and making room adjustments accordingly. Our block of rooms will be released on May 15, 2008, but if you wait until May 15th, the block of rooms will be filled, and we may not be able to accommodate your needs.

The Board of Directors is most excited about the technical topics and speakers for the spring convention. The topics and speakers will educate and inform you on a variety of industry topics. We will get our own personal update and demonstration of the Mechanical Insulation Design Guide (MIDG) a comprehensive, unbiased, living online document created by the joint efforts of the National Insulation Association and the National Institute of Building Sciences. Mr. Ron King, chairman of the joint committee, will give us a live demonstration of the scope and usefulness of this web-based industry information resource.

You will have the opportunity to hear Richard Carr of Dunlevey, Mahan & Furry, experienced construction law attorney representing state, regional and national construction associations, give us an up close examination of the good and the bad between the American Institute of Architects' ("AIA") model construction contract documents and the recently, published ConsensusDOCS, a set of construction documents designed to more fairly balance the interests of owners, general contractors and subcontractors. Many say that ConsensusDOCS will become the "standard" in the industry replacing AIA documents. You need to know all you can about these new documents and choose for yourself what is best. This is a must attend session.

Mr. Dale Hayden, National Safety Director for Performance Contracting, Inc., will share his passion for safety. He will share with us his experiences in developing and implementing successful company safety programs. He will describe what you need to do to have a successful safety program for your company.

We will have Erik Sundquist from the University of Wisconsin speak to us about the "Green Initiative". This will not be a LEED presentation. Erik is looking for much more from the green movement. He will speak to us about the "Green Initiative" and how we, as insulation specialists, can participate in this initiative.

We will also have a presentation on best practices in safety, an OSHA Update, and we will hear from the NIA President. It is the Board's intent to make this meeting attractive to our membership in its location, cost and program content. The registration fee has been set at $385.00 per member or guest and $765.00 per member and spouse. This year we have included a children's registration for the Welcome Reception and Farewell Brunch events only. The fee is $70.00 per child. The Board works diligently to control our convention costs. Their hard work has allowed us to keep our registration fee at a reasonable amount.

At our gala dinner on Tuesday evening, we will be honoring Mr. James D. Pfister with the "William R. Heaston Outstanding Member" award. Jim is most deserving of this honor. We will profile Jim in next month's newsletter.

We will also have time for fun and relaxation. The tenth annual "Mick Van Horn Memorial Golf Tournament" is set for Monday afternoon, June 16, 2008, at The Bull Golf Course. There is also planned time to enjoy the sites of Elkhart Lake and the surrounding historic area!

A complete convention registration packet was mailed to you during the first week of March. Please call the MICA office if you need another packet. Now is the time to plan for your participation at MICA's 51st anniversary spring convention. Make your hotel reservations today by calling the Osthoff Resort at (800) 876-3399. Please join Al, Jeannie, the entire Board of Directors and fellow MICA members at Elkhart Lake, June 15 - 18, 2008, at our annual spring convention.

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