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Component Manufacturers Association of the Rio Grande (CMARG)

Component Manufacturers Association of the Rio Grande (CMARG)
c/o Garry Hall, Chapter President
Foxworth-Galbraith Truss Company
210 W Rainbow Lakes • Anthony, TX 79821
915/790-5900
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS APPEARING IN STRUCTURAL BUILDING COMPONENTS MAGAZINE:

September/October 2007
The new Rio Grande Chapter covering New Mexico and western Texas continues to move forward with its incorporation. Already recognized as a chapter by the WTCA Board of Directors, the Rio Grande group is making final revisions to its bylaws and expects to have all of its paperwork filed by the fall.

A primary topic at the chapter’s April and July meetings has been education. The group is eager to start addressing marketplace issues as a chapter. In particular, a series of educational sessions for building officials are being planned, starting with Doña Ana County. The building officials are very interested in seminars on field issues, and all that remains is to set a date and specific topic for the first presentation.

The chapter is also working to develop its membership base. At the July meeting, a Membership Committee was formed with Garry Hall of Foxworth-Galbraith as chair. To further encourage chapter meeting attendance, Norm McKenna of MiTek Industries offered to sponsor a Truss Technician Training (TTT) scholarship (one individual online access for TTT Level I, II or III) to be raffled at the meeting. The Texas Chapter started raffling a TTT scholarship at its meetings earlier this year, and everyone has endorsed this as an excellent way to encourage attendance and provide an educational bonus. The next meeting, and first scholarship award, will be on October 16.

November 2006
On August 31, a meeting was held in Las Cruces, NM to start a New Mexico Chapter of WTCA. By the end of the evening, component manufacturers and suppliers from New Mexico and West Texas agreed upon an official name for the group: Rio Grande Component Manufacturers Association (RGCMA).

Encompassing more that just New Mexico, the Rio Grande Chapter welcomes members from Texas, especially the El Paso area. The concentrations of component manufacturers in El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM and Albuquerque, NM are the initial focus of the chapter start-up efforts, but anyone interested in the Rio Grande Chapter is encouraged to participate!

At the first meeting, the attendees welcomed WTCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel as the guest speaker. The meeting, social hour and dinner were generously sponsored by the supplier members: Truswal Systems, CompuTrus, Eagle Metal Products, Robbins Engineering and MiTek Industries. As always, the support of our TPI supplier members is warmly appreciated.

At the second meeting, scheduled for October 17 in Las Cruces, the attendees planned to discuss their work on draft bylaws and articles of incorporation as well as fill chapter leadership roles and confer on a chapter dues structure. They also continued to develop their list of chapter projects and goals, which included addressing design responsibilities issues as a group and offering plant tours and educational information for the fire service.

In 2007, the Rio Grande Chapter expects to hold its meetings in the same week as the Arizona and Southern Nevada Chapters, on the third Tuesday of the quarter unless otherwise noted: January 16, April 24, July 17 and October 16.

Now it remains to be seen which group will formally become the 33rd Chapter of WTCA - Rio Grande or Arkansas. We hope to welcome them both on board in 2007!