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May/June 2009
To enhance the success of women in the construction industry.
NAWIC
National Association of Women In Construction ~ Greater Omaha Chapter No. 116
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
ESSAGE PRESIDENT
Diana Busche
Well I am beginning to wonder where the last two months have gone. Bland & Associates, CPAs
They have flown by in such a flurry that I didn’t get a chance to get the
May newsletter out. VICE PRESIDENT
Martha Bang, CIT
R.L. Fauss Builders Inc.
Congratulations to Martha for putting together such a SUCCESSFUL Fo‐
rum! I can say that it was one of, if not the BEST Forum I have ever at‐
SECRETARY
tended.
Congratulations to Kendra and Jody for putting on the Golf Outing! The TREASURER
Krista Kester
two of you did a fabulous job, even with the small hiccup of moving to a Woods & Aitken, LLP
new course! I will get pictures posted to the Website Soon!
Martha, Ryan, and Jack Bang welcomed Olivia Louise BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Adeline on May 27, 2009 at 5:43 PM. She was 20” long Kim Beam, CIT
and 7 lbs 10 oz. Mom and Olivia are doing well. R.L. Fauss Builders Inc.
Veronica Marchand
Commercial Flooring Systems Inc.
June is now upon us and the College World Series is heading to town. I
hope you all get a chance to catch the excitement since we have only one
more year left a Rosenblatt Stadium.
Katie has arranged for a tour of the Midtown Crossing, please see the
meeting notice for more detail.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Also, please start thinking now for the upcoming year and what commit‐ • June 18, 2009
tee you would like to serve on under Martha’s Administration! Monthly Meeting
• July 16, 2009
Monthly Meeting
Hopefully I will get to see you all at the June Meeting.
Take care,
Diana Busche
Chapter President
NAWIC PAGE 2
Region 13 Forum Report
By Martha Bang
For those of you that were not able to attend our NAWIC Region 13 Forum hosted by our Greater Omaha Chapter
#116 – you missed out!
We hosted a great group of ladies from our region and beyond April 23 – 25, and everyone had a great time I think!
I believe final registration was 42.
Michell Simons, Diana Busche, Veronica Marchand, Jody DuRee, and Kendra Sorensen were all on hand Thursday
evening to help register & welcome our out-of-town guests and open the Hospitality Suite. Robin Clarke, Region 13
Director, and Dede Hughes, NAWIC Executive Vice President, held a wrap session to discuss new policies and pro-
cedures affecting all members of NAWIC. I heard it was quite a lively discussion!
Friday morning began our seminars; “Seizing the Opportunities and Benefits of BIM” by Sherry Pittman and Jean
Petsch; “Maximizing Your Success and Minimizing Your Risk at Bid Opening” by Craig Dirrim; “The Whys and Hows
of Effective Job Costing” by Don L. Short, II; and a Team Building Garden Shed project lead by Dede Hughes. I
have seen some feedback and a couple other forum reports, and our program of seminars was very well-received!
Most loved the Garden Shed project.
Friday’s Lunch, the Regional Block Kids winner was announced – Winner Christian Weaver from Black Hills Chap-
ter. 2nd place was Omaha’s Paul Owens, and 3rd was Benjamin Keithan from Greater Des Moines.
Friday evening we held the Forum Welcome Party with live “Game Show Mania” by Bryan Hill Entertainment, which
was a lot of fun, and our own Diana Busche was the overall winner!! We then had Charlie & Bev Thomsen hold a
live auction for the Chapter-Donated NEF items. The auction raised $1,240.00 for NEF. NEF Regional Chair, Mary
Buczek, CIT, CCA, reported this was the most money raised from a single NEF Auction in our Region. She was
tickled to be sending that much money on to the NEF National Office!
Saturday morning the Annual Meeting was called to order. John Stahl-Wert gave the keynote speech, “Leadership
that Empowers Performance”. It was an easy listen and I was enthralled with what John had to say about the
“engaged” and “non-engaged” employee.
Susan Jaske from the Milwaukee, WI Chapter was elected incoming Region 13 Director.
John Stahl-Wert spoke again at lunch, and this time his topic was “Doing the Right Thing When It’s Hard”. He spoke
of our current economic times and using this time to take stock of our businesses and whom we do business with.
He expressed that during these times we need to strive to maintain our business integrity, as others will get lazy and
make excuses for not holding up to certain standards, both morally and contractually. This was a talk that really
spoke to me – I wish I could do a better job of summarizing for all of YOU!
The invitation for 2010 Forum to Milwaukee was accepted. Those dates are April 29th – May 1st, 1010.
The invitation to 2009 Annual Planning Conference to O’Hare Suburban (Chicago) was accepted. Those dates are
October 16-17, 2009.
Dede Hughes also gave the invitation to 2009 National Convention in North Phoenix, AZ. I will have more informa-
tion for you at our next chapter meeting if you’re interested. Dede mentioned there will be a lot more construction-
related seminars, which everyone was very excited about. Visit www.nawicconvention.org for more details.
I was a little nervous about getting the meeting adjourned by 2:00pm Saturday afternoon, but we actually adjourned
a little early, so our schedule really worked out well.
NAWIC PAGE 3
I did receive some feedback from a few ladies that attended Forum, so would like to share those with you as well:
I just wanted to shoot you an email and let you know you and your chapter did a fabulous job last weekend! The
speakers and seminars were great! And – all the other fun stuff was really a blast! Thanks much for all your hard
work. I had a great time! - Jan Turner, Vice President, Cotter Consulting, Inc.
Just a quick note to say thank you for a wonderful Forum. We had a great time. Good food, good seminars and
great speaker. I’m sending a copy of “Ten Thousand Horses” to my son in London. The hotel seemed to go above
and beyond. The gal who catered for the hotel really was very friendly and gracious. Looking forward to seeing you
at Convention or APC. Thanks again for all your hard work!! - Lauren Zannini, Project Assistant, Anderson Lock
….and my favorite of all of the feedback I saw:
Kudos to Robin Clarke and the Omaha, NE NAWIC Chapter! What a neat Forum! Their agenda was a little differ-
ent but I really enjoyed it. We had Rap Session on Thursday night, Welcome Party on Friday night, Seminars on
Friday and General Session and a luncheon on Saturday and they were completely through by 1:30 pm on Satur-
day! It was great!!
During the Rap Session, we conducted the NAWIC and the IRS presentation as well as the Chapter Budget Tem-
plate explanation. These were very well received. I have sent the template out to most of their chapters. We also
had membership questions that we answered as best we could. We were through at a very reasonable hour. The
Seminars on Friday were awesome. They had local business people give seminars on Seizing the Opportunities
and Benefits of Building Information Modeling, Maximizing Your Success and Minimizing Your Risk at Bid Opening
and The Why’s and How’s of Effective Job Costing. Great and timely topics. The speakers were engaging and eve-
ryone seemed to enjoy their presentations.
I conducted some Team Building with the Garden Shed Project and everyone had a great time. You never know
what creative women we have until you do a project of this sort. We broke the chapter members apart so they
would get to know everyone and it was such fun. We had some awesome Garden Sheds!! No one got hurt and
everyone came in on time and either on or below budget……………..Good Job!!
The Welcome Party held a Game Show night with a local disc jockey and it was hilarious. Everyone had a great
time here with wonderful food. They had a NEF Live Auction and raised over $1300.00. I call that success.
The General Session was short and sweet with all needed business being conducted. Their keynote speaker was
John Stahl-Wert who spoke on Leadership that Empowers Performance. What a dynamic speaker with a timely
topic! He was absolutely wonderful. His book, Ten Thousand Horses, is a must read. John works with organiza-
tions that want to build great leaders who bring out the very best in their people. I would recommend him for a future
convention speaker.
I had several tell me they are now considering coming to Convention since we have so many great seminars
planned. I hope we see them there!!
The Omaha Chapter had reservations early about the turnout and they were very concerned about this Fo-
rum. They shouldn’t have been as they had over 40 in attendance and they did a wonderful job. I believe that eve-
ryone came away with new information and pleased with the results. Robin Clarke conducted all the meetings with
professionalism and was certainly able to change the agenda around when the need arose. This was my second
visit to Region 13 and everyone was just as warm and friendly as before.
Thank you, Pat, for assigning me to Region 13 Forum. It was my pleasure to attend.
Dede Hughes, IOM
NAWIC Exec. Vice President
Thank you to the 2009 Forum Committee and to all whom contributed to make our Forum a successful one!
Martha Bang, CIT
2009 Forum Coordinator – Region 13
NAWIC PAGE 4
C OMMITTEE ROLES &
RESPONSIBILITIES
Block Kids: Yearly event sponsored by the chapter for children in grades 1‐6 to help promote
the construction industry to elementary aged children.
Construction Industry: Encourage members to participate in and sponsor activities that di‐
rectly benefit the construction industry.
Girl Scouts Partnering: Responsible for sponsoring local Girl Scout Chapters for the Earn A
Badge In A Day Event.
Golf Outing: Hosts the chapter golf outing each spring. All monies raised are put into the
Chapter’s Scholarship Fund.
Industry Appreciation: Event held at the end of each year to distribute Chapter Awards and
thank the year’s volunteers for their hard work.
Membership: Promote and encourage all women in the construction industry and provide
mentorship for new and existing members.
NAWIC Supporter: Provides affordable advertising opportunity in all NAWIC Chapter #116
publications and at all NAWIC Chapter #116 events.
NEF (NAWIC Education Foundation): Provide quality education programs for the construc‐
tion industry and promote the benefits of a career in the construction industry. This chapter
committee focuses on raising funds for NEF.
Newsletter: Communicate and publish the chapter’s monthly news to its members.
Parliamentarian: A member who is an expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative
assemblies and the NAWIC organization.
Professional Education: Provide educational opportunities for the general membership during
the monthly meetings.
PR/Marketing/Chapter Website: Assist all committees with any and all publicity and market‐
ing materials needed for events. Responsible for updating and maintaining the chapter website.
Scholarship: Committee responsible for recruiting, reviewing, and awarding yearly scholar‐
ships on behalf of the chapter.
Ways & Means: Committee established to help review the methods and means of accomplish‐
ing or paying for chapter events.
WIC Week: Promote and advertise Women In Construction week throughout the local chapter.
NAWIC PAGE 5
C COMMITTEE
OMMITTEE CHAIRS
CHAIR
Block Kids Kim Beam, CIT
Construction Industry/Professional Ed Krista Kester
Girl Scouts Partnering Veronica Marchand
Golf Outing Kendra Sorensen
Industry Appreciation Krista Kester
Membership Kim Beam, CIT
NAWIC Supporter Diana Busche
NEF (NAWIC Education Foundation)
Newsletter Diana Busche
Parliamentarian Michell Simons, CIT
PR/Marketing/Chapter Website Diana Busche
Scholarship Michell Simons, CIT
Ways & Means
Women In Construction (WIC) Week Michell Simons, CIT
NAWIC OBJECTIVE
1. To unite for their mutual benefit women who are actively employed in various phases
of the construction industry.
2. To promote cooperation, fellowship and a better understanding among members of
the Association.
3. To promote education and contribute to the betterment of the construction industry.
4. To encourage women to pursue and establish their careers in the construction
industry.
5. To promote members an awareness of the legislative process and legislation as it
relates to the construction industry.
NAWIC PAGE 6
P ROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
Committee Chair: Krista Kester
NAWIC – 2008/2009 Meeting Schedule
NAWIC –
DATE MEMBER HOST(S) LOCATION TOPIC/SPEAKER
October 16 Kim Beam, CIT R.L. Fauss Builders National Convention
Fremont, NE Recap
November 20 Krista Kester Harry A. Koch Co. “On, s**t! Now what do I do?”
Omaha, NE What to know about an acci‐
dent before it happens
December 18 Diana Busche TBA Christmas Fun
January 15 Kim Beam R.L. Fauss Builders Block Kids
Fremont, NE
February 19 Diana Busche Bland & Associates Builders Risk /
Project Insurance
March 1‐7
Women In Construction (“WIC”) Week
March 19 Jody DuRee Standard Heating & HVAC 101
Air Conditioning
April 23‐25
Region 13 Forum—Omaha!!
April 16 Martha Bang Doubletree on 72nd Forum Planning
May 21 Martha Bang/ McKenna’s SWE Joint Meeting
Kim Beam
June 18 Katie McPhillips Midtown Crossing Midtown Crossing Tour
3212 Dodge Street
July 16
August 20 Martha Bang TBA TBA
September 17 Krista Kester TBA Industry Appreciation Dinner
NAWIC PAGE 7
Industry Appreciation
Night is September 17,
2009. More details to
come.
EVERYONE MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW, AS WE WILL
NEED EVERYONE’S HELP.
NAWIC PLEDGE
As material for the construction of our building,
I pledge the agility of my hands,
The ability of my mind,
And the integrity of my heart.
NAWIC PAGE 8
June 2009 Monthly Meeting Notice
When: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Where: Midtown Crossing ‐ 3212 Dodge Street
Time: 6:00 P.M. Tour
7:00 P.M. Dinner
7:30 P.M. Meeting
Topic: Job Site Tour of Midtown Crossing ‐ Must haves for the tour ‐ Hard Soled
Shoes (Boots are Best), Hard Hat, Safety Glasses, and High Vis Vest.
RSVP by Monday, June 15, 2009 to
Katie McPhillips at Katie.McPhillips@weitz.com
To enhance the success of women in the
construction industry.
Gift Certificate
This certificate entitles Perspective Member
to: One Free Meal Authorized by: Kim Beam, Membership Chair
Greater Omaha Chapter #116 meets the 3rd Thursday of each month.
Visit www.nawicomaha.com for the current month’s meeting information.
Expires September 1, 2009
NAWIC Core Values Kim Beam
Believe in ourselves
Persevere with the strength of conviction NAWIC Redeemed By__________________________________
Membership Chair
Dare to move into new horizons
Not redeemable for cash. Redemption value not to exceed $15.00.
One time use only.
Cancellations are requested 24 hours prior to the meeting.
The July Newsletter deadline is
Friday, June 26, 2009. Please submit
all items you would like included to
Diana Busche by this date!
BIRTHDAYS
We’re On The Web:
http://www.nawic.org
http://www.nawicomaha.com
ANNIVERSARIES
Nikki Eberhart 8 Year (May)
If you know of a recipient who would like to
receive this newsletter on a monthly basis,
please contact Diana Busche at (402) 397-4029
or by email at dbusche@blandcpa.com.
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Email: dbusche@blandcpa.com
Phone: (402) 397-8822
