PRESIDENT’S MESsAgeI hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving to start out the whirlwind Holiday season! As always, my heart is warmed by our chapter’s response to helping others – the Lifescape gifts, the Gift Wrapping at the Mall for Children’s Inn, and all you do as individuals. As I keep saying, you are an amazing group of women! I am going to try something a little different – it might work, it might not. I am going to devote a part of my President’s Message space to information on NAWIC – acronyms, websites, committees, etc. Please let me know what you think! Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Respectfully submitted,

Raven HoffmanChapter President

NEF – The NAWIC Education Foundation was established in 1972 by NAWIC, and is a 501c3 non-profit governed by a Board of Trustees. NEF provides educational opportunities and programs to benefit and promote the construction industry. At the K-12 levels, they developed and administer Block Kids, Design Drafting competitions, and Create Design Build competitions. For adults (male or female), they offer classes and certifications in Construction Bookkeeping Technician (CBT), Construction Document Technician (CDT), Construction Industry Specialist (CIS), Construction Industry Technician (CIT), Estimating and Scheduling Practitioner (ESP), and Certified Construction Associate (CCA – this program is currently being re-designed). Check out their website at nef-edu.org!

DECEmber 2018

Greater Sioux FallsChapter #237

upcoming meeting

December 4th

NAWIC’s Core purposeTo enhance the success of women in the construction industry.

NAWIC’s Core VALUeBelieve. Persevere. Dare.

In this issue:Board members 2

membership 2

committees 3-4

member highlightS 5

calendar 6

upcoming events 7

THANK YOUS & MORE 8-9

DECEmberbirthdaysNancy MattDecember 16th

DECEmberanniversaries

Teri McKenney1 Year with NAWIC!

Raven Hoffman PresidentMichelle Tull Vice PresidentLeiah Louwagie TreasurerStacy Fisher Corresponding SecretaryKaren Krietlow Recording SecretaryStephanie Verhey DirectorAmy Sorlien-Lee DirectorKatie Scheuer DirectorBrooke Cosand DirectorGin Aguinaga Immediate Past President

2018-2019 CHAPTER Board Members

Member RosterGin Aguinaga Graybar ElectricSally Bonrud MarcoLisa Christenson Custom Touch HomesAmy Christoffels Sunkota Construction, Inc.Brooke Cosand Henry Carlson CompanyCindy Cosand Egger SteelAmy Dybedahl BX Civil & Construction, Inc.Stacy Fisher Syverson Tile & Stone, Inc.Kelly Frederick Edward JonesJulie Hahn Sands Drywall, Inc.Ann Hill Gage Brothers Concrete ProductsRaven Hoffman Syverson Tile & Stone, Inc.Tracy Kerkhove G & R Controls, Inc.Ashley Kim-mel-Miller

Tull Companies

Katie Krantz VanDeWalle Architects, LLCKaren Krietlow Muth Electric Inc.

Jamie Lambertz AGC of South Dakota Building ChapterCarole Lee Retired, Honorary MemberLeiah Louwagie AerotekNancy Matt, NCIDQ

Showplace Kitechens

Teri McKenny Kenney Acoustical Tile, LLCAmy Olson-Miller McKinney Olsen InsuranceAngie Schauer Lloyd ConstructionKatie Scheuer Boen & AssociatesMelissa Schmidt Minnehaha County Highway Dept.Gaila Schreurs O’Connor CompanyLeah Simmons Johnstone SupplyAmy Sorlien-Lee Sorlien Electric, Inc.Charlene Swanson Border StatesMichelle Tull Tull Companies, LLCStephanie VerHey Howalt+McDowell Insurance, a Marsh

and McLennan Agency

2018-2019 committee chairs & membersCommittee volunteers welcome and appreciated

Contact committee chairs or Raven Hoffman at Syverson Tile for more information.

Membership: Co-Chairs - Gaila Schreurs/Stacy Fisher, Tracy Kerkhove, Karen Krietlow

Roster Book: Sally Bonrud

Public Relations/Marketing: Co-Chairs - Brooke Cosand, Karen Krietlow

Historian/Scrapbook: Chair - Brooke Cosand

WIC Week/Industry Appreciation: Co-Chairs - Karen Krietlow/Gin Aguinaga, Brooke Cosand, Michelle Tull, Amy Sor-lien-Lee, Amy Christoffels, Ashley Kimmel-Miller

Newsletter: Chair - Leah Simmons

Social Media (Website/Facebook/Email): Chair - Karen Krietlow, Stacy Fisher, Leiah Louwagie, Michelle Tull

Bylaws: Chair - Gaila Schreurs

Nominating Committee: Chair - Gaila Schreurs, Brooke Cosand, Gin Aguinaga

Finance/Ways & Means: Chair - Leiah Louwagie/Chapter Treasurer, Raven Hoffman/Chapter President, Michelle Tull/Chap-ter Vice President

Audit 2018: Chair - Stephanie Verhey, Brooke Cosand, Karen Krietlow

Budget: Chair - Raven Hoffman/Incoming Chapter President, Leiah Louwagie/Incoming Treasurer, Gin Aguinaga/Immediate Past President, Michelle Tull/Incoming Vice President, Gaila Schreurs/Outgoing Treasurer

Golf Tournament/2019 Fundraising: Co-Chairs - Tracy Kerkhove/Gin Aguinaga, Karen Krietlow, Carol Lee, Lisa Christenson

50/50 Raffle: Co-Chairs - Teri McKenney, Sally Bonrud

Professional Education/Construction Industry: Chair - Karen Krietlow, Michlle Tull, Tracey Kerkhove, Katie Scheuer, Gin Aguinaga

Safety/OSHA: Chair - Amy Sorlien-Lee, Ashley Kimmel-Miller

Scholarship: Chair - Gaila Schreurs, Leiah Louwagie

Block Kids 2018: Co-Chairs - Raven Hoffman/Karen Krietlow, Stacy Fisher, Michelle Tull, Katie Krantz, Amy Sorlien-Lee, Leah Simmons

Block Kids 2019: Co-Chairs - Karen Krietlow/Stacey Fisher, Michelle Tull, Stephanie Verhey, Amy Sorlien-Lee

Social Committee: Chair - Brooke Cosand, Gin Aguinaga, Leiah Louwagie, Katie Scheuer, Michelle Tull, Teri McKenney, Amy Christoffels

Sposorship: Karen Krietlow, Gin Aguinaga, Michelle Tull, Gaila Schreurs

committtees for the greater sioux falls chapter of nawicBelow are brief descriptions of our various committees. Committees and chairperson are established when the fiscal year begins in October. Information on the type of help a committee needs will be found throughout the year in the chapter’s

monthly newsletter. But, if you see something you are interested in or would like more information on, contact the chairperson listed in the newsletter.

50/50 Raffle – Sells tickets at monthly meetings. 50% given to winning ticket holder, 50% contributed to Chapter funds.

Audit – Audits the books kept by the Treasurer. Done each October for the previous fiscal year. Requires three members. At least one must be a Board member.

Block Kids – Conducts a building contest for the purpose of educating elementary school children and promoting interest in construction related careers.

Budget – Develops budget for upcoming fiscal year. Held by Chapter Incoming President, Outgoing President, Incoming Trea-surer and Incoming Vice President.

Bylaws – Presents bylaw amendments to the chapter when the National Board or the chapter makes a change.

Finance/Ways & Means – Held by Chapter President, Vice President and Treasurer.

Golf Outing – Plans the golf tournament, which raises funds for the chapter.

Historian/Scrapbook – Maintains the scrapbook and chapter history.

Industry Appreciation/WIC Week – Plans annual appreciation recognition to thank employers of our members for their sup-port during the past year. Plans activities to celebrate Women in Construction Week (held in March)

Membership – Devises ways to increase and maintain membership.

Newsletter – Compiles information for the chapter’s monthly newsletter and distributes it to the members.

Nominating Committee – Recruits members to run for Board and Officer positions.

PDE - Professional Development and Education – Develops monthly programs that are directed toward professionalism, construction and self-improvement.

Public Relations – Writes and submits news releases on chapter meetings and activities to the news media.

Roster – Maintains and updates the chapter roster book.

Safety & OSHA – Provides members an awareness of safety and health issues as they pertain to the construction industry.

Scholarship – Maintains contact list for distribution of applications to the area schools and past participants, distributes appli-cation information to said list, promotes both Chapter and NFSF scholarships.

Social Media – Keeps the chapter’s website and Facebook page content current. Check’s Chapter email.

Social Committee (including Winter and Summer Social) – Plans monthly social events as well as the December and July meetings, which are casual social events.

Chapter Highlights

Pink in the Rink!November 3rd NAWIC hit the rink to cheer on the Sioux Falls Stampede for their annual “Pink in the Rink” event. Aside from having fun, we also got a shout-out on the big board!

Flannel Friday at the November Membership

Meeting! Congrats Karen!Our 2018 Member of the Year was awarded to Karen Krietlow! Karen works for Muth Electric where she’s been employed for nearly 25 years and she has been a NAWIC member for 10 years. Congrats Karen!

Welcome Nancy Matt!Nancy has been a member for a few months but a busy sched-ule has kept her from meetings. In November we were able to officially welcome Nancy and present her with her rose.

MALL GIFTWRAPPING

Decembersocial

You are encouraged to attend Chamber events such as Ribbon Cuttings and Mixers! Wear your NAWIC name badge to these

events to promote NAWIC as a member!

Tuesday, DECEmber 11th @ 4:30pm

Active Generations • 2300 W 46th St

Join us for the monthly Membership mixer, featuring networking, food and beverages! Sponsored by Midco.

Cost: $5 or use your Mixer Pass. RSVP: vwilson@siouxfalls.com.

BOARDMEETING

Looking for an opportunity to volunteer with other women?A group of women called “The Rosies” work from 8:30 11:30 on the third Saturday of each month... and they can always use more helping hands. Contact Gaila Schreurs if you are interested or want more information... gaila@oconnorco.com or 605-336-0333.

upcoming events

December 4November NAWIC Social:Bowling @ Empire Bowl, 6-8pm

Bring the family for 2 hours of bowling! $20 adults, $10 kids

December 11Chamber Mixer @ Active Generations, 4:30pm

December 18November Board Meeting@ Syverson Tile, Installation Division, 11:30am

December 20Gift Wrapping at the Mall,4-6pm (10 Volunteers Needed)

Feel free to wear your favorite Christmas attire to get into the holiday spirit! And your NAWAIC nametag too!

Can’t Make a Shift? No problem! Join us afterward starting at 6:15pm at Chevy’s for appetizers and drinks.

EXCITING 2019 AHEAD!Mark your calendar for these exciting meetings and events coming up in 2019! Note, venue location is subject to change.

MONTH DATE TOPIC VENUE TIME

JANUARY 1/8/2019 OSHA - What’s New with OSHA? Boen Associates 5:30pm

FEBRUARY 2/5/2019 Technology Tips & Tricks Syverson Tile & Stone 5:30pm

MARCH 3/3-9/2019 WIC Week WIC Committee TBD

APRIL 4/2/2019 Gage Brothers Building Tour Gage Brothers 5:30pm

MAY 5/7/2019 Showplace Wood Showroom Tour/Presentation TBD 5:30pm

JUNE 6/4/2019 Road Construction 101 TBD 5:30pm

JULY TBD SOCIAL Social Committee TBD

AUGUST 8/6/2019 Residential Home Tour TBD 5:30pm

SEPTEMBER 9/10/2019 Financial PlanningO’Connor Company/G&R Controls

5:30pm

OCTOBER 10/11/2019 Board Intro/Committee Fair/Open Mic Night

Syverson Tile & Stone 5:30pm

NOVEMBER 11/12/2019 Active Shooter Training Howalt/Cherapa Place 5:30pm

DECEMBER TBD SOCIAL Social Committee TBD

SOCIAL EVENTS FOR 2019January - Lunch and Learn

February - Escape Room

March - WIC Week Wrap-Up & Breakfast

April - Lunch and Learn

May - Membership Breakfast: Bagel Boy

June - Garretson Pontoon Boat (Saturday or Sunday)

July - Summer Social Only

August - Project SOS - Banquet

September - Fall Craft Night

Stay tuned for updates!

NAWIC’S CODE OF PROFESSIONALISM

RSVP ReminderJust a reminder that RSVP’s for our monthly meetings are due by noon on the Friday previous to the meeting. If you have changes to your RSVP after noon on that Friday, please only contact your person directly.

The calling committee will take care of notifying the correct people of the changes. Also, please take the time to respond to the Correspondence Committee when they send out the Meeting/RSVP notice. It will help in the amount of extra time spent if they can get responses the first time around. Thank you much for your cooperation!

STANDING RULE #13: Reservations for dinner meetings are made through the Correspondence Committee. Any member who makes a reservation and does not cancel in sufficient time is responsible for paying half the cost of the dinner. The Chapter and/or hotel cannot guarantee dinner to any member who does not make a reservation for dinner but does attend. RSVP’s are how we plan for a meeting. Please have the courtesy to reply to the RSVP email with a Yes or No by the deadline so we have an accurate count.

Thanks for your cooperation on this!

Newsletter items wantedSubmit your information to Leah Simmons (leah.simmons@johnstonesupply.com) by the second to last Friday of the month. We are looking for the following information:

• Promotions• Marriages•Good News• Company News•Help Wanted• Retirements• Congrats!• Movers & Shakers• New Baby

WHEREAS, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, hereinafter referred to as NAWIC, is an international association dedicated to the advancement of women in the construction industry, and

WHEREAS, integrity, professionalism, respect and courtesy are all fundamental values of NAWIC, and

WHEREAS, NAWIC’s officers, directors, staff and members represent the Association to others within and outside of the construction industry, and

WHEREAS, NAWIC and its members wish to set out in writing the code of professionalism by which they strive to implement their fundamental values in all their actions, for both internal and external activities,

NOW, THEREFORE, the following is adopted as the CODE OF PROFESSIONALISM of the National Association of Women in Construction:

NAWIC members will act at all times in conformance with the following Association Policy NAWIC is self-governing, non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian.

NAWIC members will use their best efforts to ensure that the statements made and positions taken fairly represent the view of the entire group on behalf of which they are authorized to speak.

NAWIC members, when representing members of the Association, will take steps to hear and consider the views of all their constituents and make those members feel that their views are important, even if the position taken is in disagreement with any member’s particular views. NAWIC members, when representing the Association, its Committees, Regions, Councils or Chapters shall give those positions their full support.

NAWIC members shall treat as confidential any information to which they are given access by virtue of being an officer or director, candidate for office, or director-elect.

NAWIC members shall conduct themselves professionally in the course of any activities affecting the Association, including campaigning for office.

Membership Goals from your Membership CommitteeNational had set a retention goal of 85% for all chapters. We are so excited to announce that we not only met that goal but exceeded it with an 88%! Thank you to all of you members who renewed! We are so happy to continue having you be a part of our chapter and look forward to experiencing an amazing year with you!

Our National growth goal is 20% of what we had for membership on September 30th. Our 2018-2019 membership goal is to see our chapter grow to 40 members by June 30th. Our PD&E Committee just met and is coming up with what appears to be another fantastic year of programs which will help bring in guests and new members. We ask that all of you, our members, keep bringing guests to our meetings and events and keep encouraging other women in this industry to come check us out and join! Growing our membership is going to take a collective effort and we appreciate all that you do to help us achieve our goals! Here’s the best part… if we succeed in getting 40 members by June 30th, we will have a big party to celebrate all of our members!

One new thing this year is that there will be some Regional Membership Challenges issued on a regular basis and our chapter will be participating in them as much as possible! This is a really exciting idea that will help keep our focus on our goal but also let us have some fun too!

Our new year is here and we are ready to welcome back our renewed members and welcome in our future new members!

As Thanksgiving rolls around tomorrow and we give thanks this entire week, please know that you’ll be in our thoughts and counted among our blessings!

Thank you for your friendship, compassion, efforts to offer new experiences, and your time to develop friendships here at LifeScape. YOU empower children and adults with disabilities to lead fulfilling lives! You bring smiles to all of our faces and joy to our hearts, each time we see you. Thanks for making time for us, sharing a smile and conversations.

On Thanksgiving and every other day of the year, we are ‘Thankful, Grateful, and truly Blessed’ to have you in our lives!

Wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,Becky and LifeScape Friends

THANK YOU!We were thrilled when NAWIC members showed up at Orren’s 95th Birthday Open House. Thank you so much and for the Birthday Cards!

Orren & Carole Lee

Thank You!