TACA Conveyor - Spring 2008 - (Page 7)

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TACA Board of Directors 2007-2008 Chairman Jeff Beck Frontier Materials Concrete, LLC Spring, TX Vice Chairman Rose Mary Clyburn CEMEX, Inc. Houston, TX Treasurer Tom Hill Vulcan Materials Company San Antonio, TX Secretary Frank Johnson Hallett Materials Porter, TX Immediate Past Chairman Lee Carroll Lattimore Materials Co. McKinney, TX Director Gabriel Ballestas Southern Star Concrete Director Eugene Bradfute Capitol Cement Director Ervin Chavana Sika Corporation Director-Allied Chairman Kevin Dunn McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Director Tom Cooper Cooper Concrete Co. Director James Dorsett Dorsett Brothers Concrete Director Scott Evans Redi-Mix Concrete a U.S. Concrete Co. Director Tim Foley City Concrete, Inc. Director Jim Gatens Ash Grove Texas, LP Director Earl Ingram Ingram ReadyMix, Inc Director Richard Linn Central Ready Mix Concrete Co Director Steve Mayfield TXI Director Barry Miller Transit Mix Concrete & Materials Director James Ed Rainbolt Tarrant Concrete, Inc. Director Jon Reedy Hanson Aggregates, Inc Director Larry Roberts Martin Marietta Materials Director Gary Shelton Boral Material Technologies Director Bobby Slavinski Allied Concrete Director Marshall Thompson Holcim (US) Inc. Director Charles Wells Alamo Concrete Products, Ltd A Message from the President Michael K. Stewart Allied Board of Directors for 2007-2008 Chairman Kevin Dunn McNeilus Truck & Mfg. Vice Chairman Tommy Mathews Westward Environmental Immediate Past Chairman Leo Girtz Rush Truck Center, Dallas Director Craig Anderson RoMix Chemical and Brush, Inc. Secretary Jerry McCalip McCalip & Company, Inc. Director Fred Mead Mead Equipment, Inc. Director Rob Van Til Sunset Logistics, Inc. Director Frank Beck Beck Industrial During my 15-year tenure at TACA, with the last ﬁve years as the association’s president, we have achieved many milestones. Victories at the State Capitol, the implementation of a burgeoning promotion program, establishing a Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program at Texas State University, and the success of our newly formatted Truck Driving Championship at Texas Motor Speedway are all ﬁne examples of our increasing success as an association. Conversely, we have had our share of obstacles to negotiate, as well. However, through sound leadership by our chairmen and the respective members of the board of directors, TACA is presently poised in our strongest position in the history of our association. I am proud to announce that all of our hard work was recently recognized when TACA was chosen as this year’s recipient of the Association of the Year Award by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). This prestigious award, which is presented annually at the NRMCA Convention, recognizes the state ready mixed concrete association making signiﬁcant progress for the industry in the areas of promotion, education, advocacy, and research. It will be my privilege to accept the award on TACA’s behalf at the NRMCA Awards Breakfast on March 10 in Las Vegas during the Con Expo/Con Agg Show. What is noteworthy about this achievement is that it recognizes TACA as the ﬁnest organization out of the 54 other association afﬁliates that represent our industries across the nation and abroad. Moreover, it bears recognition that this award is truly a team effort by the TACA staff and our ﬁne members. During the judging process for the award, it was noted that TACA had a tremendous story to tell regarding the evolvement of our association over the past six years. Our successes with governmental advocacy, our record TACPAC fundraising efforts, and the measured strides that we have made in the area of product promotion stood out to the judges as compelling achievements. Even though TACA is the recipient of the 2008 NRMCA Association of the Year Award, we can hardly look at this milestone as the culmination of our efforts. As an organization, we still have a lot of work to do and will always strive to be a better association to our members and our industry. So, congratulations to the TACA membership as a whole for being an integral part of this award, and let’s roll up our collective sleeves to continue our work in making TACA an even better association. TACA Conveyor • Spring 2008 7

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TACA Conveyor - Spring 2008 Contents Transforming Vision Into Action TACA Members Tee Off 2007 Environmental Seminar Get Ready for Los Cabos TACA Position Paper Solomon Colors Expansion J. D. Power Award CHRYSO and Promix J. Irwin Miller Winner TXI Concrete Group Developing Effective Concrete TACA Members Index of Advertisers

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