TACA Conveyor - Winter 2007 - (Page 7) 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 Toppy Cohen C & W Manufacturing & Sales Co. 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 Recently, TACA held its annual Environmental Seminar at the Hotel Valencia in San Antonio. While those that participated had a tremendous time visiting with old friends, making new acquaintances, and generally enjoying themselves along the festive Riverwalk, the most compelling accolades that we received in our attendee surveys were the quality speakers and timely topics that were presented during the event. So, if you or a member of your staff did not attend this year’s Environmental Seminar you missed out on a extremely valuable TACA benefit. I bring this to your attention because our association’s Membership Committee is at a fevered pitch to recruit new members into our fine organization. Chaired by tenured past chairman of this committee, Buck Weatherby, this body has taken an aggressive approach in their recruiting efforts. One of their established goals for this year is to revise our current membership packet. Actually, revised would be a kind word since it hasn’t been improved upon since the Tet Offensive. Overhaul would be far more accurate. A key component of the soon-to-be released new membership packet is the “Top Ten Reasons to be Affiliated with the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association”, which was roundly delegated to yours truly. As I sat on a plane one morning preparing a draft list for the committee’s review, I was struck with how easy the task actually was. The hard part was to limit the number of listed benefits available to the TACA membership to ten. Quite frankly, it easily could have topped 25 viable benefits. The “Top Ten Reasons to be Affiliated with the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association”, as approved by the TACA Membership Committee, are as follows: 10. TACA members represent 80% of the aggregates, 100% of the cement, and 75% of the concrete produced in Texas today. 9. TACA has a political action committee (TACPAC) that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually and is the largest of its kind across the industry. 8. TACA has retained the services of a highly respected governmental advocacy group to serve our member’s best interests at the state capitol. 7. TACA has strong relationships with the state and federal regulatory authorities, such as Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the State Comptroller’s Office, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), etc., to insulate our members from adverse rulings in the case of an audit or inspection. 6. TACA provides a marketing & technical standards staff to support our members with one-toone marketing and specification assistance. 5. TACA members receive email updates such as important changes in the industry by our federal, state, or local governments. 4. TACA members receive our highly acclaimed quarterly magazine, the TACA Conveyor, and have access to our “member’s only section” on the TACA website. 3. TACA members enjoy the benefit of knowledge-based seminars that provides them the tools to be on the cutting edge of industry standards and practices. 2. TACA provides our members with a tangible network to assist with introductory or present customer needs. 1. TACA members are leaders in their communities and industry and are prideful that they belong to an association that emphasizes the highest of standards. If you are like me, you can look at this list and identify many additional benefits that were not included. Regardless, the members of the Membership Committee ask that you please keep this list in your mind for quick reference when you are visiting with a potential TACA member. TACA is at the forefront in the push to raise the standard bar for the construction materials industry. This worthwhile initiative is made considerably more achievable by enlisting a nonmember company that is in need of our services. As we often say in our written and spoken literature, “Building a Better Texas From The Ground Up”, we can impose the same rationale for our entire industry by declaring, “Building a Better Industry One Member at a Time”. With warmest regards, I remain Sincerely, 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. Secrtetary Jerry McCalip McCalip & Company, Inc. Director Fred Mead Mead Equipment, Inc. Director Rob Van Til Sunset Logistics, Inc. Director Frank Beck Beck Industrial Michael K. Stewart President TACA Conveyor • Winter 2007 7
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