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New Newsletter format and content via your AFE-StLouis.org  web site!

By requesting to be on our newsletter mail list, you will receive by email...

A text summary and an attached PDF file with full version.

The month of May newsletter will consist of six or more pages, packed with informative and insightful information. We encourage you to follow up your readings, with a visit to the online version of our newsletter. Online you will have links that lead to sponsors, member companies, contacts in the industry, and many more pages organized so you can pursue your particular interest.

Most importantly, online you have feedback interfaces, so you can interact and shape the news you receive. At AFE, we want you to have the news and be a part of it.

This Month:

"The Future of Manufacturing" series.

This is a summary of two editorial reports about current events shaping the Manufacturing Industry.

Tour a HVAC duct manufacturing facility with us.

C&R Manufacturing started off by giving us a brief overview and history of their company.

Next AFE Tour and Meeting.

The Steering committee met 5-29-01 to schedule a few months in advance.

See below for June Meeting.

St. Louis Meeting-Tour:

End User's In the St. Louis Area

This meeting will be held Tuesday (June 28, 2001 @ 5:00 P.M.), at City Lighting Company's lobby, 

4307 West Papin St. 

St Louis, Mo. 63110. 

Mike Hohl and associates will give us demonstrations on of the latest products in lighting, energy savings ideas and new technology. City Lighting will provide food and refreshments. This is a must attend meeting. Our group is growing so don't miss out. No charge.

Click here to RSVP, we're filling quickly.

AFE-St. Louis gets a New Sponsor.

Our Corporate Sponsor Mike Jaby of Fabick Power Systems, for attending the meeting.

Please use "comment" button on left to submit an AFE related article for the AFEStLouis newsletter.

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News Bits: News from over 2000 sources updated every minute. Click refresh button on your browser to see latest Facilities News!

New AFE St. Louis Web Site Launched!

AFE St. Louis chapter's  new World Class web site, AFEStLouis.Org, a big hit.

With the theme "Your gateway to the World", we designed the site as a portal for attracting and retaining new members globally. We have received several request for our Newsletter with this site. Please give us feed back on the site and the Newsletter by clicking the "Comments" button on the left.

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Learn, Lead, and Influence

Our most popular slogan also is the difference between active members, and in-active. Being an active member is not only self gratify, but offers many other indirect rewards. There are a lot of fun and educational events being planned for you. Please take part in the planning and other activities. We challenge all our St. Louis Chapter members to get involved,  and see how AFE improves your life.

    New Article on Leadership, a Must Read. 

Keeping it REAL

Dr. John C. Maxwell, expert on leadership training, shares with us 

The Principles for People Development.

Commentary: The Internet and networking, improves communication, therefore the results. Email is only an improvement over snail mail, if you reply sooner than you would with conventional mail. Check your email daily, respond at the latest, a couple days, and you will improve your rapport with mutually beneficial contacts.

Tips:

Tour/Symposium AFE Host: Collect calling cards and post contact's email address on-line for those members who missed them.

Vendors/Speakers: Hand out copies of your speech topic and company information. Providing it on floppies and CDs makes more impact.

Chapter Webmasters: Utilize your web sites to give your sponsors and speakers maximum exposure; request articles to publish on your sites.

St. Louis Tours:

C&R Mechanical Company Tour

We want to give thanks to the great folks at C&R Mechanical Company, for hosting our meeting and giving us a most interesting tour. 

(Click to read about and view pictures)

Also we would like to extend appreciation to our Corporate Sponsor Mike Jaby of Fabick Power Systems, for attending the meeting. We exist because of the continued support of our Sponsors. Chapter 26 thanks ALL of them for their continued support! 

New Student Chapter:

Please help out our members at Southern Illinois University, by contacting Dr.
Spoerre at SIU, to see what you can do to support our new student chapter.

AFE National:

www.afe.org

Facilities America:

Missouri Geared Up For Facilities America 2000

MARCH 6, 2000 — Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan has proclaimed October 16-20, 2000 "Association for Facilities Engineering Week" to recognize the importance of AFE’s annual conference and exposition. Facilities America 2000 will be held in St. Louis during that week.

Attendees benefited from:

	Hearing well-respected facilities professionals present seminars on a wide range of topics;
	Met and learn from colleagues all over the world;
	They had behind-the-scenes tours of some of the St. Louis-area’s most fascinating facilities;
	Participated in review classes and examinations for earning the Certified Plant Engineer and Certified Facilities Maintenance Manager credentials;
	Seen demonstrations and details about products and services from vendors at a first-class trade show; and
	Received the results of the annual FAME (Facilities Management Excellence) contest.

AFE is a 46-year-old, not-for-profit organization that helps its members improve productivity, profitability and performance of the facilities in their charge. Through more than 100 chapters across the country, it offers them relevant information and resources, value-added education and certifications, and opportunities to learn, lead and influence the facilities engineering field.

Regret missing that one, or want to reap more benefits from the next? Not to worry, this years Facilities America is going to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 24 thru 28, 2001!

For more information about Facilities America 2001 see our National Site.