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SFBA NARI
MISSION
STATEMENT
SFBA NARI embraces the entire
remodeling com-munity and provides members with
the benefits of a national organization dedicated
to the remodeling in-dustry. We offer mem-bers
opportunities for enhanced profession-alism,
camaraderie, business growth, and success through
education, advocacy, networking, recognition and
promotion. We create opportunities to inform the
public about NARI through education-al activities,
community service, public relations and our
everyday inter-actions.
NARI'S CORE
PURPOSE
To advance and promote the
remodeling industry's professionalism, product and
vital public purpose.
NARI'S BIG
AUDACIOUS GOAL
All remodelers will want to be part of
NARI and customers will insist on contracting with
our members.
SFBA NARI
MEMBERSHIP
$430 - Annual
Dues
$50 - New
Membership
Application Fee
To see all the benefits of
membership or to get an application, visit
www.sfbanari.org
or call (415)
391-2886.
SFBA NARI NEWS
Published
monthly by the San Francisco Chapter of
NARI.
Opinions expressed herein
are solely those of the authors and not
necessarily those of the
members, officers or
directors of SFBA NARI.
2011 SFBA NARI LEADERS
Officers
Co-Presidents:
Jeff Kann
Matt
Podesta
Secretary:
Chip Doyle
Treasurer:
Mark Calender
Chairman of the Board:
David
Ostrom,
MCR,
CKBR Executive
Director: Judy Tufo Board
Counsel: Bryant
Byrnes
Board of Directors
David Frane
Pablo Fuentes
Cameron Habel, CR,
CKBR, CGBP
Michael Hamman
Heidi Headapohl
Treve Johnson
Toby Karlitz
Steve Mongan
Ryan Neuhoff
Kim Northrop
Sally
Power
Mike Roth
National Representatives
Everett Collier, CR
David Freer
David Ostrom, MCR,
CKBR |
San Francisco Bay Area
Chapter of
the
National Assn of the Remodeling
Industry |
P.O. Box 883783
San Francisco,
CA
94188-3783
Judy Tufo
Executive
Director
Phone: (415) 391-2886
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Message
From Our Co-Presidents |
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Jeff
Kann |
Our gratitude to Purcell Murray
for hosting our June meeting.
This was the fourth meeting that they have
hosted for our Chapter. Thanks
also to
Larry Chatfield for his
informative presentation in regards to avoiding
costly installation
errors.
At our last meeting, the Board of
Directors passed two resolutions.
The first resolution was related to one of
our long standing Chapter members, Michael
Hamman. In recognition of
Michael's long history and involvement with NARI
and SFBA NARI, an honorary membership has been
given to Michael as long as he continues his work
in the remodeling
industry.
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Matt
Podesta |
The second resolution related to
another long standing Chapter member, Everett
Collier, CR of Collier Ostrom Remodeling
Contractors, Inc. In
recognition of all the years that Everett has
served in many capacities as various Chapter
officers, including President, National President,
served on many committees, and who has worked
tirelessly for NARI, it was resolved that the SFBA
NARI Professionalism Award be renamed the Everett
J. Collier Professionalism Award, recognizing
Everett's long history and involvement with NARI
on the local and national
level.
Our congratulations go to Michael
and Everett for their long history, involvement,
and tireless work with NARI. We
are a much richer Chapter for having them as
members.
I am sure many of you have
received separate notices regarding the
proposed changes to the EPA's RRP
requirements. There was a
separate article posted in the Wall Street
Journal that represented how effectively NARI was able to poll
members and provide a compelling response.
By the time you have received this
Newsletter, our Chapter
and the North Bay Chapter will
have had the opportunity to meet with future San Francisco Mayoral
candidates as part of an event hosted by the
Pacific Contractors
Association. These are just
more examples of how NARI members can be involved
in the legislative process.
This year, the NARI National Fall
Business Meeting will be held in Newport
Beach, CA on October 5-8,
2011. This is a great
opportunity to learn more about the National organization
and to potentially get involved in many
of the activities that will be
taking place that weekend. We
will be providing future announcements
about the schedule, so stay
tuned.
We have another excellent program
scheduled for our Chapter Meeting on July 13 at
Urban Ore, where Jamie Christensen of
Deconstruction Appraisal Group will educate
our members on the benefits
associated with Deconstruction.
You will see firsthand the variety of
salvaged items that Urban Ore offers.
In other news specific to code
changes, effective July 1, 2011 ALL HOMES in
California will require CO alarms,
so plan accordingly.
Jeff
Jeff
Kann
2011
Chapter Co-President
2011
Chapter Co-President
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June
2011 Chapter Meeting Recap |
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Great Chapter Meeting at Purcell
Murray
Our
sincere thanks and appreciation to Purcell Murray
and Larissa Taboryski, Showroom and Culinary
Manager, for hosting our June Chapter
Meeting. The gorgeous showroom  provided a wonderful
backdrop for our meeting and presentation.
We were served a delicious meal in
a fabulous environment. We had a
great group of over 40 in attendance.
Also,
our graditude goes to Larry Chatfield, Technical
Services Manager at Purcell Murray, for his
informative presentation on Costly Installation
Errors.
Thanks
to all - see you in July!
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July
2011 Chapter Meeting |
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The San Francisco Bay Area
Chapter
of NARI
Invites you to the July
2011
Chapter
Meeting
Wednesday, July 13,
2011
6:00-8:30pm
Urban Ore
900 Murray
Street
Berkeley, CA
94710
THE FIRST 3 TO REGISTER FOR
THE MEETING WILL BE GIVEN A "MARKETING MOMENT"
AT THE MEETING! (Open to those who haven't won
in the last 90 days)
REGISTER
AT OUR WEBSITE NOW!
FEATURED
SPEAKER
Jamie Christensen
Managing
Director
Deconstruction Appraisal
Group
Environmental Consulting &
Appraisal
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REGISTER NOW AT
OUR WEBSITE
Members:
$30
- Through July
11
$35 - July 12 and
13
Non-Members:
$35
- Through July
11
$40 - July 12 and
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July
Meeting Sponsor
Urban Ore
900 Murray
Street
Berkeley, CA
94710
Urban Ore is a 31-year-old reuse
business that began in 1980 by salvaging reusable
goods and recyclable metals at the City of
Berkeley landfill. Over the years, the company
moved its locations and unified its operations
first at Sixth and Gilman, and now at 900 Murray
Street, just off the corner of Ashby at Seventh
Street.
We are a supply-driven retail business
and occupy more than 3 acres with nearly all
secondhand goods. The outdoors Building Materials
department features a well-organized inventory of
windows; sinks; tubs; toilets; ceramics and stone;
pipe; lumber; and garden supplies. Inside the
33,000-square-foot warehouse are 22 categories of
doors; cabinets; a hardware department; furniture;
housewares; books; art, office supplies, and home
electronics; clothing; collectibles and jewelry;
and old gas stoves. We acquire materials by
salvaging at the City's transfer station; picking
things up in response to calls; and receiving
incoming materials from contractors and the
general public. We receive many things for free as
an environmentally friendly reuse disposal
service, although we buy some items for cash or
trade credit, typically paying no more than 20% of
anticipated sale price. Both sales and receiving
are open to the public 360 days a year.
Receiving closes at 5:00PM, and sales
continue until 7:00PM. Come to explore or shop. Be
sure to bring a truck!
"LEARN
MORE"
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"Marketing
Moments" Winners for June 2011 |
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Members
Register Early for Chance at
Marketing
Their Businesses
We
had our June "Marketing Moments" Program,
where
early registering member
companies have a chance to market themselves
in a minute or less. This is done
spontaneously throughout the Chapter Meeting by a
SFBA NARI Board Member ringing a bell during
the evening and giving each winner their
moment. This is a quick and fun way to get
your company name out there!
June's
"Marketing Moments" were supplied by the following
companies:
Cabinets
and Beyond
S.G.
Builders
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New
SFBA NARI Certified Member |
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Please join
us as we congratulate the newest member of
the SFBA NARI family as a Certified Lead
Carpenter!
Marco Rivera, CLC, CRC
Daniel Mackey Construction, Inc.
CONGRATULATIONS
MARCO! |
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NARI
of Diablo Valley Sponsoring RRP Classes in
July 2011 |
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Two
classes scheduled during July 2011
Since
April 22, 2010, general and painting contractors,
and property managers and landlords, engaging in
renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities
must be "RRP Certified" and use lead-safe work
practices according to the law. This rule applies
to work that disturbs painted surfaces in
residential houses, apartments and child-occupied
facilities such as schools and day care centers
built before 1978.
Do
You Meet Certification and Training Requirements?
Firms
must have one or more Certified Renovators at the
job site supervising every day while the paint is
being disturbed. To be certified, a person must
successfully complete an EPA training course
conducted by an EPA-accredited training provider.
All
renovation workers must be trained. They can be
trained to use lead-safe work practices on the job
by a Certified Renovator if the work is not HUD
regu-lated, or they can become certified
themselves.
Firms
performing renovation, repair or painting (RRP)
work must also be certified. This can be
accomplished by applying to the EPA and paying a
fee.
NARI
of Diablo Valley is sponsoring two RRP
Classes in July:
Thursday,
July 21, 2011
Friday,
July 22, 2011
7:30am-5:00pm
3478
Buskirk Avenue, Suite 1000
Pleasant
HIll, CA 94523
$200
- NARI Members
$245
- General Public
Please
make checks payable to:
NARI
Diablo Valley (print class date on your
check)
Mail
to:
Altera
Design & Remodeling
Attn:
Aaron
1079
Boulevard Way
Walnut
Creek, CA 94595
(925) 289-8328 or chapterexec@NARIDiabloValley.org
For
complete information, please click
below:
NARI Diablo Valley RRP
Classes - July 2011
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Season
Pass Time is Rolling Around Again....
Save
Time and Money! |
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Now
available, the most convenient way of paying your
monthly Chapter Meeting fees and saving a little
money while you're at it.
The 2011
Season Pass Program begins on September
1. The open
sign-up period is between now and
August 31, 2011. The cost is
$375 for the full year of meetings. You will
receive all 12 meetings, including the REMMIES
(regular price $75). It's like getting one regular
meeting for free, and you don't have to worry
about signing up every month; it's done for
you!
It is your
company's pass, and it can be used by anyone
on your staff. No more monthly reservations. The
only time you will need to call is if someone else
in your company is going to use the Pass it in
your place, or if additional people from your
company want to attend a Chapter meeting, as
additional charges apply.
Sign
up is easy! Contact Judy Tufo, Executive
Director, in the NARI Office at (415) 391-2886,
and she will invoice you if you would like to pay
by check. Or, for the quickest and easiest
way to sign up, you can use your credit card to
pay via PayPal on our website.
Please click on the ticket below to get
started!
Thank
You! |
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Special
Advertising Partner Rates |
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Special
Advertising Rates in California Home & Design
Magazine
San Francisco Bay Area NARI is
offering special partner rates in California Home
& Design Magazine. It's a great deal and gives
lots
of great exposure for your company!
For more information, please contact
Kim Northrop via email at knorthro@yahoo.com or by phone
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2011
REMMIES Awards - Call for Entries! |
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2011
REMMIES Awards Program Opens for SFBA NARI
CALL FOR ENTRIES
2011 REMMIES
Annual
Awards Program of SFBA NARI
"Recognizing
Excellence in
Remodeling"
Applications for the 2011 REMMIES Awards
are now available! Click on the link
below to obtain an application
packet.
Application Due
Date
On or before Friday, August 12, 2011 at
5:00p.m.
Completed Binder Due
Date
On or before Friday, September 9, 2011 at
1:00p.m.
If you return your application and
completed binder together by the first due date of
August 12, 2011, you are eligible for a $30
discount on your entry fee from $155 to
$125!
Project Eligibility
Dates
Work must have been completed between
January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011
Competition is open to SFBA, Diablo
Valley, and North Bay NARI Chapter
members.
Many Categories to Choose
From!
See the complete list in the Application
Packet. Categories for general contractors will be
judged separately from the categories for Design
Professionals.
Attention Suppliers and Subs: You Can
Enter, Too!
Unique to the REMMIES, we have categories
to recognize trade subcontractors and specialty
suppliers. Enter your outstanding work and have
the chance to take home a REMMIES on your vital
part of a project.
Available categories: Interior
Residential Specialty, Exterior Residential
Specialty, and Commercial Specialty.
Reasons You Should
Enter:
♦ Build your company team
and morale
♦ Use your awards to market your
company
♦ Earn deserved
recognition from industry
peers
♦ Use your REMMIES
entry binder to go on and enterthe National
CotY (Contractor of the Year) Awards
SFBA NARI 2011 REMMIES
APPLICATION PACKET
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6th
Annual SFBA NARI Golf Tournament Set for October
13, 2011 |
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Annual
Tourney Set for 10/13/11 at Metro Golf Links
in Oakland, CA
The
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NARI is hosting
its 6th Annual Golf Tournament
on Thursday, October 13, at the
Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland,
CA. Please join us at this
gathering of NARI members, which will be a great
day of recreation and networking with the Bay
Area's remodeling community, and a brilliant
opportunity to market your company.
DATE:
Thursday,
October
13, 2011
TIME:
Registration at 11:00 AM.
Shotgun start at 1:00 PM
PLACE: Metropolitan
Golf Links
10051
Doolittle Dr. Oakland CA 94603
ENTRY
FEE: $140.00
(includes:
green fees, cart, boxed lunch and
dinner)
$525.00 (for
a foursome)
We also
have a variety of golf sponsorships
available. Please visit our web site
at http://www.sfbanari.org for the
appropriate forms and additional
information. If you have any additional
questions, please contact:
Mark
Calendar, Golf Committee Chair
email:
mcalendar@calrob.com
phone:
(415) 978-3807
Judy
Tufo, Executive Director
email:
judy@sfbanari.org
phone:
(415) 391-2886
Payments
for registration in the Tournament or for
Sponsorships can also be made on our
website via PayPal. Please click on
the
golf tee to be redirected to the
payments page of our website!
We
look forward to seeing you there!
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Spotlight
on New SFBA NARI Members |
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A
Look at Recently Joined SFBA NARI Members
By
David Frane
Editor,
Tools of the Trade Magazine
SFBA
NARI Board Member
WorkersNow - Pablo
Fuentes is the CEO and co-founder with Joe Mellin,
COO, of WorkersNow, a temporary staffing agency
that provides skilled tradespeople to building
contractors. Like other staffing companies, they
hire tradespeople and deal with the taxes and
insurance; what's different is the way they
communicate with workers and clients. WorkersNow
uses text messaging to broadcasts jobs, track
employees, and handle timesheets. Clients can view
and rate individual workers on the company
website.
A
member of SFBA NARI since 2010, Pablo joined our
Board of Directors early this year.
NARI is a way for him to connect with remodelers,
find out what they need, and let them know about
his company. His path to the construction industry
was nontraditional; a career in finance
followed by an MBA from Stanford, which is where
he and Joe came up with the idea for
WorkersNow.
When
Pablo is not working on the business he hangs out
with his girlfriend Noelle and his dog Coal.
He is also involved with a number of sports - as
he puts it, "kite boarding adequately and surfing
terribly". Pablo is currently training to
complete a 100-hour challenge with a group of
retired and active Green Berets in the Rocky
Mountains to raise money for the Green Beret
Foundation (If you would like to support him, you
can do so here:
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/pablo/goruck_ascent)
Pablo
Fuentes
WorkersNow
(415)323-0707
pablo@WorkersNow.com
http:/www.workersnow.com
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Call
for Business Cards To Fill Our NARI
House
This
is my second request for business cards from our
members to be used during Chapter meetings for
marketing purposes.
As
many of your are aware, our Chapter Meetings this
year have been successful. We have had a lot
of members and guests at our
meetings.
Many
of our guests are taking the business cards we
have available from our members that we display in
our NARI house. I am calling for members to
please supply me with more of your business cards
(25). This will enable me to keep our NARI
house stocked and rotated.
Business cards are good for
Business!
If
you are coming to an upcoming meeting, please drop
by the registration desk and provide me your
supply. Otherwise, please send me a small
supply of 25 at the SFBA NARI office, P.O. Box
883783, San Francisco, CA
94188-3783.
Thanks!
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Advice Column |
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Small
Claims: The Trial
(Part
2)
By:
Bryant Byrnes, Esq.
In last month's article I
discussed the small claims court process and
procedures - preparing the complaint, filing it,
service, etc. (If you missed the article, please
visit SFBA NARI's website and click on the link
"In the News/Newsletter" under "For the
Trade.") What follows is a discussion of the
small claims hearing itself.
The
Small Claims Trial In General. It takes
place in a regular superior courtroom, but the
differences from a regular trial are
several. First, no attorneys are allowed to
represent parties (unless one is a party herself
or himself). Second - and more important to
you - most of the judges are not regular superior
court judges. They are older, experienced
volunteer attorneys who get a thrill from wearing
a judge's gown and pounding the gavel.
("Order! I will not tolerate any more
untowards behavior!") They may be probate
specialists, criminal defense attorneys, or in
personal injury. As a result, your
particular judge may not know a lot about breach
of contract and/or construction. That is why
I think the "small claims brief" discussed below
is an important tool for your success.
The
Hearing Itself. What if the other party does
not show up? Easy; you win as a matter of
course if your paperwork is in order.
It
is when the defendant does show up that you have
some work to do. And this is when a brief is
recommended.
The
Brief. A brief is a written statement
setting out the legal position of a party.
Here it should be short, about two or three
pages.
Your
small claims brief should have a brief recital of
the facts, a brief statement of relevant law, and
the attachments of documents to your case.
Theses attachments typically are the contract,
change orders, and invoices - and any collection
letters. Keep in mind that as the plaintiff
you have the "burden of proof." This means
you have to prove to the judge that it is more
likely than not that your version of the facts -
that you did the work, the work was fine, but you
were not paid - is correct.
Because
the judge frequently may not know much about
construction or contract law, the brief gives the
basic law and facts that he or she needs to render
a decision. Always bring three copies of the
brief and its attachments - one for the judge, one
for the defendant, and one for yourself.
While
a good idea regardless, it is when the other party
shows up that the brief is crucial. It can
be used as your script to explain to the judge
what has happened. It is also a way to get
your key documents (which are attached) to the
judge.
Since
you are the plaintiff, you get to go first.
("OK, Mr. Flutterblast, tell me what
happened."). What usually works is to hand
the judge a copy of the brief and say you would
like to briefly recite the facts. The judge
may or may not want you to; sometimes he or she
simply reads it and says "OK" - and then lets the
defendant talk.
Another
reason the brief is important is judges rarely
rule immediately from the bench when it is
contested. When he or she sits down later to
review the papers and decide the case, the brief
with its facts and documents makes it much simpler
to render an award for you.
The
Winner! Now What? Once you win, what do you
do? You should take your judgment and turn
it into an Abstract of Judgment. An Abstract
of Judgment is a fill-in-the-blank court form
which summarizes the court judgment and when filed
with the appropriate County Recorder's office
becomes a lien on the debtor's property. And
should the defendant debtor refinance or sell the
property, the judgment (with rare exception) must
be paid.
In
the meanwhile, the interest on the judgment is 10
percent per year. Judgments are good for 10
years and may be renewed prior to that for another
10 years.
Previous
Articles. For my previous
articles, please visit SFBA NARI's website and
click on the link "In the News/Newsletter" under
"For the Trade." They are also available on
my website under "Articles." As always, my
discussions are summary in nature and intended to
simply give the reader a heads up on various
topics and issues.
Bryant H. Byrnes, Esq.
practices
construction law in the San Francisco Bay Area and
is counsel to the NARI Board of Directors.
Questions? Please feel free to contact him
by email at bhbatty@pacbell.net.
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from NARI National
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and On-Demand
Video Participate in live
webinars, or watch on-demand from NARI's growing
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information,
and
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Programs
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Programs
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Build
it Green Upcoming Training and
Events |
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Topic: Share
Your Ideas and Experience
East Bay Guild
Wednesday, July 6,
2011
5:30-8:30pm
Location: Truit
& White Conference Room
1817
Second Street
Berkeley,
CA 94710
Cost:
$10/$15
Topic: Green X-Ray
House Tour and Interior Green
Product
Showcase
San Francisco Guild
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
5:30-7:30pm
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