May 2013 Newsletter

Official Newsletter of the Home Builders Association of Lake-Sumter May 2013 Vol 37 Issue 10

To Promote & Protect Homeownership as the American Way

Enjoy this newsletter in vibrant color at www.LakeHBA.com

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Calendar: May 8: Noon Remod-

elers/Green Council

Meeting

May 14: 4:30 & 5:00

Finance & Board

Meetings

May 21: 6:00 GMM

Note: Change of Date

May 27: Memorial Day

June 5: 9 Governmen-

tal Affairs Committee

June 6: 8:30 SMC

Noon Membership

June 11: 4:30 & 5:00

Finance & Board

Meetings

Celebrating 40 Years as your Home Builders Association!Celebrating 40 Years as your Home Builders Association!Celebrating 40 Years as your Home Builders Association!Celebrating 40 Years as your Home Builders Association!

22nd Annual Golf Tournament was a Fabulous Success. See Pages 5 & 11

May 21st GMM Guest Speaker Erika Greene With

Our SMC Chair shares her thoughts on “Going Green” See Pg 4 Remodelers/Green Council Updates See Page 8

In Memory of Ann Hagen with Bonded Builders.

August 25, 1957 - March 30, 2013 Long time HBA Member and Loving Friend to So Many

See 4

Earn Triple Spike Credits until May 21st For Details See Page 15

Save the Date!!

May GMM Moved to the May 21st

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Building Permits

FEBRUARY #Single Family Permits Value Lake County 52 16,059,365 Tavares 17 2,866,406 Eustis 2 476,871 Leesburg 2 545,000 Lady Lake 0 Montverde 0 Clermont 23 3,436,073 Mount Dora 1 85,000 Sumter County 257 75,170,205

Thank you to the building departments for supplying this infor-mation. Cities missing did not report.

Home Builders Association Lake-Sumter 1100 N Joanna Avenue Tavares, FL 32778

Ph 352-343-7101 Fax 352-343-4650 www.LakeHBA.com

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Officers & Directors President William Dorman - White Aluminum Products Vice President William Wilburth - W.C. Wilburth, Inc. Associate Vice President Paul Swanson - George Nahas Chevrolet Secretary/Treasurer James Moore - Aluminum Contractors, Inc. Immediate Past President Andrew Nutt - Holly Homes Immediate Past Associate Vice President Loretta Maimone - Loretta C. Maimone, Inc Builder Directors Sean del Castillo - Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter Cynthia Couillard - DiBarco Building Corp Craig Hegstrom - Hegstrom Homes Joe Ziler - Kevco Builders, Inc. Associate Directors Chuck Hiott - Booth, Ern, Straughan & Hiott Inc Dale Roberts - Dale E. Roberts & Assoc. Dave Van Winkle - Citizens First Bank Life Directors Mike Carter - Granger Construction & Development Carl Ludecke - Charlie Johnson Builder George Hansford - Prominent Construction Clarence Tibbs - STE Electrical Systems

Staff

Carolyn Maimone - Executive Director Kelly Hoover - Administrative Assistant On The Level is published monthly by the Home Build-ers Association of Lake County. Every attempt has been made to insure the accuracy of all information pre-sented, however no guarantee or warranties are pro-vided. For advertising, contact the HBA at 352-343-7101 or visit our website. The HBA reserve the right to refuse any advertising.

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Wow! Here we are in May already. Amazing how fast time flies when you are enjoying Golf-ing events, awesome General Membership meetings, Legislative visits and all things HBA. I want to personally thank the Golf Committee, Chuck Hiott, the Chair, with Booth, Ern, Straughan & Hiott; Karen Schroeder with Solid Image, Inc.; Andrew Nutt with Holly Homes, Inc.; Nancy Carpenter with United Southern Bank; & Jeanne Abernathy with Southern Style Management. Also, a HUGE THANKS to all of the sponsors and everyone who donated for the goody bags and the door prizes (see page 5). And last but certainly not least, thank you Kelly and Carolyn for all your hard work be-hind the scenes. Everyone I have spoken to had a fantastic time of golfing and networking with over 80 golfers and almost 40 sponsors and several volunteers. What a great way to learn about your fellow HBA member and so many of their friends and family.

While I am thanking folks, if you missed the April GMM, you missed a heck of a meeting. It was sponsored by Ro-mac Lumber and Supply in conjunction with Great Southern Wood Preserving and our guest speaker was Scot Brantley, who played football for the University of Florida, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is currently a Sports Radio Host. He shared with us what it was like growing up and becoming a Florida Gator. How the teamwork and hard work helped him in life. It was truly a great evening. Have you heard? May is Membership Madness Month!! For each new member you recruit you will earn TRIPLE Spike points!! (see details on page 15) We want EVERYONE to recruit at least ONE MEMBER. I know that each of you know at least one person who would benefit from HBA membership. Our goal for this year is to DOUBLE our membership and this is the perfect time to step up and become a recruiting member of this association, and earn your Spikes. If you need help staff is always available as well as the membership committee members. They meet at the HBA office on the First Thursday of the month! Join the Committee and get involved. The FHBA Legislative Days in Tallahassee was in April and George Hansford with Prominent Construction and our EO Carolyn Maimone attended. Our voice in Tallahassee was heard, and well. We had several bills that we have been following and the Home Builders were able to get one-on-one time with the legislatures to amend or discuss the bills that were a concern for our industry. The “HOA bill” is one bill that was pounded on the most. In the long run it was combined with a few other bills and even though we weren't happy that it passed, it is a lot less heinous than it was originally. It is before the governor now. The FBA is slated to receive $250,000 in funding which is a great win for our young up and com-ing builders, let’s hope the governor approves it. We are still following a few of the bills since the legislatures are still in session. The Governmental Affairs Committee will update you next month on the remainder of the pertinent bills. The setup of the Touch System is almost complete. Our EO has just a few more details to iron out and we will be up and running. Watch for communications in the coming weeks.


SALES AND MARKETING (SMC)

The 2013 Color of the Year

Each year, Pantone se-lects a color of the year, helping shape the trend for designers for home interiors. This year the color is “Emerald,” so we will likely see this jewel-tone on more accessories, accents, and

in paint colors. Well chosen splashes of green ex-ude a sense of calm, serenity, nature, and elegance. The home building industry continues to de-velop green building techniques to buyers who want to “go green.” Green can be a way of life, a status symbol, as well as a trend that is growing slowly and steadily as buyers make informed choices in their homes. In an informal poll by the National Associa-tion of REALTORS®, real estate agents were asked to define what “green” meant to their clients. 78% of the responses were that green building equated to mean environmentally friendly, 24% said it meant efficiency, and 24% responded that it meant healthy. Durable and smarter both had replies of 9% as the buyers’ choice of definition. Recently I have been attending our Builders and Remodelers Committee. We have made 2 field trips to see new green-built homes. First we toured a completed home in Harbor Hills where materials were selected for low water needs for the landscape, recycled materials for interior finishes, and a high-efficiency HVAC. Next we visited a home under con-struction and witnessed a test for air-duct leaks prior to the sheet rock installation. My take-away from

these tours is this: going green is very important as we learn the newest ways to protect the earth, con-serve energy, and create healthier environments in-side our homes. We may not always be able to physically see the green items in a client’s home, but we need to recognize the choices buyers have, and the values they embrace on what building green means to them. A special thanks to Michael Rich with Harbor Hills, Nate Ritter of GreenBuilt Solutions, and Bill Wilburth of Wilburth Construction for hosting and or-ganizing the field trips and educating us about green choices in residential building. Emerald green may be the 2013 color of the year, but green is here to stay.

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AgeWave Solutions, Inc. 84 Lumber Company

Loretta Maimone Broker Assoc. Dr. Susan Glenn Caddell Eustis Roofing Company Pruett-Williams Insurance

Daily Commercial Solar-Tite, Inc.

Hole Sponsors Smallwood Sign Co.

St. Louis Air Conditioning Re/Max Realty Center

Solid Image, Inc. White Aluminum Products

Jeanne Abernathy SunColor Paints

Cecil Clark Chevrolet Talmage Financial Group

Kevco Builders, Inc.

Longest Drive Sponsor St. Louis Air Conditioning

Drink Cart Sponsors Pringle Homebuilding Group, LLC

Medallion Home

Table Sponsors United Southern Bank

Stairmasterz, Inc. Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply Fairwinds Credit Union Florida Door Solutions

Dixon Golf Green Built Solutions, LLC

Allstate

Closest to Pin Sponsor Color Wheel Paint

Breakfast Sponsor Holly Homes, Inc.

Putt for Cash Sponsor American Residential Products,

Inc.

Goody Bag Donors Dr. Susan Glenn Caddell

Kevco Builders, Inc. United Southern Bank

Mortgage Financial Group Color Wheel Paint

CenturyLink Allstate

Park Square Homes Fairwinds Credit Union

Cruise Planners

Volunteers Holly Nutt (Holly Homes, Inc.) Amy Axon (Park Square Homes) Kim Collins (Orlando Sentinel)

Marlene Andrews Bud Dorman (White Aluminum Products)

A BIG THANK YOU!A BIG THANK YOU!A BIG THANK YOU!A BIG THANK YOU! To all of our Sponsors, Golfers, Volunteers & Donors

for a Great 22nd Annual Golf Tournament & To Harbor Hills & their Staff for a great day!!

2013 Golf Committee Chuck Hiott, Chair (Booth, Ern, Straughan & Hiott), Karen Schroeder (Solid Image, Inc.), Andrew Nutt (Holly Homes, Inc.), Nancy Carpenter (United Southern Bank), & Jeanne

Abernathy (Southern Style Management)

Thank you for your hard work!

Door Prize Donors AgeWave Solutions, Inc. Plantation Golf Club Jeanne Abernathy Citizens First Bank Vic’s Embers Orlando Sentinel Black Bear CenturyLink Hegstrom Homes Chick-fil-A Progress Energy Fairwinds Credit Union Ruby Street Grill Al’s Landing Millenium 3 Marketing

Jones Brothers Air & Seaplane Adventures Loretta Maimone Broker Assoc. Booth, Ern, Straughan & Hiott

Henry at Pastore’s Downtown Pizzeria

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Governmental Affairs (GA)

Boy how many items can we fit into one newsletter? Well here is a short list of some of the bills we have been following. By the time this newsletter hits your mailbox the legislative session will be over and decisions final. SB 580 has been moving through the process. It has become a committee substitute bill and has received several amendments. We are still working with the legislatures to improve this bill to avoid unintended consequences, but it has taken on a life of its own and has been moving very quickly. SB 596 seems to have taken a backseat to this bill. HB 7119 has been moving it’s way through the House chamber. I am not sure how far

along it will get by the time you read this newsletter. SB 156 focuses on unlicensed contractor activity, building code issues and construction legislation. There is an amendment to this bill that we fully support. Some good news, but there is still some work to do on it, the Future Builders of America (FBA) could get state funding. The goal of the FBA is to create a stable workforce of Floridians interested in a career in the con-struction industry. This funding from state will provide assistance in this customized job training program. Our pro-gram is consistent with and enhances the Career and Professional Education (CAPE) initiatives in the public schools in Florida. Join us on the Governmental Affairs committee and be a part of the process to protect our way of life and our way of doing business. Call Kelly @ 352-343-7101 or speak with any of the com-mittee members to join.

May General Membership Meeting

Different Day!! Tuesday May 21st, Eustis ELKS Lodge

Guest Speaker is Erika Greene with Workforce Central Florida Erika will educate us on all the great opportunities available to local

businesses. Workforce Central Florida has a wide variety of resources that can positively impact your labor force. Begin with casting a wider net to identify potential candidates through Employ Florida Marketplace to enhancing the

skills of current employees through training grants! You won't want to miss this one Folks!

A Special Thank You to Ro-Mac Lumber and Supply for sponsoring the

April GMM in conjunction with Great Southern Wood Preserving. They pro-

vided guest speaker Scot Brantley. It was a fantastic GMM.

Mike Carter Granger Construction & Development Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman

Can You Help?

The Stars and Stripes at the HBA Office are look-ing quite weathered and we need a way to keep it lit at night. Would your company consider donat-ing a new flag and/or installing a light so that darkness doesn’t fall on it? If you are willing to do either or both, please contact the HBA office.


April Remodeler's and Green Building meeting was a great success. Karen Schroeder with Solid Image Inc was on top of her game, counter-tops that is, with all the new prod-ucts she brought for us to see. A special "Thank you" goes out to Karen for an outstanding hands on presentation and for providing such a great lunch for all to enjoy. Her knowledge on recycled materials and new products was outstanding! The next meeting will be on May 8th at the HBA office in Tavares. Calling all Roofers, Remodelers, Builders and As-sociates to attend. This meeting will give all license holders one CEU credit for attending. We would like to invite every-one to attend and bring a guest. This will be a special presen-tation hosted by Lomanco Vents and ABC Supply Co. Inc., on the new products including the importance of roof ventila-tion in Florida. The Guest speaker, James Holdsworth from La-manco Vents is on top of his game, rooftops that is! He will be giving a special presentation that no one should miss. Venting is one of the most important parts of a healthy home. I am sure we will all learn new innovative ways of venting. Please come to this meeting so you can personally thank our Associate member, ABC Supply Co Inc., for keeping up with the new innovative ideas and for supplying a great lunch for all to enjoy! Please RSVP to Kelly by May 6th so we can get an accurate count for lunch.

SEBC Celebrates 35th Year

With New Venue, Format

ORLANDO – The Florida Home Builders As-sociation-sponsored Southeast Building Conference (SEBC) will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with changes that it hopes will keep the show vibrant and relevant for years to come.

For the first time in history, SEBC 2013 moves into the new SOUTH Hall of the Orange County Convention Center, giving exhibitors and delegates a fresh venue for the vast array of building industry products and services displayed at the July 11-13 show.

To make sure exhibitors get maximum atten-tion, this year’s show schedule has set aside desig-nated hours (Noon to 3 pm each day) for home build-ers, remodelers, and allied construction-related pro-fessionals to tour the displays.

There will be specialty pavilions featuring Hurricane Alley, Green Building, and Masonry. The Florida Department of Community Affairs sponsors the hurricane-mitigation displays while the Florida Masonry Association presents exhibits as part of its co-location partnership with SEBC.

As the only major building industry trade show in the South this year, SEBC expects to draw a large audience to its world-class educational pro-grams, which includes all 14 hours that Florida con-tractors need to achieve their continuing education requirement.

Top key elements of SEBC over the years – the New Southern Home and the Aurora Awards – will remain staples of the show experience.

The New Southern Home is being built by Nathan Cross of NWC Construction, Inc., and will be a living laboratory for builders and consumers with a keen interest in Green building and energy-efficiency.

The Aurora Awards, the premier building in-dustry design competition in the Southeast, will honor its winners on Saturday evening, July 13, 2013, at the Rosen Centre’ Hotel.

For more on SEBC and the Aurora Awards,

visit www.sebcshow.com and www.theauroras.com.

Remodelers/Green Council

Bill Wilburth (WC Wilburth) and

Jim Rahman (Westmont Construc-

tion), co-chairs

Bill Wilburth W.C. Wilburth, Inc. Remodelers/Green Council Co-Chairman HBA Vice President

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6th Annual Tasting Gala Saturday May 18, 6:30 Mount Dora Cane Cafe

Presented by the Mount Dora High School Students in: Architectural Drafting, Culinary Art, Financial Math & Art.

Experience a unique display of Restaurant Designs while enjoying food of that Region. For tickets or information call Chef Root at

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General membership meetings

begin with networking at 6 PM,

followed by dinner and the pro-

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nue, Tavares.

May 21

June 25

July 23

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Lake County Building Permit Report Data Compiled by Home Builders Weekly

March 2013 New and Spec Home Construction -

By the Builders Volume

1. D R Horton 27

2. Pulte Homes 8

3. Ryland Homes 7

4. Royal Oak Homes 7

5. Ken Golby Custom Construction 6

6. Owner Pulled 5

7. Meritage Homes 5

8. J F Shea Construction 5

9. Standard Pacific Corporation 4

10. Taylor Morrison 3

11. Pillar Construction 3

12. Lennar Homes 3

13. Home Dynamics Corporation 3

14. Highland Homes 3

15. Maronda Homes 2

16. The Mitchell Company 1

17. KB Homes 1

18. Jimmy Strosnider Construction 1

19. Hoffmeister Design & Construction 1

20. Habitat for Humanty 1

21. Ed Wire Construction 1

22. DEL Hollingsworth Builders 1

23. American Family Homes 1


PICTURE GALLERY

April GMM - Sponsored by Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply in conjunction with Great Southern Wood Preserving

Our Guest Speaker was Scot Brantley former U of F GATOR and Tampa Bay Buccaneer. He had a great story to tell and said that our group felt like a big happy family. We welcomed a new Member, John Sny-der with Dunston & Son Plumbing. An-drew Nutt with Holly Homes was pre-sented with his Red Spike Pin (100 spikes) GO ANDREW! And Bud Dorman with White Aluminum and our HBA Presi-dent won both the door prize, a football autographed by current U of F coach Will Muschamp, and also the Spike Club’s 50/50 drawing.

Congratulations Andrew Nutt of

Holly Homes for Earning

Red Spike 100d !!


PICTURE GALLERY

22nd Annual Golf Tournament Beach Part-TEE

Yet another successful HBA event!! Thank you to all our sponsors see page 5, and a special Thank You to Holly Nutt with Holly Homes for a wonderful kick-off Breakfast, complete with yummy Mimosas. Our Hosts were fantastic and took great care of all of us. The Harbor Hills course is GORGEOUS, so if you have not golfed this course, you need to make it one of your golfing destinations in the near future. All of the table sponsors were so much fun and many of the participants made sure to tell us that they had an awesome time. Congrats to 1st Place Winners: Team BESH, 2nd Place Winners: Team Loretta Maimone and 3rd Place Winners: Team Solar-Tite. Longest Drive Male: Aaron Murphy; Closest to Pin Male: Mike Cennamo; Longest Drive Female & Closest to Pin Female: Misty Wise; Putt for Cash Winner: Todd McLeod; $50 Golf Ball Win-ner; Jason Reisman; Half & Half Winner of $220: Mike Cennamo


The Home Builders Association Wood Commodity Index (Index) for mid-April decreased 2.7% to $438.51 per thousand. The Index primarily pushed downward late in the second week of April as the world’s commodity markets sagged and investors grew more uncertain in the sustainability of the recovery. Oddly, the downward push in prices occurred the same week in which the United States Census Bureau announced housing starts had finally reached the plus-million yearly mile-stone in nearly five years. Then again, who can explain the rationale in many sectors of the building material marketplace?

In the dimensional lumber composite of the Index, pricing dropped 1.8% on significant drops in longer length spruce items and wide width pines. The lumber composite dropped to $434.56 per thousand. Oddly, short length spruce such as studs and 2x4-8’/10’ spruce increased in price from 2.2% to 12.1%. Little doubt though, the lumber composite was in a downward trend. The plywood composite of the Index is a tale of two products--OSB sheathing and CDX pine plywood. OSB Sheathing dropped $40 per thousand in the last week primarily due to weaker order files and more production coming on line. CDX pine plywood increased $40 to $75 per thousand as demand outstripped production. Overall, because of the weight in sales of OSB sheathing, the plywood composite dropped 3.3% to $441.46; however, the impact of the loss of the Georgia-Pacific mill in Hawthorne, Florida is really becoming very evident. One lumber expert told me that he expects lumber and plywood to take a short breather in price increases, but noted the huge uptick in housing starts were being driven by multi-family projects. His prediction is that huge block buys to cover these projects will propel pricing higher in May. The issue for many suppliers and dealers is they do not want to buy heavy if, indeed, the market is correcting. Frankly, my crystal ball is busted, but my guess is the market has more downward risks because of the overall decline in world commodity pricing. I also believe that the markets had gotten over-baked and the high pricing was beginning to kill building projects. The biggest mover in other building products will probably be roofing shingles. Hail storms in the South and increased de-mand is pointing the way toward tighter supply and higher prices. Rainy season is good for shingles, and it appears the South is having a much wetter spring. My advice to all--be careful in a dropping market to not buy high and not quote low. If, indeed, the market turns back up with heavy multi-family projects, buying a long-term quote at today’s numbers could be costly. Don Magruder is the Chief Executive Officer of Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. in Central Florida (www.romaclumber.com), and he is a former President of the Southeast Mississippi Home Builders Association, and past Associate Vice President of the Home Builders Asso-ciation of Lake County. To contact Magruder, email him at [email protected].

MEMBERS IN ACTION

Lumber & Commodity News

Don Magruder Ro-Mac Lumber and Supply


35 - 39 Years The First National Bank of Mount Dora (35)

St. Louis Air Conditioning (39)

30 - 34 Years Orlando Sentinel (33)

25 - 29 Years T & D Concrete, Inc. (28)

20 - 24 Years STE Electrical (23)

84 Lumber (22)

15 - 19 Years Citizens First Bank (15)

5 - 9 Years J & S Ushko, Inc. (7)

Stairmasterz, Inc. (6)

1 - 4 Years ERA Tom Grizzard, Inc. (2)

Logan, Bowyer & McCullough P.A. (2)

Lee Woods Construction of Florida, Inc. (3)

Thank You For Being Members :)

If you know or do work with someone who is

not a member please ask them to join.

Let’s build our membership - There is strength in numbers

THANK YOU FOR RENEWING

All new members for our May Membership Madness

Drive will be listed in the June newsletter

Circle D Plumbing, Inc.

Eco Construction Group, LLC

James Hardie Building Products

Lake Sumter Air Conditioning

Leading Edge Builders, LLC

If you know or do business with those listed

please encourage them to renew their membership.

TIME TO RENEW

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In Memory Of Our Friend Ann Rose Hagen

Ann lost her battle with cancer on March 30th but never did she loose her will to live. She will live on in the hearts & memories of all of us. Ann was loved by so many and we at the Lake-Sumter HBA will greatly miss her smiling face, her funny wit, great style and her attention to all. I knew Ann for as long as she was a member when she joined in 1999, never a hair or anything out of place – she could walk in the office from a wind storm outside and she looked great. I always wondered how does she do that?? It came to me after she had passed and I was thinking of her - it was magic! Not that I didn’t know she was special from day one but Ann was a magical person who touched many and will never be forgotten. We love you Ann! ~Kelly

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Statesman 500-999 George Hansford 517.5

Super 250-499 Carl Ludecke 428 Karen Schroeder 409.5

Royal 150-249 Ann Hagen 201 Craig Hegstrom 199 Clell Coleman 185 Bud Dorman (1) 162 Don Magruder (2) 158 Paul Fallman 154.5

Red 100-149 Clarence Tibbs 120 Andrew Nutt (1) 106 Dale Roberts 100.5 Paul Swanson 100

Green 50-99 Lee Humphrey 93.5

Susan Adams 90.5 Gerry Suarez 82.5 Jim Bible 78.5 Jody Coursey 73.5 Mike Carter 64 Dick Stier 52

Life 25-49 Rob Granger 45.5 Ron Griffith 30.5 Joe Ziler 29

Blue 6-24 Ron Schwarz 22.5 Jason Hansford 20 Joe Williams 14.5 Glenn Phillips 8 Loretta Maimone 8 Bart Lucas 7 Jimmy Moore 6

WE VALUE YOUR MEMBERSHIP

The Spike Club is an elite group of Association members rec-ognized for outstanding achievement in membership recruit-ment. Simply put, you become a Spike by recruiting new mem-bers. Each new member recruit earns 1 credit towards a Spike. Each member retained earns 1/2 a credit. Each Affili-ate member recruit earns a 1/2 credit. Recruiting an NAHB Council Member earns 1/2 a credit and retaining them earns a 1/4 credit. Blue Spike = 6 credits Life Spike = 25 credits Green Spike = 50 credits Red Spike = 100 credits Royal Spike = 150 credits Super Spike = 250 credits Statesman = 500 credits Grand Spike = 1000 Credits

All-Time Big Spike = 1500 + Credits Members who have earned less than 6 credits are referred to affectionately as Tacks. (#) = Number of new members for 2013.

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CLUB

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Less than 6 Credits Cynthia Couillard 4 Jeanne Abernathy 3 Chip Gannaway 2 Chuck Hiott (1) 2 Tom Pfeiffer 2 Denise Pinkerton 1.5 William Wilburth (1) 1 Philip Crotwell 1 Janet Noack 1

May Membership Drive Earn Triple Spike Credits for recruiting a new member in May. Tacks you can become a Spike in May with only 2 member re-cruits - Spikes now is your chance to move up the ladder. Let’s Double our membership this year!! Each Company bring in one new member.

The deadline to bring in a new member for the May

Drive is May 21st.

May Membership Madness

May is our Membership Drive Month and if you are a Lake-Sumter HBA member then you are part of our team. Membership chair Andrew Nutt (Holly Homes) has come up with an easy way to double our member-ship. We are challenging each member company to bring in one new member in May. We know that you have a business acquaintance that is not yet a mem-ber. Now is the time to get them to join. The benefits of being an HBA member are vast and it is also a benefit to our association and to you, the existing members. Please reach out to your contacts who are not yet members and encourage them to join.

For each member recruit you will receive

TRIPLE Spike credits in May !!

If you are not sure how to “Ask Someone To Join” please contact us at the office (352) 343-7101 and we will gladly assist you with a few pointers. If your pros-pect has questions that you can’t answer, please have them give us a call. We are here to help you in your recruiting efforts.

NOTE - the May Membership Drive runs through Tuesday, May 21st

Oh! And Feel free to recruit more than one!!

HBA of Lake -Sumter

1100 N Joanna Av

Tavares, FL 32778

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Permit # 78112

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May 2013 Newsletter

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