Masonry Magazine July 1978 Page. 17
IMI ANNUAL PROMOTION MEETING
continued from page 7
Addressing delegates to the IMI meeting is Paul Lenchuk (far left), president of the National Concrete Masonry Association. Seated at the table (from left) are Eugene George, MCAA President and IMI Vice Chairman; Mario Catani, Portland Cement Association, and IMI Chairman Charles F. Velardo.
The second day of the meeting was concluded with a three-hour discussion involving executive directors of local regional masonry promotion groups and IMI Board, staff and agency personnel on "Building Codes & Masonry."
The last day of the meeting covered "The Marketing of Masonry Through Problem Solving." A paper prepared by IMI advisor John Joyce was presented to inform delegates of progress being achieved through "An Industry-wide Approach to Problem Solving Through the Masonry Industry Committee." John Gleason, executive vice president of the Brick Institute of America, reported on "Masonry and Government Relations."
IMI vice chairman Eugene George, a mason contractor who has pioneered in all-weather construction in Canada, urged delegates to promote the all-weather concept for the good of masonry and all in the construction industry. "Masonry's Manpower Capabilities & IMAT" were then discussed by Merlin Taylor, executive director of the International Masonry Apprentichip Trust.
The meeting concluded with a summary of concerns and recommended courses of action by Buck Richardson, director of IMI's Masonry Engineering Department, whose topic was "An Update on Masonry's Problem Solving Efforts."
National organizations represented at the meeting were: Brick Institute of America; Canadian Masonry Contractors Association; Indiana Limestone Institute; International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen; Mason Contractors Association of America; National Concrete Masonry Association, and Portland Cement Association.
Social events included an opening night reception, a New Orleans style buffet luncheon, a cocktail party at the historic Court of Two Sisters with a New Orleans Jazz ensemble providing the musical entertainment, and a ladies' and children's tour of the city.
IMI's 9th Annual Promotion Meeting will be at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 19-22, 1979.
In case you missed all the publicity given legislative efforts to "simplify" the federal tax code, here's an interesting note from U.S. News & World Report. At the same time that the Senate Finance Committee recommended simplification of the tax code-to make it understandable to the average taxpayer-it approved a tax-reform bill 1,500 pages long, weighing four and a half pounds. It took 600 additional pages to explain the measure. Apparently "simplification" is an alien word to our concerned representatives.
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