Greetings! We will be conducting our December Chapter Meeting and in the best CSINext tradition our Holiday party in the form of an Open Forum. This will be our 2nd annual 'State of CSI' address and we are honored to have CSI Board-Chair Ron Geren and Executive Director Mark Dorsey. Mark your calendars for December 14th at 12:00pm EST. We look forward to having you attend this free Webinar event.

The following member joined CSI in November. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI member on their continued membership!

• 10 Years - F. Drucilla Brookshire, CSI, CCCA

CSINext is getting noticed folks!

Greetings! We will be conducting our November Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Wood Finishes" Presented by Kent Kile, FCSI. Mark your calendars for November 9th at 12:00pm EST. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Construction Specifications Institute
CSINext Chapter
November 2016 Meeting

Meeting Date: November 9, 2016
Meeting Time: 12:00pm EST 
Meeting  RSVP: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/572492992946382850
Webinar ID: 569-310-091

Speaker: Kent Kile

The attendees will be exposed to the following information:

Greetings! We will be conducting our October Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "The Accessible Restroom" Presented by Daniel Hargreaves, FCSI, AIA, CDT, RAS. Mark your calendars for October 12th at 12:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Each of the following members joined CSI in October. CSINext is please to congratulate the following CSI members on their continued membership.

• 1 Year - Jeffrey Mosley, CSI
• 21 Years - Lynn Javoroski, FCSI, Member Emeritus, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP
• 24 Years - Michael Young, CSI, CCCA
• 30 Years - Helaine Robinson, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP
• 31 Years - Robert Dye, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP, RRC

Hello everyone,

Around this time last year I wrote a blog about my involvement as one of the SME content editors for the Project Management Institute's (PMI) upcoming release of the 4th Edition of the Construction Extension to the PMBOK.

Each of the following members joined CSI in September. CSINext is please to congratulate the follow CSI members on their continued membership.

• 17 Years - Nina Giglio, FCSI, CCS, SCIP
• 31 Years - Lane Beougher, FCSI, Lifetime Member, CCS, CCCA, AIA, CSC, DBIA, LEED AP
• 31 Years - Janet Piccola, FCSI

Each of the following members joined CSI in September. CSINext is please to congratulate the follow CSI members on their continued membership.

• 1 Year - Lenee Hicks, CSI-EP
• 18 Years - Nina Giglio, FCSI, CCS, SCIP
• 19 Years - J.W. Mollohan, FCSI, CCPR, LEED GA
• 32 Years - Lane Beougher, FCSI, Lifetime Member, CCS, CCCA, AIA, CSC, DBIA, LEED AP
• 32 Years - Janet Piccola, FCSI

CSINext took advantage of having the members at Construct and did a group photo. And then in a rare instance we had the entire board at one location. We had members from Canada, Texas, Ohio, Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina and Colorado. Below is the chapter members photo:

Each of the following members joined CSI in August. CSINext is please to congratulate the follow CSI members on their continued membership.

• 4 Years - Robert LeClare, CSI, CDT
• 7 Years - Rachel Grissop, CSI, CDT
• 25 Years - Ann Baker, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP, SCIP

Construction Specifications Institute
CSINext Chapter
September 2016 Meeting

Meeting Date: September 14, 2016
Meeting Time: 12:00pm EDT 12:30pm EDT (Yes, it is delayed 30 minutes)
Meeting  RSVP: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/63038677161374212
Webinar ID: 441-216-403

Speaker: Victor Brewer

"The use of drones in the construction has been steadily on the rise over the past several years and will only intensify as the current state of technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. 

Victor Brewer noticed an increasing need for the use of drones in the construction industry and entered the market with his company Aerial Image Solutions and set out to provide Owners, Architects, Engineers, and Contractors with advanced technology that can assist in design and delivery of all project types. 

Each of the following members joined CSI in July. CSINext is please to congratulate the follow CSI members on their continued membership.

• 1 Years - Kim Ki Young, MA, CSI, CDT
• 12 Years - Thad Goodman, CSI, CDT
• 16 Years - Steven Lawrey, CSI, CCS, CCPR, CCCA, AIA, LEED AP

Greetings! We will be conducting our May Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Adopting Lean Principles, Methodologies, and Practices in the Construction Industry: Observations on Challenges, Considerations, and Possible Approaches" Presented by Alex Johnson with Newforma. Mark your calendars for June 8th at 12:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

In less than 2 months, CSINext (and CSI) will be having a changing of the guards. When I was on the Institutes Nominating committee we had a large pool to draw from. At the there must have been 300+ names. However, it is always a challenge for the chapter to fill the slate. But once again we have found our board for FY17. If you have some extra time and want to enrich your CSI experience, I do encourage you to reach out to the CSINext board and see what can be done. But we do want to thank those who have stepped up to the plate...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” this is the opening sentence from “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. But you may be asking yourself, what does this have to do with CSI, construction or the internet? Everything and nothing, as I reflect on when I became in Institute Director 10 years ago (yep, July 1, 2006) it was a trial by fire and the boards first attempt to do a comprehensive revision to governance and its bylaws.

Greetings! We will be conducting our May Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "He Said, She Said (Managing Contract Issues)" Presented by Wayne Seiler, PSP with Construction Process Solutions Ltd. Mark your calendars for May11th at 12:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Greetings! We will be conducting our April Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Flex the Specs" Presented by Vivian Volz, AIA, CSI, SCIP, CCS, LEED AP BD+C who is the Principal Specifier and President of VVAS. Mark your calendars for April 13th at 12:00pm EDT. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

Greetings! We will be conducting our March Chapter Meeting and the presentation will be "Why the Fuss over Volume Solids" Presented by Johnathan Meany, CSI - Behr Paint Architectural Representative. Mark your calendars for March 9th at 12:00pm EST. We look forward to having you attend this free webinar, register today as space is limited!

CSINext continues to look for ways to expand and meet the ever changing needs of Social media. While we have all of the stuff of a traditional chapter (meetings, newletters, board, etc). We don't want to loose focus of our mission. Bridging the gap between members, the industry and social media. With that we are please to announce the CSINext Discussion Groups.