Anita Landwehr

• Announced Guests

Martha Horlander

• Requested members to donate goodie bag and/or door prize items for the Golf Tournament

• Recommended that IFMA-Austin select a National Council for networking purposes. As a council member, they will provide us with a council member list for resource information. Kathryn will provide membership tidbits at each monthly meeting.

• Announced that CEU's would be provided in the next fiscal year for each IFMA-Austin meeting. Certificates will be at the front desk. Be sure to pick one up before you leave the meeting.
• Note: If you were not at the last meeting and didn't get your certificate for the February program by Greenguard, they will be at door at the April meeting as well. If you can't attend, please contact Robin by e-mail to receive your certificate (rconnolly@utsystem.edu).
• Announced the topic for the March meeting: Managing Structural and Landscape Pests (just in time for summer!).

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Sign up now for our 8th Annual IFMA Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held on Monday, March 27, 2006 at the Hills Country Club in Lakeway. The day begins with a 12:30 p.m. scramble (lunch provided for players) and ends with the awards dinner immediately following the tournament.

Your participation in this event will support the Austin Children's Shelter and your local Austin IFMA Chapter.

WE STILL NEED PLAYERS - Sign up now to reserve your spot!

Glenda Stubbs asked everyone to consider becoming a sponsor for the golf tournament. Plenty of slots were still available. The Gold Sponsorship and 40 slots are still available, and the golf date is rapidly approaching! If you are interested, she needs the information by March 15, 2006! Goodie bag stuffing session will be held at National Instruments, Building B on Thursday evening.

In February, Julian, from the Austin Children's Shelter thanked everyone for selecting their charity this year. The shelter assists children who have been abused, neglected and deprived. They also teach coping skills while helping them to rebuild their lives. Check out the IFMA Austin Website (IFMA-Austin.org) or e-mail me for the forms.

If you have questions, please contact me at Glenda.stubbs@SBCglobal.net or call (512) 335-1482.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND TOURS

Upcoming tour - save the date! Austin's Emergency Operation's Center (EOC) will be on May 24, 2006, 3:30 PM. Location is east on 51st and turn right on Old Manor Road. This is a joint event with the Association of contingency planners (ACP)

Nisa Kostecka announced that Kelly Nunn with Dell, Inc. has agreed to be our speaker at the April luncheon:

Facilities Management Information System (FMIS) 
Presented by Kelly B. Nunn, 
Global Facilities Systems Manager, Dell, Inc.

IFMA-Austin invites you to join us at our April 13 luncheon to learn more about Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and how it feeds into an overall Facilities Information Management System (FMIS). Kelly Nunn will demonstrate how each facilities department function interacts with the overall FMIS and how each department function can benefit from automated, distributed reporting. He will also go over how the correct implementation of a CMMS application can help benchmark yourself against best-of-breed industry standards!

Common missteps of trying to launch a new application will be discussed. Participants will learn how to identify which path is best for you: outsource or in-source.

Where:	Embassy Suites Hotel at I-35 North & 290 East
When:	Thursday, April 13, 2006.11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost:	Members $20, Non-members $25

RSVP: rsvpifma@yahoo.com

Kelly B. Nunn is the Global Facilities Systems Manager for Dell, Inc. located in Round Rock, Texas and manages an international team primarily located in India. He is specifically in charge of insuring all associated facilities software and applications are operating accordingly and instep with the corporate agenda. Kelly has a bachelor and masters degree in business with a specialization in business operations. Kelly was part owner of a facilities outsourcing and software development firm in Austin, Texas from 1990 to 2001 named BLADE Technologies, Inc. He was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year 4 times and has worked in the Facilities Systems field in central Texas for 18 years. He left the corporate world to be stay at home dad, before joining Dell, Inc. in early 2005. He has lived overseas and is an internationally recognized artist. Feel free to contact him at (info@kellybnunn.com).

MARCH 9 MEETING NOTES

Wizzie Brown received her Bachelor's of Science in entomology from The Ohio State University in 1996. She decided to move to a warmer climate and escape the seemingly longer winters in Ohio and moved to College Station, TX to pursue her Master's degree in Entomology. Wizzie's master thesis work was on tiny, parasitic wasps that lay their eggs in cockroach egg cases. The work was carried out in the rainforest pyramid of Moody Gardens and was a means to control pest cockroaches in interiorscapes. 

After obtaining her master's degree, Wizzie moved a bit further south to Houston and worked for the largest, independently owned pest control company in Texas for three years. While there she wore many hats, from entomologist to accounting manager to quality control manager. In 2002, Wizzie got a position with Texas Cooperative Extension as an IPM agent in the Austin area. She specializes in fire ants and urban pests and works with a variety of audiences. 

Hold on to your stomachs! This lunch and learn covered some pretty creepy critters. Common structural and landscape pests were discussed. Participants learned how to identify various pests as well as biology and management strategies. Some pests covered included cockroaches, pharaoh ants, fire ants, spiders and scorpions. 

Pest Triangle 

Pests need 3 things to survive: 

1) Food 
2) Water 
3) Shelter 

Remove any of the three and the problem goes away!

Integrated Pest Management Program

• Use chemicals as a last resort
• Can provide long term results
• Can change the situation
• Environmentally friendly
• Reduce chemical use
• Proactive as opposed to reactive
• Requires knowledge and skill
• Results are not always immediate

• Not organic, but are the like orange oil, thyme oil
• Breakdown quickly

• More stable than organic

• Contact means the "Application" is absorbed by the body
• Systemic means the "Bait" moves from one place to another

Moths and Beetles

• Have hard front wings with scales

Cockroaches

Are both large and small Love water Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem Use gel, bait, dusts and stations or sprays

Silverfish

• Like starchy materials, magazines, glue
• Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem
• Reduce humidity
• Use baits, sprays and dusts

• Has 2 hairy wings
• Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem
• Use boiling water to control, drain gel or fly lights

• Has 2 wings with hump back
• Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem
• Repair broken tiles and fix wet areas
• Fly lights

• Has 2 wings and log legs
• Lives in greenery
• Do not over water your plants
• Repot your plants
• Soil drench
• Fly lights

• Red eyes, black stripes
• Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem
• Sprays
• Fly lights

• Feed on dead animals
• Dispose of any dead animals, etc.

Bed Bugs

• Small flat wingless that puff-up once fed (feeds on blood)
• Hide in cracks and crevices during the day, feed at night
• Can be behind picture frames, headboard, in the seams of the mattress, etc.
• Causes itching and swelling
• Focus on sanitation to resolve the problem
• Do not recycle mattresses
• Steam clean your mattresses and carpets