IFMA/Austin ChapterEducational Luncheon
Cool
River Cafe
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It
starts with empty space, where nothing is fixed in place.
Flexibility is built right in to the floor, the walls and finally the
furniture. Flexibility that sees 20
new employees working at computers, where last week there were ten.
Flexibility that changes a workstation into a boardroom overnight. Flexibility that makes a space adapt to the ever-changing
needs of its inhabitants. We call
it Constructive Solutions and it’s changed the way the world creates office
environments. Constructive
Solutions is a building process used
to build out a creative working environment today, next month and next year. How
is this done and what are the issues that must be addressed that leads to these
solutions:
Quality
of Environment – Crucial to job satisfaction, productivity and morale.
Flexibility
– From the ceiling to the electrical and data infrastructure in the floor.
Efficient
Use of Space
– Reclaim valuable real estate, one of the highest costs for any business.
Environmental Responsibility
– Re-use products that offer built in sustainability.
Technology
– Respond quickly to the constant innovations in internet, telephony and
communications technology.
Bottom
Line –
Initial costs that are the same or less than conventional construction. Reduce reconfiguration costs and eliminate future downtime
and For reservations Email or Phone Jim Coles @ 329.6785
There are only 50 seats in our
room at Cool River. |
BEST PRACTICES RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM
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October Meeting
What does drinking Margaritas and eating great food by a steaming cauldron and having your cards read by candle light have to do with participating in an IFMA community event? Just ask any of the 91 people who attended our event last Thursday, October 26th. We all ate, drank, danced and made merry. Everyone there had a blast while they helped to raise just under $5000.00 for our charities. We will be presenting the money to Hope for Kids and Safeplace at our Christmas party!
And boy was this thing documented! I saw people taking photos
with digital,
It was definitely a win/win for everyone involved! I would like to thank our partygoers, our sponsors and most of all the volunteers who met for numerous lunches and happy hours to make this thing such a great success! Since the party, I got a call from Diana Brast, one of our members at Tivoli Systems. She couldn’t make the party but she wanted to contribute, so she mailed in a check. It gave me the idea to suggest that anyone who shares Diana’s sentiment can send a tax-deductible check written to Safeplace or Hope for Kids to Jim Cole or Nancy Payne. Or, better yet, you can bring your donation to the next meeting, November 16th at Cool River Café, “An Unconventional Approach to Constructing an Intelligent Building”.
Respectfully submitted by More pictures |
Anyone could see that our guests had healthy self-esteems as almost everyone
came as celebrities. We saw the handsome and the beautiful, dressed as Jungle
traveler, wild punk rock stars, Aussies, Loretta Lynn, Cleopatra and Zena. Yes,
there were a few scary ghouls but even they looked authentically great.
instant and 35 mm cameras. So, I not only got to see what they did, I got the
negatives too!!! Another benefit I saw everyone taking advantage of was all the
great deal from the Silent Auction i.e. Baskets valued between $250.00 and
$600.00 were sold off for a fourth of their value.
This is the only community event IFMA is doing this year, so I encourage you
to please add something to the kitty ($5.00 - $20.00 +) so we can
go
over our $5000.00 charitable contribution.
There will also be one last chance to bid on a couple of baskets from the
Halloween silent auction. They will be on display before lunch. We will need to
finalize this part of the function the day of the meeting, So we will be doing
business on a cash- (or check)-and-carry basis as soon as our speaker finishes.
I do not want to distract from the seminar, so let’s be discreet.
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Just The “FACS” Safety Notes How to Survive a Heart Attack when Alone
Let's
say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an
unusually hard day on the job. You're
really tired, upset and frustrated.
Suddenly
you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into
your arm and up into your jaw. You
are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home, unfortunately you
don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
What can you do? You've
been
trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to
perform it on yourself.
Since
many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed in
order.) Without help, the person
whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint has only about
10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However,
these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be
deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let
up until help arrives, or until the heart is to be beating normally again.
Deep
breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and
keep the blood circulating. The
squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.
In this way, heart attack victims can get
to a hospital.
Tell
as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!
From
Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240's newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON ... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)
Provided
by JR |
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Make sure your facilities are ADA—compliant!
Accessible Playgrounds The Access Board has published new accessibility guidelines for newly built or altered play areas under the ADA. These guidelines cover access issues for play areas provided by schools, parks and childcare facilities. The new guidelines are published as a Final Rule. It is anticipated that they will be incorporated into the ADAAG revisions that are expected sometime in late 2001. Among the areas addressed are the number of components that must be accessible, the requirements for accessible surfaces and ramps, and the specifications for transferring disabled individuals onto elevated structures. If you are installing a new play area or renovating one, you may want to consult these new guidelines as a reference. When the Department of Justice (DOJ) incorporates them into the revised ADAAG, they will become the ADA standard. To get a free copy of the guideline you can call (800) 872-2253 and request publication S-39.
Office Chairs Ergonomic chair designs have improved accessibility options by allowing users to accommodate various mobility disabilities. All chair manufacturers have improved both the range of styles and the options available for users. A new product takes chair design a step further and makes the office chair user-friendly for blind or visually impaired individuals. The new version of the Leap chair from Steelcase provides molded tactile Braille designators on the adjustment controls of the chair. And the accompanying adjustment instructions are available in both Braille and large type. This chair offers a design solution for any visually impaired employees. From a planning perspective, it provides a way to integrate this accommodation into your chair standards.
Snow and Sand Winter is coming & inclement weather presents unique difficulties for maintaining accessible facilities. Parking lots seem to be a haven for snow-related difficulties. In addition to the general problem of maintaining a safe walking surface, snowplowing procedures often create problems. After a major snowstorm, it is common to find snow piled high in the handicapped parking space(s) and/or the access aisle. This makes them unavailable for use by disabled individuals. In addition, sand barrels are sometimes located in the access aisle or on the accessible path to a building entrance. Although this may be a convenient location for many people, it obstructs the accessible route needed by disabled individuals. These are both examples of accessibility barriers that your maintenance, facilities or public works staff can avoid easily with a bit of planning.
Provided by Ed Garcia |
Bob Payne
You are invited to the IFMA - Austin
Holiday Party
Wednesday, December 13, 2000
6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Embassy Suites
5901 North IH-35 @290 (Beside the Texas Land and Cattle Steak
House)
Ticket price is $25.00 per person. Dinner and Dancing
RSVP needed by December 10, 2000 to
IFMAaust@aol.com
The Austin IFMA Chapter Meetings will
fall on the dates listed below which is usually the 2nd Thursday of each month.
Jan 13
Feb 10
Mar 9
Apr 13
May 18
Jun 8
Y2K... What problem
Space-Smart Moves
Do you need an AED
Emergency Planning Guide;
Golf Tournament
Austin Energy
July 13
Aug 10
Sep 14
Oct 12
Nov 16
Dec 13
Round Rock Express
Evening meeting at SAS
Glin
Jay @ Cool River
IFMA Halloween
Ken Kirk @ Cool River
Christmas Party
Programs to be announced via e-mail,
but update your calendar program now.