World Workplace News Anita Landwehr with Innovative Interiors will be hosting a Happy Hour for the Austin attendees at World Workplace in Salt Lake City on Monday, October 18, 2004 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Little American Hotel & Towers on 500 South Main Street in the Sports Bar. Should you wish to attend, please call at 835-1184.

October 14 Meeting - Frost Bank Tower (Members only for this tour, please) Meeting start time: 11:30 a.m. sharp Meet at: McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant in Frost Bank Tower, 401 North Congress Park: In attached parking garage. Bring ticket to restaurant for validation. Parking will cost $2.00 if ticket validated. Program: Overview (while we eat lunch) of project by Tim Carson, Engineer, who will also lead our tour. Facts:  * The Plaza totals 433,024 rsf on 20 floors, Total of 33 floors  * Total height 515 feet, 9 inches tall and is the tallest in Austin, 1.6 acres  * The silvery-blue glass facade has only been used once on one other building in the world - the Reuters Bldg. in NY  * Materials in the crown alone cost 1.5 million  * Over 200,000 sq. ft. of glass was used in the facade of the tower; 45,000 sq. ft. of glass was used in the crown  * State-of-the-art lighting system incorporating electronic ballasts & T-8 lamps  * Bldg. is served by a chilled water system with 3 water cooled Trane chillers totaling 1,350 tons. Return air is circulated through the fluorescent lighting fixtures. After-hours control of the HVAC system using telephone dial-up system.  * Parking is an attached 8-level parking garage for tenant contract and visitors  * The bldg. has 6 Dover high-speed passenger elevators, with cherry wood and brushed stainless steel interiors. One additional passenger elevator services the 19th and 20th floors. The bank has 2 traction Dover elevators. There is one freight elevator servicing 9th through 19th floors, and two garage elevators service the 1st through 8th floors.  * The bldg includes- Frost Bank, deli, conference rooms, workout facility, on-site management, 24-hour security, mailroom, overnight drop boxes, discount movie tickets  * Owner-Developer-Property Management-Cousins Properties  * Architect HKS, Design Architect Duda/Paine Architects  * General Contractor-Constructors & Associates Cost: $20 for lunch, plus $2.00 for parking if validated. When you RSVP for the October 14th meeting, please include your choice of meal. This will save time and hopefully simplify the process. If no lunch is selected, the Chicken Breast Scampi Style will be pre-ordered for you. Your choices are as follows: Cashew Crusted Tilapia Served with Jamaican Vanilla Rum Sauce and Rice Idaho Rainbow Trout With Bourbon Pecan Butter and Mashed Potatoes Seafood Cobb Salad Bay Shrimp, Bay Scallops, Crab, Bacon and Blue Cheese Chicken Breast "Scamp Style" Over Linguini Pasta and Fresh Roma Tomatoes Grilled Vegetable Platter Fresh seasonal vegetables with roasted potatoes Petrale Sole Paresan Served with Lemon Segments, Fied Capers and Beurre Blanc Romano Chicken Salad Greek Style Salad and White Balsamic Dressing Seafood Fettuccinne Bay Scallops and Gulf Shrimp with Alfredo Sauce Oven Roasted Atlantic Salmon Cedar Plank Roasted, Served with Raspberry Butter Sauce See you there! Members RSVP by 11 October to rsvpifma@yahoo.com

September 9th Luncheon Meeting  Austin Energy Day! Kelly Burris introduced our speakers—Susie Cummings and John Luden from Austin Energy. Susie touched briefly on deregulation and outage liability. She indicated that Austin Energy assumes NO liability during outages and that all buildings should have backup generators. Susie also mentioned that older buildings were not built to handle the load demands of offices today. If anyone is interested on getting on their mass mailing list, she will be glad to add your name to the mailing list. John Luden is Austin Energy’s resident Conservation Program Rebate Expert. He gave an enlightening presentation on how to save money. Some of the ideas included: Use compact fluorescent lights to save kilowatt—they are good for 10,000 hours. They come in all shapes and sized. You may need to go to a specialty light bulb store to find certain sizes. If you are going to relamp your facility, you should change all the bulbs at the same time once the bulb life has reached 75% of its expected life. John mentioned that rebates could be obtained by installing white roofs, new air conditioning units, replacing motors, installing solar units, adding roof insulation; installing chillers, etc. Austin Energy is selectively going to increase rebates by 20% in the next year (starting October 2004 and ending in March 2005. Each time someone upgrades to the more efficient products, they have less energy demands to purchase. Feel free to visit their website at www.austinenergy.com.

Opening for an Account Manager

National Association of Purchasing Management  Austin Chapter presents:  Best Practices for Negotiations and Contracting Supply managers spend a substantial amount of time negotiating contracts and tackling matters related to contracts. This satellite seminar explores leading-edge ways to enhance the effectiveness of negotiating and contracting by focusing on the dynamic relationship between these activities. Discover strategies to enhance your organizational processes for negotiations and contract management, analyze team roles and essential elements of an effective negotiation, and learn how to draft and manage contracts to meet your organization's objectives. Date Thursday, October 21, 2004 Location UT Thompson Center (Room TBD) Time 9:00 am—1:30 pm Break 11:00 am—11:30 am Lunch provided Cost Non Members: $25.00 payable to NAPM-Austin

One of the member benefits: A useful network of professional contacts

Editor’s Note: Kelly Burris correct e-mail address is: Kelly.burris.bqp6@statefarm.com We regret the error and any inconvenience this may have caused.

New Members this summer Raymond Clark Sales Representative Texas Media Systems Jorge Alvarado Facilities Administrator 3M Company Amber Gunn Account Executive CPS Security Solutions Erin Whalen Marketing Director Southpro Restoration Services Robert Undeutsch Comm. Account Rep. Aaron Rents Vincent Devine Support Services Manager Texas Lottery Commission Joseph Latteo Facilities Director Williamson County Janice Selph Regional Sales Manager Aaron Corporate Furnishings Shane Green Supervisor In Star Services Group Barry Peterson Chief Engineer Transwestern Commercial Services

 

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death. The question?....What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first. The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewerage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life. He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden, but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.