First Quarter 2008 NEAWI activities

In the first quarter of 2008, NEAWI has had two programs, open to members and their guests:

• Employment Practices Liability, January 23rd
• Hardware + LEEDS = Sustainability Success, March 26th

We've also encouraged our members to look at some events and programs by related organizations; you can see these listed on our links page (here).

There are two new members of NEAWI this quarter, one active/manufacturer and one associate/supplier:

• Millwork One, of Cranston, RI
  
• Bellows Products LLC, of Narragansett, RI

A warm welcome to our new members, and we look forward to your participation!

In addition to our new members, 19 of our members have updated their member profile pages during the first three months of the year. The active/manufacturer members with updated profiles are:

• C W Keller & Associates, of Plaistow, NH
• Chamberlain Co., Salem, NH
  
• Colonial Woodworking, of Bradford, NH
• Fairfield County Millwork, of Bethany, CT
• Herrick & White, Ltd., of Cumberland, RI
• J H Klein Wassink, Concord, MA
  
• Kaufman Woodworking, of Torrington, CT
• Kenyon Woodworking, of Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA
  
• Mark Richey Woodworking, of Newburyport, MA
• Procraft Corporation, of New Boston, NH
• Wright Architectural Millwork, of Northampton, MA

The associate/supplier members with updated profiles are:

• Architectural Millwork Installers, of Holland, MA
• Berkshire Veneer Co., of Great Barrington, MA
• B H Davis, of Grosvenordale, CT
  
• CCB Inc. Construction Services, of Westbrook, ME
• Carman and Company, Burlington, MA
• Delmac Machinery Group, Westford, MA
• Jacks Custom Woodworking, of Woburn, MA
  
• Keiver - Willard Lumber, Newburyport, MA

These updates are most welcome; compared to the 19 this quarter, there were 11 member profile updates in all of 2007.

One of the other features of the new NEAWI web site is the member gallery of the work of the active members, both on the member's own profile page, and as part of a site-wide gallery (and rotated through the home page of the site). So far, 12 members have contributed pictures to the galleries, and we hope to see many more (use the Update Profile link on your profile page, to see instructions on how to submit images for the gallery).

Another feature of the new web site is a "Member's Bulletin Board", a membership benefit where members can post their own comments, news, classified ads, etc., and read the posts of other members. To read or post to that bulletin board, you have to sign up by responding to an invitation email. (If you're a member of NEAWI, and wish to receive this invitation, please email the webmaster.) So far, there have been 13 posts (articles or comments) to this bulletin board - we need more people signed up and contributing to make this discussion area a success.

Our new web site went "live" in early January. This new design is due to Veronica Ward, of Powder Springs (Atlanta), GA, and was implemented by her and the NEAWI webmaster, Charles McElwain, of Somerville, MA. Peter Kaufman and Dave Kenyon (for the NEAWI web site committee and the membership committee, respectively) also contributed to this design.

Thanks to all who attended the NEAWI programs, and to all who have been contributing to the new web site.