CREW Detroit May 2008 e-news

12^th annual CREW Detroit Golf Outing

Date: Tuesday, June 24

Time: 8:30 a.m. – registration and continental breakfast; 10 a.m. – shotgun start

Location: Fox Hills, 8768 North Territorial Road, Plymouth, 734.453.7272

Cost: $175 – includes golf, cart, breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner; $35 – happy hour and dinner only; $10 to “rent a ringer” (details below)

Register: online or at www.crewdetroit.org by June 17

Major sponsors: Schostak Brothers & Company; Bank of America; SSOE, Inc.; Jones Lang LaSalle; Turner Construction Company; Jaffee Rait Heuer & Weiss PC; Motor city Electric; ISCG; Haworth; Charter One Bank

Rent-a-ringer for charity at June 24 CREW golf outing

New at this year’s CREW Detroit golf outing: CREW’s Rent-A-Ringer program lets golfers pay $10 to have a “ringer” take a shot for them at the tee or green of non-prize hole. Proceeds will benefit the ringer's charity of choice or they can be allocated to CREW's charities of choice: Alternatives for Girls (AFG) and CREW Foundation. Golfers can pre-purchase tickets (for use with any ringer) online (https://www.registrationfactory.com/v3/?EventUUID=0B130EA0) or at Fox Hills on June 24, or pay a ringer $10 on the course. More details and a list of ringers here (http://www.crewdetroit.org/golfringer.htm).

2008 Impact Awards entries due June 30

The CREW Detroit Impact Awards’ 2008 call for entries is underway. New this year is a special recognition award given to deserving new or redevelopment project smaller than 50,000 square feet.

Submit your successful projects completed between Jan. 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, by returning the intent-to-enter form in the call for entries, available online (http://www.crewdetroit.org/docs/08IAcall.pdf) or arriving soon in your mail. For additional printed copies of the call for entries brochure, contact Norma Beuter at beuter@comcast.net

Nominating Committee Needs You

It’s time to start thinking about CREW Detroit leadership for 2009 and beyond. We are looking for volunteers to serve on the 2008 Nominating Committee, chaired by CREW Detroit’s Immediate Past President, Carol Ann Arvan of FX Architecture. We are also looking for CREW Detroit members interested in serving on the 2009 board.

The Nominating Committee will review the list of all submitted nominees, then interview candidates, deliberate and compose the 2009 slate of officers and directors between early July and early August. It is anticipated the committee will only hold one meeting the week of July 7, and will communicate via phone and email during the balance of the one-month period.

Please note Nominating Committee members will not be considered for an open CREW Detroit board position. If you are interested in joining the Nominating Committee or in submitting your name or someone else for consideration as a 2009 officer or director, please contact Carol Ann Arvan at 248.586.0336 or caa@wowway.com by June 23rd.

BOMA Detroit offers CREW members discount for May 15 program

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of metro Detroit invites CREW Detroit members to attend its May 15 breakfast program, “The Y in the road: A map for the emerging workforce,” at Pi in Southfield. CREW members may register at the BOMA member rate of $40, a $20 discount. Tracy Wymer, Knoll senior director of research, strategy & media, will present results from Knoll’s yearlong study examining Generation Y and the workplace. The event kicks off with registration at 8 a.m.; view more details here (http://www.bomadet.org/pdfs/05-15-2008%20Generations.pdf)

New quarterly "Breakfast with the Board" networking

CREW Detroit’s board is introducing a series of informal breakfast networking meetings hosted CREW Detroit board members. The CREW Detroit membership has been assigned to board members according to their work locations. Each board member will host quarterly breakfast networking sessions with this group of members, as a way of getting to know each other and finding ways to support each other. It's also an opportunity for board members to hear directly from CREW members about what's working and what's not working, so that together we can grow the organization. Please join us!

Upcoming communication deadlines:

2^nd quarter newsletter: May 12 – copy due; May 19 – issue sent

June e-news: June 2 – copy due; June 4 – blast sent

July e-news: June 30 – copy due; July 1 – blast sent

August e-news: Aug. 4 – copy due; Aug. 6 – blast sent

3^rd quarter newsletter: Aug. 11 – copy due; Aug. 18 – issue sent

Please send all news/photos to Ann Tappan, communications committee, ann@writettpoint.com or fax: 248.646.4318