Summer Meeting Recap At Amelia Island
Thank you to all that attended the CFA Summer Meeting at Amelia Island. Although our meetings and activities were scaled back to save cost for both CFA and the attendees I believe it was a successful and educational meeting, plus we had ample time for networking which is the most important aspect of CFA and the meetings.
The education was excellent and covered topics from green building to banking in these trying times. We had numerous presentations given by CFA members that I found to be relevant for all of us. Thank you to all the speakers. For those of you, who could not make the meeting, believe me we understand. Let’s hope that the housing economy improves and we can have a bigger meeting in Missouri next year.
The highlight of the summer meeting was the Bob Sawyer Award presented to Barry Herbert. This is CFA’s highest award and is only given to people who have given of themselves in extraordinary ways back to CFA, our membership and has helped to improve our industry.
Barry embodies all of these characteristics; he is the ultimate family man, entrepreneur and active CFA member. Barry is a past president and board member of CFA and has chaired various committees. Most importantly, he has always been willing to share his ideas, programs, procedures and technology with other CFA members. I consider him the “Father of the Geodimeter” used for the residential foundation industry. I believe it has been approximately 17 years ago that my father (Gary Bromley) and I traveled to Michigan to visit Barry and his company to investigate this new technology called the Geodimeter that Barry has used on a daily basis. Barry and his family spent the day showing us how the machine worked and how it saved them time and money. We left there in awe. We bought a Geodimeter the following week. That one day with Barry changed our company dramatically for the better.
Thank you Barry Herbert you truly deserve the Bob Sawyer Award and thank you to your family. You are a great friend to CFA, CFA members and myself.
Dan Bromley, CFA President, ABI Corporation
