Just got back from Kansas City, Mo., and the Glass Association of North America’s Fall Conference and I just wanted to share a few observations from the meeting:
Was one of many thrilled to see Greg Carney at this meeting. He was quite the man of the hour …
Got a nice chance to chat with Henry Gorry (ask him about his tennis injury). We went to a favorite topic of travel when he mentioned that Guardian might be considering a second site in Russia for manufacturing glass, in addition to its facility in Ryazan …
Heard an interesting conversation regarding the soon-to-be-completed Protective Glazing Manual – print, digital (i.e. CD) or both? Good question – what’s your preference? …
Was happy to touch base with Rick Kalson during the meeting regarding our new Contract Glazing Site. This means some great new updates from that site coming soon on USGNN.com …
Governor Parkinson did a terrific job on his presentation before this group. Each of the Energy Seminar presenters provided a lot of interesting information, but I was pleased that the governor seemed not only knowledgeable about the audience to whom he was presenting but very passionate on the topic of renewable energy …
GANA executive VP Bill Yanek noted yesterday morning that there were more than 120 participants at the Fall Conference, even more than last year. Considering during Glass Week we were hearing this annual event might simply be a webinar, it seems the membership really supported the great benefit of these meetings. Kudos again to the staff at GANA for making all this happen …
There were oohs and aahs during the Decorative Division meeting when a photo of division chair Kris Vockler’s beautiful new baby boy were projected on the screen. Looks like she had a great excuse for missing this meeting. Congratulations, Kris, and we look forward to seeing you in March …
Can’t believe how many information bulletins are poised to come out of this group. I’m sure there will be plenty of updates by the time we get to the next big meeting, Glass Week, set for March at the Paris Las Vegas. Looking forward to seeing everyone there …
In the meantime, folks, keep an eye on USGNN.com as we’re coming closer to the November issue of USGlass, with its special GANA supplement. We’re cooking up some good ways to get everyone involved and you can expect a request for submissions to come out soon.
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