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UMCA Meeting Recap- General Meeting at Division Brewery - January 9th

Elizabeth Graves — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 21:58:13 GMT

Great Turnout &Tasty Beer for the First Meeting of 2024

Almost 50 folks enjoyed tacos and awesome beer and we had some great discussions including the following topics:

Legal Minute from Spike Cutler

2023 Highlights
- In case you or your team missed the meeting. Download it here: UMCA- 2023 By the Numbers- 2024 Update and Events.pdf

Preview of New UMCA Website
- Coming soon
- Includes new features such as online payment, blogs, event registrations, member portal, etc.

Update on Workforce Development
- Adopt-a-School
- Multiple schools, including Dallas ISD and Fort Worth have committed to teaching Masonry 1, 2, and 3 curriculum in the next school year
Update and News from TMC including
- IDEA Committee- advancing education for architects and engineers to promote Masonry Construction
- TMC Midyear Meeting- Masonry Summit and Hall of Fame- College Station- March 20-21
- TMC Convention- Westin Stonebriar- Frisco, TX- September 4-6

What's coming in 2024
- Check out the presentation for the great things coming this year to UMCA here: UMCA- 2023 By the Numbers- 2024 Update and Events.pdf
- - The New Website with Registration will be out soon for these events.
  - Please always refer to the website for the most current events and registration vs the PDF attached here:
- Stay tuned on BIG Events in 2024 such as the following by going to the UMCA Events Calendar:
  - Top Golf Event
  - Spring and Fall Golf
  - UMCA Family Day Bricklaying and Masonry Contest
  - 2024 Golden Trowel Banquet
  - Teacher Appreciation Night- Rangers VS Astros
  - Contractor and Architect Education Sessions
  - Holiday Party
  - Masonry Days and Workforce Development Events
  - And MORE great things to come!!!

UMCA General Meeting TONIGHT- Tuesday, January 9th at Division Brewery!

Elizabeth Graves — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Division Brewery

506 E Main St

Arlington, TX 76010

Contractor Meeting- 5:00pm

General Meeting- 6:00pm

This will be our UMCA Annual Meeting and we will talk about the following:

2023 Accomplishments
Announce 2024 Board of Directors
Great events planned for 2024
Update on Workforce Development- including Adopt a School Program
Masonry School Update
Announcing- Masonry Family Day and Bricklaying Competition
Update on Architectural Outreach
Announcing- Hall of Fame and 50th Anniversary Planning for 2025

We've Moved- Please update your Records & Accounts Payable

Elizabeth Graves — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:40:38 GMT

NEW MAILING ADDRESS:

PO Box 148

Hamilton, TX 76531

NEW PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

323 South Rice St.

Hamilton, TX 76531

Welcome to 2024, UMCA!!!

Elizabeth Graves — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:39:29 GMT

Happy New Year from UMCA!!!

Dear UMCA Members,

As we celebrate the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, I'm reminded of the many things great things that UMCA has accomplished over the past 12 months. We continue to be a leader in Workforce Development and have made great strides to start getting more masonry wall-share, in addition to educating our membership through meetings and education sessions.

Although 2023 was one for the records, we are gearing up for an even better year in 2024.

We invite all of you to join us to get a highlight of our accomplishments of 2023 and the great events that we have planned for our membership in 2024 at our General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 9th at Division Brewery (see information and registration below).

Thank you for your continued support and passion for the masonry industry. I can't wait to see you all there and enjoy a drink together to ring in the new year.

Cheers to 2024!!!

- Liz Graves

See the full email link here.