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2008 HIGHLIGHTS
MEMBERSHIP GREW FROM SEVEN TO NINE
Aubrey Brick and Claystone; Chambers Brick; Huttash
Brick Sales; Metro Brick and Stone; Packer Brick, Inc.; Southwest Brick
and Fireplace; Sunbelt Brick-added Clay Structures and Master Brick.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP REMAINED STEADY AT SEVEN
Claystone; Holcim, Inc; RK Holmes Co; Snyder Brick;
Triton Materials; TXI; Santa Clara Brick Co.
PROMOTING THE USE OF BRICK
( Total Expenses of $19,000)
a) Full page Distributor Ad in Greater Ft.Worth HBA
Spring Tour of Homes Magazine ( Tarrant )
b) Full page Thin Brick/Thin Stone Ad in Greater Dallas
HBA Parade of Homes Magazine (Collin)
c) Full page Thin Brick/Thin Stone Ad in Fort Worth, TX
Magazine ( Tarrant)
d) Full page slide and half page Green Brick ad as joint
sponsor of Greater Dallas HBA Installation Banquet (Dallas)
e) Full page back cover Green Brick ad in Greater Dallas
HBA Newspaper ( Dallas-Collin-Denton-Rockwall-Ellis)
PROMOTING CORDIAL RELATIONS
a) Sponsored lunch to meet with Dennis Knautz/ACME
Brick; Shelly Ross/BORAL Brick; Rudy Garza/BIA-Southwest Executive
Director to explore membership in BIA-Southwest
b) Invited participation in DFW Brick Council by Mexican
brick manufacturers-Santa Clara joined.
SAFEGAURDING THE INDUSTRY
a) Explored ways to work with Brick Industry Association
at national and regional level
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATION OF MEMBERS
a) Thin Brick Seminar by Marion Ceramics Feb. 28th in
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