March 2018 newsletter 
Meeting reminder
Our March chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the Embassy Suites on Verdea Boulevard from 11:30am-1:00pm. This month's program is a presentation on BMW's solar power initiative.
CLICK HERE to register or read details.
Description of presentation:
Solar power panels can be seen from the Interstate. Have you wondered what those panels power? What were the decisions behind installing solar power? What were the challenges with this project installation? Cleve will speak on the solar power initiative at BMW.
You don’t know what you don’t know!
“If facility managers do not budget time to learn, then they will continue to run around and stomp out fires. Eventually, the fires will consume them.”
-Winston Anderson, CFM & Upstate SC member since 2006
Annual Golf Tournament
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR OUR
2018 ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
at
The Cliffs Valley
Click here for more details
Click here for sponsor information and registration packet.
This year's charity recipient is
Bring a FM guest contest
THE UPSTATE SC CHAPTER OF IFMA's BOARD ANNOUNCES
"BRING A FM GUEST" CONTEST
Bring an FM guest to a chapter meeting between January-May to be entered into a drawing that will take place in June.
GRAND PRIZE $ 100.00
Remember first time guests receive free lunches. Email the chapter administrator for the free lunch code coupon.
Each month we will focus on particular markets. For the March meeting, bring a FM guest from a local college, university, higher learning institution or school district to receive two entries into the drawing. Click here for a list of area learning institutions.
Need a flyer to hand out to FM prospects? Click here to print your personal supply!
REQUEST A FREE LUNCH COUPON OR REGISTER YOUR GUEST.
Calendar of Events
March 8, 2018-Chapter Meeting-BMW Solar Power Initiative by Cleve Beaufort of BMW Manufacturing Corporation. This meeting will be held at Embassy Suites located at 670 Verdea Boulevard from 11:30am-1:00 pm. Open to all/First time visitors are free of charge
March 15, 2018-After hours networking-Leverage Your Beverage-Palmetto Ale House of Pelham Road 4:00pm-6:00pm Pay your own way Members only and invited guests
March 22, 2018-Associates Networking Luncheon-Logans Roadhouse at 53 Beacon Drive, Greenville. 11:30am-1:00pm Lunch on your own. Members only
April 12, 2018-Chapter Meeting-Facilities Round Table by Winston Anderson of Piedmont Mechanical. This meeting will be held at Embassy Suites located at 670 Verdea Boulevard from 11:30am-1:00 pm. Open to all/First time visitors are free of charge
May 10, 2018-Chapter Meeting-How to Network by Dale Carnegie Institute. This meeting will be held at Embassy Suites located at 670 Verdea Boulevard from 11:30am-1:00 pm. Open to all/First time visitors are free of charge
May 22, 2018-Annual Charity Golf Tournament held at The Cliffs Valley. Registration now open! Click here for sponsorship information and registration packet.
Chapter meetings will be held from 11:30am-1pm at the Embassy Suites located at 670 Verdae Boulevard unless otherwise stated.
For local events - watch the chapter calendar at www.upstateifma.org. And be sure to check the headquarters website for even more events, conferences, courses and webinars. Click http://ifma.org/events
If you have an idea for a future program or would like to host a Levage Your Beverage, please contact April Morris. If you have an idea for a future tour or social event, please contact April Morris or Jennifer Plourde.
Welcome New Members
Welcome our new member!
MARIA FERGUSON-student at Winthrop
KENNETH PAGE-Bonitz
JAMIE BUTLER-Landmark Landscapes
MELISSA ZAK WALSER-Jacobs, Inc.
ZACK PIPKIN-Timberland, Inc.
Thank you for renewing your membership:
STAN THORNTON-S&ME
DOUG WILLIAMS-Peace Center
2018 Chapter Sponsors
BIG THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 CHAPTER SPONSORS!
PLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS
GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
Social Media
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We have new sites for our social media being managed by Ryan Anders of Schneider Tree Care.
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IFMA ENGAGE
IFMA unveiled a new and enhanced online discussion and document sharing platform called Engage. The site allows you to easily interact and communicate online, so you can continue conversations and make new professional connections with colleagues in the facility management industry.
Click here to learn more or register as a user.