LGSEA Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (www.lgsea.com)

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LGSEALight Gauge Steel Engineers
Association(www.lgsea.com)

• Ben Schafer, President LGSEA
• Annual Meeting October 2006

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CFSEICold-Formed Steel Engineers
Institute(www.cfsei.com)

• Ben Schafer, President CFSEI
• Annual Meeting October 2006

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CFSEI Board

• Dave Dunbar
• Jeff Ellis, Vice Pres.
• Jeff Klaiman
• Dick Layding
• Wei Pei, Past Pres.
• Ben Schafer, Pres.
• Tim Waite

some of last years board at Long Beach
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CFSEI Board Focus Areas

• Dave Dunbar
• Jeff Ellis
• Jeff Klaiman
• Dick Layding
• Wei Pei
• Ben Schafer
• Tim Waite

• FL Chapter
• Website
• Marketing
• Newsletter, Online Ed
• SEA Outreach
• Tech Notes
• Strategic Planning Chapter Development

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CFSEI Strategic Planning

• August 15th and 16th, 2006
• CFSEI Board
• Don Allen (CFSEI Secretary)
• Jay Larson (AISI-COFS Liason),
• Larry Williams (SFA),Liza Bowles facilitator
• Two full days of serious work!

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CFSEI Strategic Planning

• Goals
• focus mission,
• establish vision,
• improve and stabilize operation,
• develop a specific plan for coming year and
  future.
• a word about strategic planning...

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not strategic planning
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Mission and vision

• The mission of the CFSEI is To enable and
  encourage aid engineers in the efficient
  structural design of safe and cost effective
  cold-formed steel (CFS) framed structures.
  (Modified)
• The vision of the CFSEI is The CFSEI is
  recognized as the preeminent worldwide technical
  resource for cold-formed steel framing design.
  (NEW!)

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Name

• The name of the organization should reflect the
  mission and vision
• The Board voted for a change prior to the
  meeting, the stickler was, what name?
• The answer, after many hours of discussion SFEC
  the Steel Framing Engineers Council.. no.. that
  did not make things any better we kept working...

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CFSEI

• Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association
• Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute
• An evolution of our name
• Light Gauge vs. Cold-Formed
• reflects the modern language of standards and
  the technical engineering literature, also brings
  us in closer alignment with partner
  organizations.
• Association vs. Institute (vs. Council)
• reflects the changed nature of the organization
  since aligning with SFA. Institute best denotes
  the organizations intended vision. (removes
  confusion with SEAs since we are not a state SEA)

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CFSEI Strategic Planning

• Goals
• focus mission,
• establish vision,
• improve and stabilize operation,
• develop a specific plan for coming year and
  future.
• a word about strategic planning...

operating procedure changes
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Operating Procedure Changes

• focus the mission of CFSEI on engineers,
• establish a vision for CFSEI,
• evolve the name to the Cold-Formed Steel
  Engineers Institute (CFSEI),
• with appropriate safeguards, make it easier for a
  SFA member to affiliate with CFSEI,
• provide a named Board-level liaison to the local
  chapters, and
• improve continuity on the CFSEI Board.
• (approved by SFA Operating Team September 2006)

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Affiliate members

• A new Affiliate Member category has been
  created for non-engineer SFA members who want to
  affiliate with CFSEI.
• Allows local SFA members to align with local
  CFSEI, highly desired for some individuals.
• Helps CFSEI establish a larger base of
  participants and volunteers.
• Affiliate Members may not serve on the Board, and
  may not serve as a committee chairperson.

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Board-level Chapter Liaison

• To better reflect the importance of chapters a
  permanent Board-level position for a chapter
  liaison has been added to the operating
  procedures.
• President appoints a Board member to serve in
  this role.
• Signals to the local chapters that they have a
  permanent stake in the CFSEI Board and a direct
  link to the Board.
• Increasing the interaction between the
  national-level CFSEI activities and the
  local-level CFSEI chapter activities is an
  important need.

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Continuity on the CFSEI Board

• The current structure of complete re-election of
  the Board and its officers creates problems in
  continuity. We have already experienced
  challenges this year.
• Board terms changed to two-years and elections
  staggered so only half the board is new in a
  given year.
• The Vice President takes over for the President,
  and then the President serves as the Immediate
  Past Pres.
• The Vice President is elected by the Board
  members.
• Safeguards against Board stagnation and other
  problems include
• (1) board members may serve only 2 consecutive
  terms,
• (2) board members may only serve 4 terms in
  their life,
• (3) an independent nominating committee
  establishes the lists of candidates for the
  board, that are then voted upon by the general
  membership.

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Operating Plan for Fall 2006 ?

1. Produce technical documents that aid and enable
   engineers
2. Create and promote the CFSEI brand
3. Increase relevance to chapter activities and
   local membership needs
4. Provide timely and competent response to
   technical inquiries on CFS
5. Provide forums for exchange of information and
   ideas related to CFS
6. Partner with aligned organizations
7. Help focus research spending on the needs of
   engineers
8. Develop awareness of CFS through the formal
   education system

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Produce technical documents that aid and enable
engineers

• The lifeblood of the CFSEI is the production of
  technical documents.
• Timely production of Technical Notes (and Design
  Guides) has been a challenge for the
  organization, we have a new plan...
• Development of CFSEI Design Guides that parallel
  the COFS standards is considered an important
  step for CFSEI to create a productive alignment
  with the COFS.
• Finally, a key component to the success of
  producing CFSEI technical documents is having an
  impeccable technical review process.

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Create and promote the CFSEI brand

• The change from LGSEA as a standalone
  organization to a council of the SFA, combined
  with the new name for the organization CFSEI,
  creates an important opportunity to establish the
  CFSEI brand and help the organization achieve its
  vision.

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Increase relevance to chapter activities and
local membership needs

• The CFSEI needs to provide value to its
  membership, particularly those groups that align
  themselves formally with the CFSEI at the local
  level. Greater communication between the national
  and local levels of CFSEI is needed.
• The CFSEI will
• Provide structure and support to the chapters,
  including
• model operating procedures/ bylaws,
• website with the national CFSEI, and
• programs for the local chapters.
• Work with chapters to help find chapter funding,
  including
• Provide a national partner for local education
  efforts, including
• Listen and respond to local needs, through
• Provide a national partner for local research
  needs.
• Move annual meeting to a local chapter

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Provide timely and competent response to
technical inquiries on CFS

• The CFSEIs goal is to be a primary resource for
  engineers, providing timely and competent
  response to technical inquiries is fundamental to
  this goal.
• Four areas have been identified to meet this
  goal
• frequently asked questions (i.e., FAQs) on the
  website,
• searchable technical documents on the website,
• properly monitored discussion forum on the
  website, and
• telephone question hotline.
• The identified areas show a bias towards the
  CFSEI website. The goal is to create such a
  content rich and easily searchable website that
  most engineers will be able to serve
  themselves.

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Provide forums for exchange of information and
ideas related to CFS

• online website discussion forum,
• newsletter column on technical exchange,
• chapter meetings,
• annual meeting, and
• outreach to related technical organizations and
  conferences.

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Partner with aligned organizations

• SFA
• AISI-COFS
• including COFS-CFSEI committee
• AISI-COS
• In the long-term, a non-exhaustive
  non-prioritized list of organizations that the
  CFSEI intends to effectively partner with
  includes ASCE-SEI-CFS, CCFSS, SSRC, BSSC, NCSEA,
  CA WA HI and other SEAs, WTCA, ASTM, CSI
  (ARCOM), AIA, ICC ES, and others.

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Help focus research spending on the needs of
engineers

• The Technology Development Committee of the CFSEI
  is the SFAs primary vehicle for collecting and
  prioritizing the research needs of the steel
  framing industry.
• CFSEI participation in the Technology Development
  Committee is the key means of achieving the goal
  of focusing research spending on the needs of
  engineers.
• The research needs and prioritization process is
  an open one, but the CFSEI needs to do a better
  job of communicating to its members the large
  potential impact that they can have in the
  process.
• The CFSEI Board needs to become a more effective
  advocate at the SFA Operating Team level in
  securing funding for the research.

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Develop awareness of CFS through the formal
education system

• The challenges for increasing CFS awareness at
  two-year colleges, as well as at the B.S. and
  M.S. levels are many.
• However, resources have been developed, such as
  those by the Center for Cold-Formed Steel
  Structures, and effective partnerships may be
  established that would create progress on this
  objective.
• Further, the model used by some other
  organizations which give away design manuals and
  books at seminars held at colleges is perceived
  to be particularly effective for increasing
  awareness in the college-level engineer.
• Secure external help in developing a long-term
  plan.

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Eight key strategies...

1. Produce technical documents that aid and enable
   engineers
2. Create and promote the CFSEI brand
3. Increase relevance to chapter activities and
   local membership needs
4. Provide timely and competent response to
   technical inquiries on CFS
5. Provide forums for exchange of information and
   ideas related to CFS
6. Partner with aligned organizations
7. Help focus research spending on the needs of
   engineers
8. Develop awareness of CFS through the formal
   education system

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Implementation

• For each strategy a detailed implementation plan
  has been drawn up.
• The plan was approved by the Board and
  implementation is now underway.
• Based on this plan CFSEI has requested a
  significant increase in funding from SFA and the
  Board is working to secure those funds!
• Example of the implementation plan...

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(plus more details...)
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CFSEI

• Has a worthy mission and vision
• Expect and demand more of CFSEI!
• Needs your participation
• Moving forward with direction!