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Week of February 21, 2005

Front Page

* Regulatory Barriers Taking a Heavy Toll on Housing Affordability for Working Families
* GM Launches Pricing Discounts on More Than 80 Vehicles for NAHB Members
* South Carolina City Sued by Builders for Blocking Low-Income, Minority Housing
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* NAHB Is Your Business Partner

Housing Politics

* Senate Bill Offers Affordable Health Coverage for Employees of Small Businesses
* House Bill to Repeal Estate Tax Would Strengthen Small Family-Owned Businesses
* Tort Reform Receives Swift Congressional Approval and President's Signature

Housing and Economics

* Housing Starts Rise to a 21-Year High in January
* Builders Remain Bullish on Housing Outlook in February Despite Rainy Weather

Green Building

* Green Building Techniques Focus of Upcoming NAHB Conference in Atlanta

Seniors Housing

* ‘2020’ Vision Needed to Prepare for Baby Boomer Retirement Explosion

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Lump Sum Pricing Works ― and Customers Prefer It

Construction Safety

* OSHA Stepping Up Efforts to Make Construction Trenching Safer

Design

* Good Design Can Overcome Community Opposition to Affordable Housing

Building Systems

* Log Home Event Slated for Denver in the Heart of Log Home Country
* Virginia's Rep. Goode Honored for Supporting Manufacturing

Commercial Builders

* Health Care and Schools Hot Markets for Design and Construction Firms in 2005
* Mold and Real Estate Deals Not a Good Mix

Education

* Interest in Residential Construction Superintendent Designation Surges
* Take Advantage of National Designation Month — Before It Ends

Labor

* U.S. and State Legislators Hail the Success of Project CRAFT in Texas

Building Products

* Termites Would Rather Starve Than Eat New Pest-Resistant Pine on Windows and Doors

Builder's Engineer

* Reentrant Corners and Other 'Flamboozlements'

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Robson Seeks Office of NAHB Vice President and Secretary
* Housing Hall of Fame Inductee J. Bentley Owens, Jr., Dies at 77
* Help Tsunami Survivors Rebuild Their Homes
* Earn NAHB WorldPointssm Rewards When You Charge
* Subscribe Your Employees to NBN Online and a Digital Camera Could Be Yours
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Robson Seeks Office of NAHB Vice President and Secretary

Bobby Rayburn, NAHB 2005 Nominations Committee chairman, has announced that Joe Robson of Broken Arrow, Okla., has been certified by the Nominations Committee to seek the office of NAHB Vice President and Secretary for the year 2006.

I’m a home builder and proud of it. For the last 21 years, I’ve developed land, built homes and worked on commercial and industrial projects. Along the way, I’ve fought growth boundaries, downzoning, impact fees, lack of insurance, anti-growth city councils, assaults on private property rights, lack of infrastructure and overzealous regulators.

I have been active in both the Tulsa and Oklahoma home builders associations and served as president of both. My varied background — from builder to banker to timber farmer to community volunteer — gives me a broad perspective to represent the many segments of the NAHB family. Since being elected to the NAHB Board in 1990, I have worked to protect and enhance our industry through the political process on a local, state and national level. We have a strong association, but it has not reached its full potential.

Let’s stir the pot, shake things up, harness the energy of 225,000 members and take NAHB to new heights.


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NAHB Involvement

  • Board of Directors since 1990
  • Build PAC Trustee since 1993
  • Capital Club member since 1992
  • Home Automation Task Force, Single Family Production Committee, Smart Growth Task Force, Legal Action Committee, Budget Committee, Audit Committee, Mortgage Roundtable
  • Chairman, Build PAC Golf Committee, 1993 & 1994
  • Chairman, Capital Club, 1995
  • Chairman, Build PAC, 1998
  • Chairman, Resolutions Committee, 2001
  • Chairman, Legislative and Regulatory Policy Task Force, 2002
  • National Vice President, 2003 & 2004
  • Chairman, Federal Government Affairs Committee, 2003
  • Moderator, National Vice Presidents, 2004
  • Vice Chairman, Budget Committee, 2005

For more information about Robson, click here (www.forestridge.com/GoJoe).
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