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In This Issue:

Front Page
New Standard Nears for Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Staten Island Downzoning Bid Violates Fair Housing Act
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Gothic Renovation Goes Modern
Coast to Coast
New Rules Could Cut Cheap Loans to High-Risk Borrowers
Politics & Government
Builders Battle Anti-Housing Moves Around the Country
Economics & Finance
30-Year Mortgage Rates Crawl Upward for Fifth Week
Tips
Builders’ Tip: How to Easily Expand Circular Holes
Business Management
Custom Builders to Gather at New Orleans Symposium
Construction Safety
Uncoupling of Hydraulic Excavator Buckets a Hazard
Cost of Workplace Injuries Soars to $49.6 Billion
Education
Education Calendar
Research
Tech Package Shows How to Improve HVAC Systems
Easy Energy Upgrades Can Save Fistfuls of Dollars
Environment
Endangered Species Delisting Proposed for Pygmy Owl
Legal
Ask the Lawyer: About Arbitration Clauses
Building Systems
Software Correctly Sizes HVAC for Concrete Homes
Cement Scarfs Up Dangerous Roadside Pollutants
Labor
Project CRAFT Grads Advance in the Granite Business
Building Products
Prize-Winning Dogs Set High Standard for Reliability
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Centex Homes Announces 24 Scholarship Winners
Association News
Maryland Association Sends Tools for Tsunami Relief
Henry Bachara, NAHB/FHBA Life Director, Dies at 81
NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11
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Calendar of Events

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Maryland Association Sends Tools for Tsunami Relief

Henry Bachara, NAHB/FHBA Life Director, Dies at 81

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Calendar of Events

NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11

 

  OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICE OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The following schedule of events is a partial listing provided as a notice for the upcoming NAHB Fall Board of Directors Meeting, which will be held in Reno, Nev. on Sept. 7–11, 2005.

Meetings will be held at the Hilton Reno Resort and Casino. The fall board program will identify the exact time and place of each scheduled meeting.

Wednesday, September 7

Subcommittees, Task Forces, Working Groups Meetings
National Vice Presidents
State Representatives
Executive Board Meeting

Thursday, September 8

Committees, Subcommittees and Councils Meetings
Past Presidents' Council
National Housing Center Board of Governors
2006 Leadership Meeting (TBC)

Friday, September 9

Committees, Subcommittees and Councils Meetings
2006 Presidential Advisor Meeting
Budget & Finance Committee
Nominations Committee
National Housing Endowment
Resolutions Committee

Saturday, September 10

Area Caucuses 1-15
Joint Executive Board, Budget & Resolutions Committee Meeting
Board of Directors Meeting

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Board of Directors Meeting


 

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