NBN Online for the week of September 4, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
NAHB, NAACP Hope to Shrink Minority Homeownership Gap
The Wrong Sub Can Seriously Disrupt Your Job
Free NAHB Video Shows Members How to Deal With the Media
Play Free Builders' Pro Football for Prizes and Fun
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Coast to Coast
Slower Housing Market Spells Project Delays
Housing Forum
Letter to the Editor: Investors Are Not Gamblers
Politics & Government
Builders Step Up Push for House Storm Water Bill
Economics & Finance
House Price Appreciation Slows in Second Quarter
Mortgage Rates Drift to Lowest Point Since April 6
Tips
Builder’s Tip: A Methodical Approach to Blocking
Business Management
Feds on Lookout for Invalid Social Security Numbers
50Plus Housing
What Do Boomer Women Want From Builders? Lifestyle.
Multifamily
Rentals on the Rise as Condo Market Settles Down
Mary Anderson Receives HCCP of the Year Award
Katrina Recovery
KB Home First Big Builder to Return to New Orleans
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Sales
Enter The Nationals Sales and Marketing Awards by Sept. 29
Green Building
Entry Period Underway for Green Building Awards
Regulation
New Regulatory ‘Listening Sessions’ Scheduled
Legal
Ask the Lawyer: About When the Clock Starts for Employees
Labor
Popular HBI Superintendent Courses Coming to IBS
Building Products
Web Links Builders and Buyers During Production Cycle
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Association News
September Is Associate Member Appreciation Month
Take the Solveras Savings Challenge and Save; or Make $50
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
Find Key Employees Through the NAHB Online Career Center
Fall Board Meets Sept. 13-17 in Salt Lake City
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Related Articles

Take the Solveras Savings Challenge and Save; or Make $50

GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members

UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping

Find Key Employees Through the NAHB Online Career Center

Fall Board Meets Sept. 13-17 in Salt Lake City

Calendar of Events

September Is Associate Member Appreciation Month

September is Associate Member Appreciation Month and an opportunity for local and state association staffs and builder members to recognize the myriad contributions that associate members make.

September is the month to brag about our associate members and all that they do for our association and our businesses.

Here are just some of the contributions they make:

  • They bring revenue to the association with their dues and sponsorship. They give this association the financial grounding it needs to do its work.

  • They devote time to the association through their work on committees, councils and special projects. You can always count on associates to be there and pitch in to help.

 

Associates Honored Through the Years

Each year, associate members who distinguish themselves through outstanding service to NAHB, the industry and their communities are recognized as the NAHB Associate of the Year, a member of the NAHB Society of Honored Associates or the recipient of the Bill Polley Build-Pac Award. Members have been honored for these awards since 1983 during the International Builders' Show.


2006 NAHB Associate of the Year Applications Due Nov. 6

Nominations for the NAHB Associate of the Year and the Bill Polley Build-Pac Award are now open. The deadline for applications is Nov. 6.  

For more information, or an application, click here, or e-mail Betty Thweatt at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8246.

Thank an Associate Member This Month 

This month, be sure to thank and celebrate our associate members in a way that will really mean something to them ― do business with them.


 

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