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Log Homes Council Embarks on Membership Drive Through Dec. 31
 NAHB’s Log Homes Council (LHC), one of six sub-councils of the Building Systems Councils, is conducting a membership drive through Dec. 31 to strengthen the size and diversity of the council.
During the drive, members will reach out to peers in the log home industry, offering potential members the benefits of membership and incentives to join. The council will also run ads in major log home industry publications.
To qualify, prospective members must be or become NAHB members, manufacture their own logs, participate in a log-grading program, provide a construction manual and sign the council's code of ethics.
To qualify for the membership drive incentives, which total more than $40,000 in savings, a company must apply for or finalize their Log Homes Council membership by the end of the year.
Incentives include discounts on a variety of industry-related products and services such as trade show participation, magazine advertising, mortgage applications, sealants, fasteners and design software from leading industry providers including American Log Mortgage, F+W Media, Home Buyers Publications, hsbCAD, Johnson's Log Home & Timber Frame Shows, M&T Bank, OMG and Sashco.
"The strength of the Log Homes Council comes from attracting leaders in the log home industry," said Jan Koepsel, LHC chair. "When members recruit the peers they respect, they infuse the council with new ideas and new talent. That benefits the whole industry," she said.
"The Log Homes Council has been one of the best investments of time and money that I have made since beginning my career in the industry," says Rob Cantrell, president of StoneMill Log Homes and co-president of the LHC Board of Trustees. "I have learned much from my peers at council events and our company is better for that education."
For more information about the Log Homes Council’s membership drive, e-mail Linda Keens at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8577.
 BSC SHOWCASE Offers Solutions in a Challenging Market
Sales and marketing, business management and green building seminars that can help companies survive, or even thrive, in the current housing downturn will be featured at the 2008 Building Systems Councils’ SHOWCASE in Memphis, Tenn. on Nov. 16-19.
SHOWCASE 2008, by NAHB’s Building Systems Councils (BSC), will also feature breakout sessions on the growing influence of green building, sales and marketing techniques, business management tools and liability that emphasize the benefits systems-built technologies and strategies and how building systems can expand market share.
In addition, NAHB Chief Economist David Seiders will present NAHB’s latest economic and housing forecast and Doug Duncan, chief economist for Fannie Mae will discuss housing financing in “The Past, Present, and Future of Housing Finance ― How the Credit Crunch Has Changed the Guidelines.”
To register online, or for more information, visit www.nahb.org/showcase.
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