b'44 PRESIDENTS MESSAGECentralStates Insulation AssociationPresidents MessageJoe McCoy - Champaign A&K Insulation Co. Providing Moisture Control Solutions for over 60 YearsS ummer break is over!Kids are back in school!Fall sports are all kicking off! PRESIDENT Long known for its weatherproof cladding and vapor barriers, Polyguard now offers superior insulation Joe McCoy systems (including protection from CUI) targeting below ambient and chilled water applications and aI hope everyone survived the late summer onslaught.It never fails, eachcomplete line of pipe supports and tools from Buckaroos.year there is a huge push to finish summer work and we all scramble to get material and insulators to customers and projects before students show up.Hopefully everyone now has a chance to enjoy some of the best weather of the year and collect yourselves for the next bidding/construction push.Our Fall Conference is upon us and I hope everyone has made considerations to attend.This is a joint conference with ESICA and CSIA and is being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida.This conference is a tremendous opportunity to network with suppliers and contractors alike.My wife and I will enjoy catching up with friends that we have made over the past years.I really enjoy getting the opportunity to chat with people at these events, even if they may be competitors.Please consider attending this event if you have not already registered.See the CSIA website for details.This will be my final message for the CSIA newsletter for my term as I will be handing the gavel toAlumaguardRG-2400StyrofoamXPSCarl Hughes II of Cascade Insulation.I look forward to what Carl will bring to CSIA.I will not lie, Dedicated to keeping its members at the forefront in their industrywhen Mike OConnell nominated me to be incoming President for CSIA, I was surprised and likely had a look of panic in my eyes. Everyone knows that look.I am sure he thought that was great.I accepted the nomination, even with the fear of the dreaded Spring Conference opening speeches in my mind.You cannot get better at something if you do not go and do it.We concentrated on recruitment during my time as President and I know we still have work to do.I do want to thank everyone that helped me over the past two years including Rachel Pinkus, Brian Willet, Mike OConnell, Carl Schultz and a long time past-president, David McCoy.Your combined knowledge and experience made my time serving that much better.To those that are afraid of or have reservations of becoming more involved with CSIA, whether on the board or to serve as President, dont be . . . its a great experience and you will not regret it. PolyPhenInsulrap/ZeroPermPipe SupportsI look forward to seeing everyone in Naples, Florida in a few weeks and congratulations to our incoming CSIA President, Carl Hughes II!Weatherproof JacketingCUI protectionJoe McCoy Vapor BarriersInsulationPipe SupportsCSIA President Champaign A&K Insulation Co.The DOW logo is a registered trademark and STYROFOAM is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) or an affiliated company of DowInnovation based.Employee owned.Expect more.214-515-5000800-969-3113www.polyguard.com/mechanical www.buckaroos.comBuckaroos is now a Polyguard CompanyThe InsulatorAugust 2023'