b'Never mind what others have or havent done before you. Create your own legacy. And help your fellow Man or Woman with his or hers. - Kevin Rambo Message from the President Create five words for yourself that drive you. For example, Kevin RamboMICA Presidentmine are motivation, enthusiasm, courage, ambition and one small powerful wordCaring. These are all accom-plished when living by the golden rule. What you dissolve into others will be your legacy whether you have looked at it that way or not. Hello friends! Well spring is finally here. It is a good time to start new endeavors and new relationships.Enjoy Your Spring! Im sure we all have heard from customers after all their winterization was completed, we are just goingYour 2024/2025 President, Kevin Rambo to lay low for the holidays and possibly through the winter. So, this is a good time for us to show up face to face, hopefully most people will be wanting to ful-fill their fiscal responsibilities starting in the spring instead of waiting until everything is an emergency. All of us at MICA, the Board and Executives are wishing all of you a truly prosperous 2025. Lets get out there and show all the people what this organiza-tion and its contractors, vendors and support team of(continued on page 23) many manufacturers and suppliers can do with greatMICALEADERSHIP: enthusiasm.PresidentKevin Rambo F&H Insulation, Kechi, KS. Enthusiasm as we have been talking about for manyPresident-ElectCarl Petersen, months is the key when striving towards our dreamsDelta Thermal Services, Mankato, MN. and goals. Remember that Success is connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They makeVice-PresidentGordon Vierck mistakes, but they dont ever give up. Luse Thermal Technologies, Aurora, IL. Associate PresidentAndrew Hiatt Of all the things a leader should fear, complacencyBuckaroos, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. should head the list.- John C. Maxwell.Immediate Past President Lee Stuckenschmidt As the bar of your enthusiasm rises, so shall yourSystems Undercover, Inc.success. The two go hand in hand together. -KevinMICABOARD OF DIRECTORS: RamboTed Nickel, Mavo Systems, Inc. White Bear Lake, MNThe key to achieving your destiny lies in the buildingMatt Hymer, Midwest Materials Co. up of others. It is only as we pour ourselves into otherJoplin, MO people that we succeed. If you want to become a per- Tim Hughey, Colorado Mechanical Insulation son of destiny, one of the best things you can do forEnglewood, CO. yourself is to learn to fail. Most people fear failure soAdam Sease, Gagnon Inc.much that they refuse to take risks and grow. DontBettendorf, IAlet the quicksand of fear bog you down. When youChad Brueggeman, L&C Insulation are willing to risk failure, youre finally free to reachLaCrosse, WI your goals.Doug Barton, Midwest Insulation Services Omaha, NE What are you leaving behind in this world? -Adam DeGraaf, Industrial Construction &George Washington CarverEngineering, St. Peters, MO Andrew Davis, Cornerstone Services Group Omaha, NE 3'