b"AnOpen House is Good for Business By Melvin Thompson 0Ok whiledrivingmentionedg ups wereinvited toavailableinwi . Tables are setup nedayro spacethrou lahomaCity, Ivis our place ofn andcomplete with tablecloths a cghitbusi esssharendennotic sever roofingar b c lu . Ind terpiecesone-half of thesheet edalcate edarbe uench or er projects of which our com for there to be no do who Okla m shopth the cateres food ubtetalr'BeingasSheet pany was not aware.knownhoma Roofing &Metal was, aaggressive roofingntrwe e d toourre ratherco ac lecte haveenti office tor, OklahomaRoofing&Sheetstaff dress for the occasion, andI al Metal, Inc. wantedtheopportunitythemenwore tux . Approxedos itoon all projectsthinma 100 people cameandour submit bidswi tely ourar sta felt thewas successful in geographicea.ffevent Inthink aboutthepossibleshowing theattendeesOklahoingma tofi Sheetwas no flyreasons aswhy we were not givenRoo ng &Metalt a thetob on all localby-night roofing c tr . opportunityidon actorprojects, the most obvious r Ourfirstop h e was 12 easonenousseemedtobeth theownersoryearsago. OklahomaR ing has atooftheir repr tativescontinu to improve andexp Melv T mpson, president,d E l esen edandinho an arnt, notabo wesim Rowland, vice-preside organize an didknowutwhatoriginally started as aour co . Real plenuntil it isa r f foopen houser Oklahoma Roofing and mpany ope housenowooSheet Metal, In everyear. izing there are sev ing seminarlete with p c.ycomp roduct eralop avail demonstrations.tablest up in abe en the tionsse rowtweable to advertise inEach year, staff members checkexhibitors.co o mechanWenvertur business, wecamewithrious organizationsics shop into a large c s om for the va to bela sroeato up with an id thatinviteddetermine the best semi the seminar. has causedustonarwith the fewestlingOn the daythe open house, the dateschedu of realizeimmeasur conflicts. Wethendetermineanfirst sessionb insat 8 a . eg :30.mableininteresting subject tor the seminarTherethree orur d r t successpro arefo iffe en sesRich Boone, former RIEi directorcurrent RIEi advisoryjectingagoodandt with a knowl sions with 10-15 m u breaks andcontrac edgeablein te boardpresen an edu on roof design member,tscational programimage to ourrentpresenter - u lly Dick Fricklas orbetwe eachn. At this time, cur sua ensessiochallenges to architec , enginee , designers and state ts rs andfu recu Richard Boon.we o er product demonstrations. tu s- ff Al rsonnel.tomers. We decidedA deter ing aand sub 1 0., the seminar is ov apeltermin date2:3 p.m ernd tohaveanopenjec invita onsaremailedtoa barbecuelun is served to all t,ti ch house at our facilityapproximately 300 d isionattend ,a erwh th are ec -mak ees ft ichey and invite arc tec ers.Thefirstmailerincludesaen ur ed to visit the manufachi co agturalfirms, generalpostagepaid reply c and isturer's booths. ard co tor prop- mailed twoweeks b o theopenUsually theco le seminar/ ntrac s,etremp te ertymanagers,house.Alter one week,a secondo house is attended by 150-200 pen buildingowners,mailer is sent as ainder. T yparticipants,andeveryo goes rem he da ne publicandprivatebeforethe show,our staffcallsawayfuofb h kn ledgeand IIot owschool maintenanceeveryonew hasrespondedtofood. T is a tremendoushohisunderpersonnel,sp remind themth commitmenttakingnot tobeattemptedby the andecofeirto writersfor govern a end.fainthe Interested readers are tt ofart. mental agencies.Abouteth before the se encour to c l O a ma RoofF ds to help s the opene nt were raised, inon mon m agedal kl houn upporthousevepart, from exhibits.Asourstaffinar/open h e,st taringing & Sh Metalfurth d ails. ous wear prep eetforeretplan forthisour f ility. Invitations areMelvino son isident of nedac extendedTh mp presopen house,qu realized thatto 12ofing mate alu ture Oklahoma Ro andeettalweicklyro ri man fac rsofingSh Me , ifdone prop lycould cr whosewe use to set upInc. and a m ber of the MRCA noter weeateproductsema n iveima . Ourfirstopendisp in our sh metal shop.Board ofors. egat ge layseetDirecthousewasjust that - theab - Exhibitorsarelim dueto ove ited /'"