b'MRCA Internet Use Survey Results Continued from page 7 weather. One person wrote in ataof all manufacturersConvention Audio Tapes reques forlist with th web siteBecause there are already lists of roofeiraddresses. ing industry manufacturers on the Internet, MRCA currently intends toAvailable list exhibiting companies only in aial section of the web site. spec12.Almost 3 of 4 respondents already have asite. Almost half ofSome of the sessions at the MRCA Convention in};{ web inyear.RCAandur-those who don\'t have one will develop one with aM willNashville were audio taped,may be p ~,. design asite for members who want one for acost. webreducedchased forr review.~ you13.97% of all respondents indicated that they did use the Internet as partDue to the proh itively high cost- ~~)t-ibof their business, and would use it in the futu It is clear that theof audiotapingsessions, notall\'~ re. Internet is becoming one of the indispensable tools that roofing con educationalp at the con- \' ~~ rograms,\' tractors use to be successful in theirvention were audioSessions ofk l~ - /, / businesses.taped. 14.AllrespondentswereMRCAmembers.Aswenowhavee-mailtechnical value (and asessions that hap- y,t - I few addresses and/or web site addresses forof our memberspened to be in the same venue just before or almost 60% (more than 270 ofwe know that more than half mustafterewere taped. 489 members),thos sessions) use the Internet to some degree. What we don\'t know ismanyTaped sessions available for purchase include: how people have e-mail but have not given us theirAestimateMRCA Opening Session,11, 8- "National Legislative Upaddress.fairOct.a.m.date" is that at least 75% of ourhave an e-mail address eitherby Craig B ghtup members dorihomea.m. ator work. T&R Committee Program I, Oct. 11, 9- "Roof Coatings Research Please e-mail MRCA at mrca@mrca.org so we may add it to your listingR by Jim Carlson; "Coverboard R one Performance" esults"esearchFi ld on the MRCA web site and to the MRCA E-Newsletter list.by Rene Dupuis MRCA intends to enhance its services available to membersthe Inter P Discussion - "Exclusionary Specifications in Public Bids"eonanelmod rnet as technology changes and our budget allows. Be sure tovisit theated by Richard Canon MRCA web site and let us know what you would like to see added to proT&R Committee P 11,Oct. 12,a.m. -"EPDM Repair" rogram10:45-11 :45 vide new benefits to you as aby Kim Sch rt;Fire Ratings Research" by Rene Dupmember.wicke T&RResults uis BechteltheJitteeuity Nickis Executive Vice President ofHaroldBecker CompanyBusinessManagementComm Program- "BusinessContinInc. in Dayton, Ohio and 2001 chair of the Business Management Com P by J. Todd Gentry lanning" mittee.If you are interested in receiving one or mo of the sessions that were re taped, please call MRCA at 800/497-6722. The MRCA wishesthank the following MRCA Foundation Be Anthony l\\lL Spigarelli Roofing Company, Minneapolisl\\1RCA Insurance tone- Central factors, who pledged $5,000 to theinDavid J. Tilscn_____Roofing Company, Inc.,,and Bonds foundation2000:TilsenMadison Wis. Da,id Grass __Producrs Company,Ind.Dennis R. RunyanDrspace Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa .Firestone BuildingCarmel.Take advan of therMikePeterson .etersen Allllilinum Corp.,Grove V e, Ill.Ed Williams _____emont Roofing Company,., Fremont,otageinsu,P Elkillag fr Inc Ohi anceagencycreatedbyyour Bob GAF Materials Corp, Wayne, NJ.Harlan L HansonStates Roofing Company, Ames, Iowa Tafaro. -Ccntralassociation - MRCA Insurance The MRCA also e:1.iends its thanks to the following FoundationJames A. BarrBm,e, Roofing Company Abilen TexasandOur own independPatrons, who pledged Sl,000 per year for the next five years to theJames Eckstein, Jr. ____ cEcksieinInc,CincinnatiBonds\'Aenturance agency will get the MRCA Foundation in 1998.James F. Karczewski -" JChristiansen Roofing C-orp.ins Ab quote to meet y needs, L.B.Moms ___ __._,ellers&Roofing,Carol Stream, Illestour , MarquisCompanyKansas City.James C. Mansfield .Mansfield&Company,and when ittime to Mo.~_,JamesSonscomesmake MichaelJ.Dalsin-MJ Dalsin Company,Sioux Falls, S.D.Lyons, ill.a,on your side. Inc,claim we are Michael Pettigrew _ettigrew &Inc, Fort Wa)\'ne. Ind.JayRefieuna ___Mansfield Roofing and Sheetl,,For a ee quotemore inforSons,Meta Jue. fr or -PTed Evans The Milbrand Roofing Company, Warren, Mich.Lyons,;mation,callMRCAInsurance .IllRaymo.ad L Hoselton.ion Roofing Company, Inc, Chenoa, IllJim Gentry~-KirbergRoofing Inc.,Louisand Bonds at-2467. . Un St888/572Robert F. 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