b'_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _n,-. i de s tR o of i ngC o n t r a cto r sA s s o c i a t i o n w~I.~ 0 \\\\\'New MRCA Board of \\ - -.Directors ~-~ L. .MRCAhasannounceda n MRCA members also approvedRodneyPetrick,Ridgeworth ew of slateboard directors and offi newofficersfor 2002.OfficersRoofing Co. Inc., Bridgeview, Ill. cers for the2002.includePresident Jim Barr,Barrwas appointed to the MRCA TyearechSix boarddirectors havebeenRoofing Co., Abilene, T FirstnicalandResearchCommittee exas: appointedtoservethree-yearVice President EdWilliams,Fre (T .Daly,Roofing & &R) JohnKaw terms,beginn g in2002. T mont Roofing Com Inc., Fre SheetMetal, Inc., KansasCity, in heypany, include Dick Raue, City Roofingmont,Ohio;SecondViceKan. completed his termTwith&R Inc Memphis, Co,Tenn.; RichardPresident Bob Swanda,Indepen in 2001, and was subsequently reBoone,BooneBrothers Roofin dent RoofingCo.,Omaha,Neb.;appointedto completetheteg,rm Omaha,Neb.;JamesBrosseau,Secretary/Treasurer DennisRun Dennisvacated to serve as Runyan Bennett &Roofing Inc.,yan, Dryspace, Inc., Cedarids,anMRCAofficer. Jim Ramser, BrosseauRapRomeoville,Ill.:J W.Iowa; Chairman ofBoardwhocom histerm asa ohntheJohnpleted McDowall,McDowallCompany,0.nson,n directorin2001,wassubseStephe Stephe son RoofJimir comple the St Cloud, Minn.:Gentry, King Company,Maryland Heights,quently appointed tote berg Roofing,Inc., St L andMo.Steinkuhler continues todirec r pbyRod Petouis;Kurtto shi vacated Kurt Ste ler,George Groh &serve as president of MRCA Ser rick. inkuhSons Inc., Emporia, Kan.vices. MRCA Internet Use Survey Results By Nick Bechtel As you may r MRCA sent aregarding Internet use by ourm out withJune 2001 edition ecall,surveyme berstheof the Midwest Roofer. We h 33 peoplethe survey,arate of more7% - wh is adcompletewhich isreturnthanichnot actua oteturnen great, butlly n an insignificant r rate wh it comes to surveys. Below are some conclusions we may be abledraw from the survey: to 1.94. of respondents would not be opposed to MR n com withm vial, 12%CA co ductingmunicationsthe e-mai so MRCA will continue and expand those efforts. 2.82.35% of respondentsldto get an MRCA E-Newsletter, so MRCA will continueE-N prowou liketheewsletter gram and consider whether itt replace or at least reduce ourntin thedemigh pri newslettercomingcade. Severa3.100% of respondents want us to print their e-mail address in the MRCA Directory.l requested we not list their home e-mail address. Currently, we only print each business\' main e-mailress in thery. add Directo4.88. of respondents use e-mail daily,the rest u it atweekly,those who use it u it a 25%andseleastsoselot. 5.All r are connected at the office, and 74.29% of them are connected at home also. espondents 6.71.43% of respondents retrieve their own e-mail,wh you e-mailMRCA member it goes directly to the soenan person you want it to the first time in34 aboutout ofcases. 7.Most (about 80%) use the Internet for vendor Information, technical information and busin researc A essh.little less than half use it to reach potential customers and purchase supplies. Almost 25% do online banking and 1 do online estimating. Responses for "Other Uses" for the Internet included, "chat," weather,in , 5%taxforetrieval of specifications and CAD drawings,safety/OSHA research. and 8.70.59% of respondents reported they use dial-up access, but more than 33% indicated high-speed access, so some of the respondents had both. 9.Oversaiduse the MRCA web site, mo for MRCA news, looking up people inmembership 60%theystlythe and serviceslistings, and getting materials. 10.54visit the MRCA site less than once per month, and 45% use it 1-4per mon%timesth. 11.All respondentsnt m n informationweb site. Therefore,intends to publish wa ore tech icalon the MRCAMRCA T research on the "Members Only" section of the web site in upcoming months. 89% want industry news &R so MRCA is in tigating news sources that would provide updated news dailyour web site. 71 % ves onwant applicator agreement info, which is currently being prepared for posting onMRCA web site. 35% want the on page Continued11 ,I7'