It is hard to believe but by the time you read this newsletter, Thanksgiving will be gone and Christmas is just about here. 2010 is just almost history and I am looking forward to a better and more prosperous year in 2011. Things have got to get better! I just know it will happen and we all need to be ready for the New Year and a different way of doing business.

Things are changing so fast that we really need to be on our toes or be run over. The person who thinks that they would love to see things the way they used to be, will be left behind and possibly go out of business.

January 1st is the time to start getting more education on all of the new ways of doing business, customer service, customer retention, and marketing your company. Are your employees trained and certified to fully comply with the EPA’s new Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule? If not you can be fined up to $37,500! There is so little time and so much education needed.

Last month I told you to mark your calendar for two can’t miss events in 2011. The first is our PHCC of California Leadership Conference in Paso Robles. Well, the date has been changed from February 25-26 to March 18-19. Please change your calendar. This is a must attend event for all local chapter Executives and Boards of Directors. Elicia Magruder from PHCC National will be facilitating the conference. This will be our first Leadership Conference in five years so please plan to attend. The State Office is looking for input from the local chapters as to what you want from the conference. Now is your chance to tell us what you want.

The other event is our PHCC-West Convention April 27th to April 30th in Seattle. The convention theme is “Courage To Change”. The convention is all about Connecting, Opportunities to Recharge, Rejuvenating Your Business Ideas, Capturing Time With Your Family, Stretching Your Thinking, and Being Inspired. It should be a great event in a great city. Seattle is wonderful place to visit and our hotel is right downtown close to all of the great restaurants and shopping.

We really want to have our members involved in the convention. Again, if you have any ideas for seminars or events please contact our State Office with your ideas. Now is your chance to tell us what you want from your association.

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you at Leadership in February!

Cheers,

Tom LeDuc