I’ll start with a quote by Douglas Adams, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

I recently re-read an article by Anne Cosgrove in Facility Executive magazine that posited, “the age of the ‘accidental facility manager’ is winding down.”  I think that may be true.  Many years ago, I stumbled into a Facility Management job via an interior design degree.  I didn’t even know what a Facility Manager did; let alone how to perform the job effectively.  It was a lot of on-the-job training, and I mainly learned from my mistakes!

The IFMA Foundation wants to make the path to be a professional Facility Manager more streamlined.  They want to provide specific educational and training programs through existing college and university systems that will provide the student with a degree in an accredited Facility Management program.  Their efforts, through the Global Workforce Initiative (GWI), uses this tagline, “Making Facility Management a Career of Choice by expanding educational opportunities”. 

In 2018, the GWI was able to work with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics to create a separate Standard Occupational Code to officially recognize Facility Management as its own career (and not lumped in with Administrative or Construction Management).  Our number is up: it’s 561200, and the official name of our profession is NAICS Facilities Support Services.  This is a huge accomplishment, as it will allow the collection of very specific metrics to list current salaries, job opportunities, and educational requirements.

GTC has reactivated their GWI support committee and is working through the IFMA-created checklist that we hope will allow North Carolina to create an accredited Facility Management degree program.  Recently, we partnered with the Charlotte NC Chapter to reach out to potential Facility Managers at a high school level by connecting them to Skills USA competitions.

The IFMA Foundation states that more than one half of today’s practitioners are expected to retire in the next 5-15 years.  Does that include you?  Join us to see how you can promote the profession through work on the GWI Committee.  Connie Drake is heading this up for GTC.  Please contact Connie if you are interested in joining us.

Cris Karasek
President 2018-2019

GTC OF IFMA FEBRUARY TOUR 
Special thanks goes out to David Sielaty and Duke Clinical Research Institute for allowing us to tour their facility in February and the GTC of IFMA Social Sponsors!

GTC OF IFMA FMP TRAINING- FINANCE & BUSINESS COMPONENT
The Greater Triangle Chapter of IFMA will sponsor the Finance & Business component of the Facility Management Professional (FMP) credential program from May 16-17, 2019.  

The FMP credential is earned by the successful completion of the coursework and online testing for each of the four component courses; Leadership & Strategy, Operations & Maintenance, Finance & Business and Project Management.  Please note that the FMP Course content will be modified effective July 2019!

The FMP credential is appropriate for individuals currently working in Facilities Management or those who support the profession and want a better understanding of the basic core functions.  The instructor for this course will be Chapter member and IFMA Fellow Buck Fisher.

What:   FMP Finance & Business Course
When: May 16-17, 2019 from 8:30am-5:00pm
Where:  YMCA of the Triangle Corporate Offices, 801 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27607 
Fee:  $495 (members) and $595 (non-members)

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For course registration or additional information on the course or the FMP credential contact Buck Fisher, FMP, CFM, IFMA Fellow or call 919-291-4575.

Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, May 1, 2019     

2019 MIKE BRADLEY MEMORIAL IFMA
FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT
REGISTRATION AND SPONSORSHIP
Both player and sponsorship registration open TOMORROW- 
Thursday, March 7th at 9:00AM in CVENT for the upcoming golf tournament!

Members will receive two CVENT invitations in your email - one to register for twosomes and one for sponsorships.

TOURNAMENT DATE:  Wednesday, April 24, 2019
11:00AM Registration with Lunch 
1:00PM Shotgun Start 
LOCATION:  Lochmere Golf Club, 2511 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC 27518

Reminders:

The IFMA Golf Committee is also requesting door prizes (minimum $25 value) in support of the annual golf tournament.  Please contact Nicole Murphy if interested.

Also bring your "A" game for the Member Cornhole Tournament with prizes for 1st and 2nd place!  Please sign up and donate $10.00 per two person team to participate in the Cornhole Tournament.  Team registration must be completed by Tuesday, March 19^th on order to participate in the Cornhole Tournament. Bracket seeding and game times will be distributed to participating teams on Wednesday, March 20^th.

EVENT FLYER

When:  Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 2:00 PM  - 6:00 PM

Where:  Rally Point Sports Grill , 837 Bass Pro Lane, Cary, NC 27513

Social Fee: $20.00 donation to the Boys and Girls Club

Registration Deadline for Social, Brackets, and Cornhole:  March 19, 2019

Join the GTC of IFMA for our Professional Only Event and Annual Sponsor Reception to celebrate FM Day on May 15, 2019 with Speaker Bo Mitchell on The Four Ps:  Protecting Your People, Property, Productivity, & Your Posterior.  The location for this event is still being determined. 

*This is a closed event for Professional members only*
SPEAKER:  Bo Mitchell

BO MITCHELL BIO
TOPIC:  Protecting Your People, Property, Productivity & Your Posterior

Boston Marathon, Aurora, Colorado and Hurricane Sandy emphasize emergency planning for your workplace can be a matter of life and death. Yet, it’s too often that your management is not listening to you on this critical matter of Life Safety. The complexities of emergency planning are way beyond the grasp and authority of facilities management acting alone. How do we get management to give us the resources to do the job?

Also, emergency planning is subject to many federal, state and local laws, regulations and standards. Most who are tasked with creating and maintaining emergency plans are confused or overwhelmed regarding those standards. Learn what laws, regulations and standards apply to your emergency planning, training and exercises. Learn what a lawsuit will do to you if you don't create a plan to standard.

Learning Objectives:

1.   How do we sell management on the need for expert resources to get this done?

2.   What are the complexities of modern emergency planning and training to keep your people safe?

3.   What are the laws, regulations and standards that control emergency plans?

4.   How will law suits affect you and your organization?

5.   How will your own employees and clients hurt your response to a disaster?

6.   What to expect by way of help from local municipalities?

 3:00pm  - Registration
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Presentation 
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Reception

SPONSORED BY ONYX SPONSORS



This event is for the GTC of IFMA Professional Members only. 
Date:  Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Location: TBD

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