Message from the 2008 MiSHE President

To my fellow MiSHE members:

Dear MiSHE Member's,

The planning committee has been working very hard to ensure this year’s annual MiSHE conference is one for the record books. As many of you already know, the conference will be held in Sault Ste. Marie on the Michigan side of the international bridge and were very excited to about the location, Kewadin Casino-Hotel & Convention center. Having made several trips to the area I can honestly tell you all there are plenty of activities to keep you busy while visiting in Sault Ste. Marie for the conference.

I’d to extend a special thank you to our planning committee members for this years conference; Mitch Saxton, Steve McNabb, Sandra Hohman and Glenn Patrick. The MiSHE Board takes great pride in the annual conference and attempts to improve the event each and every year through our volunteers. We begin planning for the annual conference more than a year in advance, so the volunteers spend a fair amount of their personal time working the event. I hope to see all of you in Sault Ste. Marie this coming September. For more information about the conference see the link for annual conference on our Web Site.

Updates on our three objectives for the year:

1. To strengthen our organization MiSHE’s updated mission statement will be posted on the Web site in the coming months. I believe this will help healthcare organizations in Michigan have a better understanding what MiSHE brings to the table for our members and how this would help their institution long term.

2. The importance of our members; without all of you we simply don’t exist so membership is the single most important asset we have. Our membership committee has been working side by side with the education committee to update and better define who our member’s are in the organization. We are also adding a student category for the first time to allow new member’s to join with student status. These new members may be in college or other program and have an interest in the Facilities Healthcare field. The MiSHE bylaws will be updated to reflect these updates and sent out to current membership for review and approval later this year.

3. All our local chapters have been planning educational activities for their members as well. I would encourage everyone to visit the MiSHE Web site and click on the different links that take you to the other chapter’s information to see what is occurring throughout the state.

ASHE’s annual conference which travels around the country from year to year will be in Washington D.C. this year, July 20^th thru the 23^rd. If you’re an officer in your chapter I would encourage you to attend the Chapter Leadership meeting on Sunday before the conference. This event will help you to get your chapter energized and moving in a whole new direction.

Your 2008 MiSHE President,

Don Paul

Phone: 248-293-1014