David Eubanks, Eastern Regional Technical Rep, Eagle Roofing Products
I recently had the privilege of attending the third annual FRSA Roofing Day in Tallahassee. As a member of FRSA and a newer member of the Codes Committees, I attended the event interested to see just how the process works and to learn about the involvement of our legislators in the things that are important to us as professionals in the roofing industry. We had a schedule of events put together for us by Chris Dawson.
We broke up into two small groups led by a couple of our Committee Chairs and visited the offices of several legislators and had real discussions with Florida House of Representatives, Senate members and staff. We went into each meeting with a list of key talking points on issues that we wanted to get support on or request changes to. I was pleasantly surprised to see that our legislators had direct knowledge and could speak in depth about the items that we brought to them.
Aside from the meetings with legislators, we also had a few meetings with some other very interesting business professionals. The first was Tim Cerio, CEO of Citizens Insurance Company. We discussed several topics concerning insurance and the roofing industry. We also had a meeting with Herbie Thiele from Sachs Media who gave us an informative presentation on what Sachs does for ARMA and FRSA on the media and marketing front. We also heard from Andrew Wiggins from the Florida Chamber of Commerce who gave a detailed political update on the State of Florida. I enjoyed hearing updates from people who are directly involved in all of it s. Overall, the entire experience was educational and enjoyable.
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