IFDA NEW ENGLAND NEWSLETTER Winter 2015 / Issue 1
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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Dear IFDA Colleagues, We are so excited about the 2015 program year! The board has been hard at work planning events and setting goals. There are three goals I’d like to share with you: 1.
We are working even harder to listen to our members and provide
what you’ve asked for in our events, in our communications, and in our connections with one another. 2. We’ll be raising the visibility of IFDA New England. We want to let everyone in the design community know that we provide wonderful opportunities for our vendor and design members to connect, work and grow together! 3. We’d like to give members more visibility into how the board works for our members. We hold our board meetings the first Thursday of every month (except in July) from 12noon – 2pm and all members are welcome to attend. Our current board meeting location is at Reflex Lighting at 7 Tide Street in Boston. Our board meeting minutes will now be available on the chapter website.
“Members are welcome to attend our board meetings on the first Thursday of every month (except July) from 12noon – 2pm.” Despite the cold temperature and bleak white landscape, we kicked off the year with a pop of color and energy! “Colors that Make Sense” was presented by Gloria Robertson, who is a color consultant and principal of Twinkle Designs, plus a new board member. New was a common thread of this first event because it was hosted by IFDA-NE Silver Sponsor Landry and Arcari at their new Natick Showroom and we enjoyed a presentation by Loni Willey,