Masonry Magazine February 1996 Page. 54
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
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left the White House on my own volition and schedule, and with strong ties of friendship and support between myself and those I worked with and for.
Further along you write that Ray Lackey, who retired in the spring as IMI's Executive Vice President and now works as consultant to IMI "stands to make $120,000 this year." That, of course is preposterous. Ray is paid by IMI on an hourly basis as work is performed. Based on the first seven months of his contract his total fer payments from IMI in 1995 will be in the range of $20,000- not $120,000. Several more points:
Hazel Bradford hired as IMI's Communications Director. Promoting the Masonry Craft Fair was only one of her duties. And Schramm and Associates is an advertising firm, not a public relations firm; it was hired to do advertising and direct mail promotion for the Craft Fair, and the total amount paid to the firm was not the $225,000 you claim, but $76,000.
Bill Armstrong, despite your claim to the contrary, is not paid $2,000 a month by IMI. He is not paid by IMI at all.
Eamonn Burke, IMI's New England Government Grants Specialist, has obtained funds for IMI. He has succeeded in getting IMI approved to receive training referral funds from the State of Massachusetts which we project to amount to $120,000. We also are receiving training funds from the State of Connecticut. In addition he has contributed to our programs in other ways.
MIV-Poland, IMI's subsidiary,has spent $350,000 in developing a masonry housing project in Poland. IMI has also received $465,000 in grants for its efforts in Central Europe, which is $115,000 more than expenses.
We regret that you "don't have a clue" to what the Masonry Craft Fair twas about. That probably says more about you than about us. About the Craft Fair we tried to tell you in press releases, mailings and IMI's newsletter. We also invited you, and other MCAA members, to come to the Fair. If you had accepted that invitation, or read our material, you might have understood that it was a very effective display of masonry craft skills by both craftsmen and contractors, and that it was well received by the industry and the public. It was, in fact the kind of demonstration that our industry must mount on a continuing basis if it is to command the attention of building owners, developers, designers and contractors. It is difficult for me to understand how you can justify in your own mind this vicious and erroneous attack on IMI, since IMI in spite of your opposition conducts the largest and best training and promotion programs by far in the masonry industry.
In its work, IMI is supported and aided by thousands of mason contractors, including most members of MCAA. They are a fraction of the total, but they make an important contribution. You once were a part of that group until you decided to foster a double-breasted approach at MCAA. That approach is nothing more than a restatement of the old, failed effort to conduct industry programs on a unilateral basis that excluded unions and it will fail again.
IMI's Board of Trustees included two past presidents of MCAA and its Area and Region Program Boards include some very active members of MCAA. They believe that by helping IMI, they are helping their industry, and we believe they are right.
Despite your malicious effort to discourage mason contractors from supporting and participating in IMI, this labor! management effort will continue, and it will continue to grow because the future of the masonry industry depends on cooperation between craftsmen and contractors.
MCAA, which until a decade ago limited its membership to contractors who were signatory to work agreements with the International Bricklayers Union, has of its own volition turned itself into a "double- breasted' organization. That's too bad. But the labor management model of progress which IMI represents is still alive and still growing. And that's very good.
Joan B. Calambokidis President International Masonry Institute
Now it seems that a copy of this letter was sent to every local union and contributing cont contractors in the US and Canada. IMI is supposed to be a joint labor management trust for the purpose of promotion and training. How can any article about IMI become union politics?
Ms. Calambokidis suggests that a call to IMI would have provided me with all the straight scope and details that I missed in my article. I suggest that you take her up on her offer, if you have any questions or would like a copy of their latest certified financial statement and budget. Their phone number is (202)783-3908, and please call collect, after all its your money.
From the comments I have received from both before and after Ms. Calambokidis's letter there has been only one negative response Ms. Calambokidis's. The good, the bad and the ugly. You decide where the titles belong. Lenny Pardue