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Historic Mid-Year Board of Directors Meetings Just Completed
After several years of work aimed at decreasing the size of the PDCA Board of Directors and increasing its productivity and effectiveness, the Board is finally a smaller entity.

PDCA is pleased to announce that the PDCA Board of Directors approved the revised PDCA Industry Standard P16-07, at the Mid-Year Board of Director's meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 22, 2008.

PDCA is pleased to announce that the PDCA Board of Directors approved a new PDCA Industry Standard P18-08, at the Mid-Year Board of Director's meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 22, 2008. PDCA Industry Standard P18-08 is entitled "Recommended Protocol for Documenting Extra Work to a Contract." The purpose of this standard is to define criteria for the documentation of extra work to a contract for painting and decorating.

The Top 11 Reasons to Visit the New PDCA Online Often

There are a number of basic tenets that a family-owned business should observe in order to be fair to both non-family employees and family. Consider Jack and Cindy Royed, owners of Continental Painting in Cerritos, California. Many of their practices have evolved over the past 30 years, and have become more focused as their son, Matthew, has now joined the company.

PDCA was one of the subcontractor groups that collaborated in the production of theConsensusDOCS, a collection of contracts and construction documents and contract systems first introduced in September 2007.

Fashion runways have long been the inspirational source for home furnishings and decorating color choices. Debbie Zimmer, paint and color expert with The Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute shares 2008 trendy paint palettes.

In accordance with our newly adopted bylaws, the Board of Director (BOD) election process has concluded. Four (4) candidates from each region, west, central and east, as well as, one (1) past president candidate have been elected.

As of June 9, 2008, President George W. Bush has amended Executive Order 12989. This now directs all federal departments and agencies to require contractors, as a condition of each future federal contract, to agree to use an electronic system to verify workers' employment eligibility. In response to this Executive Order, Secretary Michael Chertoff designated E-Verify as the system of choice.