CHICAGO OAK BROOK HILLS MARRIOTT OAK BROOK, IL JUNE 10-13, 2012

AAMA 2012 NATIONAL SUMMER CONFERENCE

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Overlooking sweeping lawns and sparkling waterways, the Oak Brook Hills Marriott offers all the elements to achieve success in the heart of a premier Chicago suburb.

Located in the heart of Oak Brook and centrally located between O’Hare International and Midway Airport, the hotel is approximately 16 miles from both airports. The hotel has a golf course, an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, fitness center and a sand volleyball court.

Located a few miles from the Marriott is the fashionable and up-scale Oak Book Center and Yorktown Malls; Brookfield Zoo, the bo-tanical settings at Morton Arboretum, Premium Outlets, and the Riv-erboat Casinos in Aurora/Joliet. Only a train ride away, you can take in the sites of the Windy City, downtown Chicago, by visiting the various museums and restaurants.

Enjoy the dining options within the hotel. Windows Restaurant, with its contemporary design offers a comfortable yet eclectic setting overlooking the Willow Crest Golf Course and hotel grounds – an American cuisine with a Mediterranean flare serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Located adjacent to the pro shop, the Grill, serves light American fare in a relaxed atmosphere. Mulligans, an American cuisine located on the golf course between the 9th and 10th holes, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Lobby Bar offers specialty drinks and small plates in a sophisticated atmosphere with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the 18th green.

Click here for a direct link to the hotel website.

AAMA 2012 NATIONAL SUMMER CONFERENCE

JUNE 10-13, 2012

Oak Brook Hills Marriott Hotel 3500 Midwest Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

Phone: 630.850.5555 Fax: 630.850.5569

AAMA Continues to offer COMPLIMENTARY Spouse Registration! Register your spouse online or by paper registration. You will receive a separate confirmation email for the spouse registration.

Spouse registration includes: Café AAMA, Continental Breakfasts, Lunches, Receptions, and Dinner at Tommy Gun’s Garage.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MICHAEL COLLINS

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 “Residential and Commercial Window and Door Industry Overview”

Mr. Collins will present an overview of the residential and commercial window and door industry, along with current trends and his outlook for the future of the industry. This will include a discussion of key economic indicators and statistics with an important bearing on the building prod-ucts industry. Other topics will include a discussion of plant expansion and M&A activity in the industry. He will close with a review of the current status of competition from Chinese window and door companies.

Michael Collins is Managing Director of Building Products at Jordan, Knauff & Company, a Chicago-based investment bank. He leads the firm’s efforts in the window and door industry, an area in which he has conducted extensive research. This includes publish-ing the Window & Door Industry Benchmark Survey, conducting semi-annual Window & Door Industry Update webinars and writ-ing a monthly article for Door & Window Manufacturer magazine.

Michael began his career at A. G. Edwards & Sons in 1994. In 1995, he became an investment advisor at what was then Dean Wit-ter Reynolds. Several years after that company’s merger with Mor-gan Stanley, Michael was invited to join the high net worth client division of Morgan Stanley. He joined Jordan, Knauff & Company in 2003 and currently leads the firm’s efforts in raising capital and M&A advisory for window and door companies.

He lives in Chicago, IL, with his wife and two children. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1994. At CMU, he was a member of the first class of Centralis Scholars and studied Japanese language, economics and political science in Tokyo, Japan. In 2004, he received a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis on finance an entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, HOTEL RESERVATIONS, TRAVEL INFORMATION, AND FEES

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE Early Bird deadline is May 18, 2012.

AAMA Members: Click here to register online and receive a $50 discount on your registration.

Non-Members: To download a registration form, click here.

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Face-to-face meetings are all about communicating. Getting things done.

Building relationships. And accomplishing the near impossible.

AAMA meetings mean business. Please join us.

Hotel Accommodations and Reservations The Oak Brook Hills Marriott features 384 guest rooms. Each guest

room includes a coffee maker, two-line telephone with voice mail, high-speed internet access, hair dryer, full size ironing board with iron, terry cloth bathrobe, work desk and chair, and separate vanity area, plush bedding.

The cut-off date for hotel reservations is MAY 18, 2012. After that date, rooms will be confirmed on a space-available basis and the special new reduced group rate of $139 (plus tax) may not be available. Please note: The $139 rate includes wireless internet in the sleeping rooms.

To get the AAMA rate – please call the Oak Brook Hills Marriott directly at 630.850.5555 or Marriott Reservations at 800.228.9290.

Click here to make your hotel reservation online. AIRPORT / TRANSPORTATION / TAXI / CAR RENTAL / HOTEL PARKING / HOTEL SHUTTLE The Marriott is located approximately 16 miles from both O’Hare Inter-national Airport (ORD) and Midway Airport (MDW). Transportation from both O’Hare and Midway Airports to Hotel Windy City Limo Service provides transportation to and from both O’Hare and Midway Airports for a reasonable fee of $28/person/one way (gratuity not included). Reservations need to be made in advance by call-ing 1.866.949.4639. Taxi: American Taxi charges a current fee of (approximately) $32 (includes $2 airport exit surcharge) plus tip from O'Hare/Midway Air-ports to the hotel. The same rate applies from the hotel to O'Hare/Midway. Reservations can be made online or by calling (800) 244-1177 and pressing 0 to get an operator. The call for transportation should be made in advance or within 15 minutes of pick-up time. The taxi service (without prior arrangement) is available at the O'Hare Airport cab stand. In addition to your fare, however, you will be charged an additional 50 percent surcharge. Avis Car Rental – Call 800.331.1600 for reservations. Refer to Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number J624420 to receive group discount. Reservations can be made on line by clicking here. Hotel Parking: Self-Parking complimentary Hotel Shuttle: The hotel offers complimentary shuttle upon guest re-quest and availability to and from: • Oak Brook Shopping Center – regularly scheduled runs • Metra Train Station to Downtown Chicago • Yorktown Shopping Center All shuttle transportation needs to be setup by the individual guest with the Front Desk/Bellman.

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 Sunday’s Optional Event is the traditional AAMA Golf Tournament which tees off at Noon at the Willow Crest Golf Course right on the Marriott property.

The Willow Crest Golf Course – an 18-hole Championship Course – is named for the 100+ willow trees that border five large ponds located on the course. Designed by Dick Nugent, the course features gently rolling bent grass contoured fairways, quick rolling well bunkered greens along with an abundant amount of water and out of bounds areas. The golf course layout is challenging yet enjoy-able for golfers of every skill level.

Fee of $139 per person (non-refundable) includes green/cart fees, tournament fee, taxes, prizes, and gratuities. Club rental fees are $50 (Callaways).

Click here for full details on the Scramble Golf Tournament.

NOTE: No refunds for no-shows or cancellations on the Optional Events.

EVENTS AT A GLANCE

Sunday • Golf Scramble Tournament – 12:00 NOON • Welcome Reception – 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Monday • Continental Breakfast – 6:45 AM - 8:30 AM • Opening General Session – 7:30 AM • Industry Organization Updates (ASTM/ASHRAE/IGMA/NFRC) -

8:30 AM • Meetings continue – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM • Lunch / Keynote Speaker - 12:00 NOON • Dinner and Show at Tommy Gun’s Garage – 5:30 PM Tuesday • Continental Breakfast – 6:45 AM - 8:30 AM • Meetings 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM • Environmental Marketing: FTC Guidance Question & Answer

Session - Paul Gary (The Gary Law Group) / Joan Long (Barnes & Thorn-burg) - 11:00 AM

• Lunch / Scholarship Award Presentation – 12:00 NOON • NFRC 713 Presentation - Paul Gary - 1:15 PM • Reception – 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM • Sand Volleyball - 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Wednesday • Continental Breakfast – 6:45 AM - 8:30 AM • Meetings 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM • Lunch - 11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON • Board of Directors Meeting – 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

OPTIONAL EVENT - Golf Only

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CONFERENCE DEADLINES: • Early Bird Registration: May 18 • Hotel Reservations: May 18 • Online Registration (Members Only): June 4 • Registration Fee Refunds: May 28

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Exclusive to AAMA - Dinner and Show - Tommy Gun’s Garage 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Not long after the turn of the century, in a decade known as the Roar-ing Twenties, the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed and strictly prohibited. Nevertheless, men like Alphonse Capone and his mafia family, refused to adhere to the law, opening illegal speakeasies across the city of Chicago, offering alcohol, gam-bling and hotbox entertainment.

Tommy Gun’s Garage is an Audience Interactive “Speakeasy” that offers a musical comedy review wit da gangsters, da flappers and YOU!!!!! (uh, dat’s audience participation).

After a delicious sit-down dinner, join “Vito,” “Gloves,” and da “gangsters” and da “flappers” for non-stop comedy and dangerous fun. You will be transported back to da 1920’s complete wit da boss’s 1928 Model “A” Ford, Roaring Twenties music and memorabilia from da Twenties. Da mugs and da molls dance and sing da Charleston and udder musical selections from Cole Porter to George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and more….

Be ready to hide your hooch (alcohol) cause we could get raided by da coppers at anytime. Be careful, you could get pulled up on stage at any time to perform a sobriety test given by Officer Murphy. NOTE: This event is part of the registration fee and includes:

• Transportation • Sit-down dinner / show • Beer, wine and soft drinks • Cash bar is also available for other type drinks

We will start loading the buses at 5:15 PM

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 Golf Tournament – 12:00 NOON

Welcome Reception – 5:30 PM

MONDAY, JUNE 11 Opening General Session - 7:30 AM During the Opening General Session, important conference action items and learning sessions will be highlighted. New members and prospects will be introduced and welcomed. Attend this session to gather valuable information about meeting sessions to be sure to include in your confer-ence participation plans. Intro to Social Media: Make it Work for You - 8:00 AM This session will feature an overview on social media, including the benefits of incorporating social media into your professional life. In ad-dition, staff will lead a “How To” portion of the presentation focused specifically on utilizing LinkedIn, participating in AAMA LinkedIn groups and what to expect for future social media interaction with AAMA. Industry Organizations Updates - 8:30 AM AAMA staff will provide important activity updates associated with ASHRAE, ASTM, IGMA, and NFRC. These updates will be focused on those organizations’ activities that are of interest to our member-ship. Due to the high interest given this by our membership, we are separating these reports from the Regulatory Affairs Committee and creating dedicated time in the conference schedule for this activity.

Dan Lemieux (Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc.) will provide an update on ASTM’s activities relating to BECx Certification and Training and the BECx Certificate Program. This program is associated with ASTM E 2813-12, Standard Practice for Building Enclosure Commission-ing.

Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx) is a process that begins with the establishment of the Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) and endeavors to ensure that the exterior enclosure and those elements in-tended to provide environmental separation within a building or struc-ture meet or exceed the expectations of the Owner as defined in the OPR.  Lunch – 12:00 NOON

Keynote Speaker – Michael Collins - 1:00 PM Green and Sustainability Specification Development Committee 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND ANY MEETINGS OR SOCIAL EVENTS AND BADGES MUST BE WORN AT ALL AAMA EVENTS. SPOUSES AND

GUESTS WHO PLAN TO VISIT CAFE AAMA, ATTEND LUNCHES OR THE EVENING RECEPTIONS MUST REGISTER AND WEAR THEIR BADGES TO

ALL FUNCTIONS AS WELL.

FACILITY USAGE FEE A $200 facilities usage fee will be enacted for those who attend conferences, but elect not to stay at the conference host hotel. Any number of nights reserved at the conference hotel qualifies for waiver of the facili-ties usage fee. Click here for a detailed explanation.

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Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) Presentation - 4:00 PM Rand Baldwin, AEC President, will talk about what changes, updates and advancements are foreseen in the industry and particularly im-pacts the aluminum fenestration industry. NAFS Committee – 5:00 PM. An update will be provided that reports on the latest activities associ-ated with the Joint Document Management Group (JDMG). The JDMG will be meeting just prior to the Summer Conference to discuss neces-sary updates to NAFS-11 as well as the preliminary development of the NAFS User’s Guide. The outcome of their meeting will be presented during this session. Reception – 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 Code Action Committee (CAC) – 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM The Code Action Committee is responsible for developing code change proposals, public comments and AAMA positions primarily directed to the International Code Council (ICC).

The year 2012 brings the publication of a new edition of the Interna-tional Codes - the 2012 edition.

Development of the 2015 International Building Code has also be-gun with the January 2012 submittal deadline for code change proposals to the 2012 International Building Code, and the May 2012 Code Devel-opment Hearings on those proposals. Julie Ruth, AAMA code consult-ant, will update attendants on action taken at the hearings on code change proposals that have been targeted as being of specific interest to AAMA members, including ones that were submitted by AAMA, and parties other than AAMA. A plan for AAMA's response to these actions in the form of Public Comments will also be developed at this time. Certification Policy Committee – 10:00 AM Dean Lewis, AAMA’s Chief Engineer, Certification Programs will report on the following: • The status of the certification procedure for Third-Party and manu-

facturer painting and laminating of profiles • Revisions to the Component Verification Program Box Lunch - 11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON Architectural Window Council and Curtain Wall/Storefront Council 12:00 NOON - 12:45 PM Residential Window Council - 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Closing General Session – 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Each AAMA national conference includes a comprehensive schedule of meetings that cover a broad range of industry topics. For members who are unable to attend every meeting session of interest to you, the Closing General Session is one meeting you can’t afford to miss.

Brief reports of all conference activities within each Council are pre-sented so you can learn what happened in any meetings you were un-able to attend. Plus, this is the session in which members discuss and take action on issues that require higher level of approval.

Be sure to consider the timing of this important wrap-up meeting as you make your flight arrangements. Board of Directors - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS (cont’d)

Sand volleyball anyone? The hotel’s sand volleyball court is reserved for AAMA on Tuesday evening from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Regulatory Affairs Committee (RAC) - 7:30 AM The Regulatory Affairs Committee monitors State and National legislation, governmental rulemakings and industry-related organizations decisions that can impact AAMA members, and their customers and suppliers.

Key issues of interest at the national level include proposed LRRP ex-pansion to commercial buildings, the revised ENERGY STAR® window and door performance criteria program requirements, USGBC LEED 2012 developments, future of the mandated national formaldehyde standard and updates on the Dept. of Commerce anti-dumping investigation on photovoltaic cells from China. Members will also be alerted to any new legislative attempts to introduce bills offering commercial and/or residen-tial credits for energy efficient fenestration product purchases or use.

Environmental Marketing: FTC Guidance Question & Answer Session 11:00 AM The FTC monitors the environmental marketing claims of many consumer products. Additionally, the Green Guidelines are under revision and more stringent provisions are expected for manufacturers and sellers.

An overview of current FTC marketing guidance and updates ex-pected to be included within the pending “Green Guides” will be pre-sented during this one-hour Q&A session conducted by Paul Gary (The Gary Law Group) and Joan Long (Barnes & Thornburg). Lunch and Scholarship Award Presentation - 12:00 NOON – 1:15 PM Please join us for the AAMA Scholarship Award Presentation recognizing the bright young students who have been selected as recipients for the 2012/2013 school year. The AAMA Scholarship Program was developed to encourage growth within our industry by providing financial aid to students who are pursuing an engineering or technical degree in the building products industry.

This brief presentation also announces the winners of the AAMA Scholarship Partner Program awards. Current Scholarship Partners in-clude Mikron Industries (a division of Quanex), Graham Architectural Products and Milgard Manufacturing. These member companies are di-rectly contributing to the education of their employees’ children by offer-ing their own scholarship programs while utilizing AAMA’s administra-tive resources and third-party winner selection team.

Show your support for these potential future industry leaders by at-tending and learn how your company can save time and money on its own scholarship program.

NFRC 713 Independent Verification Program (IVP) - 1:15 PM With the pilot program underway and implementation scheduled for January 2013, the NFRC IVP program represents a dramatic new feature in the landscape of the fenestration industry. Paul Gary and John Nolan of The Gary Law Group will review the challenges of the process, reper-cussions of failure and the potential for wide-ranging unintended conse-quences. What positive can be derived from a “pass” and what fallout looms for a “failure?”

With the assistance of manufacturers and re-sellers, ENERGY STAR has grown to dominate the fenestration market. EPA/DOE are flexing those muscles with the mandate for fenestration IVP.

Does IVP represent “busy work” or a paradigm shift? Will the EN-ERGY STAR club become more exclusive? Can air/water/structural be far behind?

Join us for an energetic discussion.

NEW COMMITTEES / TASK GROUPS • AAMA 304 and 1506 Sub-Task Group • AMC PV Mounting System • AMC Anodic/Painted Finishes Task Group • ASHRAE Monitoring Committee* • Door Vertical Loading (AAMA 925) Task Group • GMC Education Whitepaper Task Group* • Sash Lock Standard Task Group *Not meeting at this conference COMMITTEES / TASK GROUPS DISBANDED • Anodic Finishes (AAMA 611) Task Group • APG Energy Course Task Group • CW-10-04 Review and Update Task Group • Field Testing Task Group (pending document publication) • Flashing Education Task Group • FMC Green and Sustainability Task Group • Secondary Storm Product Task Group CONFERENCE MATERIAL FORMAT AT AAMA EVENTS Attendees will receive a flash drive and a small conference packet at no additional cost upon checking in onsite. The flash drive will con-tain individual agenda files, procedures, member lists and previous conference minutes (members only). The files will also be emailed to attendees prior to the event.

The entire agenda book file will also be accessible via the Sum-mer conference page on the AAMA Web site. Agenda files both on the AAMA Web site, as well as the flash drives will be sorted by council and then alphabetically to most easily locate particular agen-das. This will allow attendees the opportunity to review meeting agendas and other meeting materials in advance, rather than wait-ing until arrival at the conference.

Reducing the amount of printed materials used at AAMA events

is a part of efforts to become more environmentally friendly in our practices as an association. In providing a flash drive and small con-ference packet in lieu of a full printed agenda book, the amount of paper used will be decreased, and the electronic files on the flash drive can also be kept for future use.

SPONSORS & PUBLICATIONS

SPONSORS ARE SPECIAL As always, your sponsorship dollars are most welcome since they are key to helping us provide a well-rounded program at a fair price. Par-ticipating in the sponsorship program is a great way to get some valu-able publicity for your company. Click here for full details. Please consider sponsoring an event at the AAMA National Summer Conference and join the following companies who generously spon-sored at our 2012 Annual Conference in Naples, FL. Thank you Sponsors, for your continued support. PLATINUM SPONSOR

GOLD • AMESBURY GROUP • DECEUNINCK • DOW CORNING • QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS SILVER • ARKEMA • DOW CORNING • JOSEPH MACHINE COMPANY • SHINTECH BRONZE • ULTRAFAB, INC. Thank you to our Golf Sponsors: • AIR-INS INC. • GED INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS • QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS • VTECH INDUSTRIES

AAMA Virtual Library (AVL) AAMA has developed a system whereby Category 1 and Technical/Consultant members may purchase annual licenses to offer electronic versions of AAMA publications for use by their employees in an effort to make AAMA’s technical information resources more readily available. Category 1 members may also utilize a watermark-print option which allows for the documents included in the library to be printed by the company’s employees. Initially announced at AAMA’s 2011 Fall Conference, the AAMA Virtual Library (AVL) Program provides a new benefit to AAMA member companies. Along with being able to sign up for the program with a company’s membership renewal form, attendees will also be able to review information and sign up for the AVL Program at the upcoming AAMA Summer Conference.

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