2010 WFI Fall Conference September 10

2010
2010 WFI
WFI Fall
Fall Conference
Conference
September
September 10
10--12
12
Kalahari
Kalahari Resort
Resort
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells
Dells
Inside This Issue
Bring the Kids to the Kalahari for the
Fall Conference!
Allied Trades Misunderstood
Will Dress for Success Make a
Comeback?
Fall Conference Schedule
Two New Tax Benefits Aid Employers
Who Hire and Retain Unemployed
Workers
Hall of Fame Nomination Form
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WISCONSIN FABRICARE INSTITUTE, INC. / May/June 2010
This bi-monthly publication is the official newsletter
of the Wisconsin Fabricare Institute. It is published for the
informational and educational use of its members.
PRESIDENT ................................................... BRIAN CASS
Martinizing
Waukesha, WI
VICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY ..... DENNIS SCHMITT
TREASURER ........................Lindeman’s Cleaning, Inc.
Green Bay, WI
P.O. Box 953
Wausau, WI 54402
800-236-2200
Milwaukee Office:
262-783-4500
Fax: 262-783-4979
KEVIN D. BRADEN
Cell: 262-308-0700
PAST PRESIDENT .............................. RICHARD KLINKE
Klinke Cleaners
Madison, WI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRETT DONALDSON
Donaldson’s One Hour Cleaners
Neenah,WI
JOSEPH LEROY
Stannard Drycleaners
Oshkosh, WI
JILL FITZGERALD
Jill’s Cleaners
Muskego, WI
DAN MARTINO II
Martino’s Master Dry Cleaners
Kenosha, WI
THOMAS GRIMM
One Hour Martinizing
Butler, WI
SANDY MIELKE
Quick Cleaners
Oconomowoc, WI
ART IMIG
Art Imig’s Clothing Care Center
Sheboygan, WI
ROBERT KEENE
Band Box Cleaners
Tomah, WI
Environmental Consulting Geotechnical Engineering
Construction Materials Testing Subcontract Drilling
Property Condition Assessments Industrial Hygiene
1-800-782-0610
www.gilesengr.com
Atlanta Baltimore Dallas Los Angeles Milwaukee Orlando
WFI Associate Member
RICK NETTUM
Leather-Rich, Inc.
Oconomowoc, WI
JEFF SEIDENSTICKER
Ol Tyme Cleaners
West Bend, WI
LKH, Inc.
ASSOCIATE REPRESENTATIVES
KEVIN BRADEN
Wausau Chemical Corporation
Brookfield, WI
JAMES FITZGERALD, JR.
Herb Fitzgerald Company
Butler, WI
Wisconsin Fabricare Institute
12342 West Layton Avenue
Greenfield, WI 53228
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www.wiscleaners.com
Brian Swingle, Executive Director:
[email protected]
Kari Foster, Executive Assistant
Janice Powell, Financial Manager
Jill Fennimore, Communications Specialist, Editor:
[email protected]
Janet Johnson, Membership Coordinator:
[email protected]
Bob White, Communication & Project Management:
[email protected]
The Wisconsin Fabricare Institute disclaims liability of statements
by the editors, contributors & advertisers.
Please contact the WFI office if you have meeting
notices or news items to be included in this newsletter
Featuring a Comprehensive Inventory
of Tailoring Supplies
CALL US TOLL FREE
800-621-0197
order on the web
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CARL KENDZIORSKI
Territory Manager
Hales
WI
Hales Corners,
Corners, WI
Cell
414-708-4975
Voice
Pager
414-226-9118
Fax 414-427-5084
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WISCONSIN FABRICARE INSTITUTE, INC. / May/June 2010
Communicating
Your Purpose
What is our purpose? Why
do we do the job we do? The
answers are different for all
of us. As you can see below,
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5. practical result, effect, or advantage: to act to
good purpose.
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clean and dirty clothes to our plant. If the shuttle driver
doesn’t show up for work on time it causes a chain reaction. The dirty clothes don’t get picked up on time,
so they don’t get back to the plant and cleaned on time.
That means the clothes can’t get to the presser on time,
so they don’t get inspected or bagged on time. Then
they may not leave the plant on time. If they don’t
leave the plant on time and are late to the store, we may
have an angry customer which the CSR now has to deal
with. All because the driver overslept for an hour. He
needs to know his job has a truly important purpose in
what we do.
When training our people we should try to explain
as much as we can about how important their job duties are and how much they affect the company as a
whole. The more they feel and see their job truly has a
purpose, the more they will care about the job they do.
Conveying the purpose of what the employee does is
(like almost everything) tied in with communication.
Communicate with your staff the purpose of what you
are asking them to do.
Brian Cass
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6. to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.
7. to intend; design.
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change his way of life radically.
Do your employees know the purpose of the job
they do? They probably know the big picture purpose,
which is to clean people’s clothes and make the customer look good, which leads to more sales and to the
business making money.
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team that relies on each member to do their job correctly. When they do their part, it makes everyone else’s
job run smoother. If the CSR doesn’t check pockets,
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that garment and any others that were damaged. The
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a check to cover the damage.
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plant.
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Our people in Wisconsin
Dan Baker—Eq. Sales, East
Mark O’Connell—Eq. Sales, Southwest
Larry Alberg—Eq. Sales, Northwest
Terry Anderson—Coin Eq. Sales, West
Jon Karll—Supply Sales, Northeast
Steve Padovano—Office Manager
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WISCONSIN FABRICARE INSTITUTE, INC. / May/June 2010
Bring the Kids
to the Kalahari for
the Fall Conference!
The Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells is set to
host the WFI Fall Conference September 10-12. Members need to register their rooms at the hotel before August 11 to receive the special rates WFI obtained for the
conference.
The resort’s new indoor Theme Park, indoor water
park and the Kalahari Spa and Salon are available for
all hotel guests and their families to relax and unwind.
The Desert Rooms with two queen beds and a sofa
sleeper will cost $109 and allow up to six people with
as many as six waterpark passes per room. A very limited number of King rooms are also available, but call
early to reserve one! You must indicate that you are
with WFI when you make your reservations to get the
special rates.
The conference will feature morning and afternoon
business sessions, a golf outing at Trapper’s Turn on
Saturday and numerous networking opportunities. The
speakers and topics for this fall’s conference are still
undetermined. As soon as plans are finalized, information will be sent to members via email and will be
included in the next issue of Impressions. Meanwhile,
the conference and hotel information are included elsewhere in this issue. Be sure to book your rooms early.
Ken Bazille
Cell: 612-805-6404
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WISCONSIN FABRICARE INSTITUTE, INC. / May/June 2010
Two New Tax Benefits
Aid Employers Who
Hire and Retain
Unemployed Workers
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now available to employers hiring workers who were previously
unemployed or only working part
time. These provisions are part of the Hiring Incentives
to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act enacted into law
March 18th, 2010.
Employers who hire unemployed workers this
year (after Feb. 3, 2010 and before Jan. 1, 2011) may
qualify for a 6.2-percent payroll tax incentive, in eff
fect exempting them from their share of Social Security
taxes on wages paid to these workers after March 18,
2010. This reduced tax withholding will have no effect
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employers would still need to withhold the employee’s
6.2-percent share of Social Security taxes, as well as
income taxes. The employer and employee’s shares of
Medicare taxes would also still apply to these wages.
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year, businesses may claim an additional general busiQHVVWD[FUHGLWXSWRSHUZRUNHUZKHQWKH\ÀOH
their 2011 income tax returns.
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mind as they plan for the year ahead,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman.
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the workers they are replacing left voluntarily or for
cause. Family members and other relatives do not qualify.
In addition, the new law requires that the employer
get a statement from each eligible new hire certifying
that he or she was unemployed during the 60 days before beginning work or, alternatively, worked fewer
than a total of 40 hours for someone else during the
60-day period. The IRS has a form that employees can
use to make the required statement.
Businesses, agricultural employers, tax-exempt
organizations and public colleges and universities all
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newly-hired employees. Household employers cannot
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with the IRS. Eligible employers will be able to claim
the new tax incentive on their revised employment tax
form for the second quarter of 2010. Revised forms
and further details on these two new tax provisions are
posted on IRS.gov website.
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Pilgrim Cleaners (Welcome Back!)
7475 Mineral Point Road, #16
Madison, WI 53717
608-833-9484
Fax: 608-833-9740
Ami Schultz
[email protected]
Robertson Ryan & Associates
20975 Swenson Drive, #175
Waukesha, WI 53186
414-704-1936
Fax: 262-717-9434
Jerry Rauwald, Jim Cruise & Matt Cruise
www.robertsonryan.com
[email protected]
Associate Member
R.R. Streets & Company
184 Shuman Blvd.
Naperville, IL 60563
847-207-5252
Fax: 847-551-1688
Nick Gagliano
www.4streets.com
[email protected]
Associate Member