Member Advantage Update

To participate in the 2007 GM NAHB $500 Exclusive Offer, members and HBA staff will need a proof of membership document. They can easily create their own by going to www.nahb.org/ma and clicking on the GM logo. Members must have a www.nahb.org login.

Executive Officers are now able to provide new members with immediate access to this exclusive $500 GM offer:

Please remember that this exclusive $500 GM offer is only available to dues-paying members and builder association staff. HBAs will be invoiced membership fees for authorizations provided to anyone other than a dues-paying member or builder association staff member.

If you signed up your HBA for the GM revenue share program in 2006, you do NOT need to sign up again for 2007.

For more information about this program, please contact Tiffany Smith at 800-368-5242 x8273 or via e-mail at tsmith@nahb.com.

Builders Rock! Unique Collector's Offer for IBS Attendees

Get the word to your IBS attendees: don’t miss this opportunity to reserve your limited edition 2007 Hard Rock/IBS guitar pin. This Official Hard Rock metal pin showcasing the IBS logo is a must-have!

If you order a pin, you must pick it up at the BuilderBooks Store by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7^th, West Building, Hall C Lobby.

Thursday morning, all pins will be offered to all BuilderBooks Store customers.

Special Attendee Rates and Fee-Waived Hertz #1 Club Gold® Membership

On your way to Orlando for the International Builders' Show? Make sure you and your members take advantage of Hertz pricing for IBS attendees.

And there's that special member benefit you offer members with Hertz: fee-waived Hertz #1 Club Gold® membership!

Before your members, your staff or you hit the road, make sure you stop by Hertz.

Spin the Big Wheel at the Big Show!

Remind your members to visit the BuilderBooks Bookstore and enter for a chance to Spin the Big Wheel for Big Prizes and Cash.

Daily drawings will be held at 3:00 P.M. Entrants must be present to win. The Big Wheel is sponsored in part by KitchenAid®.

Official rules and additional details will be available at the BuilderBooks Store in Orlando. No Purchase Necessary.

Free UPS Shipping from the BuilderBooks Store in Orlando

Members who have a UPS account and are registered in the NAHB/UPS shipping discount program will receive one free shipment* at the 2007 IBS BuilderBooks Book Store.

Please be sure to enroll in the NAHB-sponsored UPS discount program prior to the Show. If you already have a UPS shipper number, simply include it on the enrollment form. If you don’t have one, UPS will assign one to you when you enroll in this program.

*Restrictions apply. Visit the store at IBS for details.

More Than Just a New Look for the Member Advantage Program

January marks the transition to a new look for the Member Advantage program -- including this new format for The Member Advantage Update online newsletter.

Go ahead and place your orders for the new brochures and wallet cards for shipping in February. Other updates are on the way for the Member Advantage Toolkit, with new ads from participating companies. Remember: the Member Advantage is about saving and making money for builders members and builder associations.

New brochures and wallet cards will be available at the Member Advantage Headquarters at THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS' SHOW in Orlando.

New BuilderBooks Catalog Premiers in February

The 2007 BuilderBooks catalogs will be heading to Orlando and all over the US in early February. In addition to being available at the BuilderBooks Bookstore during the International Builders' Show, catalogs will mailed to customers.

To order a quantity of BuilderBooks catalogs for use at your builders assocation, please call 1-800-223-2665.