The Construction Maintenance Institute
Welcome to the CMI-CJA Organization!
Welcome to the Construction and Maintenance Institute for Criminal Justice Agencies (CMI), a non-profit, non-political, non-partisan professional organization with membership comprised of public employees. CMI is dedicated to sharing knowledge, education, and advancement of all professionals employed in the construction as well as maintenance fields, who work within prison systems, jails and court facilities. CMI is designed to act as a clearinghouse for information related to issues and concerns in designing, constructing and maintaining all types of Criminal Justice facilities.
--- CMI News Updates ---
Mark your schedules and plan your reservations now for the annual CMI conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan on October 5 - 7, 2010. Our room rates are still below $100 a night! This year's event is hosted by Jerry Elmblad from the Michigan DOC with assistance from Steve Hudenko from the Kent County (Michigan) Sheriff's Department. Click on the 'Conferences' Tab for more detailed information.
CMI would like to thank all the members and affilitiates who attended the 2009 conference in Colorado Springs! A special thanks to Jerry Platt from Delaware DOC who hosted the event halfway across the country! Hosting outside the home state took a lot of coordination and cooperation from the Colorado DOC. We would also like to thank our CMI Coordinator, Lisa Richardson, for keeping all the last minute details on track!
Getting down to conference business, CMI would like to welcome Mike Gaito from the Kansas DOC to the CMI Board. Mike has been an active CMI member for a number of years and has served previously on the board. Welcome back Mike and congratulations!
Click Here to see all the CMI Executive Board and Board Members.
CMI is always seeking new board members. If you have paricipated in our past conferences, you are already familiar with the benefits of sharing information among your peers in the world of corrections-related facility management. Board members take an active role in planning the events, agendas, and share ideas to improve our yearly conferences. CMI is interested in any candidates who wish to devote some of their free time in interacting with this national organization. Candidates who may be interested can contact any board member prior to the conference for more information.
In other business, a resolution to affect a few amendments to the CMI by-laws was passed by the Board. Read the CMI by-laws here!
The CMI Store is being updated to reflect this year's fees! Pay your dues, conference fees and golf tournament fees on-line just by Clicking Here! As a reminder, Membership fees are due January 1, 2010.
The CMI-CJA Organization is also interested in new presenters and topics for our conference seminar sessions. If you or someone you know would like to present a topic either individually or as part of a panel, please contact Jerry Elmblad or Steve Hudenko.
The Bill Harmon fund resolution was passed at the 2008 conference in Baton Rouge to help provide financial support to assist CMI members who would likre to attend our conferences, but whose organizations, due in large part to budgetary cutbacks, will not support out-of-state travel.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the Bill Harmon Fund must do so by check. No payments can be made through the website. Contributions to the Fund can made on the 2009 CMI Affiliate Member and Conference Registration Form. You may also read the Bill Harmon resolution.
