Looking for proof of membership?
It is as simple as visiting ieha.org and logging in and heading to your personal profile. Membership cards with proof of educational status are now available online to print. IEHA no longer mails membership cards to new or renewing members. (Exception: For members that do not have internet or e-mail access, please contact IEHA for assistance.)

What else is new online?
Finally, you can renew your membership! Behind the scenes, countless hours, days, weeks, months and yes, even years, have been spent by the IEHA staff and our webmaster Paul Rathey to complete a customized record system. This will allow YOU, our members, to have access to many more features and opportunities for the future. We encourage everyone to log in and check that his or her information is correct. Computers are near perfect, but we need YOUR help in making sure your information is up-to-date.

Don’t know what your username or password is?
Visit the following link and have it sent to your primary e-mail address on file: http://www.ieha.org/forgotpass.php

What can we do for YOU?
Call us and let us know. Our staff is always looking for ways to help our members succeed. Before you recreate the wheel, we might already know someone or have a tool that will save you valuable time and money. Give us a call at 1-800-200-6342.

Non-renewal assistance.
Please review your current non-renewal reports and help us with our retention. Make phone calls, send e-mails and tell your fellow members WHY you joined and WHY you continue to renew your membership. Let’s grow IEHA together!

Thank you!

We would like to give special thanks to our Bosses’ Night photographer, Lionel Seals, who beautifully captured this year’s event. The photos are now available to view, download, print or share.

If you would like to view the slideshow, click here.

Helpful tips:

• When viewing the gallery, click on any image for a larger view.
• When viewing individual images, you can use your left or right arrows to view the previous or next image. Alternatively, you can click the large arrows on the left and right of each image.
• If you wish to download an image to your computer, you can right click on the image to save it. Or you can select “Download” from the menu immediately above the photo.
• To view the image larger, you can click on the magnifying glass.

If you need assistance, please e-mail elaine@hawaii-ieha.org.

On Sept. 14, the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA), Hawaii chapter, voted to adopt Washington Place as an ongoing community service cleaning project. This unique opportunity arose recently due to state budget cuts. Washington Place, a national historic landmark that was once the residence of Queen Liliuokalani and past Hawaii governors, presently only has funding for one housekeeper.

“This is where we can offer to voluntarily do our part to service our state of Hawaii,” says Rose Galera, president of the IEHA Hawaii chapter. “It will be an excellent project in which we, as top cleaning professionals in the industry, can give back to our Hawaii.”

The first cleanup led by IEHA will take place Oct. 9. The association has already secured additional donations from Universal Cleaners and Drycare Hawaii for professional window cleaning and carpet cleaning services

“On behalf of the Governor, I wanted to thank everyone for providing our staff with an opportunity to raise the level of professionalism within the Queen’s home,” says Cameron K. Heen, director of Washington Place. “I spoke with [the governor] yesterday and, once we have the cleaning dates in place, he would like to take the time to come and thank each of you personally for adopting Washington Place.”

Aloha,

The next I.E.H.A. biannual 100th Battalion Clubhouse cleanup will be on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 8 AM to approximately 11 AM.

We need volunteers to help with this worthy cause. I will be providing rags and some chemicals. Please bring cleaning supplies if available.

We will be cleaning the kitchen, bathrooms, dust mopping the floors, and heavy dusting.

Please send me an email or call me if you are able to spend a couple of hours assisting the most decorated war heroes in the history of the United States of America.

Lunch will be provided.

Mahalo,

Gary K. Nushida
Executive Housekeeper
Board of Director for IEHA- Hawaii Chapter
100 Holomoana
Honolulu, HI 96815
Ph: 944 4432
Fx: 9434130
Email: gnushida@hiprince.com

Don’t forget to RSVP for Bosses’ Night! The deadline to RSVP is Sept. 16.

Our not-to-be-missed Bosses’ Night celebration is Oct. 7. This year we take a step back in time and revisit the days of the Hawaiian paniolo. Taking us along this journey will be Hawaii’s first lady of country and Na Hoku Hanohano lifetime achievement award recipient Melveen Leed, our headliner of the evening. Also joining us is morning radio star Frank B. Shaner of 94.7 KUMU as the master of ceremonies. The cost per person is $58, and everyone is invited to attend. Call Ivy Kwok at (808) 921-9710 for details.

Click to download the Bosses’ Night flyer.

Aloha,

As Community Services Chair of the IEHA Hawaii Chapter, I will be the coordinator our bi-annual donation drive, to pick up items such as discarded linen, terry, and any damaged or unwanted personal hygiene items such as soaps, shampoo, and donate them to the Next Step Shelter, Goodwill, Waianae Shelter, and other charitable organizations.

Our pick up date will be Wednesday August 31, 2011. Please email or call me if you can contribute to this worthy cause and the list of items that you will be donating to this project.

If you are donating goods, please try to have them either bagged or boxed for ease of pick up.

We thank you for helping the IEHA Hawaii Chapter help those that are less fortunate in our community.

Mahalo,

Gary K. Nushida
Executive Housekeeper
Board of Director for IEHA- Hawaii Chapter
100 Holomoana
Honolulu, HI 96815
Ph: 944 4432
Fx: 9434130
Email: gnushida@hiprince.com

Dear IEHA Membership,

As you know, IEHA consistently seeks ways to raise the professionalism of the cleaning industry and increase awareness on the importance of clean, safe and healthy indoor environments. Due to this ongoing mission of our Association, the IEHA Board of Directors came to a consensus during the April 2011 board meeting that IEHA change its name in order to better reflect its members’ role in ensuring healthier indoor environments, and pave the way for the future growth of the organization. It was also decided at that time that name change possibilities would be submitted to the IEHA membership and taken to a member vote. This information can be found in the June 2011 issue of Executive Housekeeping Today.

The IEHA Directors-at-Large were advised to inform the membership that the name change vote would be taking place this week on the IEHA website. However, I realized too late that adequate information was not provided to the membership prior to the vote. Due to the overwhelming amount of emails we have received, we have listened to you, our members, and have decided to hold off the vote until a later time in order to give you more time to understand the need for change and make an informed decision.

IEHA will be providing a detailed fact sheet regarding the benefits of a name change and will seek additional member input. However, in the meantime, below are some benefits to think about with regard to changing IEHA’s name to emphasize a health-centric mission:

• Enable developing health-related certifications for members.
• Foster greater upward mobility and income potential for members.
• Create more awareness of member roles in ensuring public health.
• Attract new people to the profession, and members to the organization.
• Benefit the cleaning industry by promoting a stronger health-identity.

I hope that we can all unite together as a family unit in elevating our Association to the next level. The Board of Directors is elected by you, the membership, to decide what is best for our Association, and we are so grateful for the trust that you put in us. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me anytime at EBates@jewishseniorliving.org.

Thank you,

Eric Bates, REH
IEHA President

Aloha Hawaii Chapter Members,

On Wednesday August 3rd, an email blast and survey for a proposed association name change will be online (main IEHA website). You will have the opportunity to vote from Wednesday morning through midnight on Friday. The acronym of IHEA represents the name change to INTERNATIONAL HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION.

As an individual member and as the Hawaii Chapter President, I do not feel that I can vote with full confidence on the change to IHEA for the following reasons. My vote will be a “NO.”

I feel we need to do more work, Membership input, DISCUSSIONS, to determine a BEST Name Change for IEHA. I am not against a name change, I am for a BEST NAME overall.

1) Today, there are many, many Environmental type groups, Associations, etc. The recommended name change of IHEA does not to me readily reflect who we are in Professional Housekeeping / Cleaning Management, who all work in management primarily toward a Healthy Built Environment.

2) There are concerns on the impact the name change of IHEA will have on the Hospitality / Hotel Industry and the Housekeeping / Professional Cleaning Industry.

3) In what we do as a Profession, yes, we are primarily concerned about a Healthy Built Environment but, with the name change will we be viewed and branded strictly as an Environmentalist group?

4) With a name change to IHEA, will membership in the Assocation be open to any persons, groups, etc. interested in a Healthy Environment?

There are other concerns that others may have also. Consider the impact the name change will have on you, the profession and the industry. Watch for the email blast on Wednesday 8/3/11. Voting will be to Friday 8/5/11, midnight (not sure which time zone, it was not specified the email received). Hawaii may be the last to vote.

Mahalo,

Rose Galera

UPDATE: There is a hold / delay on the voting for a name change. Watch for any information that may be emailed to all members.

Below is an explanation for the proposed name change given by association President Eric Bates:

It is being suggested that IEHA consider changing its name to the “International Healthy Environments Association” (IHEA) which can provide a more compelling, positive label and direction for the membership and open up many new possibilities for partnerships and revenue while retaining the housekeeping element as a cornerstone.

* Changing the name to the “International Healthy Environments Association” (IHEA) would positively affect the identity and future of the organization.

* Focusing on developing health-related certifications (for example, Certified Environmental Technician or CET and Registered Environmental Technician or RET) while keeping the core housekeeping certifications (CEH and REH and ICM) would enable greater upward mobility for the membership.

* IEHA becoming IHEA would attract new people to the profession and members to the IHEA.

* IEHA becoming IHEA would benefit the cleaning industry as a whole.

* “Safety” and “Housekeeping” are embraced by “Healthy” as it relates to the built environment as are many other positive attributes.

By associating all of these elements under a new non-profit umbrella – “International Healthy Environments Association” (IHEA) – IHEA would be able to engage the help and collaboration of high-profile universities, related test facilities and non-profits as partners to validate and share data and engage in joint projects and press for public benefit. It also opens new avenues for higher education, advanced certifications, and public awareness – ultimate revenue drivers for IHEA and success drivers for the membership.

Psychology
The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, refers to the phenomenon in which the greater the expectation placed upon people … the better they perform. The Pygmalion effect is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy, and, in this respect, people with poor expectations internalize their negative label, and those with positive labels succeed accordingly. Source: Wikipedia (italics mine) Associating the organization with “health” instead of “housekeeping” will have positive psychological and career effects.

(Stay tuned… we will post more information as it becomes available.)

A Science of Cleaning quiz was given at the recent general membership meeting. If you are looking for the answers, you’ve come to the right place.

Click here to download the answers (Word doc format).

From left: Gary Nushida, Ivy Kwok, Mufi Hannemann, Rose Galera and Angela Padigos

Aloha All,

The 2 days at the EXPO was great, had lots of visitors wishing information or had questions. Mahalo to all who supported in setting-up and manning of the Booth. Mahalo to the following;

John Yamamoto and Brian Benz – Set-up, Tear Down and Manning
Ron Luizzi – Manning Assistance
Carol Lopes – Special Mahalo and Kudos for your 4 hours of continuous manning time.
Karina Villarroel, Diane Nakamura, Mely Rivera, Michael Dolde, Carleton Yanaga, Pauline Galera, Angela Padigos, Ivy Kwok, Gary Nushida, Anna Rockenschaub, Veronica Mayer, and Virgil Kodep. Madeline Chang for the celebrity sharing time.

From left: John Yamamoto, Ron Luizzi and Carol Lopes

A good number of membership applications and encouragements for renewals were made to many who visited and stopped by our booth. It is anticipated that we will see new members as a result of the EXPO booth. We anticipate also that many who were invited will be attending our July 20th meeting. There is still much work for all of us to do in promoting our profession of Cleaning Management, Raising the Bar of our Profession, Education and of IEHA.

Spending of 2 full days at the EXPO from opening to closing gave me an expanded and enhanced insight of what we as Cleaning Professionals should work towards and must do for our Hawai’i Hospitality and Professional Cleaning Industry. It was rewarding to have the opportunity to talk with many GM’s, VP’s, the AOAO groups, Health Care, Education, Neighbor Island individuals and more. Many eyes were opened to WHO we are & WHAT we do. As a result of the EXPO the IEHA Hawaii Chapter has been invited to participate in an upcoming 2011 DOE Adult Education Work Development Program with McKinley High School. Imua Hawai’i!

Carol Lopes (left) and Karina Villarroel

From left: John Yamamoto, Carleton Yanaga, Madeline Chang and Pauline Galera

Mahalo to the IEHA Office Staff & Beth Risinger for providing of all the Magazines and materials that we handed out to all visitors to the Booth. The Dummies Booklets and Clean Talk Booklets were big hits and of interest to many. Activeion Books and Don Aslett’s “Clean In A Minute” and business cards and information were also shown and shared at our IEHA, Hawaii Chapter Booth. The Chapter’s goal is to do it bigger and better for 2012.

Mahalo also to the Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association, Mufi Hanneman, Naomi Kanna and also to Hilo Hattie for the complimentary Booth space.

Mahalo,

Rose

Rosita “Rose” Galera, C.E.H.
Clean Plus Systems II
Tel: (808) 678-8021
E-mail: galerar002@hawaii.rr.com
Web: www.rosegalera.com

For more images from the expo, please visit our photo gallery.