Announcing MCAA's GEORGE: Office Hours Sessions
Words: Dan KamysUPDATE 2/4 9:00 AM Central: The second GEORGE: Office Hours is also at capacity. We are currently planning two more sessions for 2/14 and 2/28 at 10AM Central and strongly advise you to still email Dan at dkamys@masoncontractors.org ASAP if you'd like to be signed up for a future session.
UPDATE 2/3 3:45 PM Central: The first GEORGE: Office Hours is already at capacity. Please email Dan at dkamys@masoncontractors.org at your earliest convenience if you want to get on a future session. We are considering doing weekly sessions if the demand continues.
Following up on the GEORGE 2.2 Beta Update and a big splash during the 2025 World of Concrete, the Mason Contractors Association of America is thrilled to announce GEORGE: Office Hours. GEORGE: Office Hours will take the place of the initial Get To Know GEORGE information sessions. These new meetings are designed to be informational, two-way dialogues with those who want to learn more.
"Get To Know GEORGE sessions were always intended to be the first step in getting users accustomed with our system. Now that we have thousands of users actively testing the beta, we want to start having more two-way dialogue with them about the masonry industry's wants and needs from the solution," said Dan Kamys, MCAA's Director of Content.
GEORGE: Office Hours will occur once every two weeks initially and be capped at around seven people or groups per session. All those interested are free to sign up for the sessions, and information gathered will be used to further develop GEORGE to suit the $33 billion industry's needs.
"After getting to meet many of our members for the first time at the World of Concrete, we have a backlog of ideas and suggestions for the system. These GEORGE: Office Hours sessions will be a great way for us to stay organized and move quickly to further develop the system and leave beta," said Alfonso Napoles, the MCAA's Innovation Coordinator.
The first GEORGE: Office Hours session will take place on Friday, February 21st at 10:00 AM Central time. Those interested in joining the first session can email Dan Kamys at dkamys@masoncontractors.org.
About Mason Contractors Association of America: The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is the national trade association representing mason contractors in the $33 billion industry. The MCAA is committed to preserving and promoting the trade by providing continuing education, advocating fair codes and standards, fostering a safe work environment, recruiting future manpower, and marketing the benefits of masonry materials.
About GEORGE: GEORGE is the Mason Contractors Association of America's proprietary, industry-specific Artificial Intelligence operating system. Built on the MCAA's experience serving as the masonry industry's focal point for over 75 years, it is designed to make the masonry industry more efficient than ever. GEORGE is a web-based experience that can run on any device through talk and/or type input. Its name is an homage to George Miller, the MCAA's first association executive. The Assistants within the GEORGE AI ecosystem and the outputs they provide are intended to be examples of capabilities and not to be trusted on their own without human review and/or modification. Once GEORGE AI leaves beta testing, information will be more reliable and trustworthy. AI is not perfect, so we will always recommend a human look over outputs prior to utilizing.