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SCENE covering association news in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana' Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.
Virginia Building Material Association's board of directors has created an Associate Advisory Council to enhance the relationship between associate members and dealer members. Vaughan Palmore is serving as chairman.
Ed Hunt, membership committee chairman, and his commitee are working to surpass the 27 new dealer and associate members gained last year. Zone membership leaders include Hunt. Windowland, Inc.: David Ball, Middleburg Millwork, north zonet Edwin Hogge, Lamberth Building Supplyl Freddie Siewers. R. A. Siewers, Inc.. east zone: Doug Spencer. Spencer Lumber Co.: Bobby Butter, C. R. Butler, Inc., central zone: Carlile Robertson, Smith Mt. Building Supply; Randolph Hodges, lJodges Lumber Corp., western zone. and Rich Reid, l'lWl, and David Ownby, SDG, Inc., members at large.
Florida Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association had a recordbreaking attendance of 140 adults and 30 children at its summer conference at the Innisbrook Resort, June l8-21. The board of directors has selected the Mission lnn Golf and Tennis Resort at Howey-in-the-Hills. 1"1., for the 1988 conference. June l6-18.
Convention registration packages for
The l\lain Event. Sept. 24-26. Orlando. Fl.. have been sent to over 1.800 companres.
A 1987 Ford Ranger pickup will be the main door prize at The lv'lain Event annual buying show and convention at the Marriott Orlando World Center. Only retail members of the F'LBf\'lDA will be eligible for the drawing. The winner must be present.
A leadership conference lor the board of directors and committee chairmen will be held at association headquarters Aug. lJ. A security seminar will be held there on Nov. 12.
Tennessee Building Material Association will hold its annual convention and management meeting, Sept. 20-23 at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C., with an impressive array of speakers including former Tennessee Lt. Gov. I-rank C. Gorrell. now a senior partner with Bass. Berry and Sims.
Other speakers, according to president David lrlcClain. will be Harlan H ummel, executive vice president. National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, and Bruce Strickland, product manager. Master Builders. lnc.
Committee members for the meeting include Carl Tindell. Randy Rinks,
Robert Overholt. Tom Henderson and Ab Taylor.
The association has moved to new offices in First American Center, Nashville.
The Young Executive Division of TBNIA has elected Pat Welsh president.
Gene N{cKinney will be vice president: Scott Wright. secretary/treasurer, and George Carter. trustee. Richard Vowell will be oflicial photographer and historian. Eddie Crosslin was named chairman for the 1988 convention. lentatively scheduled for July l5-17.
Sponsors of the annual meeling convention held at Bent Creek Inn in Gatlinburg. Jull' 9-ll, were Lumberman's Wholesale. Millwork Sales Co., Wholesale Building Products. Weyerhaeuser and U.S. Plywood Co. GareY Keltner was chairman with the assistance of Greg Davis, outgoing president, Pat Welsh and Gene McKinney.
Gene ll'lcKinney will serve as 1988 co-chairman of the National Young Executive Society. The Tennessee group plans to send at least five oflicial delegates to the meeting in Boston. Ma.. Oct. l5-t8.
Kentucky Lumber and Building Material Dealers Associetion members participated in the annual fish fry held by the Central Kentucky area lumber dealers on Aug. I I at the Bluegrass Sportsman's Club. Lexington. Host organization was the Central Kentucky Retail Dealers Association.
Executive vice president Billy Thompson is seeking nine volunteer Kentucky dealers to work with Harry Horrocks. director of governmental affairs. National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, when legislative needs arise on the national level.
