SOUTHERN ASSOCTATION

Florida Lumber & Bulldlng Meterial Dealers Assoclrtlon nominating committee has submitted a 1990-91 board of directors slate for election Sept. 22 during the annual convention at the Marriott Orlando World Center.

Those nominated: llrantley Morris, Ilanner Builders Supply, sec./treas.l Lockwood Holmes, llolmes Lumber Co., Region I directorl Greg Adams, Adams Building Materials, Inc., Region ll director; Ron Labbe, Naples Lumber & Supply Co., Inc., Region lll director; Jim Anderson, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, v.p.-elect; Charles Hoover, Alpine Engineered Products, Inc., C.D. Blythe, Coastal Lumber Co., and Paul Dickert, Perry Lumber Co., associate directors.

The board ofdirectors authorized the purchase of 3.5 acres in Mt. Dora, Fl., for a new association headquarters. Groundbreaking will take place following the sale of the present location.

FLBMDA is joining the Michigan Lumber and Building Materials Association for a winter seminar, March l-8, 1991, at Marriott's Castle Harbour resort in Bermuda.

Carolinas/Tennessee Building Material Association, Inc. is sponsoring Department of Transportation seminars on Sept. 20 at the Holiday Inn, Charlotte, N.C., and Sept. 26 at the Garden Plaza Hotel, Murfreesboro, Tn.

Wilson W. Gregory, a trucking industry consultant, will lead both sessions. Stressing the importance of members complying with the new l)OT regulations. the association also has available a notebook designed by the lluilding Material Merchants Association (Georgia/ Alabama) especially for the building material retailer. choice. Any firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling merchandise, equipment or services to retail lumber and building material dealers in Mississippi qualifies lor associate membership. l,ouisirna llulldlng Mrterial Deslers Associrtlon selected March 7-10 lor the l99l annual convention in Lafayette, La., at a recent board meeting.

The association oflers further help from a l)OT consultant who will come to a store's location to check on compliance and help with the setting up of a system to satisfy the regulations. lle also will prepare drivers lor the comnrercial drivers license test.

Attendance at the summer con[ercnce and board meeting at (iulf Shores, Al., was reported as good.

Kentucky Lumber and Bullding Mrterial Dealers Association is making preliminary plans for the Jan. 23-24, 1991, convention at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville.

Al Walker will present a seminar on employee relations. Variable pricing, competing with chains, the spotted owl problem, timber supply and new trucking regulations are other topics under consideration.

Chec'k out our Calendar on page l9.lbr inlbrmation on uryoming ('onventions, meetings and trade shows in your region.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association board of directors met in July at Vicksburg to plan for the l99l annual convention and building products trade show, Feb. l4-16 at the Royal D'lberville Hotel, Biloxi, Ms.

Changes in exhibit booth prices were voted. Associate members continue to pay $300 with non-member firms paying $400. Associate members have space priority with 1990 exhibitors having first

An evening cruise on the new Star of Louisville and tours of Locust Grove and Farmington are being planned, according to executive vice president Billy Thompson.

A board of directors meeting is scheduled for Oct. 25-26 at Lake Barkley.

Lumbermens Association of Texas will hold board and committee meetings Sept. l3-15 at the Wyndham in Corpus Christi. Special seminars on the new trucking laws will be held.

Larry Burns and Lonnie Goolsby are chairing the LAT membership committee which has set a goal of 9l new members in 1991.

The executive committee chaired by president Walter Foxworth is working on a long range plan ior LAT with Dr. Mike Skinner.

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The pressure of adequate timber supply will be the number one priority for producers for the next several years even though they will not be called upon to manufacture at the levels seen for the past few years,

In addition, H. M. "Pete" Niebling, president of Woodnet, a marketing group for eight building product distributors, forecasts that wholesale distribution yards will be required to increase their sales margins to meet the needs of their custo- mers in delivery of product, education and sales assistance.

The retail dealer is finding out that his costs of inventory and customer services have escalated and will continue to increase. To remain profitable, he will need to look to his supplier for better services and more help in the movement of product.

All levels of our industry will have to find new opportunities and deal with new people and new markets at a reduced level of sales volume. Niebling concludes.