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By FRANK DAVIS executive vice president

1r\ N December 6. the second quarter board of directors meeting was held with 25 officers and directors present. Committee reports were made on education. natioial affairs. insurance programs, membership. energy crisis, labor and OSHA.

The Arizona association has grown every year since 1965 and now has a wide variety of programs to fit the needs of its members.

Associations are becoming more important everyday because of such regulations as OSHA, price and wage controls, consumerism, environmentalists, and now the energy crisis. In order for a dealer to be kept well advised on these matters his association is the main source of this information.

The most significant factor I see in our association is the fact more and more members are taking advantage of our. services and are participating in our acttvlttes.

LASC, through membership in the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Assn. in Washinston. D.C.. can and does participate in-the legislative process at the national level. It can and does assist members in interpretation and implementation of federal legislation affecting the lumber and building material business.

At the state level, LASC participates in the Western Building Material Dealers Assn. A statewide organization of building material distributors who joined together for the purpose ofmaintaining the Lien Law, they have since expanded their horizon to encompass other state legislation vital to their interests.

The members and the'staff of LASC maintain careful vigilance of local legislation, to interpret its effect on the building material industry.

Combine these efforts with the education programs we sponsoredthe insurance programs available to its membersthe general membership meetings with their outstanding speakers - the institutional advertisine done on behalf of its membersand-they all add up to Benefits, benefits which are of far greater value than the cost of membership.

Why not start the New Year off by joining, if you are not already a member. Call the association office or your competitor. The odds are good that he is a member and he can tell vou whvbecause it pays!

We have many new programs planned for 1974 with the continuation of the OSHA Clinic, sales, seminars, building materials course and the additon of group insurance programs in fire and disability.

We are making plans for a bigger and better convention May 16, 17, 18 1974 at the Scottsdale Hilton, Scottsdale, Az.

We wish every member a successful and profitable 1974.

of the Lumber Merchonts Associotion of Northern Colifornio

LI ERE I sit in heavy socks and a I I sweater and the thermostat in the store turned down to 68 degrees. Somehow I feel that this is a small inconvenience considering the magnitude of the energycnsts. * * *

Whether we like it or not we are short of all types of energy and unless we

?Sl:tr T#:a1:tlffi"H1li1[:'J}; ryr - find ourselves in even more stringent controls. Controls such as gas, diesel and heating fuel rationing, allocations ofnatural eas and kilowatt hours. reduction in the number of hours we ire permitted to remain open for business, elimination of outside lighting and the reduction of inside lighting. I can go on and on with the list of controls the federal government can tmpose, + * +

Let's all do our best to show that our industry will cooperate l00Vc. After all, it will be a very small inconvenience to us. Keep your store a little cooler in the winter and a little warmer in the summer. Turn the thermostat down at night and up to 68 degrees when you come in in the morning. Turn off the outside lighting except for security lighting. Consolidate your deliveries as much as possible and make deliveries only on certain days of the week. We would all like to cut our delivery costs and the energy crisis is f good excuse.

There are only a few actions we can take from a retail business point of view to reduce the amount of energy consumed but we should all compare our gas and electric bills from November 1972 with November 1973 and be sure that we reduce them at least

,More frightening on the horizon is the reduction in supply of all products mdde from petroleum bases and those'thdt require a great amount of energy to process. Plywood and particle board are hit by the energy crisis. Energy required for itrying has been cut-back. GI[es used in -lilywbod and particleboard are made of petroleum base and are in extremely short supply. Plastic packaging, pvc, and many caulks and elues will be in short supplv next vear. Aluminum will be in sEort supply and insulatlon and weather stripping are certain to be in short supply.

Our industry has ridden through crisis after crisis but this is the first crisis that could be a boon to us. Ifpeople can't use their boats and recreation vehicles on the weekend think of how many home improvements they will make. There may be an entire new concept "Livine at Home" born out of this energy crisis. Ifthis happens w:e should be prepared to meet the demands for materials and products placed upon us by the homeowner.