tn iorion news

Lumber Association of California & Nevada has enlisted Western Wood Products Association's Frank Stewart and Rich Geary to conduct "Know Your Lumber" seminars Feb. 21 in Sacramento and Feb. 23 in Buena Park, Ca. The four-hour sessions will cover standards and grading, characteristics and identification, seasoning, structural lumber, design values, special structural lumber, nonstructural lumber, storage and handling, and an environmental update.

LACN's Sacramento office will host an executive committee meeting March 12, followed by its annual legislative day and board of directors meeting March 13. Yolanda Benson, Mattos & Associates, is now the association's lead lobbyist.

Western Building Material Association plans a full schedule of winter workshops. At WBMA's Olympia, Wa., headquarters, Jack

Nunn will address "Managing for Profits" Feb. 23, followed by Bill Sharp, Sale$Tech Solutions on "How to Hire & Keep Top People" March 13, "Train-the-Trainer for Sales Managers" March 14, and "How to Increase Sales & Profits on Builder Outside Sales Calls" March 15.

Estimating workshops and forklift training programs will be held throughout WBMA's fi ve-state territory, beginning with an estimating class March 7 atthe Holiday Inn, Bozeman, Mr. Spring workshops include "Yard Foreman," "Customer Service & Sales Techniques," and "Millwork Sales for Margin."

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and WBMA are among l0 federated associations endorsing Build-Net, Inc. as an e-commerce provider for its members.

Western Hardwood Association has selected the El Cid Mega Resort in Mazatlan, Mexico, for its annual meeting March 31-April 3.

Transload Distribution Association is headed for Las Vegas' Alexis Park Conference Center March 22-24 for its Sth annual meeting.

Themed "Back to the Future," seminars will focus on reload safety, shipping in Mexico, regional and shortline railroads, "Marketing-AdvertisingPromoting Transloading and E-commerce," and Dr. Sam Sherrill, Crow's Publications, on "Significant Trends in Bulk Freight as It Relates to the Forest Products Industry."

International Wood Products Association will hold its 45th annual convention and 13th international forest products exhibition March 14-16 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Speakers at World of Wood 2001 include Dr. Ariel Lugo, on mahogany and tropical forestry; Charles Widman, the future of softwood imports; Tim Stanceu, the new administration's effect on international trade; Marc Morano, myths of the rainforest; Keister Evans, sustainable forest management, and author Ron Arnold.