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Western Red Cedar Lumber Association-July 24, annual meeting, Rosario Resort Hotel, Eastsound, Wa.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club-Julv 24, B-B-Q, Ukiah, Ca.

National Retail Hardware Association-July 2'6'30' 82nd annual congress, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, Ca'

AUGUST

Zonk Hardware Co.-Aug. 1'2, dealer convention, El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Tx.

National Hardware Show/Hardware Industry Week-Aug' 16-20, McCormick Place and McCormick Place West' Chicago, Il.

IVindow bnergy Show-Aug.17'19, Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas' Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club-Aug. 21, golf tournament' place to be announced.

California Hardware Co.-Aug. 23, annual merchandise market, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, Ca.

Baker-Hamilton Div. of California Hardware Co.-Aug. 30' Bakerama Market, Showplace, San Francisco, Ca.

California Redwood Association-Sept. t, annual meeting, San Francisco, Ca.

Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau-Sept. 11' annual meeting, Sea-Tac Red Lion' Seattle, Wa.

Hoo-Hoo International-Sept. 12'15' convention, Houston Oaks, Houston, Tx'

Western Wood Products Association-Sept. 12'15' fall meeting, MGM Grand Hotel, Reno, Nv.

Mountain States Lumber Dealen Association-Sept' 20'22, annual convention, Four Seasons Motor Lodge, Albuquerque, N.M.

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Tgf EQUAL Employment Opporr tunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a revision of its Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Religion under Title VU of the 196,4 Civil Rights Act, according to NLBMDA general counsel James M. Goldberg.

The underlying principle of the EEOC

Guidelines is that failure to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an'employee or prospective employee is an unlawful employment practice; and that employers of 15 or more (covered by Title VII) have an obligation to accommodate religious practices, unless they can demonstrate that accommodation results in undue hardship. The guidelines include examples of alternatives which an employer should consider when an individual's religious practices conflict with the employer's work

FRED CARUSO executive secretary

flun RECENT seminar series

Yfeatured l0 schools in four cities with a record 209 students participating in the workshops in Denver, Co.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Salt Lake City, Ut., and Casper, Wy.

Four Basic Materials Estimating Schools were attended by 108 people. The breakdown shows the Denver workshop drew 38 people; Salt Lake City, 28; Albuquerque,23, and Casper, 19.

The school was taught by O.K. Stookesberry, a teacher-lumbermancontractor from Denver. He is a wellknown expert in materials estimating and a former instructor at the University of Denver.

The Lumber Yard and Store Layout

Idea workshop drew 62 participants. Two two-day workshops held in Denver were attended by 3l people. The Salt Lake session had 16 people and Albuquerque had 13.

The workshop was conducted by Collins Lorimer, a consultant in the area of analysis, planning and design, and the improvement and development of lumber yards, building c€nters and home centers.

The Pence Brothers financial management seminar in Denver had 23 participants learning about improving return on an investment. Pete and Jim Pence are the executive officers of the Indiana Cashway Systems, Inc.

Sixteen people attended the one-day security workshop in Denver. John Case, security consultant, was the leader.

Five MSLDA members were among the nearly 300 lumber and building

The Merchant Magazine schedule. The examples suggest the use of voluntary substitutes and job swaps, flexible scheduling, lateral transfer and change of job assignment.

"If any employer refuses to accommodate an individual's religious practices, it must justify the refusal by demonstrating that undue hardship would, in fact, result from each available alternative," Goldberg said. "Such undue hardship must involve more than just a minimal cost. Regular payment of overtime and other premium wages would constitute such an undue hardship; however, infrequent or temporary payment of such wages would not constitute hardship. A mere €Bsumption that many others with the same belief as the individual seeking accommodation may also need an accommo(Please turn to page 42) material dealers attending the two-day NLBMDA Conference with Congress.

They were Howard Anderson, Anderson Lumber Co., Ogden, Ut.; David Melton, Midland Home Center, Buena Vista, Co.; J.W. Metz, Metz Lumber Co., Aurora, Co.; Keith Ker, Max Ker and Son, Idaho Falls, Id.; and Fred Caruso, MSLDA executive v.p., Littleton, Co.

Participants were given up-to-date reports on important legislative issues and later met with their Congressmen and Senators to review specific legislative action.

At the opening luncheon, delegates heard Edwin Gray, director of the Office of Policy Development for the Reagan White House, formally announce the specifics of the budgets cuts and read a letter from President Reagan justifying the plans for reducing federal spending.

R. Kirk Ewart has been appointed director of Regulatory Affairs in Boise Cascade Corp.'s governmental and environmental affairs department. He had been director of industry affairs in the company's timber and wood products group.

HARRY MENDENHALL executive vice president Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California '1055 Lincoln Ave. San Jose, Ca.95125

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- €ffi cedar and = flH PlYwood allONGRATULATToNS: and Ythanks to each of you. Economic conditions are not conducive for yard expansion, to say the least. We are hurting and we will continue to hurt until confidence builds, interest rates drop and housing starts pick up. While all around us, other groups and industries cry the blues, and demand that the federal government cut funds from every program except theirs, we have continued to ask that the government show fiscal responsibility even though it means cutting some programs that provide sales to our operations.

We told congress last year and again this year that we are willing to bite the bullet if the federal government would do the same. We took a big bite last year but the feds refused to participate. The new administration arrived on the scene and we took another bite. Now congress is beginning to nibble and we must evidently shove their collective faces closer to the bullet for a larger bite.

Each ofyou is to be congratulated for accepting the responsibility of not demanding more funds in government programs.

Our National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association board of directors has unanimously passed a resolution approving of the President's economic package. A copy of the resolution was sent to the White House and President Reagan responded with a letter of appreciation.

It is disgusting to witness those on the receiving end of hundreds of government progr:rms lining up to demand that their freebies not be cut, but instead increased. Very.few people are willing to accept the fact that return to economic stability must be accompanied by some bad tasting medicine. Our industry is €rmong the exceptions.

Avoid scheduling meetings at the beginning of the week. They are usually more rushed with poorer attendance than those in midweek.

A desire to put the needs of the buyer ahead of their own interests often enables a saleswoman to outperform her male counterpart.

Men reportedly put too much stress on product and service data as well as competitive information with too many "I" references. Women supposedly listen more carefully for what the buyer really wants and strive to satisfy them.

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