LMA annual convention

T HE BIG WINNER at Caesar's, I Lake Tahoe, Nv., was Dale Winslow, Pacific Home Improvement Center, Atascadero, Ca., elected president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California at its 48th annual convention, May l6-19.

Outgoing president Embree "Breeze" Cross, Truckee-Tahoe Lumber, Truckee, Ca., passed the leadership. Cross also presented the President's Award posthumously to Clyde Strouss, Fairfax Lumber, Fairfax.

Other newly elected officers included lst v.p. Neil Keefer, Hayward Lumber Co., Pacific Grove; 2nd v.p. Bob Rossi, Rossi's Building Supply, Fort Bragg, and directors Jerry Plamondon, Chap's Lumber; Ken Walsh, Meeks Lumber; Jay De Cou, De Cou Lumber; Chuck Erne, Sequoia Lumber; Mike Yaeger, Yaeger & Kirk; Gene Lively, Valley

Distributors, and Bob Roberts, Sunnyvale Lumber.

Joining the Insurance Trust Committee were Tom Richert, Richert Lumber; Jeff Hogan, Ashby Lumber, and Brian Bock, Dixon Lumber.

Featured speakers at the LMA convention were representatives from the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, executive v.p. Harlan Hummel at the general membership meeting and president Jerry Jewett at the President's Reception.

The LMA Executive Committee met to discuss the formation this year of a new Associates Council, an idea receiving good response from associate members in attendance.

Another convention highlight was the Quick Pitch Program contest, in which product display participants competed in quick presentations to lure dealers to their wares. Joe Garfield, PGL Building Products, was awarded first prize, followed by Spencer Weston, Sundance Lumber, and Louanne Nourse and Phil Wirtz, State Compensation Insurance Fund.

The Nugget Hotel & Casino, Sparks, Nv., May 14-17, 1988, was chosen for next year's convention. LMA's 50th anniversary meet will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, Ca., May l8-20, 1989.

Window Certification Program

A certification program to assure windows comply with applicable specifications has been put into effect by the California Association of Window Manufacturers.

A single label verifies windows will meet standards set for structural, air infiltration, water resistance and operating force criteria, as well as others for safety glazing, forcedentry resistance and sealed insulating glass requirements.

Initial programs cover aluminum windows and sliding glass doors, wood windows and patio doors, forced-entry resistance and sealed insulating glass. Future products to be included are vinyl, mobile home and storm windows and doors.

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