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has made its semi-annual projection for residential housing. Their forecast:

1980 - 1,005,000 l98l - 1,350,000

1982 - l,700,000

1983 - 2,000,000

The 1980 proiection is up from their earlier figures due to the^late spring strengthening and lower mortgage rates.

ALBSA in the coming year is going to emphasize education in an effort to help our members to run an efficient and profitable operation. The program will include seminars on inventory management, selling skills workshops, yard security, key personnel development workshop, sound credit control. fork lift driver training, and product knowledge workshops. As we arrange these workshops, we will announce dates and places.

Convention dates for the next three years have been scheduled. In 1981, the annual confab will be held at The Point Resort Hotel, Phoenix, from May 7 through 9. Little America Hotel, Flagstaff, will be the setting for 1982 with dates set tentatively for May 13-15 or May 20-22. The 1983 meeting will be May 5, 6, 7 at the Doubletree Inn. Tucson.

We are especially happy to be in Flagstaff in 1982. Ray Lopp and Rich Bilby, of Babbitt's Home Center, Flagstaff, and I met with the Little America Hotel staff to make the arrangements fu 1982. We have been guaranteed the number of rooms we will need for the convention.