MOUNTAIN STATES

FRED CARUSO executive secretary

IERRY Woodward, President of lUJerry Woodward Lumber Co., Inc.' Las Cruces, N.M., was named presidentelect of the MSLBMDA at the September 2l meeting of the board of directors in Salt Lake City, Ut. He will take office at the annual convention to be held Nov' 15-17 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Woodward is widely known for his innovative approach to employee incentive programs, which have greatly increased the total sales volume of his family-run business in recent years. Headquartered in the southernmost corner of the Mountain States Region, Woodward,, a Builder's Mart affiliate, has installed four different computer systems as tools for monitoring business and designing build-

Wyoming Utah New Mexico

ing materials products including complete wall-systems and truss units.

In other business, the board of directors voted to create a blue ribbon, long range planning committee, which will meet to evaluate all association programs and activities and to make recommendations for item-for-item goals and objectives. The committee will consist of two members of the board of directors' one from the Insurance Trust Board, and the seven to nine members at-large, selected for geographic and business distribution.

Director Rick Heimsoth, Capital Lumber Co., Cheyenne, WY., who served as chairman for the meeting, said the need for long range planning has been intensified as a result of the rapid growth and progress the association has experienced.

"In a report submitted to the board by staff." Heimsoth said, "so far in 1984 and projected to the end ofthe year: The Association has conducted 28 schools in l4different geographic locations,on 6different topics, and served 563 student attendees. In addition, the staff has experi- mented with video as an educational tool in the sparsely settled region, and has engaged in considerable research in this area." f:.

Other details of the report included the insurance trust has added 900 new names to its health insurance rolls from 33 new firms. of which 17 represent retail lumber companies representing 3l separate retail locations and 16 supplier firms. This brings the total enrollment to over 2,800 employees from 194 employer units, representing a growth rate of more than 10090 in less than 2-l/2 years. In addition, the health insurance trust has added a new. self-funded dental program and is in the process of installing an in-house computer system to aid in handling the many new and diverse program options.

Decentralization of association programs and activities has been a central theme for the year. Three golf outings were held outside of the Denver Metro Area, with 97 golfers participating and 130 persons attending the golf-outing dinners. Two area breakfast meetings were held in Albuquerque and Colorado Springs, with approdmately 28 attending, and one major dinner meeting with 65 attending was held in Salt Lake City. Life member ceremonies were held in conjunction with local civic organizations in Belen, N.M., and Cortez, Co., with over 90 people attending.

You'll be a winner w-ith Soulh Bay's modern manufacturing lant in southern california. our comprete milling and dry kiin rcilities produce REDWOOD, WESTERN RED CEDAR, OUGLAS FIR FINISH, SPRUcE, and INDUSTRIAL TvlciuI-oII.Ic nd MILLWORK items in hardwood and whitewood. South Bay Forest Products, a very special manufacturer of oecialty lumber products, has a winning combination for you.