What in the World is LIMC?

It stands for the Lumber Industry Merchandising Council, another of those almost numberless alphabetical committees and organizations that plague the Forest Products Industry. (We are tempted to devote a whole issue to these alphabetical monstrosities some day; then you might be tempted to read the ads instead of the text.) CLM had occasion in a recent two week period to attend {our industry gatherings: merchandising {acing the various grouPs' and what is being or can be done to im' prove or correct them. This is a sound idea, except that up to this point the only people who know what was discussed are those who were there. Somewhere, somebody goofed on the main theme before the house -sernrnunisaf isn.

(1) The IS/PCC, the International Wood Promotion Coordinating Cornmittee, changed at its Chicago meeting to the IHHAC, the International Hoo-Hoo Advisory Committee. Thirty national and regional associations, all alphabetized and all concerned with Forest Products, were represented at this meeting, (reported in our FebruarY issue, see page 20).

We are not a technical publication, so we won't give you the gory details of the all-day discussion in Los Angeles sn Janu' ary 16. However, we feel you might like to know that, among other things, the in' dustry is concerned about:

The LIMC in Los Angeles (and eventually the subject of this report). An area meeting in Ios Angeles of , NAWLAthe National American D' Wholesale Lumber Association, (see page 29, February).

(4) The ECLI (Economic Council oI the Lumber Industry-in Hawaii), (see page 8 in this issue.

Staggering isn't it? Well-one at a time. The membership of LIMC is composed of representatives (including staff) of five national associations, all interested in whole or in part in the merchandising of Forest Products. (You note, we hope, that we refer to Forest Productsnot lumber alone.) These include (here we go again) :

NLMA-National Lumber Manu{acturers Association.

NAWLA-National American Wholesale Lumber Association.

NALS-National Association of Lumber Salesmen, Inc.

NWLDYA-National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association.

NLBMDA-National Lumber & Building Materials Dealers Association.

This group meets twice a year-first meeting was in January 1963-so this was its third meeting. Each member association takes turns preparing the program. This year, 1964, NAWLA has the responsibility. The basic concept of this council is to acquaint the industry with problems of c. Will the .acceptance of the new pro' posed standard sizes change the meth' od of constructing prices? Here's one that didn't get answered. We may be on the metric system before you know itand then what will hapPen to those of us who learned arithmetic from an old timer? d. How can we gain increased use of lumber and wood products in farm, industrial, multi-unit housing and other markets? Many things were dis' cussed including updating farm struc' ture design, broader application of unicom system, etc. e. Should the industry develop a Wood Products Catalog as a marketing tool? The answer was yes. f. The question of prizes for architectural students brought forth a suggestion for a foundation to promote wood educa' tion in architectural and engineering schools.

Materials Handling. A defunct com' mittee was reactivated with 4 mem' bers each from NLMA, NAWLA and NLBMDA and responsible to LIMC. This committee will study the scope and area of its activity and rePort back to LIMA. (To give you an idea of what is involved see page 32 fot an outline of a study proposed on the size of Standard Lumber Units.) Comparative in-place cost oI boards vs. plywood.

You get the idea. This is a dedicated group who are giving of their time and energy to help all of us. Let's hope the powers that be give you the benefit of this thinking in detail so you can apply it to your business. Would you be interested in a complete detailed review when it comes out? We'll print if there is a demand.

Peninsula Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 8-March 7, tour of San Quentin Prison, dinner and entertainment.

Forest Products Research Society-March g-10, Pacific Northwest Section, Annual meeting, Montecello Hotel, Longview, Washington.

Lumber Association of Southern California-March 10, Annual dinner for building officials. Charter House, Anaheim, Calif.

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 3-March 10, dinner meeting, Torino's Restaurant,

Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170-March 12, dinner meeting, place to be announced.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2-March 13, Joint meeting with San Fernando Club. Knollwood Country Club, 12040 Balboa, Granada Hills.

Redwood Region Logging Conference-March 12-13, "Front-End Log Handling," panel discussion will highlight the 26th annual conference. Program to include mill subjects.

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65-March 13, Annual Concat, Santa Rosa.

Ameriean Forest hoducts Industrics-Malch 14-16 trustees meeting, Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39-March 16. St. Patrick's Nite. Villa Peluso.

Dubs, Ltd.-March 20, monthly toumament, Castlewood Country Club, Gran Geisert host.

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109-March 21, Annual Spring Dinner Dance, Valley Hi Golf and Country Club.

West Coast Lumbermen's Association-March 25-26. Annual meeting, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon.

Aprit

Peninsula Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club S-April l, Annual Bosses Nite, Thunderbird Motel, Millbrae.

Northwest Hardwood Association-April 3-4, Semi-annual meeting. All who are interested in native hardwoods are invited. Hotel Gearhart, Gearhart, Oregon.

Humboldt Hoo-trIoo Club 63-April 7, dinner meeting and magic show by Jack MacMillan, Denver & Rio Grande RR.

Forest Products Research Society-April 9-10, Spring meeting of the northern California section. Hotel Mark Ilopkins, San Francisco.

Forest Products. Safety Conference-April g-11, Thirtieth annual eonference. Empress Hotel, Victoria, 8.C., Canada.

American Forest Products Industries--April 14-16, trustee meeting, Hiltorn Hotel, Portland, Oregon.

Hoo-Eoo-Ette National-April 18-19, annual convention, place to be announced.

Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California-April 19-21, 24th Annual Convention, Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park.

Wood Products Clinic-April 2l-22, Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington.

May

Redwood Region Consen'ation Council-May 3-6, Junior Logging Conference. Medocino Woodla,nds (near Fo,rt Bragg) Calif. -

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