HMA members will soon be convening in the Keystone State for our Fall Regional Meeting. This signature HMA ‘members-only’ event is set for September 19-20, in St. Marys, Pensylvania. And I’m especially pleased to offer this opportunity to our membership, because it isn’t often that HMA gets to this part of Pennsylvania.
As usual, it will be an action-packed 36 hours. We’ll be touring the facilities of four HMA member companies, and here’s a preview of what’s in store.
On Monday the 18th, while HMA’s Board of Directors, Officers, Past Presidents, and NextGen Leaders Council members are gathering for our Fall Board of Directors Meeting, HMA members, sponsors, promotion contributors and industry suppliers will be checking-in at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites St. Marys, and kicking back for an evening of catching-up and relaxing with industry colleagues and longtime friends. (Fun to the nth degree!)
Tuesday morning, after an early, but hearty breakfast, it’s off to what the locals call “God’s Country,” and eye-opening tours of Emporium Hardwoods, Inc. and Bradford Forest Products, both part of the Rossi Group, and RAM Forest Products, Inc. Then on Wednesday morning, before hitting the highways and airways for home, our final tour stop will be St. Marys Lumber Company, a division of Bingaman. (Like I said, action-packed!)
Of course, whether on the road, on the bus, at breakfast and lunch, or during the Tuesday evening, not-to-be-missed HMA-style reception and dinner, there will be plenty of opportunity for networking, member-to-member comradery, and good old-fashioned fun.
If this sounds like your kind of Hardwood industry event, all of the Meeting details are available at HMAmembers.org. Not a member of the HMA, but thinking perhaps you should be? Let’s talk!
Simply put, ours is the business of building a stronger industry, one relationship at a time. I hope you’ll contact me – ljovanovich@hardwood.org – to discuss the particulars of HMA membership.
Now, if your calendar is overflowing, and attending the Fall Regional is simply impossible this time around, set your sights on HMA’s National Conference and Expo, March 25-27, 2024, at the Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina. In the coming months, I’ll be providing more detail about the event. But for now, know that we’ll be featuring speakers and presentations on issues of importance to the Hardwood industry, and maybe even a surprise or two. Hope you’ll want to be part of the adventure.
