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National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has reformatted its annual convention into the Industry Summit Sept. 23-25 at The Breakers, Palm Beach, Fl.

Rick Kash, Spectra Marketing, will speak on "Turning on a Dime" and moderate a discussion on "Merging Business Models" with panelists Paul Hylbert, Lanoga Corp.; Ed Quinn, TW Perry, and Edward Dietrich, Deerfield Builders Supply.

Breakout sessions follow, covering "Improving Productivity & Profits," "Managing Talent & Getting the Right People," and "The Essence of Employee Empowerment."

The following day, Rick Davis, Leaders Group, addresses "Driving Sales Growth," then moderates a discussion on "Accelerating Sales" with panelists Jeff Umosella, Universal Supply; Ken Kuester, Lumber Unlimited, and Charlie Babb, Raymond Building Supply.

Lisa Clift then moderates a discussion on "Leaders of the Pack" with panelists Wade Hooker, Centex

Homes; Tommy Futral, Bob Adams Homes, and Allyn and Greg Harth, Harth Builders.

Other activities include golf, a bike tour of Palm Beach, deep sea fishing, and a trip to the Flagler Museum.

Southern Forest Products Association is holding its annual meeting Sept. 26-28 at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C.

Themed "Southern Pine Summit," the event will include meetings of the Southern Pine Council's five priority subcommittees, the Expo advisory committee, and the SFPA board of directors. The full Southern Pine Council meeting will feature a panel discussion of builders usine raised floor foundations.

Construction Suppliers Association plans a series of dealer roundtables-Sept. 20 at the Holiday InnAirport, Palm Beach, Fl.; Sept. 26, Winns Lake Lodge, Rockmart, Ga., and Oct. 3-5, Little Ocmulsee State Park, Ga.

Florida Dealers Return To Magic Kingdom

Florida Building Material

Association's annual convention and trade show is just around the corner-Aug. 25-28 at the Orlando Renaissance Resort at Sea World, Orlando, Fl.

"The Main Event" will offer plenty of workshops and activities to keep everyone busy.

The convention kicks off with a breakfast keynote address by motivational speaker Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, one-time University of Notre Dame football player.

Bob Janet and Charlie Moore conduct the building supply educational workshops. Bob Janet will lead three separate discussions about sales and personal development: "Aggressive Selling," "Dare to Be Different," and "Become a Super Hero."

Charlie Moore will address increasing productivity in the truss plant. A truss plant roundtable discussion follows the presentation.

There are several one hour courses to choose from as part of the wood source seminar. Topics include building for permanence, what to look for when inspecting wood frame construction, building green, and APA's Kevin Harris leads the upgrade to above grades course ll-case histories of designing and building utilizing raised platform floors.

Guests can also meet vendors and look over the various products showcased at the Florida Building Products & Design trade show.

And no Florida getaway would be complete without a round of golf. This year"s golf tournament is being held at the Championsgate Golf Resort in Orlando.

Northeastern Retail Lumber Association hired Bonnie Heslin as convention coordinator and Donna Choquette as education coordinator.

Indiana Lumber & Builder's Supply Association hosrs its 1Orh annual Sycamore Scramble golf tournament Aug. 12 at the Oak Tree Golf Club, Plainfield,In.

Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association's East Central/ Grand Prairie outing is set for Aug. l9 at Brookhill, Rantoul, Il.

The Mid-States fall outing will be held Aug. 25 atthe Spring Creek Golf Course, Spring Valley, Il.

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association holds its 2004 dimension graders competition Aug. 28 at Pleasant River Lumber, DoverFoxcroft, Me.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association awarded six 20O4-2005 educational foundation scholarships.

Recipients included Jonathan Charles McClure, part-time sales rep at Big 4 Lumber, Morehead; Stacey Sandfoss, daughter of Cindy Sandfoss, Pilot Lumber, Alexandria; Christopher Ryan Pivonka, son of Benny Pivonka, Stratton Lumber Co., Nicholasville; Derek Hopperton, son of Dan Hopperton, Piercefield Corp.; Emily Hicks, daughter of Beverly Hicks, R.P. Wessel Co., and Lesley Wiley, daughter of Marvin Wiley, Wallace Hardware Co.

Kentucky Forest Industries Association returns to London, Ky., with a larger, air-conditioned indoor exhibit area and plenty of space for its annual Kentucky Wood Expo Sept. 18-19 at the London Laurel Optimist Sports Complex.

KFIA rounds out its regional summer golf outings Aug. 10 at Crooked Creek Golf Course, London; Aug. 17 at Barren River State Park, Barren River, and Aug. 19 at the Sheltowee Trace Country Club, Morehead.