ANNUAL MEETING
MMPA Hosts 105th Annual State Delegate Meeting WEBINAR
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MPA recently hosted the cooperative’s 105th Annual State Delegate Meeting on March 25. Featuring a hybrid approach, MMPA produced a webinar that was accessed virtually by attendees, including MMPA delegates at eight small gatherings in their districts. The meeting format was modified in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on conducting the essential delegate business of the association.
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MMPA Board Vice Chairman Tony Jandernoa called the meeting to order and led a brief moment of silence for friends and family members lost to COVID-19 over the last year.
MMPA Board Chairman Doug Chapin provided perspective of the association’s activities over the past year, insight on what may lie ahead and the sustainability landscape. “I believe our relationships will get us to shared solutions,” Chapin said. “But most of all, the relationships with our members will matter the most.” The meeting also included an address from MMPA President & CEO Joe Diglio, who discussed MMPA’s strategic relationships across the supply chain through uncertainty.
DOUG CHAPIN, MMPA BOARD CHAIRMAN
“I believe our relationships will get us to shared solutions. But most of all, the relationships with our members will matter the most.”
“Reaching out to others that share common concerns and needed solutions becomes a source of hope. The power of collaboration became to influence outcome which ultimately shaped the directions we headed,” Diglio said. “We worked with customers, legislators, trade associations and employees on ideas on how best to work through the challenges in order to develop a strategy to move forward.”
