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Mark your calendar for 2013 PMA@CES, Jan. 8-11, 2013
After a successful PMA@CES exhibition and conferences in Las Vegas, the leadership of PMA, the Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations, is looking ahead to year full of new programs, events and services.
"This year was one of incredible change in our industry and at PMA," says 2012-2013 PMA PresidentAllen Showalter, King Photo/Showalter Imaging Group, Harrisonburg, Va. "There seemed to be as much variety in the challenges we faced as there are SKU's in digital products! As a result, PMA is focused on building our support for all our members with increased communication among members and suppliers."
Showalter, who returns to PMA presidency after serving in 2008-09, is the association's first two-term president. Other association officers were elected for the 2012-2013 term: Gabrielle Mullinax, Fullerton Photographics Inc., Fullerton, Calif., was moved to president-elect; Mark Klostermeyer, MCPF, Design Frames LLC, Falls Church, Va., was elected vice president; and Robert L. Hanson, Harold's Photo Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., is the treasurer. PMA 2010-2012 president Brian Wood, Photovision, Salem, Ore., is a trustee. Jim Esp was elected PMA executive director/secretary.
"I'm so proud to be a part of the PMA leadership team, I understand the challenges we are facing require a knowledge of the roots of the organization, which need to be nurtured to reestablish our firm foundation," says Klostermeyer, who served as president-elect in 2010-12. "Nothing changes my level of support or enthusiasm, however, in the new directions PMA is headed!"
Klostermeyer plays a role in the development of the association's programs to help expand the quality and growth of the framing business. In fact, the upcoming conference co-location of the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA), a PMA member association, with the West Coast Art and Frame Show, later this month is due in part to his continued insight and experience.
Esp points out such co-locations and partnerships are the beginning of a new PMA era, where the association will be reaching out to allied industry groups. The recent 2012 PMA@CES exhibition was part of the 600 digital-imaging exhibitors among the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Venetian, and the DIMA conference attracted more than 400 attendees. Looking forward, the PSPA/SPAA 2012 Conference, Feb. 17-19, 2012, at The Renaissance Las Vegas, is adjacent to the WPPI tradeshow
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