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SAVE THE DATE!
Sept. 25-26 - Arkansas Regional Meeting - Glenwood, Arkansas
Sept. 28-Oct. 3 - NLA Mill Tour
Oct. 28-30 - ProDealer Industry Summit - San Diego, Calif.
Nov. 6-7 - MLA Fall Fling
March 23-25, 2015 - NLBMDA Spring Meeting & Legislative Conference - Washington, D.C.
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Associate Members
All Season Bldg. Supply Allied Building Stores American Wholesale Corp. Basys Processing BPI - Lumber & Engineered Wood - NEW MEMBER!
Blish-Mize Company Bluelinx Corporation BlueTarp Financial Builders Material Company CCM Countertop & Cabinet Mfg Cedar Creek Wholesale Central States Insulation Wholesale Central Woodwork, Inc. Continental Divide Fence Dealers Choice Distribution Delden Mfg.Co., Inc. Denver Southwest Discovery Based Retail DMSi Do it Best Corporation East Side Lumberyard Supply Federated Insurance Forest Products Supply Co. Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC
Great Southern Wood Preserving Hardman Wholesale Co. Hawkeye Building Distribution HIAB USA, Inc. Hixson Lumber Sales Huttig Building Products Jack Morgan Construction Klauer Manufacturing Co.
Lee Wayne Lumberyard Supply McCray Lumber Millwork Mid-Am Building Supply Midwest Low-E Insulation Modern Equip. Co., Inc. (MECO) Monarch Cement Co. Pennsylvania & Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance PrimeSource Building Products PWD, Inc. Roberts & Dybdahl, Inc. - Now Cedar Creek! Rollex Corp. Schutte Lumber Company Service Partners dba Denver SW Simpson Strong-Tie Tamko Building Products Tax Favored Benefits Tennison Brothers, Inc. The Quikrete Company Thomas Nielsen Wholesale Timber Products, Inc. Treeline Forest Products USP Structural Connectors Valspar Warrior Building Products Westfall GMC Truck Center Weyerhaeuser Co.
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Mid-America Lumbermens Association (MLA) serves independent lumber and building material retailers in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. We offer a variety of services and products to our members, as well as events throughout the year to provide educational and networking opportunities.
The information in this newsletter is provided without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied. You must not rely on the information in this newsletter as an alternative to legal advice from your lawyer or other professional legal services provider. If you have any specific questions about any legal matter, you should consult your lawyer or other professional legal services provider.
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Vol. 13, No. 16, August 11, 2014
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Welcome to the MLA mobile newsletter!
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You're receiving this online newsletter because you've subscribed through the MLA website (www.TheMLA.com) or you're an Association member. We'll send a new issue every two weeks to let you know what's happening in the industry, at your MLA, and in the world that affects your business. We welcome your opinions and ideas. If you have information you'd like to share with other members, we'd be happy to include it in our next issue. We welcome both personal and industry-related news - members would love to hear your news and views - so don't hesitate to email us with information.
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MLA Fall Fling Returns to Branson
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 Plan now to attend the MLA Fall Fling, November 6-7, at the Hilton Promenade in Branson. The convenient location enables members from all parts of our territory to attend. This year, we'll focus on healthy cash flow and managing your credit accounts. The quality of a dealer's credit program has a direct impact on cash flow and sales. Savvy dealers recognize what others do not: Being great at credit is an offensive weapon, not a back-office necessity. Unfortunately, most dealers lack clarity for how good (or not) their credit program is and specific insights on how to make it great. Nearly all are under-investing in the resources and expertise they need to make it happen. More information about the meeting is on its way. In the meantime, save the date and plan to be with your fellow members in Branson on November 6-7. |
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Five New HR Webinars for Members
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MLA, in conjunction with other LBM associations, is offering a series of five webinars to help you up your game in the HR arena. The first webinar is set for Thursday, November 13, at 1 p.m. CST, on "How to Conduct a Legal Interview." Click here to learn more.
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Invite a Legislator to Your Business
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Congress has left Washington for its annual August recess and will not return until September 8. NLBMDA wants to give you the tools you need to engage your elected officials during the five-week break as members of the House and Senate return to their districts/states.
Most elected officials - state and federal - have never seen the operations of a lumberyard or building materials manufacturing facility. Most have little idea of what goes on in our industry and often have misconceptions about the lumber and building products industry.
Let MLA help you set up a visit to your business from an elected official. We'll help with the arrangements and have the talking points on the industry. It's a short meeting - usually over a lunch hour. Call Robert Uhler for more information at 800-747-6529.
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Clean Up Your Employment App
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12th in Series by Bill SharpYou're not the VP of Human Resources of a huge corporation. You simply don't do enough employment interviews to ever get really skilled at it. The investment you're considering is big. Get your stuff together before you make serious legal mistakes. Read more.
Bill is the author of an extended series of articles that will appear in our newsletter. He has been an independent consultant, speaker and friend of our association since 1981 and the only trainer ever to have been simultaneously endorsed by NBMDA, NLBMDA and 12 state and regional LBM dealer associations in the U.S. and Canada.
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Other Articles of Interest
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How to Attract the Best Employees to Your Small Business... What type of company culture and environment is most desirable for job seekers? Recent research by iCIMS polled more than 400 job seekers to find out what they look for when seeking a job. Here's some of what they discovered about how to attract the best employees to your small business. Read more. Source: Smallbiztrends.com, July 29, 2014
Do it Best's VP of Lumber and Building Materials Retires... Do it Best today announced the retirement of its vice president of lumber and building materials, Quent Ondricek. Gary Nackers, currently director of program development for the company's lumber and building materials division, will move into the vice president role by September 15. Read more. Source: ProSales Magazine, July 30, 2014
New Email Phishing Scam...Visa would like to alert clients to the latest phishing email scam which purports to come from Visa. The fraudulent email uses Visa Business News format and talks about Triple Data Encryption Standard (TDES) Mandates (sample of the email attached). The recipients are requested to follow a link to download a manual and install an update to their POS systems. Read more. Source: TriSource Solutions, August 6, 2014
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Do You Have a No Tolerance Policy?
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 Think about how a discrimination or sexual harassment claim would be viewed in your community. It can be devastating to your reputation and your bottom line. Even if no damages are awarded, defense costs can often reach $100,000. Read more.
This article provided courtesy of Federated Mutual Insurance Company, your association's recommended insurer.
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
- General George Patton
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