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FRA 2009 ANNUAL MEETING: “THE CHALLENGES
AHEAD”
RELEASE: January 19, 2009
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association is ready to take your registration to attend FRA’s 75th
Annual Meeting, at the Marriott Hotel at Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina, March 13-16.
The overall Annual Meeting theme is “The Challenges Ahead,” with
presentations on “Seizing 2009 Highway Reauthorization Bill
Opportunities,” “TNT – Trucking ’N’ Taxes,” “Working with a New
Administration,” and “Affordable Wood Fiber Supply.”
FRA National Committee meetings, with educational presentations, will
occupy Friday, March 13 through Sunday morning, March 15. All of these
sessions, with the exception of Friday afternoon’s Executive Committee
meeting, are open to all registrants. At noon Sunday, the more formal
Meeting program will open, with FRA’s Annual Awards Luncheon, followed by
the Board of Directors meeting and a Networking Reception.
The Wood Supply Research Institute will hold its all-day annual meeting at
the same location, on Friday, March 13. (Separate registration is
required.)
Since the 2009 Annual Meeting marks an important milestone for FRA,
Monday’s Members Breakfast will open with a special commemorative
presentation. Don’t miss “75 Years of Service to the Forest and Paper
Industry” by a “Mystery Speaker” with a special perspective.
Monday’s first General Session will feature a trio of heavy hitters on
“Seizing 2009 Highway Reauthorization Bill Opportunities”--Congressman
Hank Brown (R-South Carolina), the American Trucking Associations’
Chairman “Shorty” Whittington, and South Carolina Secretary of
Transportation Buck Limehouse. Representatives of the three main federal
Gross Vehicle Weight reform coalitions will then light the TNT--“Trucking
’N’ Taxes”--and touch off a dialogue on obtaining a favorable outcome this
legislative year--Harry Haney, of the Coalition for Transportation
Productivity; Mike Branch, of the Agricultural Transportation Efficiency
Coalition; and Robert Pugh of Americans for Safe & Efficient Transport.
Following the Annual Luncheon--featuring Democratic Congressman Mike
Michaud, of Maine--a second General Session on “Working with a New
Administration and Congress” will present the views and predictions of
three seasoned federal policy warriors: John Runyan of International
Paper; Donna Harman of the American Forest & Paper Association; and Tom
Howard of Domtar. To conclude the afternoon, a session on “Affordable Wood
Fiber Supply” will include an update on “Global Wood Fiber Flow” from
RISI’s Bob Flynn and a special presentation, “Bio-Energy Development:
Reality Check,” speaker to be announced.
The Exhibitors Hall will be open Sunday and Monday, with a silent auction
to benefit the National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety
Foundation.
For best rates, be sure to register by February 20, 2009!
For the latest available program information, including a downloadable
Registration Form,
www.forestresources.org/NEWS/meetings/FRAannualmeeting09.pdf, or
contact Sylviene Mason at
smason@forestresources.org, 301/838-9385.
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association
concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest
products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood
consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as
businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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