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President's Message |
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PACA's President Addresses Membership |
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This week we celebrated our 38th Annual Meeting albeit virtually, yet another first for our Association that we hope will be the first and last time. We trust that we will all be together next year as we celebrate our 39th Annual Meeting back at the Hotel Hershey.
Thank you to the members that joined us virtually on Monday and Tuesday to hear presentations by our favorite economist Anirban Basu and Mike Brunelle, Governor Wolf’s Chief of Staff. As always, we strive for cutting edge information and content to help our members navigate these turbulent times and, based on the feedback, it appears that we accomplished that. We want to extend our deep appreciation and gratitude to our Annual Meeting Rock Star Sponsor – Cleveland Brothers and CB Con-Agg – for their financial support to allow us to deliver the Annual Meeting on a complimentary basis to our members. In case that you missed those presentations, please see the article below and look for an email tomorrow to the entire membership offering access to both presentations plus updates on our Young Leaders, the recently launched PACA Emerging Leaders Academy (PELA), election of our Board members and the Gavel Exchange recognizing Rod Martin’s exemplary service to our Association and industry during his two years as Chairman of the Association.
Speaking of the leadership transition, Bob Housel, Masters RMC, was elected on Monday by the Board to serve as our Chairman. You will hear directly from Bob at the next Members Forum webinar scheduled on Tuesday, December 1 at 11 am. If you have not participated in the past, this is an exclusive benefit to our members and offers unprecedented access to state and national speakers on all issues that impact our industry. It is a member service created as a result of the pandemic earlier this year and we will continue this informal dialogue for years to come. For those that accuse us of too many emails, the Members Forum webinar provides a live, timely analysis of the ever-changing dynamics with a direct connection to your professional Association staff. No better way to get your questions to us via the QUESTIONS pane so that you don’t have to read through all these emails that we send to keep you in the know.
We look forward to reconnecting with you at the Members Forum webinar on December 1st so that we can also update you on the impacts of the Department of Health requirements released earlier this week (see story below), the conclusion of the 2019/2020 General Assembly Legislative Session, the yet to be approved Commonwealth’s 2020/2021 budget, the PennDOT ask for $600 million in bonding to pay for current projects and the leadership elections in both the PA Senate and PA House.
On behalf of our entire team, we wish you and your family a healthy and safe Thanksgiving!
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