Welcome to 2009, I hope everyone had a really good Christmas
and New Years. Now it is time to return to work and meet the challenges that we
will all face in this economic slow-down. Hopefully we as an association can
come up with some good ideas that may help our members deal with issues that
are sure to arise in the coming year and if not, at least we can take comfort
in knowing that there is at least one free dinner a month with our name on it.
Our first meeting this year will again be at H D Supply in
Ocala and we thank Bob Monteath and his staff for kicking off the year at their
store. I think we should take a little time at this meeting to look ahead and
identify any new issues that could help our industry. Please plan on attending
and help plan our agenda for the coming year.
