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Message from the CHAIR

the lbmao needs you!

RON SCHELL thought that for once I would get ahead of I’ve been Chair for one year and I appreciate
Schell Home Hardware I Dave and (especially) Joanne bugging my butt everyone helping me to make it through; but
Building Centre, about the next issue for the LBMAO TISSUE...oh, there is much more we can do to maintain this
Stouffville, ON sorry, LBMAO REPORTER. very, very important vehicle for communication in
It’s Sunday morning, Dec 2nd after 3 days and our wonderful industry.
2 nights at the Millcroft Inn and Spa in Alton, The LBMAO represents all the independent
Ontario. Now nobody knows where Alton is; I building supply dealers, suppliers and buying
was just there and I still don’t know where it groups. It is so important to keep it alive. Dave
is. South of Orangeville where they have never and the staff (Joanne and Carolyn) have done
grown any oranges – maybe frozen peas but their best to bring in revenue and curb costs;
definitely not oranges. It was a great, quiet, the suppliers are the best I’ve ever known; and
historic spot which is fabulous because the age the executives try very hard to accommodate
of the building is slightly below the and coordinate everything we do. But what is
"...there is much average age of the people attending most important is the support of the retailers.
more we can the AGM. AGM actually stands for We need to support by belonging to the LBMAO;
“Another Grand Marnier”! Right, having fun at the snowmobile day; curling; golf,
do to maintain Dave? of course (check YouTube and listen to Robin
this very, very It was great to meet with Williams on golf); the car/motorcycle/old truck
fellow retailers, suppliers and the charity ride; and, hopefully, the new fishing
important vehicle respective buying groups. And derby. And please send in articles of interest to
for communication then there is Bob; Bob is actually LBMAO Reporter. We appreciate your input.
in our wonderful Claude or Cloude from Alexandria I know that Christmas and New Year will be all
Mouldings. Being a francophone over by the time you read this, so I hope you all
industry." (which means a French person in the had a safe and happy holiday.
English language), I couldn’t figure
out if his name was Claude or Cloude
so now it’s Bob – but enough about Bob.
There was a great discussion about having
only 4 or 5 golf tournaments. It’s expensive for
our beloved suppliers (like Bob) to attend the
tournaments. A suggestion was made to add a
fishing day or days at Lake Erie or Lake Ontario –
or just forget about the lake and just drink. Best
idea... Give us your thoughts and ideas on this; it
would be fun just for the Halibut (Hell of it).

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