2009 Annual Meeting

October 10-13

The Roosevelt

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August 7, 2009

SFPA Reaches Out to Global Audience with Ad

A full-page advertisement urging readers to “Explore the Southern Pine Partnership” will appear in the 34^th annual Forest Products Export Directory, placing SFPA’s message before 10,000 importers, distributors, agents, manufacturers and others around the globe. The directory is produced and distributed by Miller Publishing as an “Overseas Buyer’s Purchasing Guide for North American Forest Products.” It reaches subscribers in 32 countries. The list covers Austria, Belgium, China, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Vietnam just to name a few.

“Placing an ad in this particular directory is a good way to showcase our international markets program and gain publicity for our members with buyers around the world,” said Ned DeJarnette, SFPA’s director of international markets.

The directory will be released in September. Click here to see a PDF copy of the ad. For more information, contact Ned at 504/443-4464, ext. 233, or edjarnette@sfpa.org.

Reserve Rooms Now for Annual Meeting

Planning to join us in New Orleans for the 2009 Annual Meeting? It’s time to start making travel and hotel arrangements. Click here for a tentative agenda for the meeting to be held Oct. 10-13 at The Roosevelt, a recently reopened legendary New Orleans hotel. You’ll notice that in addition to our traditional golf game, this year’s recreational offerings include a fishing trip in nearby Lafitte, La., just one of the many locations that helped establish Louisiana’s reputation as a “Sportsman’s Paradise.” Of course, there’s also plenty of business to attend to at this year’s meeting.

“We expect this to be a productive meeting and invite all of our members to join us at The Roosevelt,” said SFPA President Digges Morgan.

A brochure with complete details will be e-mailed next week. Meanwhile, rooms can be booked by calling 1-800-WALDORF or online by clicking here. Sept. 4 is the cut-off date for receiving the SFPA meeting rate of $159 for a single or double room plus taxes. Refer to group code SFP when booking by phone or online. If you need additional information, please contact Dianne Breaux at 504/443-4464, ext. 225, or dbreaux@sfpa.org.

Story Clarification

A story titled “Cost an Obstacle to Wider Use of Green Certification Systems” in the July 10 issue of SPFA’s weekly newsletter incorrectly reported that approximately 46% of Southern Pine producers do not plan to seek a certification system for their products any time soon. In actuality, almost 39% of the Southern Pine producers who responded to SFPA’s certification survey already use a chain-of-custody certification system; and almost 85% of the remaining respondents plan to pursue a certification system at some point in the future. Of that group, 7.7% plan to pursue a system immediately, 30.8% within six months to a year and 46.2% will wait more than a year. Click here for a release with more information about the survey.

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