1
Bearing Specialists Association
LONG RANGE CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Tucson, Arizona
April 25th, 1999
MINUTES
LONG RANGE CONVENTION COMMITTEE ( SUNDAY, APRIL 25TH, 1999
1.0 CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS
The meeting was called to order at 8:15 a.m. by Co-Chairman Tillsley. Those in attendance were:
Robert Bradford Bearing Distributors Inc.
John Grainger Cooper-Grainger Canada
Robert K. McCormack Dodge/Rockwell Automation
Susan Atmus Mulvey E. B. Atmus Co.
R. P. Racine Gopher Bearing Company
Bruce Hill Minnesota Bearing Company
Tom Miller Motion Industries, Inc.
Kirk Morrison Roller Bearing Co. of America
Richard A. Shuster Shuster Corporation
Dennis Clark SKF USA Inc.
Gus Kontonickas The Timken Company
Terry Tillsley Transmission Supplies (SA) Ltd.
Charlene Smith Association Manager
2.0 ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
3.0 REVIEW OF ANTI-TRUST POLICY STATEMENT
Mr. Tillsley called attention to the Antitrust Policy Statement that was distributed with the meeting materials. He also called attention to the presence of BSA Legal Counsel, Bill Ives, who was available to answer questions.
4.0 REVIEW OF PURPOSE
Mr. Tillsley reviewed the purpose of the Committee as contained in the agenda. Continuity of process for leadership development is part of Strategic Plan Goal two, which is one of the initiatives for the formation of the Long Range Convention Committee.
5.0 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8, 1999, MEETING
A motion was made, seconded and unanimously passed to approve the minutes of the February 8, 1999, meeting of the Committee.
6.0 REVIEW BUSINESS PROGRAMS FOR 1999, 2000, AND 2001
6.1 1999 Convention
Mr. Hill gave a brief overview of the business program for 1999.
6.2 2000 Convention
Mr. Hill gave a brief overview of the scheduled proposed for the 2000 convention, highlighting the dinner and tour of the Biltmore on Monday evening of the convention. He also added that rooms have been blocked beginning on Friday evening and steps will be taken to encourage people to arrive early and use the rooms. It was the consensus that the plan to move the committee/board meetings to Saturday be initiated. After further discussion, it was also the consensus that the Canadian event should be continued and that a possible Saturday afternoon Canadian golf event followed by a very casual 19th hole affair would serve for 2000.
The committee discussed the business program for 2000 and offered the following topics as guidelines for the planning committee:
• Globalization
• Minority Women Business Entrepreneurs and guidelines that 5-10% of business vendors are minority owned.
• Breakup of monopolies in light of what was happening during Vanderbilt era and why they are reforming today
• Specifics of the bearing industry
• Changing demographics of the workforce; how to hire, what employees want instead of money; why the are reluctant to transfer locations
• Keeping profits up
• Managing the total supply chain
• Vision of distribution, 5, 10, or 20 years out
• What new products will help teamwork between manufacturers and distributors
• Why the customer is in the driving seat
• University of Toronto author of Boom Bust Echo
• How to handle customers who are not very profitable
• Changing dynamics
• Case studies and profitability models
• Activity based costing
• Pay a university to conduct a 3-5 year study and present findings at each convention; give them parameters of where the industry is going or the structure of the channel; use a group of people such as a think tank, not use consultants; maybe use semiretired bearing industry people.
• How to deal with consultants
• Revisit the topics from 10 years ago or bring back the same speaker
• The power of the purchasing department over engineering, production, and maintenance
• To where does an industry shrink? Look at the pharmaceutical or automotive aftermarket; do we have a choice and is this where we want to end up; how much control do we have?
• The manufacturer’s requirement to earn the cost of capital from the manufacturer perspective
It was also the consensus that speakers outside the industry be used and especially someone with “shock value.” Also, the goal is to raise the issue not solve the problem.
6.3 2001 Convention
No discussion was held on this topic.
7.0 CONVENTION PLANNING
7.1 Review Current Non-Financial Guidelines for Convention Planning Committee
It was suggested that a new guideline be that the convention evaluation be distributed with the registration materials, not mailed to the attendees office. They would then have the option to complete and turn in on site or take with them.
It was also suggested that the liability waiver be incorporated into the registration form. Staff will check with legal counsel to see if that is possible.
It was further suggested that golf bag tags be given to the bellmen/valet so they are available on arrival and that they be larger, fluorescent, and possible plastic.
7.2 Job Description for Convention Planning Committee
It was the consensus of the committee to approve the additional language for the job description. The entire description now reads as:
“The Convention Committee shall, under the supervision of the Board of Directors and the President of the Association, develop the program of events and activities for the BSA Annual Convention. It shall present to the Board of Directors a general outline of Convention programs. The Committee shall also be responsible for all arrangements for the Annual Convention, and shall act to ensure that a balanced budget is maintained and that deficit spending is avoided. BSA staff shall continue to negotiate and conclude all contractual arrangements pertaining to annual conventions and act as the communication link to all vendors.”
8.0 OTHER BUSINESS
No action was taken.
9.0 SUMMARY
1. Staff will check with legal counsel on incorporating the liability waiver into the registration form.
2. It was suggested that the evaluation be included in the registration packet and not mailed to the attendees office.
3. It was suggested that golf bag tags be available at the bell desk and be larger, fluorescent and possibly plastic.
10.0 ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to bring before the Committee, a motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn the meeting at 10:05 a.m.
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related download
- submission 38 australian automotive aftermarket
- 2011 2012 bill 417 automotive repair facilities and
- recommendation 1 joint venture with sorl auto parts inc
- 901237 rfi automotive parts management
- as a manufacturer potential manufacturer or proprietary
- release notes epicor
- state of california
- trw aftermarket
- australian automotive industry transition following the
Related searches
- 1 or 2 374 374 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 3 374 374 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 2 711 711 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 3 711 711 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 2 693 693 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 3 693 693 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 2 593 593 1 0 0 0 1 or 2dvchrbu 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 3 593 593 1 0 0 0 1 or 2dvchrbu 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 2 910 910 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 3 910 910 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 default username and password
- 192 1 or 2 33 33 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 default username and password
- 1 or 2 364 364 1 0 0 0 1 168 1 1 admin username and password