Greetings as we are coming off of our biggest event of the year, the Mid-Winter Conference & Trade Show, which was held at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel on February 4th and 5th. We had a great Trade Show that included several new exhibitors. the dealer meetings, business management and technical seminars were very well received and attendance was great. There are some excellent training opportunities every year at our Convention, and I also encourage everyone to take advantage of all of the resources our Association has to offer. Thank you to everyone involved in making the 2010 Mid-Winter Conference & Trade Show a great success.

Every year, we hold one of our Board Meetings at the Convention. We discuss the upcoming year, set up new committees, go over scholarship opportunities, as well as other issues regarding our Association.

I would like to point out that if anyone is interested in becoming a Board Member they should contact either myself or our Executive Director, Bonnie McCleary, for more information. Our contact information can be found here. Election for Association Board Members will be held in April, so if you are interested, please let us know as soon as possible.

Our Association's website is loaded with information to check out if you haven't already. All dealer members are listed on the site for consumers to access.

As I mentioned last month, our Association is offering two Scholarships; one for $1,000 and another for $500. The Scholarship Application can be found here. The deadline for receiving applications is April 30th. Make sure you let your employees know that their children are eligible for these scholarships.

Until next month, Todd