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Executive Director's Report
Mike Schenker, MAS
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Greetings!
There are a lot of good things happening here in the land of GCPPA. You’re going to be glad to belong.
First a word of thanks to Joel Schaffer, MAS, of
Soundline
, who joined us for a webinar on October 13
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. His timely session was on holiday selling and how NOW is the time to do some serious business and make this a successful 4
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quarter and, ultimately… a successful 2017.
I’m excited to say that Joel’s webinar was recorded, and is now the first entry into our new
Learning Library
. This is a
member’s only
benefit, and we’re pleased to say that we’re going to continue to populate this site with more useful sessions and information. Now is the time to make sure that your membership is up to date to get access to this information, which we'll roll out shortly. If you'd like to have the code now; send us an
email
and we'll shoot it over to you.
To that end, thanks to those of you who have been proactive, checking on the status of your membership. November was historically when we’d send out invoices for renewal…this is going to be accomplished a lot smarter and smoother in the future, as we take advantage of technology and email your renewal notices. Better still, you’ll be able to pay online; no more nasty paper cuts.
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Looking ahead, our Annual Dinner will be held on December 18
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at the Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. In addition to a keynote address from Paul Bellantone, CAE, CEO and President of PPAI, this great event will feature some awards presentations (shh…the recipients don’t know yet), the installation of the 2018 Board of Directors, led by Steven Lazarus, MAS, as our new President (yes, he knows), a sit-down dinner, and the famous Mai-Kai Polynesian show. You’re going to want to be there.
Final touches are being made to the official invitation. We hope you'll register early as seating is limited.
Can’t make the event but still want to be part of it? We are offering some very attractive sponsorship opportunities. Please
click here
for the menu of sponsorship levels. Suffice to say, we greatly appreciate your consideration.
A lot is happening here…big plans are in place for 2018. Make sure you’re part of the action.
GCPPA MEANS BUSINESS.
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One way or another, our entire membership was affected by the devastation of Hurricane Irma. As happened in the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Nate, our industry came together to help each other and take care of our own. GCPPA would like to extend special thanks to great people at
Easy Seat
for their generous donation of cooler bags, which were sent to the hardest hit part of Fort Myers, Florida. These cooler bags were needed for first responders, ill and infirm patients who needed to keep medications cool, new mothers…and anyone and everyone in ways that we can’t begin to imagine.
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This month’s GCPPA volunteer honoree is Tanesha Anderson, BASI from Blue Ocean Press.
Tanesha is proud of her BASI designation: “Benjamin Franklin said,
‘An investment in knowledge pays the best interest’
and that has proven true with the BASI. I’ve gained a wealth of knowledge that would have taken me years on my own.”
With 6 years in the industry, Tanesha started with Blue Ocean Press and has been with them since. She’s been a loyal volunteer for many years and wants you all to know
“Every day is like Christmas in the office! I love opening the boxes that come in to see how fabulous a client’s logo looks on a product!”
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New Freight Incentive for Contract Embroidery
Distributors benefit with free inbound shipping when ordering from S&S and shipping to any Vantage decoration facility. Vantage Apparel, award-winning decorator and industry top source for custom logo apparel, has included S&S Activewearon a program that offers no minimum, free inbound shipping on all brands in the wholesaler catalog to the Vantage facilities located in Santa Ana, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Avenel NJ.
Read more.
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