The members of the ASA Board of Directors met for their annual series of leadership meetings February 5-8 in Tucson, Arizona. This Winter session is always popular for its comprehensive coverage of the issues and challenges facing the industry and the association.
To say it's a “Board of Directors meeting” is really an understatement, since this annual gathering comprises the meetings of a number of other volunteer groups within the organization. Also tackling their agendas during this time are the Industrial Piping Division (headed by Mike Abeling of Consumers Pipe in Los Angeles) and the Young Executives Council (headed by Kevin Neupert of Consolidated Supply in Portland, OR), as well as a number of ad hoc task forces and committees. Here are a few of the highlights of the meetings: