American Loggers Council's Schwab Says...
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As you know, 2016 is an election year. It is extremely difficult to get any traction on issues in an election year. However this spring, I would like to see more loggers than ever participate in our Washington D.C. Fly In. It's a wonderful opportunity to get our story told of what we do professionally in the woods. Such as, how we help the environment. Let's try some new things this year during our Fly In. Bring someone who has never been to D.C. Set some appointments up with Members who are generally not favorable to our industry. Don't worry about what to say. We will have a strong legislative agenda. We will give you the opportunity to make it personal to suit your business and personality.
The American Loggers Council this year will also be taking the time to evaluate its five-year plan. With help of our corporate sponsors, we are going to be evaluate our goals and we will derive an action plan to achieve those goals. As it develops, I will share details of these plans. In this process, we will measure our successes and failures for the past five years. Along with the executive committee, I will be looking forward to this retreat in the summer of 2016. We will share our five-year plan at the annual meeting in September.
As you can see, we have some aggressive plans for this next year. Together we are going to work hard. We will be further down the road...on purpose. "Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil."(Proverbs 4:25-27 NLT)
Richard Schwab is the Procurement Manager for M.A. Rigoni, Inc., a full-service timber harvesting and forest management company located in Perry, Florida.
The American Loggers Council is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states across the U.S. The West Virginia Loggers Council is now among their affiliates. For more information, visit their web site at www.amloggers.com.
