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Distributor - Manufacturers Meeting in Hood River
The AWSI board has scheduled a distributor
meeting to take place in Hood River Friday June 29th, the day before the start of the Gorge Wind Fest.
We have reserved the River View room at the Hood River Inn from
9:00AM to 1:00PM and a continental breakfast will be provided.
The Morning schedule will include:
Shaun O'Brien - Social Marketing; an Avenue to Growth.
- Sean is the Online Marketing & Communications Manager
for Surf Expo and has fifteen years experience in the boardsports and
outdoor industries. A journalist and editor by trade, O’Brien is now
immersed in the rapidly changing world of new media and the effect it
has on how manufacturers communicate with their consumers. He previously
was the editor/chief content director of TransWorld Business and
assisted in web platform development for TransWorld Media back in 1996.
Todd Weatherill will speak on the
rep/retailer/consumer/team rider relationship and as an added bonus will
give an overview on the evolution of the wakeboarding industry.
- Todd is the National Sales Manager of GFH Boards and
a sales and marketing trainer and voice personality in the Action Sports
Industry. Todd worked retail for Tommy’s Slalom Shop in Denver, Pro wake
boarder for Team O’Brien and became the First President of the World
Wakeboard Association. Todd became the Texas area-rep for O’Brien
Waterskis, and O’Neill Wetsuits, and was featured in annual films by
wakeboard and surf companies. By 1996 Todd was announcing live-site
events for the Waterski Pro-tour, Van’s Triple Crown, and was the host
and analyst at the Wakeboard X-Games, the Wakeboard Pro-tour, X-Games
events and qualifiers all over the world hosting shows for ESPN, ABC,
Disney, FOX, Fuel TV, Fusion TV, and now the Outdoor Life Network.
Donn from Siriani & Associates will update us on the new
FedEx Freight program and discuss the trade show freight discounts.
We will also have three topics and an open discussion:
- Insurance
- The Florida Demo Location
- The Summer House; a public relations opportunity with
35+ mainstream magazine editors.
- Open Discussion on the state of your Association
We will break after noon for a free afternoon of wind,
paddling, golf or biking.
The meeting will reconvene at 6:30 PM at Rick Bruner's
home for a Barbeque dinner party in a style only the Gorge has to offer.
We need you here, yes YOU!
Surf Expo 90%+ sold out!
SurfExpo will be here before you know it. For a list
of committed exhibitors, check out the forum at:Exhibitors. The AWSI is committed making this the best show
ever. More
wind sport brands are exhibiting this year and more retailers have
committed to come. If you are undecided, contact any of the board
members and let us know how we can help get you to Orlando.
The AWSI FORUM is online!
Click the link below and check out our new FORUM. It is the same
Web Wiz Forum format that we have all seen on various boards, and is
easy to navigate and use.
We have set up a couple of topics of discussions that will allow you to
post questions or responses on topics from the trade show, demo day,
distributor meeting, benefits available to the association and insurance.
As we populate the Forum, THIS will be the place to disperse and review
information and contact various members with in their area of expertise.
We have the ability to password protect groups to keep consumers from
viewing our internal discussions.
Please check out the FORUM, register and as we get our members
registered, we will set up discussion groups per your requests.
AWSI FORUM
Retailer
Symposium
SurfExpo Demo Days will be held in conjunction with a
Retailer Symposium at Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County, in the Tampa - St
Pete area on the west coast of Florida. (Check out the link above).
Ft De Soto Park is west of Orlando a little over an hours drive, with an
excellent international airport close.
The Demo will coincide with a Dealer Symposium at a central
hotel on the way to the demo site. Guest speakers are scheduled in
the mornings to discuss distributor relations, freight programs and
MARGINS! Afternoons are reserved for product demos and technical
product education. Monday evening the AWSI will host a dinner.... no
we're hosting a PARTY to get everyone together for a lot of fun and
camaraderie!
Please make your travel arrangements to join with the AWSI board of
directors, executive directors, and industry leaders that are committed to
rejuvenate the windsurfing and kiteboarding business communities in 2007 by
getting behind SurfExpo and the Distributor and Retailer Demo Symposiums!
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