SEMA 2005 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2005 SEMA CONVENTION
“IMPROVING THE BOTTOM LINE”
2005 SOUTHEASTERN MEAT ASSOCIATION CONVENTION PROGRAM
THE RENAISSANCE RESORT @ WORLD GOLF VILLAGE
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
JUNE 10-12, 2005

SEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005-07

The SEMA members elected a new Board of Directors for a two-year term at the June convention.

President, Adam Chernin, Central Beef LLC
Vice-President, Scott Downing, Lowell Packing Company
Treasurer, Wayne Paulk, Robbins Packing Company

Reelected board members:

Newly elected to the board is Billy Nettles of Nettles Meats.

The new board will be working on improving our industry and making SEMA a stronger Association. Special thanks and job well done goes to Jimmy Carroll Jr. for his leadership and dedication to the Association.

2005 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

The SEMA convention was held at the Renaissance Resort & Spa in St. Augustine, Florida. Tropical storm Arlene decided to come through as well but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the convention. This year’s program was well rounded with topics on employee retention programs, health insurance benefits, communication skills, in-house safety programs, branding & labeling, new product & cost ideas and new air infiltration systems for your coolers & freezers.

There was time for fun as well, with Friday’s dinner at the Golf Hall of Fame and Saturday’s scholarship silent auction and dinner.

SEMA members are dedicated to its scholarship program and again this year our members came through donating gifts for the auction and then bidding them up. The evening brought in over $3,000.00 with the help of AC Legg Co. donating $1,000.00. Richard Theise of Standard Casing purchased a monkey wood frog last year for $125.00. This year he put the frog back on the auction block and Jimmy Carroll Jr. of Sunset Farm Foods took the frog home after paying $225.00. It’s the generosity of our members that we can continue to give scholarships each year. This year Laura Fitzgerald and Carrie Harris both from the University of Tennessee attended and picked up their certificates. University of Georgia’s William Boone Curtis was not able to attend but will receive a $1,000.00 scholarship as well.

A special thanks goes out to our exhibitors & sponsors at the SEMA convention.
Keeping our members up to date on the latest industry trends and technology:

The exhibitors gave away a TV with the winner being Donna Stinchcomb of Food Ingredients Sales.

The Convention recap newsletter contains many images from the convention and so is rather large. You can view (and print) each page here. Please note that each page is rather large and is in PDF format:

2005 Convention Highlights

SOUTHEASTERN MEAT ASSOCIATION
Phone: 407.365.5661 Fax: 407.365.8945
E-mail: anna_ondick@earthlink.net

Information from previous conventions available on separate pages:

• 2004 Convention Recap and Highlights
• Printable 2004 Convention Program
• Printable 2003 Convention Program
• 2003 Convention Program
• 2002 Convention Highlights
• Printable 2004 Convention Program
• Printable 2003 Convention Program
• 2003 Convention Program
• 2002 Convention Highlights
• SEMA 2002 Convention Speakers