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February 2007

Free Subscription MLBMA Home Page Archived Issues Submit News and Information Association News Ken Lehman Receives Building Material Dealer of the Year Award Mark Heyboer Receives Supplier of the Year Award Bill Bedard Receives Grassroots Activist of the Year Award Century Awards and Half Century Awards Presented Read the story  > See the photos > Expo 2007 was Great ! Thank You 2007 Great Lakes Building Products Expo Sponsors  > Expo Highlights > Survivor Michigan  "Tips and Tends for 2007" Simple Steps to Immediate and Sustained Turnarounds for Building Material Dealers >  Building Your Annual Budget >  How Long Can I Keep Going? > Taking Advantage of a Slowdown > Legislative and Regulatory News MLBMA Surveys Members regarding impact on impact of proposed Michigan Business Tax > Increase Your Sales How to Deal with the Salesperson Who Has Leveled Off > Your Competitive Edge     For over 10 years, MLBMA and Morrison Industrial Equipment has provided MLBMA members with a complete powered industrial truck fleet program including new and used sales, service for all makes, parts and rental equipment. Contact Scott Timmer at (616) 447- 3816 or by e-mail at timmer@morrison-ind.com Morrison Industrial Equipment Locations New Equipment Used Equipment Rental Equipment Management News Surviving in this Era of Layoffs and RIFs Means Learning these Coping Skills > The Carrot Principle > Layoffs, a Short Term Fix, are They Detrimental to the Company? > Human Resource News Small Businesses Benefit from Effective Employee Management Strategies > Board and Committee News Meet Jim TeBos (Weekes Forest Products) and Steve Marek (41 Lumber)  New MLBMA Board Members > "Ask an Expert"  Member Forum Looking for information or have an industry related question that one of your colleagues within the building materials industry or MLBMA could help you with? Please make sure to include with your question your name, company, and phone number. Submit your question(s) using the MLBMA Member Forum e-mail link below.  Please make sure to include with your question your name, company name, and phone number. Member Forum Link > Please note that your questions and/or responses to questions may be posted on E-ssential Framework Archive for others to view. Articles in E-ssential Framework require Adobe Reader in order to view the complete article. If you do not have the Adobe Reader program, click on the Adobe icon to download the FREE program to your computer.

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