SCMA Hosts Mid-Year
SCMA Hosts Mid-Year Event Photos By Terry Miller Atlanta, GA–The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) – a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Cypress building products to design professionals and consumers – recently convened in Atlanta for its mid-year meeting. Topping the agenda was a status update of the SCMA’s 2014-2015 promotion campaign. •Nearing completion, and slated for release on PBS, CreateTV, www.NGHTV.com and YouTube, are two TV show projects – Vicki Payne’s For Your Home and Ty Pennington’s First to the Future – featuring Cypress in pergola, garden walkway and siding applications. •Year-to-date performance results of other aspects of SCMA’s current and future public relations campaign – Case Studies, news releases, and social media activity on Facebook – were discussed and previewed. •Nine Cypress Promotion Sponsors – industry associates and suppliers who have added their financial support to extend the reach of the Association’s promotion efforts – were recognized and thanked. •The Association also welcomed to the ranks, new members Delta Millworks, Austin, Texas and Sims Forest Products, Brent, Alabama. SCMA’s 2015 Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, at the Omni Nashville, in conjunction with the Hardwood Manufacturers Association’s National Conference and Expo. All producers and processors are welcome to attend. Direct meeting inquiries to 412.244.0440. To learn more about the promotional efforts of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association, visit www.CypressInfo.org. ■ 50 OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE
Rusty Logue, Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA; Joey Josey, Josey Lumber Co., Scotland Neck, NC; and Stephen Logue, Battle Lumber Co. Inc. David Warford, U.S. Lumber Group, Duluth, GA; Hal Mitchell, Atlanta Hardwood Corp., Mableton, GA; and Linwood Truitt, Beasley Forest Products, Hazlehurst, GA Ian Faight, Yearick-Millea, Pittsburgh, PA; Andy Johnson, Sims Forest Products, Muscle Shoals, AL; Tim Ellis, Denmark Lumber Co. Inc., Denmark, SC; and Mark Sanders, Sims Forest Products Terry Miller, National Hardwood Magazine, Memphis, TN; George Riley and John Haggerty, Williams Lumber Co. Inc., Rocky Mount, NC; and John Stevenson, Thompson Hardwoods Inc./Beasley Forest Products, Hazlehurst, GA OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 51
