b'Presidents MessageASSOCIATIONInformationTime to Pass the Gavel!As I write this,we just finished our summer-DISCUSSIONWPMA board meeting. The executive team alongand approval with each State Executive, President, VP, andfor a new hotel EMA director met to prepare for the next year.venue in 2026. WPMA PresidentI will have to be honest, it felt good to hand the-REVENUE goalsKary Tonjumgavel to Jeremy Bautista and slip into the past president role. It has been great getting to meet sofor WPMA and many new people over the past year and expand- each state.ing my knowledge of the industry. I appreciate the-FUNDRAISING ideas and approval support from the executive team, state executives,to take a deeper dive into our scholarship and all the other board members. As many haveprogram. How to promote our CDLsaid, you get more out of it than what you put in.program for future drivers and kidsMost certainly true with this position. Your as- wanting to attend trade schools?sociation will be in good hands with Jeremy and-IDEAS for speakers at the convention.the current board. -APPROVING a CDL recruitment companyCongratulations and a thank you to Todd Shaw for filling the WPMA 3rd Vice President role. It takesas a new member service. people like him and the company he works for,As we watched what happened in the state of Jubitz Corporation, to keep the association going.Washington with the new cap and trade fees, our Todd has been on the WPMA board for manyassociation brainstormed ideas and ultimately ap-years, and we have complete confidence that heproved a WPMA legislative committee. We need will represent you well. to stay in front of new legislative agendas that will I also want to give a special thanks to Stevereach our other states. We do not know if this will Clark for his dedication and time on thebe in one year or ten, but we need to be prepared. board. He has been a great example for allOur industry will continue to evolve just like it of us, not only with his character, but alsohas since the first patent was developed for the with his drive to take what he is giveninternal combustion engine in the 1800s. Whether and make it better. His convention stillwe like it or even believe in it, there will be a push stands as the most profitable ever andto lower our carbon footprint. Technologies will he was our first to spend two yearsbe developed: this may be a new engine, it may be as EMA director and two as WPMAnew products, and it very well may be something President for a total of eight yearswe havent even thought of. We have seen this for on the Executive Committee!150 years and we will continue to see it. We, as an Thank You Steve! association, need to continue to work together and Your board members covered aadapt to these changes along with protecting what lot of topics during the meet- we have.ing, generating ideas andI hope the association is in a little better place than discussion of how to keepwhen I entered. Thank you for all your support!the association strong. A few of these include: Jeremy, Congratulations and good luck, the gavel is now yours for the next year. Immediate Past PresidentKary Tonjum passes thegavel to incomingPresident Jeremy Bautista S4www.wpma.com / Scholarship 2023'