b"2020-2021 WelcomePresidents MessageTThere isDespite this new obstacle, The poster reads EPIDEMIC INFLUENZAThis disease is highly communicable.no medicine which will prevent it. Keep away from pub- WPMA is now stronger than lic meetings, theatres, and other places whereever with the addition of crowds are assembledit goesOregon, our eighth state. In on with instructions on how toFebruary we had record turnout make and wear a face mask. at our convention in Las Vegas and it resulted in a significant My sister found this flyer whileand much needed revenue shar-doing research for a book on ouring contribution to each state. company and family history. TheMarketers in every state are poster was issued by the Provincialfully engaged, participating on Board of Health in Leduc, Alberta,their state boards. The WPMA Canada in 1918, during the Spanishboard and executive committee Flu pandemic! are stocked with highly capableWPMA President,While 2020 seems like an unprece- leadership for the years to come.Steve Clarkdented time in our world history, clearlyWe are in a great position to not weve been through this before. Ourjust endure, but to advance.industry has endured many other crises,For now, as with all your companies and state associa-including the Great Depression, World War II, the 1973tions, WPMA plans to hunker down and get through oil embargo, $153 per barrel oil prices, and numerousthis. We wont compromise our work ethic nor our opti-recessions. What was true in all of those challenges ismism. We will prove once again that we will rise to any also true today; we have a tremendous responsibilitychallenge. Every week seems packed with uncertainly as well as a great privilege to provide our products andand the constant pressure to change plans on the fly. But services to every community in every corner of ourone thing is certainthe need for a strong association states. We are, as we always knewessential. and the importance of our being in unity. This pandemic It is a great joy and honor for me to serve as this yearswill end. Our employees and customers will return. And president of WPMA. Over the years my interactionswhen it ends, our familiar foes and enduring trials will with state execs, marketers, and vendors have beenstill be thereand we will be ready!nothing short of outstanding. To quote Will Rogers,I am proud to be in this battle with you!We only learn in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. And that is why I am proud to be in this position today. Last summer, as my term was approaching, I thought aSlot about what challenges might be ahead for our prodi- Steve Clark, WPMA 2020-21 Presidentgious association and how we would go about tackling them. Would it be more government over-regulation? Another assault from environmental crusaders? A glob-al product shortage? Never in my craziest thoughts did I imagine the challenge would be a worldwide pandemic.(Pictured above) WPMA President's gavel is passed virtually from 2019-20 WPMA President Dennis Campo (Idaho) to incoming President Steve Clark (Washington) during the summer Board Meeting in June (pictured at the left).WPMA News / Autumn 20205"