b'2021 Presidents Day Week State ReportWASHINGTON Oil Marketers Association (WOMA) ReportWA and Gas Industries in the cross hairs, we are trying WOMAWashington WireWashington State to position ourselves to stay effective with our Has New Identity, Logo,upgraded image. Communications Platform WOMA launches NEW Oil is bad, Energy is good.That has been theInternal Communication Lea McCulloughtheme of the decade, and its finally catching up to WOMA Executive Director the Association in a manner that is blocking us fromSystem for members:being productive and forward thinking in capturing meetings with anyone with a greener focus.As long as I can remember,our Association For instance, securing appointments with Congress- has had a need for an internal communicationmen and Senators in DC has been a struggle forsystem that would serve as a central way tomany years. State Representatives also feel likedisseminate vital and needed informationaligning with an organization with the word oilwithout a huge cost. That solution has finallyin it is unpopular, even dangerous. And PMAA haspresented itself and WOMA has launched thiseven changed their name to EMA (Energy Mar- new proprietary platform. The name is stillketers of America). An exclamation point on thisundetermined but will be revealed soon. topic came just this last week when I attempted toWOMA members, both Marketer and Associate, register my email (lea@waoil.org) with a email dis- will have secured access to a system that provides tribution service and was denied access because thethe following:word oil was flagged and indicated that I may be spamming my future contact list. Another censor-Member Profile Information ship we cannot ignore any longer. Organizational Profile information To this end, the Washington Board of Directors Event Section (Convention/Virtual Spotlight spent the last several months creatively brainstorm-ing whether a new brand and identity would repre- Series/Area Meeting)sent the Association better, and help us gain access Legislative Updates: State and Federalto the meetings we need, and to hold the conversa-Weekly Updatestions necessary to work our goals, particularly in the State Legislature. Therefore, we have adopted, State District Maps and Washington Independent Congressional MapsEnergy Distributors (WIED)Links to Active Bills Fueling Mobility in theCalls to Action for MembershipPacific Northwest State Agency & RegulatoryWith that also will come a new logo and branding package we are working on that reflects our in- Program Links dustry with genuine intent. While the current local Community Forum Bulletin Boardand national administrations are solidly putting Oilfor Articles/Questions/Blogscontinued on page 53US President #19 Rutherford B. Hayes Look to the 2021 WPMA News Fall Issue for highlights!Education is our greatest present national concern . General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded . In the civilized countries of the world, the question is how (55)to distribute most generally and equally the property of PT: 1877-1881 the world . As a rule, where education is most general the distribution of property is most general . As knowledge spreads, wealth spreads . To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth . To giveall an equal chance to acquire property . Source: Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Diary Entry, May 15, 1878 (Via Rutherford B. all an equal chance to acquire knowledge is the best and surest way to giveHayes Presidential Library & Museums Digital Collection)26 www.wpma.com /Spring 2021'