b'2021 Presidents Day Issue 2020-21 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Presidents Message COMMITTEE Par Hawaii LLCWPMA EXECUTIVEEric Lee HonoluluWPMA President Alec McBarnet & 1st Vice-President REGRET Steve ClarkMaui Oil Company Inc Genesee EnergyKahuluiSeattle, WA Paul Oliveira Is My Only Symptom WPMA 2nd Vice PresidentMaui Oil Company Inc Tand wrap up. A big hoo-ha of all the fun eventsKary TonjumKahuluiCityServiceValconSteve Wetter Kalispell, MT Hawaii Petroleum LLC This letter was supposed to be a post-conventionWPMA 3rd Vice-PresidentKahuluicelebration Jeremy Bautista River City Petroleum we experienced together, the great food we enjoyed, theLas Vegas, NVIDAHObuilding and re-establishing of business connections, and theWPMA Senior EMA DirectorIPM&CSA President comfort of being with industry friends that can relate to theAnnie MarszalMatt Berry Lahaina Petroleum Berry Oil Inc, Idaho FallsWPMA President, challenges we share in this industry.Paia, HIIPM&CSA 1st Vice-President Steve Clark Our executive board decision to cancel the show, and indeedWPMA Immediate Scott Lynch cancel everything including a virtual show, was difficult andWPMA PresidentLynch Oil Co, BurleyDennis CampoIPM&CSA 2nd Vice-President shocking. Even up until the middle of November I was 90%Campo & Poole DistributingDerek Brewer sure that the show would happen. While not easy, the choiceFruitland, ID Valley Wide Cooperative was clear and ultimately in the best interest of everyone.WPMA CEONampaGene InglesbyIPM&CSA EMA Director Weve all seen and heard the national numbers on the financial hit to the US.Salt Lake City, UT & Immediate Past President They are mind numbing and honestly hard to relate to our everyday lives.Eric Busch We are not alone. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research estimatesWPMA STAFF Busch Distributors Inc, Moscow IPM&CSA Executive Director the convention industry to contribute over $100 billion to the US economyKathy MichaelisSuzanne Budge every year. Along with the hospitality industry, the convention/trade showAccounts Payable/IPM&CSA, Boiseindustry was one of the hardest hit from the coronavirus. It will take LasScholarship Coordinator IDAHO STATE DIRECTORSVegas years to return to normal, as it was the number one hardest hit metroChristine NunleyBrett Adams area on unemployment, hitting a staggering 32% at its worse point in 2020.Publication Director Adams Petroleum Inc, Burley Jan RoothoffRon Berry Instead, we must focus on mitigation of losses and a long-term plan forAdministration/IT Director Berry Oil Inc, Tetoniadigging out. Thankfully our contract with the Mirage allowed us relief fromKim WhiteDennis Campo our room obligations and our out of pocket expenses were minimized. TheTrade Show Coordinator Campo & Poole Distributing Jamie WoodFruitlandrevenue side of things is another story. Membership dues provide someMember Services Director Holly Claiborn income, but the Expo is obviously the biggest contributor to the financialUnited Oil, Caldwellstability of our industry Association. Down years are to be expected, but thisBob Coleman is a significant blow.STATE Coleman Oil Co, LewistonOFFICERS & DIRECTORS Ed Croymans Reserves are a great thing however, and they will indeed be our savingCityServiceValcon grace. Prior to coronavirus the board had made a wise decision to increase HAWAII Kalispell, MTour reserves to a level that would equal three years operating expenses.HPMA PresidentTyler Harker The plan was just under way when the pandemic hit so we did not build ourKimo HaynesValley Wide Cooperative reserves to meet our goal. But we do have plenty of cash to get us through toHawaii Petroleum LLC, Kahului NampaHPMA 1st Vice-PresidentBrad Holland the other side and it underscores the need for a healthy war chest of reserves. Eric WrightCampo & Poole Distributing Par Hawaii LLC, Honolulu FruitlandAnd so, we look toward 2022. The grittiness and tenacity of people in ourHPMA 2nd Vice-PresidentCharley Jones industry will serve us well as we come together and restore what weve lost.Robert HoodStinker Stores, BoiseWhether our national recovery will be a V shape or a U shape or a W shape,Aloha Petroleum LLC, Honolulu Justin Kerr WPMA will all be back in full force in Las Vegas in February 2022.HPMA EMA DirectorKerr Oil Co, Coeur dAleneAnnie MarszalBen Roberts S Lahaina Petroleum LLC, Paia Maverik Inc Immediate Past HPMASalt Lake City, UTPresidentJake SearleUS President #2US President #3 great in both, always in proportionJim YatesConrad & Bischoff Inc, NampaJohn Adams as it is free . Par Hawaii LLC, Honolulu Tony Stone There is Danger from all Thomas JeffersonHPMA Executive DirectorJackson Energy, Meridian Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Willard, Men . The only Maxim of aHPMA, Kailua Blair Truman We hold these truths to be March 24, 1789 Robert Fung free Government, ought to beself-evident: that all men are Our liberty depends on the freedomBingham Cooperative, Blackfootcreated equal. . . . (Age 57) of the press, and that cannot beHAWAII STATE DIRECTORSDan West (Age 61) to trust no Man living, withDeclaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 PT: limited without being lost . Alton HigaKellerstrass Enterprises Inc PT: 1789- Power to endanger the publicI t is the great parent of science and1801- Aloha Petroleum LLC, Honolulu KimberlyLiberty . Source: Notes for a speech inThomas Jefferson to Dr. James Currie, 1797 of virtue: and that a nation will be1809 January 28, 1786 continuedBraintree, MA, Spring, 1772.WPMA News / Spring 20219'