CHAIRMAN’S LETTER
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Brent Bennett The Freelance Co., LLC Jon D. Kennedy art director Jennifer Matthews publisher We have had a great summer here in Nebraska, and I hope everyone has been enjoying it!
Te industry and association have many things going on, and we request your involvement, the only way our organization can survive is through member participation. I thank you now for your investment to the Association.
On July 23, the Nebraska SuperTech competition was held at Central Community College in Hastings. We had a good number of participants sign up with ninety-four registered to take the qualifying test. Congratulations to Mike Paitz of Truck Center Companies as the 2015 Nebraska SuperTech Champion, and to all the contestants and winners (see story inside this issue)!
Te 2015 Nebraska Trucking Management Conference is September 24-25 at the Omaha Marriott. Again we have a great line up of speakers, and we’d love to see you there. Our staff at the office has been working hard to put together a program that will be both informational and fun.
Winners from Nebraska Truck Driving Championships and SuperTech will be representing Nebraska at the national competitions. National Truck Driving Championships is August 11-14 in St. Louis, MO, and National SuperTech Competition is September 21-24 in Orlando, FL. Best wishes to all our Nebraska competitors at Nationals!
Te Nebraska Truck Convoy for Special Olympics is also coming up, September 18-19 in Hastings and Grand Island. Tis is a great opportunity for our industry to support a great cause.
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Consider giving to ATRI, by donating on the “ATRI Donation” area on our conference registration.
Trucking Associations (ATA). ATA serves and represents the trucking industry on a national level, influencing federal and state government actions, advancing a positive trucking industry image, providing education programs and industry research, and promoting highway safety and security.
For more information, contact Nebraska Trucking: 1701 K Street P.O. Box 81010 Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone 402.476.8504 Fax: 402.476.8570
Nebraska Trucking Association is a statewide trade association for commercial truck and bus operators and affiliated businesses. It is a not-for- profit association governed by a board of directors elected annually. Nebraska Trucking is an affiliate of the American
Tere have been some improvements made at the offices in Lincoln. Tey have implemented a new accounting system, QuickBooks, so you may notice a difference, however better, in the invoices you receive from the association.
Lastly, I’d like to thank all the sponsors supporting the Nebraska Trucking Association and our events and causes. We truly appreciate all you do to help “Trucking Move Nebraska and America Forward”!
It truly is an honor to serve as your Executive Chairman.
Tank you, Chris Klotz SBT, Inc.
Chair, Nebraska Trucking Association NEBRASKA TRUCKER — ISSUE 4, 2015 —
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office manager Diana Garcia
Keith Nesja
vice president Patty Wood
Larry Johnson
Te Nebraska Trucking Association is challenging you, our members, to support the American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI) in a couple different ways. First, Nebraska Trucking is donating $1,000 to ATRI to support their goal of providing critical research for our industry, and we challenge you to match our donation or donate what you can. Second, we also encourage you to send your data in when they request it, so data it’s putting out is as accurate as possible. Right now there is a survey on the ATRI web site asking for your concerns for the 2015 year. It only takes about five minutes to fill out and let them know what the issues are that you are concerned about. Tese surveys are tabulated and sent to the ATA where they can use the information in Washington DC for supporting our industry.
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