To: Members and Guests:
On behalf of the North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics "Happy New Year" I hope that 2012 brings each one of you good health and a prosperous year.
The Board of Governors have been hard at work on making 2012 one of the best years for the North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics and below is a recap of the events that are planned this year. Please make a note of a change on the Spring meeting date from March 22nd to March 23rd, 2012.
One of the challenging items the Board of Governors had to address was the site for the 2012 Annual Conference. On 09/27/2011 Sea Trails Conference Center filed for Chapter Eleven Bankruptcy and as of December 29th 2011 they were still unable to book any rooms on site. Based on accommodations, cost, timing, availability,distance of site to general membership, family activites, and other factors the Board of Governors made the decision to have our 2012 Annual Meeting at Hilton/Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC. The Board believes that this site with all their accommodations will make the 2012 Annual Conference one of the best Conferences ever.
 The Spring meeting is set for March 23rd at The Great Wolf Lodge in Concord NC. For those of you who are not familiar with this Hotel please go to their website at www.greatwolf.com and see the accommodations. The League has set up special room rates for those who want to spend the night. The room rate will be $79.95 and this also allows up to 4 people to use the waterpark. You can call 1-866-944-9653 and use the following code NCLTL to book a room. Room rate is good for the night of March 21st and 22nd. The League plans to have a Shippers panel discussion at the meeting on March 23rd with Bill Teague of Charlotte Pipe being the Moderator. Some of the topics that will be discussed are CSA ( Compliance Safety Accountability ), carrier capacity, hours of service, new weight limits on tractor trailers, etc. If you have a topic that you would like added please email me your topic. We will have an update on who will be on the Shippers Panel in January.
The 2012 Annual Conference is set for June 21st 22nd and 23rd at the Hilton/Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC. Below are some of the many accommodations at the Hilton/Kingston Plantation that will be available for our Membership to enjoy:
Beachfront - just walk from your room to the beach, great pool area, nice pool bar, a boardwalk that connects all Kingston Plantation Hotels, a waterpark for kids, special activities for kids, shuttle service to and from Tanger outlet mall, great on-site restaurants, on-site golf course (Arcadian Shores), person on staff at the Hilton that can book golf tee times and a great conference area for our meetings. You can visit their website at www.meetings.kingstonplantation.com
The First Annual North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics Scholarship/Charity Golf Outing at the Rock Barn Golf & Spa Resort in Rock Barn NC. The date for this outing will September 27th, 2012. More details on this outing will be out the beginning of 2012. You can visit their website at www.rockbarn.com
The Fall meeting will be held November 8th, 2012 at the Sheraton Four Seasons in Greensboro, NC. At this meeting the League will be giving away funds towards to a charity organization and a scholarship to help someone within the transportation industry.
Buddy Holson
Executive Director |
