Summer 2024
From the President It seems we have now reached the point where temperatures are rising in Michigan. With that said, this is the time of year when we all get busy and sometimes even a little overwhelmed with our workload, employee issues and all the other things that come with being a business owner. Inevitable, unhappy customers or equipment breakdowns are always something Rick Throop that is on our minds. All those MSTA President things considered, however, being self-employed and being our own boss is something that I wouldn’t trade away.
would like to hear from in our industry, we are always open to suggestions. Any vendors that you may use that you have not seen at our conference in the past that you think might be interested in setting up a booth are also greatly appreciated. Any and all input, vendor suggestions or speaker suggestions for the conference can be sent to Karlyn Wickham, MSTA Executive Officer, at any point and obviously the sooner the better to try and coordinate a schedule. Lastly, I wish all of you a safe, profitable, and successful summer that I’m sure will go way too fast as, in my humble opinion, they usually do. Thank You, Rick Throop MSTA President
MSTA had a spring meeting back in April and a big thanks goes out to Michigan Septic in Mason, Matt Gustafson and Casey Fiedler. Approximately 50 people were in attendance who listened to a wonderful presentation from Corinne Rockoff from Maddin, Hauser, Roth, and Heller. Corinne did a wonderful job explaining contracts, the important things to have in a contract and ways to make sure that you get paid for the work you do at the end of the day. Corinne has also offered to do a presentation at our Annual Conference in February at the Soaring Eagle Resort in Mount Pleasant. Todd Park from Michigan Saves and Anne Mitchell from EGLE were also presenters at the Spring Meeting and did a presentation about the future of the Septic Tank Replacement Loan Program and where it is headed for our industry. I would like to personally thank all our speakers for making the trip on a Saturday to help educate members. Our fall meeting will once again be held at National Vacuum Equipment in Traverse City on Saturday October 12th. As most of you know, National Vacuum Equipment always provides us with a wonderful facility and an amazing lunch and the beauty of northern Michigan in the fall is always wonderful to see. I hope many of you can attend this meeting and I look forward to seeing you. MSTA will again be having our Annual Conference at Soaring Eagle Resort in Mount Pleasant. The dates for this conference are Tuesday, February 11 through Thursday, February 13, 2025. There is not yet an agenda or speakers lined up for this so if any of you have any ideas, thoughts, or people that you
Mark Your Calendar 4th MSTA Annual Conference February 11-13, 2025 Soaring Eagle Resort – Mt. Pleasant, MI Registration coming soon for attendees and vendors. Go to www.msta.biz for more information