Feb 28-March 1st, Atlanta GA
Thursday
and Friday, Feb 28, March 1st 2002, Renaissance Concourse Hotel, One
Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Telephone: 404/209-9999.
Driving:
Take Virginia Avenue East off I-85. At the first stop light (Malones on right)
take a right on Toffie Terrace. Stay on Toffie Terrace to the Renaissance
Concourse Hotel.
Flying: The Renaissance Concourse has a courtesy van pickup at the ground level
of the Terminal. Courtesy phones are located in baggage area.
at least
three weeks before the meeting using the enclosed application form to insure
reservations.
$100.00
each attendee at meeting. $75.00 if paid before meeting. Must be postmarked by
Feb 21st 2002. Make ADVANCE PAYMENT TO MOTAG-SOUTH. Mail to Sam
Caldwell, C/O Sun Machinery Company, Post Office Box 789, Lexington, SC 29071.
If this deadline is impossible to meet, still feel free to attend the meeting
and pay your registration fee ($100-Cash or Check) upon arrival in Atlanta
although rooms and meals cannot be guaranteed.
Exhibits
are limited to Sales Brochures ONLY.
MOTAG
provides 35MM slide projector, overhead projector, VCR, and projector with power
point capabilities.
Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, 5:30 - 7:00 PM. HOSPITALITY SUITES, 3rd floor. Henry
Burnette, Host. Refreshments will not be allowed until you have registered.
Thursday Feb 28th,
2002
8:00 – 8:15 Coffee
8:15
– 8:30 Welcome
Announcements – TAPPI Anti-trust policy by Chairman Arnold
Baker, Georgia Pacific Corp, Palatka, FL
8:30-9:15 Welcome
Address “The Roots of the Wood Magic Science Fair”
by Dan Seale, Mississippi State University, Starkeville, MS
9:15-9:45 Questions and Answers
Bill Flathman, Ford Bacon and Davis
9:45
– 10:00 Break
10:00
– 11:00 Woodyard
Profile “Setting New Sights in Safety!” by Jerry Sharpe,
Weyerhaeuser Company, Columbus, MS
11:00
– 12:00 “Overall
Production Efficiency Remote Service” by Andre Pounds,
Andritz Wood Processing
12:00
– 1:15 Lunch
1:15-
2:00 “Screening
and Cleaning Chips and Sawdust” Desmond Smith,
Acrowood Corp, Everett WA.
2:00
– 3:00 Woodyard
Profile “A New Generation in Woodyards” by Rusty Robinson,
Alabama River Pulp, Purdue Hill, AL
3:00
– 3:15 Break
3:15
– 4:00 “Log
Crane Operation and Stacking Cab Ergonomics” by Chuck Stoneman
and Gary Otto, Morris Material Handling
4:00
– 5:00 Business Meeting
5:30 – 7:00 Social
Hour, MOTAG Hospitality Room
Friday August 10th, 2001
8:15
– 8:30 Opening Remarks,
Arnold Baker, Chairman
8:30
– 9:15 “Chipping”
by Mark Robinson, Carthage Equipment Manufacturers, Carthage, NY
9:15
– 10:00 “Enclosed
Belt Conveyors”, by Ray Vrtiska, InterSystems, Omaha, Nebraska
10:00
– 11:00 Woodyard
Profile – “Quit Complaining About Chipping Small Logs, Try Converting Pine
Stumps To Ground Wood.” by Ken Kennedy and
Pat Grozier, Hercules, Brunswick , GA
11:00 Adjourn