November UAPA Newsletter Executive Director's Message

Happy Thanksgiving!  Along with Joe, I want to thank all of you for making UAPA so great.  If I may, however, I want to jump the gun a bit and look ahead to next year to alert you to a few things that will continue to make the association that much better moving forward into 2014.

After a lot of work this summer by a dues structure task group, and with approval from our board, there will be some changes to the dues structure for the association.  UAPA’s year, for ease in accounting, etc., will now move to match the actual calendar year that we are in – whereas before UAPA ran from April to April each year, the association will now operate within the calendar year from January to December.  This will allow our members, where beneficial, to pay renewal dues at the end of the current year for membership in the upcoming year.  Concurrently, the proration of dues for joining UAPA during the year will also change to match this move.  There will also be a slight increase in dues for members to help match the needs and demands of our growing association and its commitments.  As the Charter Agreement for the association expires, these changes, taken as a collective, should help to place our organization on the firm footing it needs to move forward for the foreseeable future.

As the Charter Agreement expires, elections will also take place to elect the next Board of Directors for UAPA.  These elections will take place in January and allow us to install new officers at the first ever Annual Meeting for the Utah Asphalt Pavement Association, which will be held in conjunction with the Utah Asphalt Conference in February.  While at that same meeting, we will review the accomplishments of the association over the past year and present our shared vision for the association over the year to come – I hope you will join us there! 

Change can be difficult, but I am personally looking forward to all the good things that will be happening for UAPA in 2014.  Our work is certainly not done, so please feel free to reach out to me (reed@utahasphalt.org) if you have an interest in serving in any capacity either on the board or as a chair/member on one of our committees.  Change is coming to UAPA, but with the strength of our members and the support of our industry, 2014 will be a great year for this association!

                                                                        -W. Reed Ryan

                                                                        Executive Director

                                                                        The Utah Asphalt Pavement Association