Final 2021 Executive Committee Meeting Next Week - Monday Memo 11/29/21
November 29, 2021
ABI Executive Committee to Hold Final 2021 Teleconference Next Thursday; First 2022 Board Meeting Next Month
The ABI Executive Committee, chaired by Jack Hasken (Jackson Mfg., Maquoketa), will hold its final meeting of the calendar year a week from Thursday. After that, the next ABI leadership meeting will be held next month. The first ABI Board of Directors meeting of 2022 will be held on Wednesday, January 12.
Your attendance at this meeting and at the ABI Legislative Briefing and Reception that follows is essential. Please finalize your plans to attend these events. Please go to Summary - Legislative Briefing and Reception (cvent.com) for registration and event information related to the legislative briefing and reception. Thank you in advance for making the ABI events of January 12 a priority.
Tomorrow: #Giving Tuesday
As you read about in this memo previously (and likely have seen mentioned in other sources), tomorrow is #GivingTuesday. The hashtag signifies a global day of giving fueled by social media and collaboration. The event is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely-represented shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Should you participate in #GivingTuesday, please consider the ABI Foundation as one of your beneficiaries. Please contact ABI Foundation Development Director Becky Coady for more information at rcoady@iowaabi.org or at (515) 235-0569.
Leadership Iowa Class Headed to Pella
Speaking of the ABI Foundation and as you read last week, the third session of the 2021-2022 Leadership Iowa Class will be held later this week. Class members will meet Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for a session in Pella.
The session will focus on manufacturing and a terrific slate of speakers is on tap. Watch for a full report at the January ABI Board Meeting.
ABI to Host Connecting Leaders Event December 2 in Pella
And speaking of Pella, ABI will host the next in a series of Connecting Statewide Leaders events there later this week. Following that event, which features a terrific panel of manufacturing leaders, attendees will join the Leadership Iowa class for lunch. You can register for the Connecting Statewide Leaders event now at Summary - Connecting Statewide Leaders - Pella (cvent.com).
Final 2021 Quarterly ABI Iowa Business Survey to be Conducted
Later today, you will receive the final ABI Board of Directors Quarterly Economic Survey of 2021. The survey message will arrive in your in-box this afternoon and I hope you will act on it quickly.
When you click on the survey link that will be a part of the message, you will find a very simple and easy to complete survey. Please complete the survey as soon as possible and look for the results to be shared with you the following week.
NAM: Manufacturing on the Rebound in October
Last week’s Monday Economic Report, published by the National Association of Manufacturers, carried news that manufacturing production increased in October after a two-month decline. The rise was small (a little over one percent), but an increase nonetheless. To read more about that and other positive data, reply to this memo and I will forward the report at once.