AutoQuotes Roadshow Dates Set for Spring
Learn AutoQuotes 360, the latest and most complete version of AutoQuotes, the full-featured electronic database for the foodservice equipment and supply industry. Two classes are offered, basic and advanced. Laptops are available for rental. Dates and locations include:
Mar. 31 - Dallas, TX
Apr. 20 - Phoenix, AZ
May 4 - Baltimore, MD
May 11- New York, NY
May 21 - Chicago, IL
Registration details here.

New! Attention Reps: Join us at the
MAFSI MBA Profitability Meeting - 6 Openings Remain!
Mar. 30-31, 2010  at Holiday Inn Suites O'Hare/Rosemont
This two-day meeting is designed for training, group and individual consulting, and working sessions. Five Strategex 80/20 experts will lead the meetings. Each company can bring up to four individuals from their company to the meeting and we recommend that two attend at the minimum. Your data will be held confidential. Please plan to fly into Chicago O’Hare airport and arrive the evening of Mar. 29. Find out more details and view registration form. 

MAFSI Dues Payment Reminder
If you have not done so already, your company's membership dues are now past due and need to be received by Mar. 1, 2010 to remain an active member and to be listed in the Online and Printed Locator. To pay agent (rep) dues, click here. To pay associate (manufacturer or other) dues, click here. For questions about your membership status or the dues payment process, contact Suzanne Fraga, 404-214-9474; sfraga@mafsi.org.

Membership Campaign Continues in 2010
As you know, MAFSI launched its member-get-a-member campaign in 2009. If you refer a potential member who ends up joining the association, you receive $100. It's simple and easy and there's no limit to how many new members you can refer. Start by submitting our referral form and MAFSI HQ takes it from there.

January's Profitability Tip
Following the successful 2009 MAFSI Annual Conference, speaker Joe Hahn, Strategex, is providing MAFSI members with monthly articles designed to make their businesses more profitable. January's topic is Finding that Hidden Profit through Quad Analysis.Use these articles to build on what you heard in Toronto, or if you didn't attend the conference, download the information to help your organization start the new year right.

Mark Your Calendars for MAFSI's 2010 Annual Conference
Save the date and plan to participate in MAFSI's 2010 Annual Conference, Sept. 22-25, Westin La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, Texas. A busy schedule of education and networking events is being planned. Registration is now open! Register before March 31 to receive the early bird rate of $695. Watch for more details in future issues of MAFSI Matters!

Welcome February/March New Members
MAFSI welcomes new members every month. To see the 45 new members who joined us in 2009, click here. This month's new members include:
Agents:
Midwest Professional Reps, Inc. - Region 16
Elevation Reps of the Rockies - Region 20

Associates:
Blue Air Commercial Refrigeration, Inc.
Prime Equipment Services
Saneck International
Sico America Inc.
Strahman Valves, Inc.

Allied Association Events
Please support our allied associations and participate in the following industry events:
Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association (FEDA) Annual Convention
March 17-21
Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa * Indian Wells, California
www.feda.com

Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI) 2010 Conference
March 18-20
Hyatt Regency * Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.fcsi.org

See you at NRA!
As always, we look forward to visiting with many of you at the NRA show this spring, May 22-25, at Chicago's McCormick Place.

New! Order the MAFSI MBA Profitability Program
for Reps & Manufacturers - On DVD

Conference Attendees Click Here

All Other Members Click Here

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