Board and Committee Volunteers We need your help! SBMA's lifeblood is the members who participate in our association. We would like to ask you to volunteer to serve on our board of committees.  The board nominees will be selected by our nominating committee, giving high priority to volunteers, and will then be voted on by the total membership. Please complete this form and we will send you meeting information. Dealer Roundtables Dealer roundtables are a concept that has gained considerable momentum in recent years. The roundtable rules are simple: the dealers must be non-competing, willing to share everything, and attendance at every meeting is mandatory. Repeated non-attenders are blackballed.  All members are required to sign a confidentiality agreement, new member candidates must be approved unanimously, and any and all roundtable materials must be surrendered should a member leave the group. The concept of the roundtables is dealers helping dealers. The meetings are dealer planned and driven with an outside coordinator who moderates the discussions.  The meetings are planned in member communities to accommodate yard and stor visits.  Your group may also decide to schedule a meeting at a resort with an optional day of recreation preceding the meeting to promote the camaraderie of the group. Typically, our round table groups meet twice per year (Spring and Fall) for 1-1/2 to 2 days, although some groups have opted for an additional one day meeting in conjunction with buying shoes and summer conferences. The Spring meeting is devoted predominately to financial comparisons. After obtaining their year-end financial results, each dealer completes a detailed financial survey. From the completed surveys, ratios are developed and reported in spreadsheet and bar chart form itemizing two years of history for each member compared to the history of all other participants, industry norms, and averages of the roundtable.  Members are coded for external confidentiality. An individual member analysis and a strategic profit model are also included for each member. The first day of the Spring meeting is devoted to analyzing each member's numbers as compared to other participants.  Of course, there is considerable dialogue, constructive criticism, and some kidding that takes place during this review.  The Value is enormous! The second day of the Spring meeting and all of the Fall meeting is devoted to dealers sharing ideas on various topics. Some topics from previous years include pricing strategies, incentive programs, the most and least profitable idea and correcting serious deficiencies. Members have compared results from surveys based on wage and salary, insurance programs, thft, instlled sales and lien laws. While the drawbacks to being a roundtable member include preparation time and travel expenses, the minor disadvantages are far outweighed by the benefits and results that are obtained. CTVL The Carolinas-Tennessee Virginia Leaders are a branch of the Southern Building Material Association giving owners, managers and interested employees a more active voice in industry affairs and a chance to associate and learn from others with common interests. The CTVL sponsors a "Summer Idea Exchange" every year in July. Locations change, but the comraderie remains.  This is an excellent opportunity to not just learn and share ideas (good and bad) with others, but to make life long friends with ones who have the same concerns. A quarterly newsletter is published to keep members abreast of upcoming events, new ideas, promotional ideas, marketing techniques, etc. There is no "cost" to being a Carolinas-Tennessee Virginia Leader, but there is a "loss" to not being a member. Simply fill out the application below to be added to the CTVL mailing list. Please use the Tab key to move to each new field. Do NOT press the enter key until you are ready to submit the form. Name: Company Name: Street Address: Address (Continued): City: State: Zip Code: Telephone (W/Area Code): Fax: E-Mail Address: