Dear Penn-York Lumbermen,

Wow, another year has gone by - fast!  I want to sincerely thank you for being part of the Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club.  Hopefully you have been able to attend some meetings this past year, enjoyed the fellowship of the group, and even had a chance to get in some golf or clay shooting at a meeting or two.

Let me point out that our website www.pennyork.org has full meeting information as well as information on how to apply for the P-Y NHLA Grading School scholarship.  Additionally, and new this year, you can find a listing of current Penn-York members.  Take the time visit our website, select the “Current Members” button and look it over and see who you might be seeing at the next Penn-York meeting.

The 2012 meeting schedule is enclosed.  We are excited to put this schedule together with a good mix of traditional meeting places and some interesting new venues as well.  New in 2012 will be the March meeting, hosted by Crystal Springs Hardwoods in Bedford, PA.  This will officially kick off the golf season in March, a month earlier than usual. The September meeting, in State College, PA will be held in conjunction with the PFPA Annual meeting.  This will give everyone a great opportunity to attend the P-Y meeting on Monday followed by the PFPA Annual meeting on Tuesday at the same facility.    

You may already know that the Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club has three primary functions (1) to encourage fellowship at meetings (2) to promote education related to our industry, and (3) to support favorable legislation that benefits the industry.  When you pay your Penn-York dues, you allow us to work together as a group and use the power of the group to benefit our industry in PA and NY.

… and finally, we have enclosed the 2012 Penn-York Dues Statement. Paying your dues contributes to everything we are trying to accomplish as a Lumbermen’s Club.  We appreciate your continuing support. 

On behalf of myself, Trevor Vaughn and Joe Zona; the officers of the Penn-York Lumbermen’s Club thank you for your support and wish you happy holidays and a prosperous coming year.  We hope to see you at the next meeting.

Sincerely,

Tom Johel

 President