Central Alberta Rural Manufacturers Association (CARMA) has named its 2012-13 board.
Brian Mercer of Quinn Pumps was elected president, with Bill Baillie of Almita Piling Inc. chosen vice-president and Derrick Peterson of the Silverberg Group the secretary-treasurer. Other board members are Tony Carlson of GenTex Oilfield Manufacturing Inc., David Jakeman of Accu-Thread Machining Ltd., Dale Whiteside of Outlaw Eagle Manufacturing Ltd., Russ Beaton of the Royal Bank of Canada, Jim Evans of Control Technology Inc. and Axel Miedbrodt of Proform Precast Products Inc.
Meanwhile, CARMA plans to host a Lunch N Learn session on Sept. 12 entitled Intellectual Property Awareness: Obtaining Protection and Avoiding Infringement. Intellectual property lawyer Sander Gelsing of Warren Sinclair LLP will discuss copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets, how to protect these assets and infringement issues.
The Lunch N Learn session will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the CARMA office at No. 9, 4646 Riverside Dr.
CARMA is also offering a pair of workshops through its supervisory development program. On Sept. 13, workplace coaching and conflict management will be dealt with, and then on Sept. 27 the focus will switch to employee work performance/performance feedback. Cost for each of the supervisory development program sessions is $100 for CARMA members and $200 for others.
Registration for the Learn N Lunch session and the supervisory development program workshops can be completed online at www.carmagroup.ca, or by calling 403-347-2276 or emailing amber@carmagroup.ca.