LINK TO REVIEW REGISTRATION MATERIALS AND TO REGISTER FOR THE 2024 AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING IN SONORA, CA:
While the Associated California Loggers 2025 Annual Meeting “looms out there” in January 2025, between now and then we have the very important 2024 American Loggers Council (ALC) Annual Meeting, to take place Tuesday, October 1 through Friday, October 4.
Because Californian (and Past Associated California Loggers Council President) Mike Albrecht of Special Projects, CA LLC, is the 2024-2025 ALC President, “representatives of all the logging states in the American Loggers Council” will be coming to California to attend the ALC Annual Meeting. (There are currently 42 logging association members of ALC,and growing.) On the final night of this Annual Meeting, Mike will “pass the gavel” to the next President, likely from the state of Louisiana.
This is the first time that ALC has had a President from California in 9 years – the last one was Myles Anderson of Anderson Logging in Fort Bragg, and the last ALC Annual Meeting in California was in September, 2015. .
The 2024 ALC Annual Meeting of the American Loggers Council will be held at the “brand new” Chicken Ranch Casino Resort, which had its Grand Opening on July 15, 2024. This casino/resort/hotel is in Sonora, near the home of Mike and Vicki Albrecht in Jamestown. Both towns are in Tuolumne County, about two hours southeast of Sacramento.
Some events will be held at the Chicken Ranch hotel, but other important ones will be held “off-site.” Buses have been hired to transport attendees from the Chicken Ranch Casino Resort “a few miles” to the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora…where various of the “big meetings” and banquets will be held.
Unlike as with the Associated California Loggers Annual Meeting, which only has ONE banquet…the American Loggers Council Annual Meeting has TWO banquets: (1) The Western BBQ Banquet and Log-a-Load for Kids Auction on Thursday night October 3; and (2) the President’s Farewell Banquet on Friday night October 4. These will both be held at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds.
There will be a “Facilities Tour and Lunch” on Wednesday October 2, with buses departing from the Chicken Ranch hotel to take a tour of various nearby regional facilities from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Also on Wednesday October 2, there will be a “Ladies Tour” of Yosemite.
REGISTRATION BOOKLET:
At the American Loggers Council website home page on the “2024 Annual Meeting REGISTER NOW Page Link,” can be found a downloadable version of the Registration Booklet (Registration Package).
In the booklet:
There is a registration form.
There is ALSO information on how to book hotel rooms at the Chicken Ranch Casino and at “overflow hotels” if the Chicken Ranch sells out(so try to book your Chicken Ranch hotel room EARLY.)
AND: There is (for those who wish to donate) a Log-a-Load for Kids Live Auction donation form. PLEASE NOTE: ACL President Russ Hawkins has volunteered to lend his talents to helping the American Loggers Council run this auction. ACL Secretary-Treasurer and Log-a-Load for Kids California Chair Lisa Medici will supervise a “national multi-state crew” of Log-a-Load for Kids volunteers. AND: ALL proceeds of the 2024 American Loggers Council Live Auction in California will be donated to California Log-a-Load for Kids.
REGISTRATION ONLINE VIA THE AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL WEBSITE:
If you want to register without mailing in these forms, you can do so by clicking on the American Loggers Council website at www.amloggers.com and following the prompts to register for the 2024 Annual Meeting.. CLICK ON “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON LINE”
Hotel booking information is also available on the website (as well as northern California airport information for travelers from other states.)
SUMMARY:
Working with American Loggers Council Executive Director Scott Dane and his team, Mike and Vicki Albrecht have put together a very exciting national Annual Meeting. They have lined up some great speakers and panels – some of whom are familiar to us at Associated California Loggers, but who will be new and impressive to the representatives of the other 41 logging states.
Everyone is invited to the 2024 American Loggers Council Annual Meeting in Sonora, California, October 1-4.
Please call the ACL office at 916-441-7940 for information.