The MMHA Board has announced its June 14 Mid-Year Forum that will be held at the Holiday Inn in Taunton from 9:30 – 3:00 and will include Luncheon.

The theme will be “How To” and will feature Larry Oxenham, VP of the National Foundation for Tax Planning and Asset Protection. His presentation will be tailored to those in the manufactured housing industry including sources of lawsuits of which most advisors are unaware. His career has been credited with helping thousands of people save millions of dollars.

There will also be other seminars on issues and questions asked by our membership. There will be more on this later, but plan to attend. It will be well worth your time.

SAVE THE DATE!
Mid-Year Forum
June 14, 2007
9:30 - 3:00
  

Media reports are incorrectly stating that FEMA is auctioning off “thousands of trailers” and raising fears among mobile-home dealers that the auction will flood the market and depress prices”. FEMA’s auction is focusing primarily on used travel trailers and does not include the approximately 9,000 remaining unused “FEMA units” built for FEMA by the manufactured housing industry immediately after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

MHI Chairman Barry McCabe (Hometown America Corporation) announced on March 8 that Gail Cardwell has been selected as the new MHI President and CEO and will join MHI the first week of April. She succeeds Chris Stinebert who left MHI in October to become President of the American Financial Services Association.

Cardwell currently serves as a Senior Vice-President with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). “We selected Gail primarily for her sterling track record of association management,” McCabe stated, “but she brings the added benefits of over 15 years of Washington public policy experience and financial markets expertise.”

Cardwell received her BS degree in International Economics from Georgetown University and holds a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

Senate Members appointed:

Tucker of 2nd Essex and Middlesex – Chair
O’Leary of Cape and Islands – Vice Chair
Barrios of Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
Chandler of First Worcester
Panagiotakos of First Middlesex
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk

House Members appointed:

Honan of Boston – Chair
Stanley of Waltham – Vice Chair
Story of Amherst
Fennell of Lynn
Fresolo of Worcester
Curran of Springfield
Sannicandro of Ashland
Turner of Dennis
Richardson of Framingham
Peterson of Grafton
Losocco of Holliston

Board of Directors Meetings are held generally the third Thursday of each month @ 10:00 AM in Oak Hill Mobile Home Park in Taunton with some exceptions. Please call to confirm a date of interest to you.

Upcoming BOD meetings:

April 19, 2007
May 17, 2007
June 14, 2007 (Mid-Year Forum)
August 16,2007
September 13, 2007
October 10-11, 2007 (Annual Meeting)
November 15, 2007

SAVE THE DATES!

Thursday, April 19 - Board of Directors Meeting - Taunton

Thursday, May 17 - Board of Directors Meeting - Taunton

Thursday, June 14 - Mid-Year Forum - Taunton Holiday Inn 

W.&Th., October 10-11 - Our Annual Meeting - Plymouth Radisson