The Annual Fall Meeting of the Virginia Propane Gas Association took place in Fredericksburg, Virginia, October 5-7, 2008 and over 60 members, staff and guests came out for the event!
On Sunday the 5th, 23 members and spouses participated in a golf tournament at The Gauntlet Golf Course. Golfers played a very challenging 18-holes under sunny skies and perfect temperatures. Tournament winners were as follows:
| 1st Place Team: Tim Carlson of Centennial Energy Bill Bigham of Kinetic Resources Brian Atwood of Parker Oil Jimmy Thompson of Parker Oil |
2nd Place Team: Mike Jones of NGL Supply John McKenzie of Woodgate Petroleum Sterling Barnard (husband of Ruth Barnard of Davenport Energy) Mark Dennis of Ray Murray, Inc. |
3rd Place Team:
Greg Narron of Petroleum Tank Corp.
Joe Pennesi of Quarles Energy Services
Joe Avant of Exxon Mobile
Doug Quarles of Quarles Petroleum Inc.
Special Congratulations go out to VAPGA’s own Outreach Coordinator and Bill Murphy of Valley Energy for winning the two Closest to the Pin awards and to Tim Carlson of Centennial Energy and Mike Jones of NGL Supply for winning the two Longest-Drive awards.
Sunday evening, after golf, members were treated to a Welcome Reception at the hotel and then set off for dinner on their own in Fredericksburg.
President Tim Spicer of Tiger Fuel called Monday’s meeting to order at 8:30am with welcoming remarks, a reminder about the Association’s strict anti-trust policy and then a discussion about a few serious topics happening in the industry. Dennis Cruise, CETP instructor and VAPGA Outreach Coordinator, reviewed compliance deadlines including Fire Service Analysis on 11/15/08 and bulk plant storage upgrades by 2011 as well as covered information on DOT’s revised drug and alcohol testing requirements (posted on the members section of the propaneva.com website.) Stuart Flatow from the Propane Education and Research Council spoke to members about detailed planned upgrades to the Certified Employee Testing Program, including a new module that will be offered by VAPGA in 2009.
The Young Gassers, Suppliers, Marketers and Governmental Affairs committees conducted their meetings prior to the General Membership meeting; 43 members participated in committee meetings. After the General Membership meeting, members were invited to take an optional free tour of the new state-of-the-art Rail Facility in Milford hosted by NGL Supply and Quarles Energy. Guests were treated to a tour of the facility, Virginia’s largest of this kind.
The evening was concluded with a reception and dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn where “Christian the Magician,” a veteran Washington D.C. performer, entertained the crowd. Tim Spicer passed out golf awards and prizes and also drew winners for the 50/50 Cash Raffle to benefit the Young Gassers Scholarship Fund. 5 prize winners were drawn and Joe Pennesi of Quarles Petroleum won the cash raffle and generously donated $100.00 back to the scholarship fund.
At Tuesday’s Board Meeting, Jim Trotter of Revere Gas was approved to serve the remaining term for a vacated board position.
The Association and staff would like to thank all members who participated and helped to make this a great Fall Meeting!
PHOTOS!
Click on the collage below to view a slideshow of photos from our Fall Meeting.
