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Sunday June 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday June 17, 2014 at 11:30 PM EDT

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Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes 
8400 Costa Verde Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
 

 
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Lillian Link 
Southern Textile Association 
704-215-4543 
llink@southerntextile.org 
 

Southern Textile Association and Fiber Buyers Groups 2014 Joint Meeting 

Joint Fiber Buyers/STA Annual Meeting
Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes
Myrtle Beach, SC
June 15-17, 2014

"Sustaining the Resurgence of
U.S. Textile Manufacturing"

Sunday, June 15

2:30 - 4:00 PM          STA Executive Committee Meeting
3:00 - 6:00 PM          Staplcotn Hospitality Suite
4:00 - 6:30 PM          Registration
4:00 - 5:30 PM          STA Board of Governors Meeting
7:00 - 8:00 PM          Reception

Monday, June 16
7:oo - 9:oo AM          Registration
7:30 - 8:45 AM         Cotton Breakfast Meeting
                                            "A Georgia Grower's Perspective on Cotton Issues"
                                               by James L. Webb, Harvey Jordan Farms
                    
 
9:00 - 11:00 AM       Joint General Session
                                       
Presiding:                   Bill Bowen, SCMA Fiber Buyers Division Chairman
                                           Inman Mills
              
                                           "Through Competitive and Adequate Supplies of Cotton"
                                           by Anthony Tancredi, President, Allenberg Cotton Company
                                           
                                          "Through Sound Economic Policy"
                                           by Dr. Bruce Yandle, Prof.  of Economics Emeritus, Clemson Unversity
                                                                                     
                                           "Through Equitable Trade Policy"
                                           by Augustine Tantillo, President, NCTO
                                         
12:00 PM                     Golf Tournament, Pine Lakes Course
1:30 PM                         Beach Social
1:30 PM                         Bingo
5:00 - 6:30 PM         Staplcotn Hospitality Suite
7:00 - 11:00 PM        Reception & Dinner Dance
 
Tuesday, June 17

7:30 - 9:00 AM         STA Business Breakfast Meeting

9:15 - 11:30 AM          Joint General Session

Presiding:                     Ken Rada, STA President, Duke Energy

                                           "Through Made in America - A Retailers Perspective"
                                            by Scott Wagner, Levi Strauss & Company

                                            "Through Credible Energy Policy"
                                             by Clark S. Gillespy, President - South Carolina, Duke Energy Carolinas
                                           
                                            "Through Electing a Pro-Business Congress in 2014
"
                                             by Ned Monroe, Senior Vice President, External Relations, NAM
                                           
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