Wednesdays With Wheeler 7.9.25

Good morning fellow MDNA Members and Premier Vendors,

Our officer team and committee chairs had our annual summer planning session in Lake Arrowhead, Ca. It was an incredible weekend of planning events for the following year and bonding as a team.  Our main focus is you – our members and premier vendors.  We want every experience, every touch you have with your association to be a good one.  The content and material we provide you as members is crucial to the benefit of your membership. We realize this and our priority is to get our chapters moving in a positive direction, with well-thought-out meetings that provide activities that peak all our interest levels. Further to this end, please share with your chapter leadership or me directly any ideas that you think may be of interest to you and your fellow members. We are always interested in new creative ideas.

I am excited to attend the Detroit/Toledo Golf Outing next month and in fact I think this is such a great event I am bringing out several members of the Wheeler team, including my son Garrett.  Next up is our September board meetings which will be in Las Vegas, NV. This will be held in conjunction with a joint chapter meeting with the West Coast and Southern Regional Chapters.  This is an incredible opportunity to get away for a weekend and stay at a first-class resort in the Four Seasons Hotel.  For those that like to golf or gamble, this place has it all.  Please join us, as with all chapter events, this is open to all members.

I am also pleased to announce our 2026 Weekend With the Pros will be in Los Angeles, California. As your president I am super excited to help host this event.  There will be a lot of planning and organizing over the next few months to ensure we have a stellar event, and we will keep you posted as dates and tour stops come together. California offers a wide range of manufacturing and food facilities mixed with a lot of fun things to do and see.  My neck of the woods not only offers great weather, but it is home to the nicest beaches and American hot rodding.  This will be one of our best activities ever put together and we hope you can join us.  At the bare minimum, it will be a great weekend to have an In-Out-Burger and network with our industries best.

Like always, I remain grateful and blessed to be your President and look forward to all the wonderful activities the association continues to provide.  God bless!