Playback - Spring 2008 - (Page 31)

Dear PartnerShip, I just wanted to send a note of appreciation for your help in setting up our account and handling the details of a shipment from the NAMM Show to our warehouse. The transaction went flawlessly, thanks to your assistance. You are providing a wonderful service and the discounts are phenomenal. Thank you for everything. Sincerely, JOHN BAUER Buds Music Center Hopkins, Minnesota The Cost of Doing Business Survey is Underway— NAMM Retailers are Encouraged to Take Advantage! NAMM is once again providing retail Members with a free Industry Performance Report and a customized Company Performance Report (showing their company’s financial performance) in exchange for participation in the 2008 Cost of Doing Business Survey. Retail Members can access the survey form at www.iisecure.com/namm_ codb_survey.asp. Survey participants will receive industry information outlining sales and margin by product, e-commerce and technology, expense category benchmarks, profit and loss, key financial ratios, and analysis of the most profitable companies—information that can lead to savings of both money and time, as well as improved business performance. For more information about how you can take part in the survey, call NAMM’s Member Contact Center at 760-438-8001. The deadline is April 28. Who Would You Choose to Help Lead NAMM? Do you know of Retail, Commercial or Rep Members who would be outstanding candidates to serve a three-year term on NAMM’s Board of Directors? If so, please take a moment to complete the sections below, including details about the person’s career, qualifications, etc., and then fax or mail this form back to us. (All candidates for election must be official voting representatives of NAMM Member firms.) Please submit your recommendations by May 1, 2008. Thank you for your suggestions. Your Name: Address: Phone: Company/Business: City/State/ZIP: Fax: Your Signature CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Candidate’s Name/Title: Business Address: Phone: Company: City/State/ZIP: Fax: Other jobs and/or experience in the music industry, including membership in other organizations: Names of other NAMM Members who know the candidate well enough to add endorsements or contribute further information: Please fax or mail your completed form to: naMM nominating committee chairman • Fax 760-438-7327 • 5790 armada drive • carlsbad, ca 92008 (If you have more than one candidate to bring to our attention, please copy this form and complete separate pages for each individual.) SPRING 2008 31 http://www.iisecure.com/namm_codb_survey.asp http://www.iisecure.com/namm_codb_survey.asp

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Playback - Spring 2008 Contents From the President NAMM Events Music in the News Bringing Recreational Music Making to Iraq Commercial Retail Reps in the Field New Domestic Members International Washington Watch NAMM Foundation Music Notes Resources Viewpoint

Playback - Spring 2008

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