TWNA Event Calendar & Clearinghouse
As promised, the TWNA event calendar has recently gone through a major overhaul. At the suggestion of ArvinMeritor’s Mike Pennington, we are now distributing the calendar to every member via e-mail at the beginning of each month. In addition to keeping everybody up to date on the latest events, we believe that the calendar mailing will also serve as a regular reminder for event hosts to keep the calendar editor and event clearinghouse coordinator, James Menzies, updated regarding proposed event dates.

By providing the clearinghouse with proposed event dates, an event host can ensure that their event does not conflict with other industry events and programs, maximizing attendance by the desired audience. Event hosts can choose to keep their identity and topic details confidential if desired, such that only the date and location appear on the published calendar.

The format of both the online and e-mailed calendar is still a work in progress, so if you have any comments or suggestions, please pass them along to TWNA HQ.

TWNA Internship Program
Just before the holiday season, the TWNA Internship Program information package was distributed to several schools in the vicinity of the two potential host locations. Some inquiries have already come in and we will be following up with all of the schools to ensure the material is posted for viewing by the prospective internship applicants. Stay tuned to these pages for updates. For detailed information on the internship program, visit the internship page.

Mid America Trucking Show
The TWNA staff and board of directors are currently working on plans for both the Industry Awards Banquet and the annual business meeting to be held during the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. As usual, the banquet is scheduled to take place on Thursday evening, March 25th, at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center(KFEC). The business meeting will be scheduled as the last press event on Friday, March 26, also at the KFEC. Room numbers and times will be posted as soon as the details are finalized. We still have numerous openings for banquet sponsors, so please contact TWNA HQ if your company/organization is able to help with this important event.

Kolman’s Korner
How Are Your Spelling Skills?

By David A. Kolman, TWNA Associate Director

I find the start of each New Year an opportune time to brush-up on my spelling. It seems that more and more, I, like so many others, come to rely on a spell check program.

While such programs are helpful, I find they tend to make me lazy and diminish my spelling skills. Why bother to spell something correctly when the computer will alert me to an error?

You don’t agree? See how you do with the following test.

Which is the correct spelling for the following words? Do not use spell check or a dictionary.

1. Acommodate or Accommodate

2. Innoculate or Inoculate

3. Sacrilegious or Sacreligious

4. Revelant, Relevant or Revelent

5. Farhenheit or Fahrenheit

6. Changeable or Changable

7. Perseverance or Perseverence

8. Incredable or Incredible

9. Preferrable or Preferable

10. Separate or Seperate

Answers: 1. Accommodate; 2 Inoculate; 3. Sacrilegious; 4. Relevant; 5. Fahrenheit; 6. Changeable; 6. Perseverance; 8. Incredible; 9. Preferable; 10. Separate.

# # #