MARCH 2022
decided to play an impromptu game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with the four eligible people present, and the winner to take the combined $2,000 prize. In a fun-filled and exciting finale, the winner was longtime WPA member Dean Ponak.
According to Konecny, aside from valuable business information and networking opportunities, the Annual Meeting comes down to having fun.
“We have witnessed vast growth over the course of the last decade, and the one thing that has always been a focal point of the WPA is that we are the friendliest Association out there,” he told Western Pallet Magazine. “And we really want to focus on staying true to that.”
Another recent move to improve the first-time attendee experience has been the creation of an ice breaker event for new attendees at the start of the Annual Meeting. They are introduced to WPA Board and Executive members. According to Wilson, the spontaneous round of Rock, Paper, Scissors was was well received, and it is an approach that WPA will consider again in the future.
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An impromptu challenge of Rocks, Paper, Scissors broke the membership competition deadlock at the WPA Annual Meeting.