Meeting In Mobile, AL
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 
At this meeting we will have several periods for YOU to ask questions of our guest speakers or of the board and entire membership. Anything you want to know, someone probably has some answers for you. Be prepared. Write a few things down and make this meeting specifically beneficial for you. You'll be glad you attended.
Meeting will start at 11:00 sharp. Please arrive between 10:30 and 10:45 to sign up for lunch, get a name tag and be ready for the meeting which will start on time. Board Meeting starts at 8:30 a.m.
"I grew up in South Alabama in the 1930's. Looking at the world through the cotton and corn fields of Lowndes County, I could never have imagined that in just a few short years the entire world would be engulfed in war and that I would be caught in the middle of it. Where I lived, events in Europe and Asia, as menacing as they were, seemed light years away. I would soon discover that they were not so far away after all..."
So begins this powerful memoir by an Alabama boy who ran away to join the army at the age of 16 and six months later found himself in the doomed struggle to save Bataan from the Japanese advance. He was captured, marched north in the infamous Bataan Death march and spent the next three years struggling for his life in Japanese POW camps. Glenn Frazier is an American above all else, who catches us all up in his story and teaches the one lesson we all need to learn and relearn: our liberty is out most precious possession and worth the price we must pay to preserve it. (Visit his web site to see video and other interesting things about Col. Frazier. http://www.hellsguest.com/ )
The lunch buffet will be served at 12:15 and will cost $20 (which includes room rental and service charges).
Other details of the meeting can be obtained from M.D. Smith, 307 Clinton Avenue, Suite 100, Huntsville, AL 35801 Phone (256) 536-8521, ext. 103 or email mdsmith@hiwaay.net
Here are two categories of Hotels for the meeting. Category 1: Hotels in
the downtown area. Category 2: Hotels across the bay from downtown Mobile
in Daphne (it would be about a 10-15min drive, but close enough.)
++++++[ Members of the Board of Directors ]++++++++
Keith Vaughan
Bill Barnhill
Lissa Pressley,
Decatur Transit, Inc. DBA/ Madison Blvd. Mini-Storage, 9091 Madison Blvd., Madison, AL 35758, Work # (256) 772-7166, Cell # (256) 318-0786
Wes Singleterry, A Schillinger Self Storage, 400 Schillinger Road N., Mobile, AL 36608
Charles Nicrosi, Stockit & Lockit, LTD, PO Box 11633, Montgomery, AL 36111-0633
Eddie Greenhalgh, Marcus & Millichap, 1500 Urban Center Drive, Suite 420,
Tom Overton, Storage Binz, PO Box 70, Wetumpka, AL 36092
The meeting will be held at The International Trade Center located at 250 North Water Street in Mobile, Alabama 36602. Phone at Trade Center is 251-433-1851 (See maps at bottom of this page)
Special Guest Speaker, Col. Glenn Frazier
A sponsor of our meeting is Open Tech Alliance, makers of the INSOMNIAC™ self-storage kiosk. Kevin Mehan will be here on behalf of the company to discuss the kiosks and how they are revolutionizing the self storage industry. Please visit their website at
www.opentechalliance.com
The other sponsor of our meeting is BESTSouth Communications, which is a marketing, web design, print design, advertising and consulting company. President Mike Kelso's presentation, "Marketing Tricks and Trips" is sure to have you view your web site and advertising efforts in a new light.
Meeting Agenda:
Our treasurer, Stuart LaGroue will present a 2008 EXPO report on our finances.
PLACES TO STAY:
Category 1:
LaFayette Plaza Hotel
301 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602
251-694-0100
Rooms range from $90.00 - $120.00
Malaga Inn
359 Church Street
Mobile, AL 36602
251-253-1586
$65.00 - $150.00
Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel
251 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602
251-432-8000
$105.00 - $200.00
Ramada Inn - Civic Center
255 Church Street
Mobile, AL 36602
251-433-6923
$70.00 - $100.00
Riverview Plaza Hotel
64 South Water Street
Mobile, AL 36602
251-438-4000
$105.00 - $200.00
Category 2:
Comfort Suites
29450 North Main Street
Daphne, AL 36526
251-626-1113
Hampton Inn
29451 US Hwy 98
Daphne, AL 36526
251-626-2220
Hilton Garden Inn
29546 North Main Street
Daphne, AL 36526
251-625-0020
If you want to sign up for the meeting now, contact Stuart LaGroue. - Email: stuart@selfstorage.com or one of the officer's below:
Map to the International Trade Club on 250 Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602- Ph. 251-433-1851
Easy to find just off I-10 (exit 26) or take the 165 exit off of I-65 and go south as it dumps into Water Street.
M.D. Smith, President
SmithStoreIt.com
307 Clinton Avenue, Suite 100
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 536-8521, ext. 103
Fax (256) 536-8282
Email: mdsmith@hiwaay.net
Tripp Pankey, Vice President
2221 Victory Lane, #A, Hoover, AL 35216-6334, 205-989-8660
Email: tpankey@charterinternet.com
Stuart LaGroue, Treasurer
Omega Properties
150 Government Street, Suite 1003A, Mobile, AL 36602
Phone (251) 432-1287 , Fax (251) 433-3470
Email: stuart@selfstorage.com
Ben Terrell, Secretary
Mobile Attic Franchising Co. Inc.
246 Larkin Road, Elba, AL 36323
Phone 866-874-8474, fax 334-897-1349
Email ben.terrell@mobileattic.com
KV Properties LLC, 150 Government Street, Suite 950, Mobile Alabama 36602, - Phone
251-432-0123, Email: proptolet@msn.com
Omega Properties, 150 Government Street, Suite 1003A, Mobile, AL 36602, Phone (251) 432-1287, Email: barnhill@selfstorage.com
Email: lpressley@decaturtransit.com
251-633-0104 , schillingerstore@bellsouth.net
phone 334-264-0320, 334-834-1693 fax
cnicrosi@bellsouth.net
Birmingham, AL 35242, phone 205-747-3722, - 205-747-3710 fax
egreenhalgh@marcusmillichap.com
phone 334-567-2394, - 334-567-3405 fax
tomoverton@elmore.rr.com
