Approximately 70 professionals from across the Golden West, Intermountain and Pacific Districts met at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California, for their annual fall joint meeting on August 23-24.
The educational program included presentations on magnetic separation and metal detection applications, dust collection – design and maintenance, how lubricants impact your bottom line, an update on Profume tolerance, reducing energy costs in flour mills, belt choice and maintenance, tri-lobe internal pulse cancellation, advancements in mix design and blending systems, meshes and cloth stretching, valves, and permits, reports, PM regulations and upcoming changes.
Each district met to elect a slate of officers for the upcoming year. The Golden West District elected the following members to the district’s executive committee:
Nelson Selmer, Director, Horizon Milling, LLC
Miguel Martinez, Chairperson, ADM Milling Co.
E. J. Arnold, Vice Chairperson, General Mills
Gary Geist Secretary/Treasurer, Kings Valley Industries
Doug Sommers, 1st Exe. Committeeperson, ConAgra Mills
Tony Nguyen, 2nd Exe. Committeeperson, Horizon Milling, LLC
Ron Calloway, 3rd Exe. Committeeperson, Miller Milling Company
Jason Watt, 4th Exe. Committeeperson, ConAgra Mills
2013
August 14-16 – Intermountain, Golden West and Pacific Districts’ Joint Meeting
Canyons Resort, Park City, Utah, USA
2014
May 19-23 – 118th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo
Omaha Hilton Hotel and CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska USA
2015
May 4-8– 119th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo
Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel and Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California, USA
2016
April 4-8 – 120th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo
Hyatt Regency Columbus and the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2017
May 8-12 – 121st Annual IAOM Conference & Expo
Renaissance Hotel and Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
District Officers
Nelson Selmer
Director
Horizon Milling, LLC
Miguel Martinez
Chairperson
ADM Milling Co.
E. J. Arnold
Vice Chairperson
General Mills
Gary Geist
Secretary/Treasurer
Kings Valley Industries
Doug Sommers
1st Exe. Committeeperson
ConAgra Mills
Tony Nguyen
2nd Exe. Committeeperson
Horizon Milling, LLC
Ron Calloway
3rd Exe. Committeeperson
Miller Milling Company
Jason Watt
4th Exe. Committeeperson
ConAgra Mills