Majestic Charleston, South Carolina, was the host city for the 2010 Annual Convention of the American Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA), held May 12-14.
More than 100 cotton professionals attended the convention, traveling from locales as far as Pakistan, Turkey, Germany and China, to hear world-class speakers such as Jordan Lea, ACSA President and Chairman of the Eastern Trading Company; Edgar Woods of the Palmetto Grains Brokerage; Mark Lange of the National Cotton Council; and the Port of Charleston’s Paul McClintock.
The educational program included sessions on topics such as futures contracts; transportation, documentation and insurance; data systems and information development; ginning practices and warehouses; primary buyers/mill service agents; quality, quotations and technical standards; domestic and foreign trade; and national affairs.
With such an outstanding program for this year’s event, the cotton world eagerly awaits the 2011 ACSA Convention, which will be held May 11-13 at the renowned Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC.
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American Cotton Shippers Association President Jordan Lea, Eastern Trading Co.
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Grace Christie, Cargill Cotton; Terri Clark, Cargill Cotton; Kate Buckles, Cargill Cotton; Jenny Griffith, RSM Company
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Neal Gillen, ACSA; Cliff White, International Cotton Association; Bill May, ACSA; Yuan Haiying, Yuan Associates, and Jean Ma, Buckeye Technologies
Caption4:
Manfred Schiefer, M. Schiefer Trading Co.; Kandice Poteet, Texas Cotton Assn.; Alan Underwood, Underwood Cotton Co.
Caption5:
Phil Burnett, The Seam LLC; Kenny Jabbour, Jabbour Cotton Company LLC; Joe Nicosia, Allenberg Cotton Co.; Jamie Loeb, Loeb & Company
Caption6:
Mark Lange, National Cotton Council, Inc., and Jess Curlee, Supima
Caption7:
Yuan Haiying, Yuan Associates, and Gary Fitzgerald, Meister Media Worldwide
Caption8:
Cliff White, International Cotton Association and Olam, and Kai Hughes, International Cotton Association
Caption9:
Jean Ma, Buckeye Technologies; Barbara and Bill May, ACSA
Caption10:
Bill May, ACSA; Matt Laughlin, J.G. Boswell Co.; Jay Lipscomb, Forrest F. Lipscomb & Co.; Jess Curlee, Supima; Jordan Lea, ACSA President and Eastern Trading Co.
Caption11:
Ted Morley, Cargill Cotton; Sezai Madra, Ulusal Pamuk A.S.; Emin Yilmaz, Guven Danismanlik Ltd., and Bobby Walton, Walcot Trading Co.
Caption12:
Ray Goodman, AGC Cotton Marketing LLC; Kim and Rodd Hanna, TransGlobal Inspections LLC
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Rodd Hanna and Kim Hanna, TransGlobal Inspections LLC; Ray and Angie Goodman, AGC Cotton Marketing LLC
Caption14:
Coalter Paxton, Cotton Warehouse Association of America; Kate Buckles, Terri Clarke; Robert Buckles, Cargill Cotton; Richard Clarke, Cargill Cotton
Caption15:
Raymond and Kristi Faus, Omnicotton
Caption16:
Thomas McMeekin, McMeekin Cotton, and wife Chapman
Caption17:
Joe Nicosia, Allenberg Cotton, & Jeanna Nicosia; Debbie Mitchell & John Mitchell, Cargill Cotton
Caption18:
Claudia Lyons & Danny Lyons, Lyons Cotton; Bobby Walton, Walcot Trading; Manfred Schiefer, Schiefer Trading, & Marlene Schiefe
Caption19:
Grace & Doug Christie, Cargill Cotton
Caption20:
Sarah and Michael D’Addabbo, Allenberg Cotton
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