# An ACSA-llent Event

Author: Jim.Robinson
Published: 2011-02-16
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/an-acsa-llent-event/

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Majestic Charleston, South Carolina, was the host city for the 2010 Annual Convention of the American Cotton Shippers Association ([ACSA](http://www.acsa-cotton.org/)), 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](http://www.easterntrading.net/); Edgar Woods of the [Palmetto Grains Brokerage](http://palmettograin.com/); Mark Lange of the [National Cotton Council](http://www.cotton.org/); and the [Port of Charleston](http://www.port-of-charleston.com/)’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.

Caption1:
 American Cotton Shippers Association President Jordan Lea, Eastern Trading Co.

Caption2:
 Grace Christie, Cargill Cotton; Terri Clark, Cargill Cotton; Kate Buckles, Cargill Cotton; Jenny Griffith, RSM Company

Caption3:
 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

Caption13:
 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