California Automatic Vendors Council

4 Days left! REGISTER for our annual meeting (see post below) by AUG 1st for discounts. Hotel rooms are almost all gone, so book that as well.

See you all in Scottsdale, AZ Sept 12-14th.

Our CA & AZ Joint Annual meting will be held this year in Scottsdale, AZ at the Hotel ValleyHo Resort Sept 12-14th. To learn more information, click on the registration link.

MEETING REGISTRATION LINK:

https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/register/222/page1.asp?m=4414&c=2

HOTEL RESERVATION LINK:

https://be.synxis.com/?adult=1&arrive=2024-09-11&chain=21123&child=0¤cy=USD&depart=2024-09-14&group=AAMCCAVC24&hotel=27024&level=hotel&locale=en-US&rooms=1

Note: We are working with the hotel to remove the “One night non-refundable deposit if cancelled”.



MEETING SCHEDULE:

Wed Sept 11th – optional golf w/fellow attendees, optional MLB game Email cavc.aamc@gmail if interested.

Thurs Sept 12th – Education sessions, Dinner, presentation honoring Tomdra/Elliott family

Fri Sept 13th – golf tournament, gameday event (for non-golfers), awards/dinner/auction

Sat Sept 14th – no event scheduled. Check-out or stay & enjoy the weekend



FRIDAY MORNING GOLF TOURNAMENT:

See attached golf registration and sponsorship form.



FRIDAY EVENING AUCTION:

See attached Auction donation form.



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- CAVC & AAMC Members receive the discounted registration pricing. See registration page for details and deadlines to register.

- When registering, Spouses/Guests of members will receive the member pricing.

- We will be honoring the Elliott family of Tomdra, Inc (Tucson Toms) at Thursdays dinner, to celebrate their 58th final year as a family-owned business.

- If enough people are interested in a Wed 12:40pm baseball game, let us know. Diamondbacks vs Texas Rangers.



QUESTIONS?

Annual Meeting Chair: Noel Caskey –Vistar 602.346.2524

Meeting Admin : Janette Carter 951.333.7777 [email protected]

Education Chair: Rhonda Dunn 928.757.4994

Auction Co-Chairs: Lori Endres 602.818.6114, Cathy Feeley 602.697.8557

Golf Chair: Steve Endres 515.422.6582

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The 2024 Bill Walsh Scholarship Foundation fundraiser was held at the Atnip-Phelps Golf Tournament at Rio Hondo Golf Course recently.

NAMA needs your advocacy—your voice and personal story.

Have you made plans to join other industry leaders like you at the 10th annual NAMA Fly-In and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., July 23-24, 2024?

Share your story and amplify the voice of convenience services on Capitol Hill!

In case you missed it, NAMA’s top federal priority—convenience services access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding—was the topic of a bipartisan dialogue during the Farm Bill reauthorization debate last week.
See for yourself here.

With growing awareness of the unique attributes of convenience services, decisionmakers are recognizing how our industry is well-situated to meet the needs of people wherever they live, work and play.

Help convenience services grow by coming to Washington, D.C. for the 10th annual NAMA Fly-In and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., July 23-24, 2024.

In addition to SNAP, industry leaders will ask legislators to renew and make permanent expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, learn about what’s in store for the election season and engage in valuable networking with industry leaders and legislators.

Now more than ever, NAMA needs all of convenience services to advocate for the industry in Washington, D.C.
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NAMA 2024 in Dallas was a big success!

Join Heather Bailey at the National Automatic Merchandising Association 2024 Show in Dallas, TX on May 7th, where she will be moderating a discussion on “What HR Issues Keep Operators Up At Night?” NAMA Show 2024 Registration: https://bit.ly/49ZxbeK

CAVC met at their annual LOBBY DAY in Sacramento on March 12-13, 2024.
Group photo on the left and on the right are:
Robert Jackson-NAMA, Cathy Feeley- CBI & Associates, Senator Bill Dodd, Tom Steuber - Associated Services, and Jerry Gann - Turtle Cafe.
Key Discussions included AB2648: a bill that would prohibit state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles for internal use or resale. CAVC & NAMA discussed our opposition to this bill.

CAVC also congratulates the 2023 AAMC winners. Operator of the year Jeff and Rhonda Dunn of Machine Cuisine and Associate of the Year-Cathy Feeley - CBI & Associates. Both of these ladies have won in previous years as well, which is a testament to all the hard work & volunteer time that they do for AAMC. Cathy serves as AAMC Secretary and Rhonda serves as the treasurer.

Plus, some more fun pictures at the event

Friday was a fun event with Music Bingo, lunch & trivia! Our 4 winners of Music Bingo was
Heather Bailey, Todd Elliott, Nancy Marchetti & Jason Posti.

The winning table with the most correct Trivua Quiz answers was Team “ Hey, Hey, we’re the Monkeys”.

The winning team of the music bingo plus Movie trivia was the team “X Marks the Spot” with Team Stu and Team Funtastic” and “The Castways” close behind.

On behalf of this years event, committee members thanks everyone who came to enjoy the meeting & events.

CAVC honored one of our longtime peers, STU CASE, who, unfortunately, lost his battle with cancer this past year. Stu’s longtime business partner and friend Bob Mattias spoke about the early years of their friendship, and had a few funny stories to share. Next Jim Brinton spoke about the later years in Stu’s life when he worked for Jim. Greg Wilson also spoke as he was Stu’s immediate boss at the time and last Jerry Scott of Canteen Coastal, came up and surprised the audience with an incredible offer. Jerry and Loretta Scott would like to honor Stu with a yearly donation from their foundation. Each Operator and Associate winner of the year will get to choose a charity of their choice and the Scott Foundation will donate $1000. in Stu’s name to each charity. What a wonderful tribute to keep Stu Case in our memories!
PS: everyone was asked to wear their favorite Hawaiian shirt since we will always recall Stu wearing his favorite Tommy Bahama shirts

Thursday, Sept 21st, 2023 CAVC kicked off the event with a stellar education session!
Our Education Co-Chairs JEFF LEIDER & TOM LAGOMARSINO came up with the perfect group of people to lead our Education sessions.

Our Fab-five speakers were:

Tom Steuber, Associated Services
Ryan, Garson, Vendors Exchange
Greg Wilson, 365 Retail Markets
Alex Buck, Cantaloupe Systems
Heather Bailey, Attorney, Amundsen-Davis

The annual CAVC -AAMC Golf tournament was held Friday morning at the Indian Wells country club. Since rent thanks to our golf chair, Steve Endres, for a fun networking morning.
Ladies longest drive….Lori Endres
Ladies closest to the pin… Terry Blackstone
Men’s longest drive…. Ryan Garson
Men’s closest to the pin …. ? (Pls advise)
First place team: David Baker, Rovert Ferraro, Richard Schramm, Robert Donohue.

It’s a wrap for the annual joint meeting with California and Arizona state councils. We would like to thank Chip English for taking all of these great pictures.

CAVC Congrats our 2023 outstanding Operator of the Year and Associate of the Year! Both winners exemplify the “best of the best” in representing our state council. Your volunteer work has been extremely important and we are so appreciative of all that you both do.

Robert Donohue operator of the year
Lisa Mattias associate of the year awards were presented by our outgoing president, Andy Cleveland.

NAMA Coffee, Tea & Water show will be held Nov 6 & 7 in Indianapolis, IN.

We're gearing up for our big event. As you know, CTW is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow OCS enthusiasts, elevate industry expertise (for both new and experienced professionals), and discover the latest coffee, tea, and water trends and innovations.

Early Bird rates end September 29th, so please encourage them to sign up quickly for the best deal! The registration link is below.
https://www.xpressreg.net/register/CTWR1123/landing.asp

Feel free to also spread the word on social media.

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Congratulations to our 2023 winners of the Bill Walsh Scholarship Foundation. Each student will receive $5,000. Scholarship paid to the college of their choice.

Madison MCDonald (Sponsored by Vistar)

Romain Rabany (Sponsored by CBI & Associates)

Esmeralda Mijares (Sponsored by Continental Conv. Solutions)

Brayden Howell (Sponsored by Continental Conv. Solutions)

The annual Atnip-Phelps golf tournament fundraiser for the Bill Walsh Scholarship Foundation was a huge success. Thanks to all the hole sponsors and golfers for a fun day and great dinner.

Congrats to…
Steve Endres - closest to the pin on one hole
Janette Carter - closest to the pin on another hole
Who won longest drive?
Who won 1st place?
And Cathy Feeley who won the putting contest prior to the start.

Thanks to Chip English for taking some of the pictures, his wife Michelle for helping at the registration desk along with Kathy O’Brien, and Isabel Shocket. Our biggest thanks goes to LARRY ATNIP for coordinating the whole event. Job well done, Larry!

Mark Your Calendar!!

We invite you all to attend this great event!

NAMA announced that Dick Atnip of Atnip Co.,Inc. has been named the 2022 Coffee Legend of the Year.

“Those who have had the pleasure to meet or work with Dick know he is undeniably deserving of this recognition,” said Carla Balakgie, FASAE, CAE, president & CEO of NAMA. “As a 60-year industry veteran and true pioneer in his field, Dick’s dedication has not only helped push the boundaries of vending and OCS products but has been instrumental in shaping both the industry and the association we are today.”

Atnip founded the Southern California-based Atnip Company in 1962, where today he remains president & CEO. Working alongside his family, the company has grown into the premier vending brokerage in the western region of the U.S and continues to promote new products and bring the latest innovations to customers in the industry.

Atnip was named to the NAMA Board of Directors in 1997 and became NAMA Chair in 2004, the first non-operator to do so. He has been previously recognized as a NAMA Industry Person of the Year and by the California Automatic Vending Council (CAVC) for his leadership. In 2017, Atnip was inducted into the NAMA Coffee Services Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievements in coffee services.

He will be recognized next week at the Coffee Tea & Water Show on Monday, November 14, during the opening session.

Today, we lost a long-time CAVC friend & board member.
STU CASE
May he now have peace! Cancer sucks!!

Congrats to our 2022 Operator of the Year….

JEFF LEIDER of Tri R Coffee & Vending

Your valued contributions over the years has been very appreciated!

SALI JOHNSON - PepsiCo
was named as the 2022 Supplier of the Year.

For many years Sali has supported CAVC by serving on the Board of Directors, attended our Lobby Days in Sacramento, her company has sponsored our annual meetings, donated to the auctions, sponsored golf outings, etc. Sali also has served on various CAVC committees and now serves as our Executive 1st Vice President.

Friday cruise, cocktail reception, dinner, auction.

Friday Evening Dinner was great & the Auction was even greater! Thanks Lisa Mattias for all your hard work as Auction Chair!💕
Our premier Auctioneer- Mr Dan Reeves - did a phenomenal job of raising funds!
First Picture - our outgoing 2021 CAVC President Zachary Oliver (with his lovely wife) who did an outstanding job of putting all the pieces together this year in order to keep CAVC on track.