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MRA News and Special Event Information:
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The MRA Golf Tournament - May 12, 2008 Contact Tracy Bryan for early registration info 901-854-1406
MRA Feed the Need Week for 2008 - November 3rd - 9th
 
 2008 MRA Meeting Calendar Mark your calendar now for these upcoming MRA meetings You won’t want to miss!
Date: Meeting Location and Agenda:
January 9 General Business Meeting, The Butcher Shop, 107 S. Germantown Pkwy
February 10 No Meeting, 2008 Banquet February 10th at The Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.
March No Meeting
April 9 General Business Meeting at Kemmons Wilson School, 3700 Central Ave. Golf Tournament (TBA)
May

 
Special Meeting, Featured Speakers: Part 1- Otho Sawyer with the Health  Department, Part 2- A Bond Tubbs, with the Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TBA) *Both speakers will give brief presentation before a Q & A session.
June 9 No Meeting, Summer Social, Redbirds Game 6 pm
July No Meeting
August 13 General Business Meeting, The Butcher Shop, 107 S. Germantown Pkwy.
September Featured Speaker, Ken Edmundson, The Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.
October Fall Social (TBA)
November 12 Regular Business Meeting, Kemmons Wilson School, 3700 Central Ave.
December Social- Food and Wine Pairing

Note:
MRA Monthly Meetings are open to all members, not just owners or managers. Meetings are held at 3:00 p.m. on a Wednesday of the months specified. If you can’t make a meeting, please feel free to invite one of your staff to attend as a representative. Also, we not only allow, but encourage our members to bring guests to the meetings who might find the association a worthwhile venue for them to be involved in.

 
 2008 MRA Board of Directors
President: David Boyd

D’bo’s Wings-N-Things

901-230-4011

davidboyd007@bigriver.net

Vice President: Simpson Hughes The Butcher Shop 901-757-4244

simpsonh@bellsouth.net

Treasurer: Mark Schielke

The Half Shell

901-737-6755 halfshell862@bellsouth.net
Secretary: Louis Martin

Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken & Stuff

901-332-2367  
Sergeant-at-Arms: Anthony House

Chick-fil-A

901-752-3966 FSU@chick-fil-a.com
Past President: Jeffrey Dunham

The Grove Grill

901-818-9951  
       
Appointed Officers - Restaurant Members    
Executive Advisor: Wight F. Boggs  Memphis Restaurant Association 901-788-1000 wight@memphisrestaurants.com
Member Relations Director: Eli Cloud Memphis Restaurant Association 901-871-3713 eli.cloud@gmail.com
Administrator: Tracy Bryan Memphis Restaurant Association 901-734-5705 tracy@memphisrestaurants.com
Tourism: Jay Tyler GuestLink Memphis 901-380-3448

jaytyler3@earthlink.net

TRA Rep: Richard Zurburg The Holiday Inn, University of Memphis 901-678-5699 rzurburg@memphis.edu
Hotel/Lodging Rep: Kate Pera Hilton Memphis  901-762-7436 kpera@hiltonmemphis.com
Charles Billings Bahama Breeze  901-385-8744 travelwize2@bellsouth.net

Bill Kloos

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse 901-761-6200 billkloos@bellsouth.net

Mike Miller

Patrick’s

901-682-2853 patricks1@comcast.net
       
Associate Members      

James Teat

First Class Linen

901-282-8639

james_teat@firstclasslinen.com

Maury Wade

U. S. Foodservice

901-367-3235

maury.wade@usfood.com

Oscar Vego Star Distributors 901-363-5555 ovego@star-distributors.com
Greg Williams Hardin's Sysco Food Services 901-367-7672 williams.greg@mem.sysco.com

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