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BULL -ET-I -N -.- NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF ABC BOARDS TELEPHONE `919' 828.2501 225 H14LSBOROUGH ST.,SUITE 200 P. O. BOX 2021 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27602 Bulletin No.313 17 March 1997 I. PRIVATIZATION BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. We have learned from a very reliable source that certain legislators are actively considering and discussing the possibility of introducing a bill in the General Assembly within the next few weeks that, if enacted, would privatize North Carolina's ABC system. The names of the legislators are being kept secret, and we have been unable to identify them as yet. Please contact your legislative representatives and tell them that North Carolina's control system should be retained. Yes, there are areas in which the system needs to perform more efficiently, but destroying the system would not be in the best interests of the citizens of the State of North Carolina. It is important that you talk with your legislative representatives before the supporters of privatization do. See page 3 for more information on our opposition to privatization. U. 1997 WINTER MEETING HELD IN PINEHURST. Approximately 450 board members, supervisors, and industry representatives attended the 1997 Winter Meeting at the Pinehurst Hotel on March 2-4, 1997. Sunday's activities began with the Jones Management Services' Open House, and the Board of Directors Meeting. On Monday morning, the supervisors met, followed by the Association's General Session where North Carolina's Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall, addressed the attendees. Jim Sgueo, Executive Director of NABCA, gave attendees a status report on privatization efforts in the various Control States. State ABC .Commission Chairman George Bason and Commission Administrator Mike Herring closed out the General Session with their comments to the group. During the Closed Business Meeting that..followed, John Jordan gave a legislative report, and other matters of general interest were discussed. Also, the members voted to amend. the Association's.Bylaws to.permit Supervisor members of the Board of Directors to run for re-election to the Board after their initial three-year term. The Monday afternoon session included a discussion of 401(k) plans; information on the similarities and differences between our ABC system and the ABC system in our neighbor to the north (Virginia); and information on the Mecklenburg County ABC Board's resolution that excludes 18 - 20 year olds from its ABC stores.