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Winter Conference…….2-5
New Web Site ................ 2
Registration Form ......... 5
Workers’ Comp News .... 6
Operation: Snowball ...... 6
Special points of interest
• Rick Long to receive ARA Special Service Award at The Rental Show
• 2019 Winter Conference & Tabletop Show brings something for everyone!
• New web site and e-mail address announced
• Don’t miss the Rent-Tech aerial lift or tent safety training at the Winter Conference
• Important warning about reporting Workers’ Comp claims
• Stores share Operation Snowball report
I am pleased to announce that our very own Associ-ate Director Rick Long, of Power Equipment Plus,
has been awarded ARA’s Special Service Award for his outstanding service to the association and his dedication as an Asso-ciate Member of ARA of Michigan.
Over the years, Rick has developed a per-sonal relationship with each of our mem-bers and has earned their respect. He has been a great facilitator with the Rent-Tech training program and has spent countless hours recruiting presenters for our annual Winter Conference, as well as being a presenter himself.
Rick is always willing to volunteer his ser-vices to ARAM when the need arises. This year, on short notice, he was able to gath-er member support in Lansing for our Personal Property Tax bill proposal when we spoke before the Michigan Senate Committee on Finance and the House of Representatives Committee on Tax Policy.
Rick will be presented with the Special Service Award at The Rental Show in Ana-heim, California during the ARA Industry Awards Lunch on Sunday, February 17.
Thank you, Rick, for all your service and congratulations on receiving this well-deserved award!
I hope to see everyone in Anaheim.
Winter Issue 2018-2019
Rental News
Promoting the Equipment & Event Rental Industry in Michigan!
ARAM WINTER CONFERENCE & TABLETOP SHOW
January 18-20, 2019 Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
SEE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION INSIDE
H U R R Y . . . THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS JANUARY 12!
A Message From Your President
By KEVIN KEELEY
The Annual Winter Conference & Tabletop Show is only days away. We have
an outstanding lineup of speakers and educational training available. New
this year is the additional of certified Aerial Lift Training and Tent Safety
training. Both of these sessions will take place on the afternoon of Saturday,
January 19, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited for these training sessions,
so if you haven’t registered yet, be sure to send your completed Registration
Form to the ARAM office: [email protected] or fax to: 517-541-
3702. Make sure to specify on the form which of the sessions you want to
attend.
As always at the Winter Conference, there will be plenty of time to speak to
our vendors and network with fellow members. In addition, we are hosting a
group dinner on Saturday evening for only $10.00 per person (pre-
registration is required). Two new inductees into the Hall of Fame will be
celebrated at the dinner. If you have any questions, contact Susan Irwin at
Delux Rental: 734-483-2512.
ARAM Launches New Web Site
By LORI GARDNER
Winter Conference Is Only Days Away
By SUSAN IRWIN
We recently launched our new ARA of Michigan web site and created a new e-mail address. The new site is found at:
araofmichigan.com
The new e-mail address is:
Don’t forget to add the e-mail address to your contacts so you keep receiving our newsletters! Please check out the site and give us some feedback on it. Let us know what you like or dislike, whether it is easy to navigate and find what you’re looking for, what information you’d like to see on it that is not already there, etc. The new site will be a great source of information for our members and will grow along with us as we grow. You will notice that the ARA has
provided us with a new logo and branding that matches their new, modern look. Our site features an “Events” page to keep you up to date on our conferences and semi-nars, equipment auctions, educa-tional and training opportunities, and other projects we have in the works. There is also a “Hall of Fame” page which highlights some of the pioneers of Michigan’s rental indus-try who foresaw the benefits of forming an association made of small equipment rental businesses. Our web designer is looking for pho-tographs to create a Photo Gallery. If you have some photos you would like to share from some of our past events, please email them to Lori Gardner at Rent Smart: [email protected]. We would love to have an extensive gallery highlighting our members and events.
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Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Kevin Keeley, President
Chet’s Rent-All Southeast Michigan
Charles Baker, Vice President
DIY Equipment Rental & Storage Marshall
Lori Gardner, Treasurer
Rent Smart LLC Grant
Susan Irwin, Secretary
Delux Rental - Ypsilanti
AT-LARGE DIRECTORS
Dean Anderson, Director
All Star Rental Jackson
Donna Berryman, Director
Superior Equipment & Events Houghton
Jake Bishop, Director
Taylor Rental Center Petoskey
Gary Booms, Director
Booms Rent-All Bad Axe
Dick Fullmer, Director
Caro Rental Caro
989-550-0688 (mobile)
David Holst, Director
Havit Supplies Inc. Grandville
616-532-2923
Terry Kunst, Associate Director
Mt. Pleasant Agency-Central Insurance
Rick Long, Associate Director
Power Equipment Plus
Barb Updegraff, Director
All Star Rental Jackson
Jim VanderWier, Director
Redi Rental Muskegon
Gary VerMeulen, Director
Right Way Rental - Portage
ARAM 2019 WINTER CONFERENCE ~ January 18-20, 2019
SOARING EAGLE CASINO & RESORT 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Phone for Room Reservations: 989-775-5777 Mention Discount Code ARAM011719
Cost for ARA Member Stores and prospective Store Members: $65 each for the first 2 attendees per business (includes most meals)
$35 each for each additional attendee Saturday ARAM Group Dinner: $10.00 additional per person
FRIDAY 9:00am—9:50 am Registration 10:00 am—4:00 pm Tabletop displays and educational speakers 10:00 am—12:00 pm Incentives to Motivate, by Dan Crowley, Director of Business Advisory Services at Quadrant Private Wealth 12:00 pm—12:30 pm Tabletop Vendor Introductions 12:30 pm—1:30 pm Lunch (included in fee) 1:30 pm—2:30 pm Theft by Conversion, discussion by ARA Insurance and NER (National Equipment Register), who will share insights and best practices to reduce theft by conversion 2:45 pm—3:15 pm Tabletop Vendor Introductions 3:15 pm-4:00pm Stanley Storage Solutions, presented by Paul Calcaterra 6:00 pm—9:00 pm Cocktails in the Black Swan Room SATURDAY 8:00 am—8:50 am Registration and Breakfast (included in fee) 9:00 am-11:30 am Step Up to Leadership, by Linda Meloche, a Dale Carnegie trainer, marketing consultant and instructor for 30 years, presents a 2-part seminar on workplace Leadership Development and Stress Management 11:30 am—11:45 am Introduction to ARA of Michigan’s new web site 11:45 am—12:00 pm Hands-On Day Presentation 12:00 pm—12:30 pm Tabletop Vendor Introductions 12:30 pm-1:15 pm Lunch (included in fee) THEN CHOOSE EITHER: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tent Safety Training, by Mike Tanner, MATRA. (Indicate on registration form if you want to — OR— attend this training seminar.) 1:30 pm-4:00 pm Boom/Scissor Lift Operator Training (limited to 30 people). Classroom and hands-on training, and a Certificate of Completion, including new ANSI Standards, presented by Russell Niedzwiecki of Morrison Industrial Equipment Co. (MUST indicate on registration form if you want to attend this training seminar!) 6:00 pm ARAM Group Dinner (MUST pre-register, $10 extra per person) with presentation of the newest inductees to the ARAM Hall of Fame SUNDAY 8:00 am—9:30 am Breakfast (included in fee), followed by a Board of Directors and General Member meeting
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Conference Registration
Complete this form and
send it to:
ARA OF MICHIGAN
BEFORE JANUARY 12!
Email:
Fax:
517-541-3702
Did You Know . . .
As a member of ARA of
Michigan, you are
automatically a member
of the Small Business
Association of Michigan
(SBAM) because of a
“Strategic Partnership
Agreement” we have with
SBAM.
SBAM will soon be send-
ing you information about
your membership bene-
fits, including insurance
programs, help with
Human Resource compli-
ance, and new SBAM
Energy Solutions!
2018 marks the 6th year that ARAM has
sponsored “Operation: Snowball,” when
up to 10 ARAM member stores choose a
person or family to adopt for the holi-
days and ARAM matches their donation
up to $100 per store. This year, we had
four participating stores. We asked them
to share a little bit about what they did
for their adopted friends:
Delux Rental, Ypsilanti: “We have an
elderly lady who stops in our store on
her way to the Food Bank. We gave her
$200 to help her with everyday essen-
tials.”
True Value Rental/Vassar True Value:
“We adopted a family through the
Thumb Area Mud Runners. We buy
Christmas gifts for the children. We put
together a menu for Christmas dinner,
and all the employees bring in the food.
We ‘buy’ toiletries and household clean-
ers from our store and donate those.”
Superior Equipment & Events, Hough-
ton: Pat and Donna Berryman paid it
forward this year, after suffering torren-
tial floods that destroyed much of their
store inventory. Donna said, “Our com-
munity was devastated by heavy rains
which caused raging, destructive flood
damage. The family we will support lost
their 12-year old son, Thatcher, when a
mudslide hit his bedroom. Heartbreak-
ing.”
Chet’s Rent All, Rochester Hills: “We
adopted two homeless men that we
found through a local church. We will
supply them with socks, boots, long
johns, and portable food items (like
breakfast bars, granola, nuts, etc.).”
A BIG thank you goes to all the stores who participated this year, and please keep this program in mind for next December.
Important Warning Concerning Workers’ Compensation Claims
By TERRY KUNST
Most employers know that they need to carry Workers Compensation insur-ance, but many are not aware of MIOSHA and OSHA notifications in the event of a death or serious injury. If not reported in a timely manner, there are sig-nificant fines that will be imposed on the employer, and these fines are not covered by insurance. My company was recently told of an incident where there was a death of an employee on a Friday night and the employer found out on the following Monday and then reported it. However, because the inci-dent was not reported within 8 hours, as required by law, the employer re-ceived a $30,000 fine from OSHA/MIOSHA! This is good information to know and hopefully will never be needed, but our employers do not need to find out the hard way:
REPORTING A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIM
Report a workers’ compensation claim immediately. The earlier a claim is re-ported, the sooner it can be resolved. Do not wait to report a claim!
All workers’ compensation claims need to be reported on the “Employer’s Basic Report of Injury Form WC-100.” This form can be found on the State of Michigan web site:
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/wca_WC-100__fillin_121830_7.pdf
Policyholders are encouraged to report workers’ compensation claims directly to their insurance company through a phone call or the company web site. This information can be found in your policy, or by going directly to the insurance company web site.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATH CLAIMS
MIOSHA and OSHA Requirements:
In the event of a DEATH, it is required by law that the employer notify MIOSHA at 800-858-0397 and OSHA at 800-321-2642 within eight (8) hours of the inci-dent. As the employer, YOU are responsible to make the report.
OSHA also requires 24-hour notification in the event of any of the following:
Injury resulting in In-patient Hospitalization
Amputation
Loss of eye(s)
If you fail to report any of the above incidents to MIOSHA and OSHA, you could face possible fines that are NOT covered by workers’ compensation insurance or any other type of insurance. Should you have any questions, contact your insurance provider or Mt. Pleasant Agency, Inc. – Central Insurance: 989-772-2977.
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OPERATION: SNOWBALL
