SCMA-GMOA-AMA Regional Meeting
July 19-21, 2021
IP Casino Resort Spa
Biloxi, MS
Monday, July 19
10:30 – 6:00 Registration
11:00 – 12:30 SCMA Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 – 5:00 Operator Education Sessions
1:00 – 2:00 FMCSA Regulations Update
Clint Seymour, FMCSA-Alabama Administrator
2:15 – 4:00 Operator Roundtable Discussion
(Table topics to be identified.)
4:15 – 5:00 Crisis Management
(Speaker to be identified.)
2:30 – 5:00 Associate Sessions
1:00 – 2:00 New Member Orientation
2:15 – 4:00 Associate Roundtable Discussion
(Table topics to be identified.)
4:15 – 5:00 Crisis Management Session (Join Operators.)
5:15 – 6:00 Operator/Associate Panel Discussion
(Panelists to be identified.)
Note: Association Business Sessions will be held by Zoom Meeting prior to the Regional Meeting.
7:00 Board Coaches for Dinner
Transportation provided by Bus Supply Charter (2), Dixieland Tours (2), and Cline Tours (1)
7:30 Early Bird Dinner
9:30 – 11:00 Hospitality after event.
IP Chill Lounge (tentative)
Tuesday, July 20
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
Industry Update by ABA and UMA
8:15 – 5:30 Registration
8:15 – 10:15 Market Place I
10:30 – 12:30 Coach Presentations
ABC Companies, Irizar, Motor Coach Industries, Prevost,
and Temsa
12:45 – Board Coaches for Golf and Tours
12:45 – 5:00 Golf and Tours (Lunch included.)
All coaches return to the hotel by 5:30.
Golf at Shell Landing Golf Club
Coordinator: Tim O’Bryan, Service Insurance Agency
Beverage Cart sponsored by Service Insurance Agency
Transportation provided by Cline Tours
Tour 1 – Jackson County 40-45 people
- Gulf Coast Gator Ranch & Airboat Swamp Tours
- The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint for lunch (tentative)
- Pascagoula River Audubon Center and OR USM Marine Education Center Tour
Transportation provided by Bus Supply Charters
Tour 2 – Harrison County 48 people
- Tour of Maritime & Seafood Museum
- Lunch on site – Gumbo or Jambalaya, Tea, Water
- Biloxi Shrimping Trip
- City Tour of Biloxi with stop at Biloxi Visitors Center, Hurricane Memorials, Old Biloxi Cemetery
- Tour of Beauvoir “Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library”
- Coffee & Beignets at Beauvoir Mansion’s front porch
Transportation provided by Dixieland Tours
Tour 3 – Hancock County 50 people
- Bay St. Louis Historic L&N Train Depot – Includes Alice Moseley Folk Art & Antique Museum & Bay St. Louis Mardi Gras Museum
- Lunch in downtown Bay St. Louis (TBD)
- Tour of Infinity Science Center
Transportation provided by Bus Supply Charters
Tour 4 – Harrison County (Gulfport Area) 50 people
- Tour Institute for Marine Mammal Studies: Ocean Adventures Marine Park (Includes Sea lion & Dolphin Show)
- Tour of Chandeleur Brewing Company
- Downtown Gulfport Shopping and Fishbone Alley
- Lunch is not confirmed with IMMS or Chandeleur Brew Company
Transportation provided by Dixieland Tours
6:30 Board Coaches
Transportation provided by Bus Supply Charter (2), Dixieland Tours (2), and Cline Tours (1)
7:00 Ice Breaker Dinner
9:00 – 11:00 Hospitality after event.
Wednesday, July 21
7:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
Coach Visitation
(Coach manufacturers will have the option to decide whether to bring a display coach.)
8:00 – 10:00 Registration Packup
9:30 – 11:30 Market Place II
11:45 – 1:00 Awards Lunch
Note: The Joint Board Meeting to evaluate the Regional Meeting will be conducted by Zoom within a week to ten days after the Regional Meeting.