2019 AMA-SCMA-GMOA Regional Meeting
July 28 – August 1
Montgomery, AL
Schedule of Events
Sunday, July 28
12:00 – 2:00 AMA Board of Directors Meeting
12:00 – 6:00 Registration
2:30 – 6:00 Operator Education Sessions
2:30 – 3:30 Root Cause Analysis
Presenter: Michelle Wiltgen, National Interstate Insurance Company
3:45 – 4:45 Marketing Your Company
Speaker: Chris Riddell, United Bus Technology
5:00 – 6:00 ELD Review
Vendors: Saucon
United Bus Technology
Samsara
6:15 – 6:45 Association Business Sessions
(AMA/SCMA/GMOA):
All operator members should attend their respective association meeting
7:00 Begin walk to Historic Union Station
7:30 Welcome Dinner at Union Station Train Shed
Hospitality after event.
Monday, July 29
8:00 – 5:00 Registration
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
7:30 – 9:00 Coach Visitation
9:15 – 11:45 Coach Sales Presentations
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
Presentation: Diabetes and the Motorcoach Driver
Featured speaker: Kay Pfeiffer, True Life Care
1:45 – 5:30 Operator Education Sessions
1:45 – 2:45 Review Changes in Compliance Review/Investigation
Speaker: Jon Dierberger, FMCSA Field Administrator for the South
Kenny Price, FMCSA Division Administrator, Alabama
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 Hiring and Retaining Drivers
Speaker: Bob Crescenzo, Lancer Insurance Company
4:45 – 5:45 Reacting to Bad Publicity
Speaker: Melanie Hinton, Director of Communications and Media Relations, ABA
1:45 – 5:45 Associate Sessions
1:45 – 2:15 New Member/First Timer Orientation
2:30 – 4:15 Associate Education Sessions
2:30 – 3:15 Social Media 101
Speaker: Chris Riddell, United Bus Technology
3:30 – 4:15 Panel Discussion: Contracting/Operator and Hotelier
Panelists: Eureka Thompson, Takers Transportation
Brenda Tidwell, Leisure Time Charters & Tours
Greg Cable, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort
Barry Kidd, Country Inn Lancaster
4:30 – 5:45 Meet the Operators
Panelists: TBD
6:30 Board Coaches
7:00 Early Bird Dinner at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Transportation provided by Capital Trailways
Hospitality after event.
Tuesday, July 30
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 5:30 Registration
8:30 – 10:30 Market Place I Scheduled appointments
10:45 Board Coaches for Tours and Golf
Lunch will be provided for each tour. All Tours will end at the hotel by 5:00.
Tour 1: What a Capitol Idea!
Tour 2: The Journey of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tour 3: Arts, Culture and More
Tour 4: Social Justice Prevails
12:00 Golf Tournament at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill
6:00 Begin walk to Riverfront Park
6:30 Ice Breaker aboard the Harriott II Riverboat
This event has a theme, Pirates of the Caribbean.
8:30 Expected departure to hotel
Hospitality after event.
Wednesday, July 31
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 4:00 Registration
8:15 – 10:15 Market Place II Open
10:30 – 12:00 Display Booth Visitation
12:15 – 2:00 Lunch
2:30 – 5:30 Market Place III Scheduled Appointments
5:45 – 6:15 Joint Board of Directors Meeting
6:45 – 7:30 Reception
7:30 Awards Dinner
Hospitality after event.
Thursday, August 1
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast