BIFMA 2019 Annual Meeting

by Robert Beck | July 8th, 2019

On the Wednesday morning of NeoCon (June 12th), BIFMA members, the BIFMA executive staff and guests assembled at the 19th floor “NeoCon Theater” for the first annual “Sit Stand” breakfast meeting. After many years of meeting in the Wolf Point Room at the Holiday Inn across the street, the new venue seemed more appropriate – closer to the showrooms where everybody heads immediately after the event, a light bite to eat versus the standard hotel scrambled eggs and sausage, and an easier-to-navigate stand-up networking half hour or so. Still, after so many years of being “over there,” many attendees wandered in late after having paid a visit to the empty Wolf Point room first. The meeting was called to order promptly by the president of the BIFMA Board, Don Van Winkle, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kimball International. He recognized and thanked the other members of the Board and …