• BakingTech 2011 - Registration Deadline Approaching.  Register for BakingTech 2011 prior to February 17 and save $50.  All registrations after February 17 go up $50 in price.  Meeting and MarketPlace registrations are trending higher than last year at this time so don't delay.

• MarketPlace and Meeting Registration.  Meeting registration forms were mailed to all members at the first of the year.  They are also available on the website: www.asbe.org.  You can register and pay directly on the website or fax (1.888.315.2612) the forms with credit card information.  You can also mail the forms and a check to ASB Headquarters.  You must have already renewed your membership or do so during the meeting registration process. Registrations will not be accepted without payment.      
  
  
  
  Registration for the BakingTech 2011 MarketPlace are going quickly.  More than 80% of the TableTops have already been reserved, so don't wait and possibly miss the opportunity to showcase your company and products. Exhibitor registration forms were mailed with the meeting registration forms and are on the website: www.asbe.org.  You can register and pay directly on the website or fax/mail the forms to ASB Headquarters.  If you have any questions, please contact Tawnee Shuey, Director of Meetings and Operations, at 1.800.713.0462 ext 2 or tshuey@asbe.org.

• BakingTech 2011 Speaker Update. Mr. Morton Sosland, Sosland Publishing Editor-In-Chief, will be presenting his insights concerning the past and future of the baking industry via a video presentation on Wednesday, March 9.
  

• 2011 Baking Hall of Fame Inductees. It is with much pride that the American Society of Baking announces the 2011 Inductees in the Baking Hall of Fame: James Apple, Butter Krust Baking Company; E.E. Kelley, ButterKrust Bakery Lakeland; Ken Klosterman, Klosterman Baking Company; and Alexander Weber, Caravan Products. 

• Register Now for the Equipment & Plant Design Workshop for Allergen/Pathogen Control.        
  

February 8-9, 2011
The Allerton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
Cost: $600 for ASB members

Food Safety is Your Responsibility-
It is more important than ever for your engineers, sanitarians and plant managers to understand the proper equipment, plant, and process design that is fundamental to food safety.  ASB, together with other top food industry associations, is presenting a sanitary design workshop specifically for its members.

Register Now! | See the Brochure | Book Your Hotel

• Food Intolerances: How to Distinguish Between Fad and Reality. The Grain Foods Foundation and the California Dairy Council are sponsoring a webinar - "Food Intolerances: How to Distinguish Between Fad and Reality."  The speakers and topics are as follows:

• In Memorial. 
  
• Mr. Richard D. O'Brian passed away on December 6, 2010.
• Long-time ASB member Franklin D. French passed away on December 17, 2010.
• William Entenmann III passed away January 1, 2011.
  

• Remembering our Deceased Members.  During BakingTech 2011 we will be recognizing our industry friends who have passed away during the previous year.  Please send Kent Van Amburg (kvanamburg@asbe.org) the name and company affiliation of any ASB member who died during the past year.  Names must be sent by February 15 to be included.
  

• Member Get A Member Campaign.  Do you know three bakers who are not members of ASB, but should be?  Send ASB their names and email addresses and we will send you a $10 Starbucks Gift Card.  The contact forms and a sample email that you can use to invite them to become members of ASB were included in the BakingTech registration packets or can be found on the website.  The ASB member who helps recruit the most new members will receive complimentary registration to BakingTech 2012. 
  

• Member News.  Have you recently been promoted, changed companies, moved locations or have other news that you would like shared with your friends at ASB?  Send us a succinct email with the details and we will put your message in our next newsletter. 

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