NCALC Contacts
Officers & Directors
Marvin Thomas • President
President Elect • Larry Hill
VP Governmental Affairs • Chris Edwards
VP Membership • Tom Volk
VP Member Services • Bayard Crumpton
Secretary • Wes Sessoms
Treasurer • Jimmy Lee
Sergeant at Arms • Bill Sessoms
District 1 Director • Chuck Williamson
District 2 Director • Allan Cheatham
District 3 Director • Brenda Honeycutt
District 4 Director • Hugh Jones
District 5 Director • Roger Routh
District 6 Director • Cookie Patel
District 7 Director • Tom Wilson
Directors at Large
Al Cardenas, Patrick Cardenas. Ken Farrington, Rita Foley, Tom Gosselin, Rick Kane, Billy Kincaid, Charisse Lassiter, Bob Smart, John Thomas, Bart Williams, Billy Whitfield, Rich Volk, Cathy Richardson, Edwina Johnston, Wes Brunson, David Knight, Young Bang
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Summertime
“Summer time and the living is easy”, unless of course, you are in the dry cleaning industry. The plant gets hot, pieces fall off and cash flow tightens. Now if you had been at our Convention over Memorial Day weekend you may have picked up a few ideas, I know I did. From a very informative seminar on social media opportunities to pool side chat among friends, new and exciting ideas were plentiful. There were also fantastic seminars on credit card processing regulations, how to handle a government inspection as well as updates from DLI’s President, Dry clean Dave and CEO Bill Fisher. You would have also been there for my induction as your new President. If you were there, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I and my family did.
As we move into the summer, we here at NCALC encourage you to step back and take a long hard look at your business. Are you making a concerted effort to update your operation? There is a ton of modern equipment out there just waiting to be installed in your plant! Wet cleaning isn’t so scary after all, but you need the right equipment to handle it. The finishing equipment needed to properly process wet cleaning is also quite user friendly allowing for faster training and comparable production. Improvements to wet and dry cleaning machines are coming to the marketplace at a rapid pace; POS systems now integrate with assembly and bagging systems as well as video and charge cards. All of these come at a price but... they may be advantageous to your operation. You won’t know unless you ask and if you’re asking be sure to talk with the allied trades that support your NCALC.
On the DSCA front, there seems to be some action on enforcement. We have heard of a few NOV’s and the department appears to now have interest in inspecting petroleum and hydrocarbon plants of late. Not sure about the other alternative solvents but we’ll keep you posted as we hear about them. Vapor intrusion at collocated facilities is now getting some attention as well. Should this issue be raised in your plant be sure to get sound advice before you start throwing money at it. There are very miniscule standards being alluded to but great confusion as to whom the regulatory jurisdiction falls. A few clean ups are underway and a few more that will hopefully begin soon. We are aware of ___ “no further action” letters. Please keep the pressure on your State Representatives to support this program. It isn’t ideal; some inspections may be a bit petty while the guy across town seems to never get inspected and flagrant offenders continue to operate, but don’t loose sight of were we came from. No protection, no voice and enormous clean up costs.
That’s were my mind is these days. Let me know what is on yours. Send me an email at marvin@swannanoacleaners.com. Thanks for the opportunity to give back to the industry that has given so much to me!
Yours truly,
Marvin Thomas, President
