The Texas Cotton Association invites you to join us and the entire Texas cotton industry as we CELEBRATE COTTON WEEK in LUBBOCK, TEXAS! The Texas Cotton Association's annual FLOW/MARKETING MEETING will be held during CELEBRATE COTTON WEEK, on September 12 & 13, 2018! This annual meeting is primarily designed to encourage discussion among cotton industry stakeholders involved in the movement of Texas Cotton. TCA members are known to have an impeccable reputation of supplying grade A Texas cotton when our customers demand it. Since 1973, the Flow/Marketing Meeting has proven to be the right time and place to communicate and resolve problematic flow specific issues prior to harvest. Texas cotton industry partners have teamed up to host a TEXAS-SIZED -- CELEBRATE COTTON OPEN GOLF SCRAMBLE, on September 12, 2018, with a shot-gun start at 1:00 p.m., at the Shadow Hills Golf Course, in Lubbock! Calling ALL cotton producers, ginners, merchants, warehousemen, suppliers and service providers! The format will include a 4-person Scramble. A buffet lunch will be served at noon and the driving range will open at 11:00 a.m. The cost to play is $100/person. Registration is available on the Flow meeting online or paper registration forms. Click here to map directions to Shadow Hill Golf Course. The Texas Cotton Association will kick off the annual CELEBRATE COTTON FLOW RECEPTION from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Overton Hotel in Sunset Ballroom A on September 12, 2018. This is the largest industry networking event of the season where cotton transportation is the theme! A can't miss social and business occasion! FLOW MEETING HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS may be made by calling the OVERTON HOTEL toll free 888.776.7001, requesting a room in the Texas Cotton Association - FLOW meeting block, for a special rate of $129+tax for a single or double accommodations. You may also book your room online by clicking Online Hotel Reservations and the TCA discounted room rate page will appear! We have contracted rooms for the nights of September 10th through September 16th. We have secured a couple of rooms for $275+tax per night for those of you wanting to stay over for the COTTON GAME. Friday and Saturday night stays are required. Please let me know if there are any takers! This is the very best rate available at the Overton during the football season on home game weekends. We will release these rooms to the hotel on August 20th if we have not received your request to stay. In order to be assured of the reduced TCA special meeting rate during the Flow activities, you must act no later than the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2018, before any remaining rooms in our block, are cancelled and returned to the hotel for general sales. This is a BUSY CELEBRATE COTTON WEEK in Lubbock and rooms go fast! In making your plans, please also note that hotel check-in is 4:00 p.m. and check-out is at 11 a.m. TCA CELEBRATE COTTON GIVEAWAY! Be sure to buy raffle tickets to enter the TCA CELEBRATE COTTON GIVEAWAY! Valuable prizes will be given away during the Cotton Flow Reception by TCA President, ALAN VINSON! Here's how it works: Winners will be announced at the Cotton Flow Reception, Wednesday, September 12, 2018, by 8:00 p.m. Great e-opportunity to purchase to play on the West Texas Flow Marketing Meeting online registration form. You may also buy tickets at the door. Buy raffle tickets priced at $5.00 per ticket. For each increment of 5 tickets that you buy, you will receive one ticket absolutely FREE! You may buy one ticket or as many as you like to increase your chances to win. Your ticket(s) will be placed in your badge holder that you will pick up at the registration desk on Wednesday night at the TCA Cotton Flow Reception! Simply remove one part of the two-part ticket and place it in the raffle drum. Retain the other part and listen for your ticket number to be called! Winners must be present to win. The TCA CELEBRATE COTTON GiVEAWAY begins today and will end promptly at 6:00 p.m., on September 12, 2018. Go straight to the online registration form and enter for your chance to win! Please consider supporting at one of the following levels:
Upon arrival, you will receive a name badge and a sponsor ribbon indicating that you are one of the contributors responsible for our success! Texas Cotton Association thanks you in advance for your continued support of the cotton merchandising segment!
***** Celebrate Cotton Game Tickets ON SALE NOW! ***** All TCA Flow Meeting Participants are invited to the seventh annual Celebrate Cotton Game as the Texas Tech Red Raiders host the Houston Cougars at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 15, 2018, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Buy tickets online at http://bit.ly/TTUCottonGameTickets or by calling 806-742-TECH and mentioning code COTTON18 for the Cotton Game special discounted rate for cotton industry participants. Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., will host another tailgate prior to the game. Please RSVP 806.792-4904. Team up with TCA members and the Texas cotton industry during "CELEBRATE COTTON" week, September 10-16, in Lubbock, Texas! The Officers and Directors of The Texas Cotton Association, thank you for your interest in TEXAS COTTON, our association, and our meetings. We are hopeful that you will be able to join us for another successful annual Flow/Marketing Meeting & "CELEBRATE COTTON" week! OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2018-2019: Alan Vinson of ECOM U.S.A., Inc., Lubbock, President Josh Underwood of Underwood Cotton Co., Lubbock, 1st Vice President John Romines, OLAM Cotton, Richardson, 2nd Vice President Kandice Poteet, Executive Vice President, Dallas Sam Clay of TOYO Cotton Co., Dallas David Edwards, ECOM U.S.A., Inc., Dallas, At-Large Past President Angie Goodman of ACG Cotton Marketing, LLC, Lubbock, Immediate Past President Rhonda Lambert of Cargill Cotton Co, Lubbock Robert Luehrs of Allenberg Cotton Co., Corpus Christi Darren Newton, Glencore Ag., LLC, Lubbock Ray Ragsdale of Memtex Cotton, Moody Beau Stephenson, Omnicotton, Inc., Plano Rob Smith, International FCStone, Nashville Rick Stone, OLAM Cotton, Lubbock, At-Large Past President
Register and make your room reservations NOW! Head on out to the High Plains of TEXAS... where cotton is KING! "CELEBRATE COTTON" is the theme! TEXAS COTTON is #1 in TEXAS and #1 in the U.S.A.!
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