MTM Annual Members Meeting, March 2024

In March, the Annual MTM Members meeting was held. This was the second year of the meeting to be held in March. Prior to the last two years, the meeting was held in October. At the October meeting one of the presentations was the company profitability for the current year and the ‘likelihood’ of a members’ dividend at the end of the year. After holding the meeting for many, many years in October, our Marketing Department discussed the advantage of holding the meeting in March at which time, instead of discussing the possibility of a dividend, we could actually hand out checks at the Annual Members meeting. This review and suggestion was made to the Board of Directors and the Board agreed to move the October Annual Members meeting to March.

So like last year the Annual Members meeting was held in March. This year we had a record turnout of 145 members joining in. The meeting agenda is simple. We have a quick lunch then move to a couple presentations. This year the presentations were from the Director of MIOSHA followed by a panel discussion with current shop owners and managers on questions submitted by the audience. The questions covered company culture, safety protocols, recruiting efforts and employee retention. After these two presentations, there were door prizes given out followed by the meeting and then the MTM staff passed out dividend checks to attending companies. Quite an efficient combination of social, education and member dividend distribution.

Following the Annual Meeting, we sent surveys to all attendees. Those surveys provide helpful input to make a good meeting even better the following year. The planning for next year’s meeting in March 2025 is already underway. We have contracted with the same location, American Italian Conference Center, and the day is already picked at Thursday, March 20, 2025, with the time remaining the same of 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. To close this year, it is my honor in conjunction with the MTM Board of Directors to pass out $3.25 million of member dividend checks. Attached are some pictures from the event but also some pictures of individual deliveries. The Monday after the Annual Members meeting the MTM Loss Control Department, the Marketing Team and I hit the road to deliver checks to individual members who were unable to attend the annual meeting. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed being there and making the presentation. After ten years in a row of member dividends averaging more than 20% of the premium, and as always, we request your help to have an employee safe year so we can declare an annual members dividend in February of 2025 for the 11th consecutive year.

Enjoy the spring. It appears it’s finally here.