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     October 13, 2006


CRMA Annual Meeting and Luncheon is Upon Us
CRMA Annual Membership Meeting
Election 2006 Update
Member Services Update


• Our annual meeting and luncheon is now just days away.

• If you have not registered and would like to attend, there are still some spots available. But, we would encourage you to registrar today.

• You can register by visiting us online or by calling our office at 860-527-1044.

• We are very excited about this year’s event and hope you can join us.

• We will be hosting our luncheon once again at the Bushnell Theater’s Autorino Great Hall and lunch will be catered by the Max Restaurant Group.

• More importantly, we will be celebrating and honoring the success of three outstanding CT based retailers.

• Please join us as we honor Horan’s Flowers and Gift Shoppe with our Excellence in Customer Service Award.

• Pilgrim Furniture City will be our Excellence in Customer Service winner.

• The 2006 Retailer of the Year is one of CT’s leading Retailer’s, Zane’s World Famous Cycles.

• Also, we may have a special guest stop by to say hello as well.

• Please join us. As we move closer to the date, the room is filling up but there is always room for more.


CRMA Annual Membership Meeting

• Prior to the luncheon, the CRMA Annual Membership Meeting will take place at 10:30 am in the Horace Bushnell Suite.

• On the agenda is the election of officers for the 2007 calendar year. Also, the election of Board Members for new 3 year terms and review of the Associations operating budget for 2007.

• The Annual Meeting is open to all members of CRMA. For more information please call our offices at 860-527-1044.

• One final note about our Annual Meeting and Luncheon: Directions and Parking information will be sent via email early next week in a special Friday Facts.

Election 2006 Update

• There are now about 5 weeks to go before Election Day and again the congressional campaigns seem to have a greater grip on all of us this year more than the state wide races.

• Not that the state wide races aren’t interesting. In fact, Governor Rell and her Democratic opponent, John DeStefano will be squaring off for the second debate on Wednesday of next week.

• The latest polling data showed that the Governor still has a comfortable lead, despite losing 6% of her lead after the last debate.

• So this debate may be more important than we originally thought.

• Meanwhile, Chris Shays and Dianne Farrell are now in a heated match in the 4th Congressional District. Keep a close eye on that race as it will be closer than people think.

• And on the US Senate campaign Lieberman, Lamont and GOP Candidate Alan Schlesinger will square off for the first time post primary on Monday afternoon in Stamford.

• That should be fun. We will give you the highlights in next weeks Friday Facts.

• Also, this week we spotlight the 9th State Senatorial District (Rocky Hill, Cromwell, Newington and parts of Middletown) which is an open seat with the retirement of Sen. Biagio “Billy” Ciotto.

• In that race, State Rep Paul Doyle (D, Rocky Hill) will be facing off against local businessman Ralph Capenera

• Capenera ran and lost to Ciotto in 2004 and now turns his sights on winning an open seat. But, Doyle will be a very strong opponent.

• Doyle has served part of this district as a State Rep and enjoys the overwhelming support from the very popular Ciotto, who is active and engaged in this campaign.

• For more information about the two candidates, you can visit their web sites,
o Capenera’s is www.voteralph.com
o Doyle’s site is, www.doyleforstatesenate.com

Member Services Update

• We have had a very interesting two weeks regarding a new energy demand response program that can actually put money into member’s pockets if they agreed to curtail some energy use.

• The down and dirty is this: the State DPUC, ISO New England and CL&P have teamed up to offer financial incentives for members to participate in a demand response program.

• The program is being administrated by a third party that was selected by CL&P, Consumer Power Line and Demand Direct.

• CRMA supports Consumer Power Line in their efforts and have spoken to many of our members about the benefits of this offer.

• One key deadline has passed, but if you are interested in learning more, we strongly encourage you to contact us ASAP.

• Also, we continue our march toward putting together a RETAILERS ONLY SELF INSURED WORKERS COMPENSATION GROUP. We have met an important threshold, but cannot stop there.

• We still need your help! Our efforts to gather information needed for an actuarial study has been meet with overwhelming success, but we just need a couple more participants in the study.

• Please consider helping us with the project. Its long term benefits are tremendous for both our members and the Association. Call us today at 860-527-1044!!