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March 2023 
Letter from the President
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To all Kansas Sunflower and Missouri Chapter members,
We are kickstarting this year and have several activities planned that we are thrilled to share with our members. Firstly, we would like to welcome fellow SWANA members from the Missouri Chapter. We are excited to include you in our communications and upcoming Kansas Sunflower chapter events, such as our annual conference, roundtable discussions, training opportunities, and social events. We welcome your attendance at these events and appreciate your thoughts and suggestions so that we can help provide you with the best possible content.
Mark your calendars now! Our 2023 annual conference will be October 3rd-5th at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas. This year’s theme, “Back to Basics,” was chosen based on requests from members to focus more on training that operators need to run and maintain their facilities. We are brainstorming ideas for sessions now and would like to hear from our members as to what specific topics they would like to see. Please feel free to email me with any ideas or suggestions you have. More information regarding the conference will be made available in the upcoming weeks.
We are putting out a Call for Speakers for our conference as well. Anyone interested in speaking, or has topics they want to see discussed, please let us know.
For upcoming events, we will have a roundtable discussion for anyone who want to bring up topics of interest or concern. The roundtable will be held on Tuesday, March 21, at 1:00 p.m. at the City of Olathe Public Works Office (1385 S Robinson Road).
Later in the year we are considering sponsoring a SWANA certification course. We are welcoming member feedback on potential trainings they would like to complete. Several training courses are offered by SWANA, such as a new Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO), Collection and Transfer, Planning and Management, Safety, and Sustainable Material Management. We are open to any suggestions regarding training topics and opportunities. Please send any comments to [email protected]
We are looking forward to a great year of events and activities and hope you all will be able to join us!
