PAIMA Report: Summer 2013
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PAIMA Th e magazine of the Pan American International Movers Association REPORT Summer 2013 PAIMA REPORT The magazine of the Pan American International Movers Association. BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGIONAL DIRECTORS Region VII - Far East & Middle East LAURA MAY CARMACK 2012 – 2014 Arvind Joshi, President. CLINTUS LIMITED, AIReS, Region I – Canada & Mexico New Delhi ,India. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Tim Garside, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] INTERCONTINENTAL VAN LINES, Markham, Canada. James Loberg, JOSE MARRERO Email: [email protected] CROWN VAN LINES, Vice-President. Jurong, Singapore. Sentry International, Alexandra Schmidt, Email: [email protected] Jacksonville, Florida, USA. MEXPACK INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS, Email: [email protected] Mexico City, Mexico. Aakanksha Bhargava, [email protected] P.M. RELOCATIONS PVT. LTD., GEORGE NAUMANN New Delhi,India. Treasurer. Region II – USA Email: [email protected] Swiss Moving Services, Pat Toscano, Zurich, Switzerland. RELIABLE VAN & STORAGE, Sudeep Shah, E: [email protected] Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. ORIENT INTL. RELOCATIONS, Email: [email protected] Kathmandu, Nepal. LARS LEMCHE Email: orientfreightgroup.com Secretary. Steve Dozois, Teamwork International Moving, HUMBOLDT INTERNATIONAL, Region VIII – Oceana Sao Paulo, Brazil. Boston, MA, USA. George Cooper, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] AUSTRALIAN VANLINES PTY LTD., Sydney, Australia. JUANA CUEVA Region III - Central America & Caribbean Email: [email protected] Director. Fabian Ortiz, Express Transports, S.A., APA WORLDWIDE MOVERS, Lima, Peru. San Jose, Costa Rica. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SID VALLAYDAM Region IV - South America Director. Jorge Mc Cormack, Australian Vanlines PTY Ltd., MERCOVAN ARGENTINA, Sydney, Australia. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CHRISTY WICKMAN-KOZLOSKI Region V – Europe Past President. Matthais Tischer, ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL: Wickman Worldwide Services, Inc., CARL HARTMANN. For all advertising and editorial Indianapolis, IN, USA. Brennan, Germany. enquiries please contact Sherry Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Williams at: sherry@paimamovers. com PAIMA MANAGEMENT Region VI – Africa SHERRY WILLIAMS, Kehinde Arowoselu, FRONT COVER: Executive Director, KOEMEN NIGERIA, The chance of a life time! PAIMA 10314 Ventia Real Ave, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. goes to the glorious city of Suite # 311, Email:[email protected] Vancouver for its annual conference, Tampa, Florida, USA. running back-to-back with the IAM. E: [email protected] See pages12-15 Tel: 703-851-7229 Fax: 813-406-5732 Web: www.paimamovers.com PAIMA Report: Summer 2013 PAGE 3 NFB – not a complicated name but one that reaches every corner of Norway! 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MOBIN SHAIKH MOBILE NO: 9820910034 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.SERVILERELOCATIONS.COM Sharing work and social PAIMA project so experiences can that the benefits are change lives - more widely spread. can PAIMA help, By learning from asks Laura-May the experience of each exchange, we Carmack. can develop the programme to make it more valuable to everyone else. As we all know, collective action is usually more useful than individual experimentation! So, while we are working on our ideas for this, perhaps you could think about it too. I’d like to know what experience any of you have of such a scheme, WHEREVER MOVERS guidelines in place what the upsides meet, they talk so that both parties and downsides are, about …people. And understand what is what works and what that usually means involved and what is doesn’t and so on. You PAGE customers (horror required of them. It know your views on stories!) and staff makes no sense for any topic concerning (feel-good stories a company to send PAIMA are always usually!). People a valued employee very welcome – you are what makes our to another firm on are our life blood after business go round an exchange visit if all. and being in an they are not going get You may think that international industry something out of it. bothering with an means we come into They need to work, to exchange programme every day contact with be involved, to find out is a total waste of people from all parts how the systems work time, in which case, of the world and all in another country. do tell me. Perhaps walks of life – it is one The cost of sending you feel that more of the real privileges someone to stay in formal training is of working in this another country has needed, in the form of sphere. to be considered, e-learning, webinars PAIMA would like plus details of etc? Well, fine, I would to do more to foster accommodation, love to hear about it. this. We would like to transport and so on. Our earlier foray into bring together people Both parties electing web-based training working in different to exchange staff was not a success and companies so they can need to go into the we need to know from share work and social scheme with eyes you whether it was experience amongst wide open. As with our fault or did we their international almost everything anticipate a demand peers. I suppose the else you can think that never existed in proper terms for this of, preparation is the first place? are ‘Work experience’ everything. So, think about these or ‘Exchange visits’ Of course, informal things and even if you but I think that within exchange of staff don’t contact me now, PAIMA we want to happens on a regular remember to bring think beyond that. basis, but we would forward your points of For a project of this quite like to offer view when we all meet PRESIDENT’S kind, there have to be such a facility as a in Vancouver! PAIMA Report: Summer 2013 PAGE 5 MANAGING Which is why we calmer pastures of a ”We need to expectations is always believe the most small group where we keep our eyes dangerous territory. important function we really have good one- wide open!” Mostly, we think provide is to organise to-one conversations - Sherry we know what the a conference where with people we like to Williams, expectations are but people can network do business with, and we can get it so wrong. within a relatively to meet new potential Executive Remember how small group, without contacts. Director, some new marketing being overwhelmed So, depending on PAIMA. manager hired by by complete strangers your thoughts, we will Coca-Cola decided to crashing into private continue to look upon launch a ‘new Coke’ conversations waving PAIMA as a boutique which absolutely their rate tariff. In association with a nobody wanted and other words, PAIMA degree of exclusivity was withdrawn amidst members enjoy a level that gives you all that howls of protests of exclusivity. little bit of extra value. and the threat of a It’s an interesting At the same time, we collapsing domination concept. Exclusivity need to keep our eyes of the market. sells in almost any wide open to the fact PAGE Well, we don’t want area you can mention that every association our ‘Coke moment’ – fashion, cars, needs to develop in here at PAIMA but we watches, holidays…. its own way and that are always looking in effect, anything will inevitably mean for new services where personal choice bringing in new that might appeal to is concerned. Most members who share members. But by and of us like exclusivity our beliefs. large, you all seem and put a value on Of course, we very contented and it, both monetary will always look at undemanding which and emotional. But I services that offer is nice. When one am not sure you all members real value. reads about other want to pay higher However, we should associations with lots subscriptions though!! not spread ourselves of services, hardly too thinly and in this any of which are taken But it is an interesting connection I would up in any significant theme, don’t you urge you yet again to volume, you realise think? We all enjoy the use our tonnage list that most people sheer excitement and - being an exclusive are happy with what sophistication of a big boutique association they’ve got provided meeting like the IAM is one thing, but being the value for money does so beautifully, an exclusive boutique and quality remain but there are times that packs a shipping SHERRY’S constant. when we also seek the punch is quite another.