From The President
By Bennie L. Thayer, NASE President

Every day hundreds of people spend many of their working hours thinking of ways that the NASE can work harder for you. Our association and benefits experts in Texas, our executive staff and government affairs team in our Washington, D.C. headquarters, and our marketing representatives around the country all approach their different jobs with the same goal in mind: improving the professional and personal lives of the self-employed.

We believe that one of the best ways to accomplish this goal is to give you the tools that will help you grow your businesses to the size you want to reach. No matter what your company's expertise, small-business owners always perform at least three separate jobs finding the customers, managing the business and doing the actual work!

Although you are the expert on doing the work on which your business was founded, the NASE would like to help out on the other two challenges finding the customers and managing the business. Our benefits such as ShopTalk 800, news articles like "TaxTips," "How-To" features and book reviews are all offered to help educate you, answer your questions and help you take your businesses to the next level.

At this year's annual meeting, we want to explore some new ideas about ways to make you more successful. Are you looking for innovative ways to learn more about managing your business?

Do you want to expand your network of professional contacts? Or are you so consumed with the day-to-day details of running your businesses that you don't have time for anything else? I'd like to ask all our Members who are enthusiastic about these concepts to offer your feedback.

On pages 12 and 13, you'll read about our annual NASE meeting this June in Dallas, Texas. Everyone who works for the NASE family is getting involved and is excited about making your membership more valuable to you.

I am personally inviting you to join us in Dallas June 27, 1997. I strongly encourage you to attend this annual meeting. I want to hear your ideas about the NASE. Your opinions are the most important factor in determining our goals and direction.

The NASE is your association. The annual meeting is for you. Please make every effort to be a part of it.

Bennie L. Thayer

NASE President


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