Washington Energy and Convenience Store Convention - Winter 2010

WPMA is made up of seven separate state associations, including Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Washington. Originally, marketers from the states of Utah, Idaho, and Nevada formed the association with marketers from Arizona, Montana and Eastern Washington, known as the Inland Empire, joining soon after. Most of the states organized with their own officers in the late 1960s. Washington state marketers unified and joined the IOMA (WPMA) in 1982 with the Inland Empire in the east and the WOMA association in the west. The state of New Mexico joined the WPMA Association in January 1992, and Hawaii marketers became members in 1993. This convention is for the state association in Washington in the northwest region of the country. Twice a year, industry professionals who market convenience stores and energy sources in the area join together for relationship-building, industry news/trend-sharing and discussion about pressing issues they face.