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Dear MJBA Member:
Thank you for your support as a 2014 founding member of the Marijuana Business Association (MJBA). As business pioneers, your contribution and involvement this year represent crucial building blocks in the establishment of our historical legal cannabis industry.
MJBA’s membership has grown into hundreds of Washington cannabis businesses. Together, we’ve been able to host more than 20 industry events this past twelve months. MJBA grassroots groups now meet monthly in Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver, with plans to expand our presence to support business communities in East Wenatchee, Bellingham and Spokane.
So far in 2014, we’ve hosted two major b2b Vendor Fairs - the inaugural MJBA Vendor Fair in March, was sponsored by Evergreen Herbal, with more than 300 businesses participants attending – and 25 sponsor/vendors doing product education and demonstrations.
The MJBA Vendor Fair Summer in late June, sponsored by Blue Line Protection Group saw 20 vendors and 200 attendees who made crucial contacts and business deals.
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In May, we launched the MJBA Women’s Alliance with an elegant power luncheon at the Columbia Tower Club, featuring LEAP’s Diane Wattles Goldstein, and honoring Ah Warner, Cannabis Basics founder, with a lifetime achievement award.
May also saw the debut of our first Professional Education Seminar, “Canna Business and the Law.” Sponsored by Canna Law Group and emceed by CNBC’s Al Olson, the event featured VIP Keynote presentations by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and WSLCB Member Chris Marr.
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MJBA moved into its HQ in Bothell, WA, in June where shortly thereafter the MJBA Women’s Alliance held a picnic at the compound, with more than 70 cannabis ladies pitching in for “pot luck.”
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In July, MJBA opened its second market in the South Sound. The Tacoma MJBA meetup at Surge Tacoma was a standing-room only event.
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In August, MJBA was a VIP Corporate Sponsor of Cannacon V1.0 at the Tacoma Dome. For 4 days, we covered the event for MJ News Network and Marijuana Channel One with Radical Russ Belville profiling key MJBA business members for his 420 Radio Network.
In August, MJBA also hosted a benefit for NORML at its Bothell HQ. The event was sponsored by Blue Line Protection Group, O.pen Vape, Evergreen Herbal and Washington Bud Company. NORML founder Keith Stroup, travel author Rick Steves, cannabis celebrity Cheryl Shuman, Washington NORML founder Kevin Oliver, and High Times Editor Rick Cusick were all in attendance. The event raised $1500 for NORML.
In August, MJBA Women’s Alliance sponsored a benefit for the Pink Gene Foundation at Suite at the Hyatt in Bellevue. $1000 was raised via silent auction of donated products and services from our outstanding women pioneers.
We held our first ever MJ Research listening summit in August, which informed our second MJBA Professional Education Seminar, “Technology & Your Cannabis Business” at the Motif Hotel. Sponsored by CIPS, the event featured keynote presentation by Jamen Shively and ICCCO, and five all-star panels. RMMC Consulting and Jon Hofer sponsored the after party at Via6.
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In September, MJBA launched the Vancouver Meetup. The Mayor of Vancouver proclaimed the day “Cannabis Hemp Awareness & Marijuana Safe Usage Day” – Viridian Sciences was host, and Congressional candidate Bob Dingethal spoke to the group. The following week in Tacoma, Danille Ulvila hosted the South Sound Meetup at the impressive Life-Gro facilities.
And in September, MJBA Job Fair was an historic gathering of Washington Cannabis Industry’s employers and job seekers. Presented by Weedhire.com, and sponsored by Viridian Sciences, Eden Labs and Blue Line Protection Group, the event attracted more than 400 attendees, with 30 employer sponsors and more than 140 job openings.
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The 4th Quarter Event Schedule is action packed, as we continue our monthly meetups in Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver.
Please reserve October 31st, for our Members-Only Halloweed costume party at the MJBA HQ in Bothell. Evergreen Herbal, Washington Bud Company, Grasshopper Consulting and RMMC Consulting are our event sponsors. Please remember to bring canned food for our collection to benefit Northwest Harvest Food Bank. MJBA Members: click here to reserve.
Other important events on the upcoming MJBA Calendar include:
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Election Coverage, MJBA HQ, Bothell, WA |
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MJBA Women’s Alliance Presents: The Power to Lead, Red Lion, Bellevue, WA Click here for tickets. |
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MJBA Seattle Meetup, Magical Butter Studios, Seattle, WA |
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Dollars & Sense: Risk & Financial Planning for Your Cannabis Business,
Red Lion, Bellevue, WA. Click here for tickets. |
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Hot Pot Products for the High Holidays, location TBD
Bring your cannabis related product or service to Hot Pot Products for the High Holidays Season. This event will be open to the public and is the premier opportunity to get your products into the marketplace just in time for the holiday season! Click here for tickets. |
Thank you again for all your support of MJBA, and your commitment to create a legal cannabis industry based upon best ethical business practices. We look forward to seeing you at our next MJBA event.
Yours in service,
Dave Rheins,
CEO/Co-Founder
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