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23 Franchise Law. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.aba/frnchl0023 and id is 1 raw text is: i~tawyur A me r ican Bar A sso c iat io n - Fo r um on F ran c his in g Message from the Chair Will K. Woods, Baker & McKenzie LLP H aving just returned from the Forum's 42nd annual meeting in Denver, all I can say is WOW and THANKYOU!! The turnout for this year's meeting was phenomenal with a record-smashing 927 attendees, marking the first time that we have crossed over the 900 attendee threshold. The number of attendees is impressive (particularly since this represents over 60% of the total Forum membership). But, what is more impressive than the numbers to me is the quality and engagement of the lawyers and other franchise professionals who participated in the three intensive programs on Wednesday, the workshops and AB5 special session on Thursday and Friday, and all of the great social and networking events held during the meeting. After spending a few days with so many good friends and colleagues, I always feel so energized, and I expect many of you feel the same way. A big thank you again to the meeting co-chairs, Bethany Appleby and K Whitner, as well as to the rest of the planning committee and the Governing Committee for all of their hard work in developing the meeting and executing so well. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to our tremendous speakers, all of whom work very hard to develop top-notch papers and presentations. Finally, thank you to all of you for attending and for doing your part in making this year's meeting special. And now, on to Phoenix! Next year's meeting will be held October 28-30, 2020 at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. The co-chairs for next year's meeting (Elizabeth Weldon and Gary Batenhorst) are already hard at work, developing what promises to be another great annual meeting. The planning committee for the 2020 meeting is carefully reviewing the input from the 2019 meeting survey as part of our efforts to continually improve the meeting experience. So, mark your calendars now and make plans to join us next year in Phoenix. The Forum's annual meeting is, of course, the engine that drives the Forum on Franchising and Continued on page 19 For an electronic version of this issue and past issues go to https://www.americanbar.org/groups/franchising/publications/ Published in The Franchise Lawyer, Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2020. © 2020 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. WILL K. WOODS Baker & McKenzie LLP

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