The Reno-Tahoe Chapter of the American Marketing Association (Reno-Tahoe AMA) is pleased to announce it set a new membership record during the international American Marketing Association Fall Membership Drive.

The Reno-Tahoe AMA added 28 new members, bringing its total membership to 152. “I am proud of, and I appreciate, all the hard work of the Reno-Tahoe AMA’s board and committee members who accomplished this,“ said President Dave Archer. “Special recognition belongs to Bruce Knowlton, the AMA’s Vice President of Membership, for his ongoing effort to attract new members.” During the Fall Membership Drive, the Reno-Tahoe chapter showed the second fastest growth of any AMA chapter in the world.

Bruce Knowlton added, “This is the fifth consecutive international membership drive in which the Reno-Tahoe Chapter has placed first or second. Our continued growth reflects the Reno-Tahoe Chapter’s focus on providing programs and events that are relevant both to marketers and to business professionals whose responsibilities include marketing.”

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Dave Archer, President of the Reno-Tahoe Chapter, and Marie Gibson, a long time AMA member, recently became engaged.  In a slightly unusual twist, they became engaged while riding an elephant through the jungles outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The wedding is set for the summer of 2007.