The Real Diaper Industry Association board held their annual board meeting Saturday, September 12 and elected new officers to lead the association during this exciting time of growth for the cloth diaper industry.

• Chairperson, Leah Carter – Better for Babies (Manufacturer)
• Vice Chairperson, Shayla Boyd-Gill – Alyahs Alternatives (Retailer)
• Secretary, Lori Taylor – Fuzbaby (Small Manufacturer)
• Treasurer, Dennis Frederick – All Together Diaper (Manufacturer)

Cloth diaper business meeting start tomorrow, Monday, September 14 with members-only meetings of Manufacturers, Diaper Services, and Retailers. Breakout sessions will continue through the late morning and afternoon on “Tapping into Your Local Community” (Shayla Boyd-Gill, Vice Chairperson), “Regulations / CPSIA” (Leah Carter, Chairperson), “Brick and Mortar Strategies” (Molly Ging of The Little Seedling), a business panel (Dennis Frederick, Treasurer; Diana Alatalo of Babies Bottoms and More, Annual Meeting Chair; Shannon Doan of Wildflower Diapers, outgoing board member; Linda Byerline of Happy Heinys; and Judy Aagard of Tiny Tots Diaper Service & Baby Boutique, board member), and “SEO / Social Media” (Lori Taylor, Secretary).

See the full meeting schedule and visit our meeting sponsors. If you will be at the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas, please visit the exhibiting RDIA members’ booths.

If you can’t be at the RDIA meetings in Las Vegas this year, follow along on Twitter. @RealDiaperIA and others will be live tweeting using #rdia09 during the meetings. Frequent updates will also be posted here on the RDIA blog.