Thank you to all who attended our <strong>Distribution Center and Master Dealer Kick-off Meetings </strong>last week in Las Vegas! It was a great meeting that included vendors, guest speakers, breakout sessions and a wonderful awards dinner. I will review the meeting highlights in the next sales report, but I wanted to take the time to recognize all of the award winners this month.

Now it's on to a fresh start for 2013, but first let's wrap up the numbers for 2012.

Wow, what a strong finish to the year! <strong>Mark Naylor</strong> is the top salesman in the country for December with 27 sales. Way to go, Mark! <strong>Bill Long</strong> from Stilwell Solar came in 2nd place with 19 sales. Congratulations Bill! Rounding out the top 3 for the second month in a row is <strong>Scott Bologna</strong> from Stilwell Solar with 18 sales for December. Nice job, Scott! A combined 37 total sales for Stilwell - awesome!

Congratulations to <strong>Stilwell Solar</strong> who came out on top with 287 collectors installed for December. What a fantastic month for Bill Long and his team! <strong>Mark Naylor Solar Specialists </strong>came in 2nd with 196 collectors - that's even more than last month Mark - Fantastic! 3rd place goes to <strong>Vasco Solar</strong> with 75 collectors for December. Way to go Rick and Maureen.

We had seven dealers hit the 100 sales mark for the year and one get really close! Also, based on your reporting, Aquatherm Master Dealers finished the year with 50 more systems installed than last year. Congratulations to you all and thank you for a great year.

A big congratulations to <strong>Suncatcher of Atlanta</strong>, a Master Dealer since 1993, they officially achieved <strong>Lifetime Silver Master Dealer</strong> status in 2012. Congratulations to Gerry and his team and thank you for your years of commitment to Aquatherm Industries.

Here's a summary of the awards from our meeting:

The <strong>2012 Top Ten Salesman</strong> in the Nation:
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	<li><strong>Mark Naylor</strong> of Mark Naylor Solar Specialists</li>
	<li><strong>Bill Long</strong> of Stilwell Solar</li>
	<li><strong>Terry Naylor</strong> of Naylor Solar Specialists</li>
	<li><strong>Bill Park</strong> of Central Florida Solar</li>
	<li><strong>Scott Bologna</strong> of Stilwell Solar</li>
	<li><strong>Brandon Chase </strong>of SunChaser, Inc.</li>
	<li><strong>Richard Good </strong>of Solar Services</li>
	<li><strong>Jim Roark </strong>of Roark Solar</li>
	<li><strong>Dave Setter </strong>of M &amp; K Solar</li>
	<li><strong>Rick Vasquez </strong>of Vasco Solar</li>
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<strong>Top Salesman of 2012</strong> in the Nation was presented to <strong>Mark Naylor</strong>.

<strong>Top SI Salesman </strong>in the Nation was <strong>Bill Long</strong>.

<strong>Top Ecosun Salesman </strong>in the Nation was presented to <strong>Bill Park</strong>.

<strong>Number One SI Dealer</strong> in the Nation was <strong>Stilwell Solar</strong>.

<strong>Number One Ecosun Dealer</strong> in the Nation was presented to <strong>Central Florida Solar</strong>.

<strong>The Rising Star Award</strong> for Outstanding Sales was presented to <strong>Roy Aghdam</strong>.

<strong>The High Impact Award</strong> for Largest Percentage Increase over last year was presented to <strong>Todd Franzen</strong>.

<strong>Customer Satisfaction Awards</strong> based on submitted on-line registration comments were awarded to <strong>Solar Services, Vasco Solar and M &amp; K</strong> for Solar Industries and <strong>United Solar, Central Florida Solar and Compass Solar</strong> for Ecosun.

Finally, the invitees were announced to the <strong>2013 Summer Sales Retreat</strong> which will be at the <strong>RUI Guanacaste in Costa Rica</strong>, July 29 to August 3. Attending will be Mark Naylor, Bill Long, Terry Naylor, Bill Park, Brandon Chase, Richard Good, Jim Roark and Dave Setter.

Congratulations to all of our award winners and retreat invitees. Thank you again for your continued business - we are lucky to have such a talented group of individuals to call our Master Dealers!

Aquatherm's upcoming events:
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	<li><strong>Orlando Pool &amp; Spa Show, February 15 &amp; 16 in Orlando, Booth #1018</strong></li>
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If you would like more information on these events or are in need of a badge for the trade shows please contact me directly and I will be happy to help you.

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