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Review All Articles > August 30th 2006 - Vol 9, Issue 34
EACA Showfloor
Buzz
Vol. 9, Issue
34, August 31, 2006
EACA
NEWS
EACA
and EDPA to Host Joint Meeting in San Diego!
The EACA and EDPA will hold a
Joint Meeting in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel
& Marina on Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2006.
The EACA is organizing its first ever
Winter Meeting, in conjunction with the EDPA’s 54th
Annual Conference and Supplier Showcase. Complete meeting details and
registration information will be available to all EACA members
in next week’s Buzz.
ASTRO
Corrects EAC Deadline. The EACA has been
notified that there was an error in the previously reported
deadline for EAC registrations for the 2006 ASTRO show.
The correct EAC deadline for ASTRO is October 2,
2006. All EACA
members are encouraged to login to the EAC registration system
on the EACA web site to be sure that all your clients have
submitted registrations for you to perform service at this
year’s show.
Take
Advantage of Early Registration Discounts for RSMGC.
Speaking of advantaged rates, the Early Bird Discount for the
2006 RSMGC is available to all those who plan to participate or
sponsor this year’s event.
Go to the RSMGC website at www.rsgmc.org
to find all the information you’ll
need about the 2006 Randy Smith Memorial Golf
Classic. And it you register to
golf or sponsor the event by August 31 you’ll receive a
5% Early Bird discount for your donation.
RSMGC
Seeks Silent Auction Items. The organizers of the Randy
Smith Memorial Golf Classic (Oct. 9 at Berkeley Hills CC in
Atlanta, GA) request that all participants, sponsors, and
supporters take a look in their marketing closets for any items
that can be donated to the Silent Auction that takes place at
this year’s event.
Past RSMGC Silent Auction items have included memorabilia,
collectibles, sporting event tickets, sporting equipment
(particularly golf equipment), cases of wine, and other high
value products.
All donations are welcome, and can be directed to Robert
Laarhoven at Laarhoven Design. For more information on
the RSMGC Silent Auction email Robert at
r.laarhoven@laarhovendesign.com.
EACA
TCR System Charter Period Expires August 31. All EACA
members are reminded that the Charter subscription period for
the EACA Tradeshow Credit Reporting system expires on August
31, 2006.
Any member that subscribes to the EACA TCR system by August 31
will enjoy advantaged subscription rates in perpetuity.
Pack
Expo Reminder The deadline for EAC
registrations for the 2006 ASTRO show is September 18,
2006.
All EACA members are encourage to login to the EAC
registration system on the EACA web site to be sure that all
your clients have submitted registrations for you to perform
service at this year’s show
Support the RSMGC
– Wear your 2006 Bracelet. The organizers of the
RSMGC have come up with a new way for EACA members to support
this year’s event. There are RSMGC bracelets
available for a donation of $5 each. These attractive
green bracelets (like the Livestrong bracelets you might have
seen) are available from distributors across the country.
If you want to know where to pick up an RSMGC bracelet where
you live please send an email to jimwurm@eaca.com .
EACA
CHAPTERS
CHICAGO CHAPTER
ANNOUNCEMENT
New Chicago Chapter
Leadership
It has been announced
that Joe Mondelli will now head up the leadership of the Chicago
Chapter of the EACA. Joe was one of the
original founders of the IEACA in Chicago and brings a great
amount of vision, wisdom and experience to the mission of EACA
Chicago.
Any members that would
like to contact Joe can do so on his cell phone at 219-928-3233.
Additional office and fax numbers will be available in a
week or so, and will be published in a future issue of the
Showfloor Buzz.
MPEA No Smoking
Enforcement Announcement
The MPEA will be strictly enforcing the No Smoking Policy during
the IMTS Show, and thereafter. All EACA members, as well as
all contractors working in McCormick Place and the Navy Pier
should take note. Citation books have been ordered and will
be issued to all offenders.
McCormick Place Fire Safety & Security along with reps from
the Contract Security Company, Show Management and GES will be
forming teams to rove each building looking for violators.
Smoking is only permissible outside the buildings.
If there are any questions contact Dan Cozzi at dcozzi@mpea.com,
or Bill Antonick at bantonick@mpea.com.
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
A Northern California EACA Member has openings for:
Job Title:
Project Manager
Description: Shop
drawings, material take offs, cut lists, estimating and
scheduling. Vector Works or other 3D modeling experience required
to produce shop drawings for client approvals and
fabrication.
Job
Title: Show Floor Manager
Description:
Crew scheduling, client interaction, and on-site
install supervision.
Job
Title: Account Managers
Description: Working
with clients, managing projects.
If you are interested
to apply for any of the positions mentioned above, please email
your resume in confidence to jimwurm@eaca.com .
INDUSTRY
NEWS
And Then There
Were Two <Tradeshow
Week> After nearly two decades as the
premier event for the telecommunications industry, SUPERCOMM met
its demise in 2005 when the two organizations that jointly
organized it couldn't agree to continue. In its wake two new
shows launched this year, and now officials at both, the
Telecommunications Industry Assn.'s GLOBALCOMM and USTelecom
Assn.'s TelecomNEXT, say they'll be back for more in 2007.
DAN MEROLLA
JOINS FREEMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Dan Merolla
has joined Freeman as national sales manager in San Francisco.
Merolla has over 18 years of industry experience, most
recently working for GES Expo in sales management. Prior to GES,
he was with Consolidated Freightways in the San Francisco
area.
Caren Leaves SMG
for Trump Entertainment <Tradeshow Week>
Gregg Caren, currently SMG vice president of operations and
business development, is leaving the convention center management
company to become vice president of hotel sales for Trump
Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City, N.J. He will oversee
sales for the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza and Trump Marina.
THOUGHT FOR THE
WEEK
Whoever wants to reach a distant
goal must take many small steps.
--Helmut Schmidt
Publisher's
statement. The
Showfloor Buzz is a publication of the Exhibitor Appointed
Contractor Association (EACA) which is dedicated to "raising
the level of service excellence on the
showfloor."
This publication is
sent free of charge to all EACA members each Wednesday, and to
non-members four weeks later. Annual subscriptions
to current issues of the Buzz are available to non-members for
$49.95. Please send subscription requests to
jimwurm@eaca.com
.
EACA members are also permitted to submit job postings to the
Buzz free of charge for a one time listing. Member
job postings can be extended for additional weeks in the Buzz
as well as posted to the EACA web site. The
costs for extending your job posting are one month for $50, 2
months for $85, and 3 months for $125.
If you have news from
the tradeshow floor that you feel is important to the success
of our members, or our industry's customer, the
exhibitors, please forward it to the EACA @ 541-317-8768
or email us @ jimwurm@eaca.com
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