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Review All Articles > December 13th 2006 - Vol 9, Issue 48
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Holiday Issue/Year in Review Issue
This is the final issue of the
Showfloor Buzz for 2006. In recognition of the
successful completion of another year of chronicling the
issues of greatest interest to all EACA members, we thought we
would offer a look back at some of the significant stories we
covered in 2006.
The EACA wishes each and everyone of our members and industry
colleagues a Happy Holiday season and a Prosperous New Year!
The next issue of the Showfloor Buzz will be published on
January 3, 2007
EACA NEWS
The EACA had a very good year in
2006. Some of our key
accomplishments this year included:
- The association added 26
new Annual members, and 31 new members who signed up as a
“Show Only” membership to take advantage of the
enhanced services of EACA’s online EAC registration
system.
- EACA’s EAC registration shows included IHA, NRA,
IMTS Pack Expo, FPSA, CPP, ASTRO and RSNA.
- EACA held its 8th Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL in July
2006.
- EACA held its first Winter Meeting in San Diego in
November 2006 in conjunction with EDPA.
- The EACA launched the trade show industry’s first
Tradeshow Credit Reporting (TCR) system. This credit bureau
allows EACA members to pull trade show specific credit reports
prior to extending credit to new clients.
- EACA, once again, was a presenting sponsor of the Randy
Smith Memorial Golf Classic.
YEAR IN REVIEW
Mobley Leaves Wash. DC
Center for Global Spectrum <Trade Show Executive>
Tom Mobley, general manager and CEO of the Washington
DC Convention Center, announced that he will be joining Global
Spectrum, a subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor.
After 20 Years, Super Show will
Close
<Tradeshow Week>
The Super Show owner Sporting Goods Manufacturers
Assn. on Wednesday announced that the Jan. 23-25 edition of the
show will be its last.
Vegas approves
$737 million convention center plan <Expo Web News> The Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board of
directors approved a $737 million master enhancement plan for the
Las Vegas Convention Center.
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
hosts first trade show this week since hurricane
<Expo Web News>
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans is opening
its doors to the first trade show -- the Helen Brett Gift &
Jewelry Show, which will be held at the center Feb. 17-20 in
Halls E and F -- since Hurricane Katrina hit the city last
fall.
Held in New Orleans for 54 years, the show is the
longest-running trade event held in the city. The Gift and
Jewelry Show is expected to attract more than 500 exhibitors and
15,000 buyers to the convention center.
Washington DC
Carpenter Contract Ratified. The new contract with the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters for Washington DC and
Baltimore trade show work was ratified by the membership on
February 25.
CEIR and IAEM
finalize consolidation. <M&C
Midweek News>
On Feb. 23, the members of the
Center for Exhibition Industry Research approved a partial merger
with the International Association for Exhibition Management.
Beginning today, IAEM will provide administrative support and a
"defined membership constituency" for CEIR, while the latter
group makes its research available to IAEM and its
membership.
CEIR gets new
Managing Director <Expo Web News>
Craig Nauta, who most recently
served as Executive Vice President of the Mustard Seed
Foundation, has joined the International Association for
Exhibition Management (IAEM) as Managing Director of the Center
for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR).
New Carpenter
Business Rep in DC.
Industry veteran, Ted
Hoffman, has been appointed the new Business
Representative for UBC Local 491 in the Baltimore
–Washington DC area. Ted has
been active in the trade show industry for thirty years,
primarily with a family-owned convention services business now
known as Five Star Convention Services. Hoffman has been a
union steward in the Baltimore-DC area for 10 years and has a
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of
Arts.
Fracalossi Resigns From E/G
<Tradeshow Week>
Exhibitgroup/Giltspur President and CEO Kim
Fracalossi, who has spent the past three years trying to turn the
Viad subsidiary around, has resigned to pursue other interests.
Until a replacement is found, the E/G team will report to Viad
COO Paul Dykstra. Fracalossi, who had been with the company since
1998, will stay on as a consultant during the transition.
EACA Online Credit Reporting System
Availabe for Preview! . As follow up to the recent
member survey on credit reports, the EACA is previewing its newly
upgraded online credit reporting system today to members who had
signed up to see the online demonstration.
Landmark
Agreement Today with Riggers Union in Chicago Takes Effect in Two
Weeks
<Trade
Show Executive> Freeman and GES Exposition Services
announced an agreement today with the Chicago Riggers Union that
changes key rules governing crew sizes and overtime. The
five-year agreement with Local 136 , effective June 1st,
allows a significant amount of booth work to be performed
with two-man crews rather than three.
2006 Intrepid
Award Nominations The Intrepid Award is awarded to
the individual, organization or consortium that has made great
contributions to the cause of customer service in the trade show
industry.
The Five Finalists for the 2006 Intrepid Award
are:
Alicia Balonek, IPC.
Alicia is the Show Manager for the IPC’s Printed
Circuits Expo/APEX.
Steve Greenspan, NTP/TS2.
Steve is the Show Manager
for NTP who is dedicated to the revitalization of one of the most
important events in our industry, TS2.
Bob Lessin, Business Rep.,
Local 831 One of the most popular places for
I&D companies to provide
services for their exhibitor clients is in Southern California.
That’s because the quality of the workers in Decorators
Local 831 and their service minded approach to display
installation is second to none.
Paul Maugeri, Berm Studios.
Paul has been a fixture at Berm Studios in
their exhibit transportation department for more than 25
years.
Ken Viscovich, Int’l
Rep., United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
A constant supporter of the
EACA’s efforts to innovate improvements in trade show
customer serviced.
Arnaudet
Chosen to Manage ESCA <Trade Show
Executive> The Exhibition
Services & Contractors Association (ESCA) announced at its
summer educational conference this week that it has selected The
Augusta Group as its management firm and Augusta associate and
industry veteran Larry Arnaudet as its Executive Director.
IMTS Block
Package Pricing.
New for IMTS in 2006 is a a package of services
including carpet, visqueen, cleaning, drayage, rigging labor and
equipment and standard furniture. This Custom Block Package
applies to all exhibitors.
Psuik Resigns from SDCC.
Joe Psuik, Senior Vice
President/ Chief Operating Officer of the San Diego Convention
Center Corporation, has recently announced his intention to
resign his position at the SDCC.
Maugeri Wins
2006 Intrepid. Paul
Maugeri of Berm Studios was voted by the EACA membership as the
winner of the 2006 Intrepid Award.
McEntee,
Alacqua and Amodeo Elected to EACA Hall of Fame.
Jack McEntee, Pat
Alacqua and Tony Amodeo, the founders of I&D, Inc (now known
as Nth Degree) were elected by the members of the EACA to the
2006 Class of the EACA Hall of Fame.
First the Riggers, Now the
Decorators’ Union Signs New Labor Agreement in
Chicago <Trade
Show Executive> Following more than four months of
intense negotiations, a new, five-year collective bargaining
agreement with Chicago’s decorators union was announced by
the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), GES
Exposition Services, Freeman and the United Steelworkers Local 17
Decorators Union. Key provisions of the contract include new
straight-time windows, reduced crew sizes, random drug testing
and expanded management rights.
Heritage Exhibits closes its
doors
<Exhibit City News> Exhibit City News is
reporting that Heritage Exhibits Chicago shut down operations on
Sept. 25.
Avalon
Exhibits to Merge with Art Guild. <Exhibit
City News> Effective
January 1, Avalon Exhibits or New Castle, Deleware and Art Guild,
Inc of Thorofare, NJ will merge.
David Korse Leaving IDG
<Tradeshow Week> IDG World
Expo's CEO and president, David Korse, announced he's leaving the
company, effective Nov. 3.
12th Annual RSMGC Reaches New
Highs! The 12th Annual Randy
Smith Memorial Golf Classic took place at the Berkeley Hills CC
in Duluth, GA on October 9.
World Shoe Association Kicks in $1
Million for CEIR <Trade Show
Executive> An unexpected $1 million donation from the
World Shoe Association (WSA) has opened the door for an expansion
of the CEIR Exhibition Industry Index, published by the Center
for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) for the past three
years.
Johnson/Peterson Honored by
EDPAF The EDPA Foundation presented
its first Humanitarian Award to Rich Johnson and Ted Peterson,
co-founders of the Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic, at their
annual meeting in San Diego last week.
Goodbye, IAEM Hello,
IAEE. In a
landslide victory for proponents of change, voting members of the
Intl. Assn. for Exhibition Management approved giving themselves
a new name: the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and
Events.
PASSINGS
The EACA would like to acknowledge those
industry friends and colleagues that left us in 2006.
Allen Konopacki Passes
Away. Longtime
industry veteran, Allen Konopacki, passed away in March
2006.
EACA Extends
Its Condolences to the O’Dowd family
on the passing of family patriarch, Jack
O’Dowd in April 2006. Three sons of
Jack O’Dowd have made their mark on the trade show industry
with I&D contracting companies – John O’Dowd
(TERM Group), Jimmy O’Dowd (National Convention Svc.), and
Kevin O’Dowd, (late of Renaissance Management).
Clay Wilkening Passes
Away. <Exhibit City
News> Clayton C. Wilkening, 81, of
Lincolnshire, Ill., died April 26. He was
the beloved husband of Greta; loving father of Stephen, Raymond,
Janine and Donna; and the grandfather of Jacob, David and
Matthew.
Condolences to
the family of Greg Rupp who
passed away suddenly in Las Vegas on June 6, 2006 from a heart
attack.
Casey Passes
Away
<Trade Show Executive> William Coleman
Casey, the chairman of Brede Exposition Services, passed away on
June 7 at the age of 77 years.
EACA would
like to extend condolences to Mary
Wittstock, and everyone at
JB Exhibit Services, on the passing of her mother
Florence (Dolly) Beckman on Saturday, June 17,
2006 of complications due to Lung Cancer. She was diagnosed
with this disease on Monday, May 29, 2006.
Manny Cortez,
long-time Las Vegas CVA head, passes away
<M&C Midweek News> A spokesperson for the Las
Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority confirmed the sad news
that Manny Cortez, the LACVA's long-time president and CEO, died
on June 18 after suffering a heart attack at his home.
Robert
“Bob” L. Rainey Sr. 58 year’s old, member of local Teamster Union 631
for over 15 years passed away Sunday, July 9, 2006
The EACA would
like to extend its condolences to Rebecca Thompson of Display Supply
& Lighting and her family on the unexpected passing of her
father this past week from a heart attack.
Gail
Flannery, wife of Steve Flannery of
1220 Exhibits, and 2006 Recipient of the Randy Smith Memorial
Golf Classic passed away peacefully last week with Steve by her
side.
The EACA would like to extend its
condolences to Ron Mestichelli and
family on the passing of his mother last week.
The EACA would
like to extend its condolences to Kurt Walker and family on the passing
of Kurt’s mother last week after a battle with cancer.
The EACA is
saddened to report that Roy Hornsby of Professional Display and Exhibits passed away on
November 15th.
FINAL THOUGHT FOR 2006
A smile is a passport that
will take you anywhere you want to go.
--Anonymous
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