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EACA Showfloor Buzz

Vol. 10, Issue 33, August 22, 2007

EACA NEWS

Sales Tax Liability Info on EACA web site.As follow up to our special session on Sales Tax Liability for our I&D member companies, the EACA will post a chart on the web site with information on sales tax liability.
 
Please note that the information does not reflect “official” positions of each state, but is based on general discussions based upon the general type of services that I&D service companies provide.
 
RSMGC 2007 Approaches!   The 2007 Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic will take place at Berkeley Hills Country Club on October 8, 2007 in Duluth, GA (outside of Atlanta).    It’s time to make your plans for this year’s event, and full details about the event and the 2007 recipients is now available on the RSMGC web site at www.rsmgc.com .
 
Be sure to take advantage of the Early Bird registration discount and submit your registration before September 1.
 
We encourage all EACA members to support the RSMGC!!
 
 
DEAR SHOWFLOOR BUZZ


I am interested in some information about the Bradley Taper.   You had run a story on it some time ago, and we’re in the market for one.
 
E. Dozell
Freeman

Dear Ms. Dozell
 
As I understand it, the Bradley Taper is the tool that puts down double-faced tape underneath a carpet on both sides of the seam.   Evidently this "plow" accepts rolls of double face and aids the process of rolling out the tape.

The source for that tool that we know of is a tape supplier in Las Vegas.  If you would like more information about how to contact them please send me an email at jimwurm@eacac.com.
 
Jim Wurm
EACA
 
EACA CHAPTERS

CHICAGO CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENT

Next Customer Service Training – December 2007

The Chicago Chapter of the EACA, in conjunction with the MPEA and EACA National will be sponsoring its 2nd Customer Service Training Program for showfloor workers in Chicago in December of this year..
 
The second installment of the EACA Customer Service Training Program will be developed and delivered by Randy Eppard, Phd in Human Development.   Eppard is an associate professor for University of Maryland University College,   Prior to his professorship, Eppard worked for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters as Director of Training Curriculum.   Randy developed th customer service program under the direction and guidance of Chicago Chapter EACA President Joe Mondelli.
 
EACA members who are interested to receive information about the December Customer Service Training should send an email to jimwurm@eaca.com.
 
 
POSITION AVAILABLE

Nationwide I&D Company seeks
Job Title:       Area Manager – Southern California

Description:  A well established & growing I&D company is looking for a full time Area manager.   Detail oriented, organized & good people skills are a must.   Salary + bonus, company vehicle, full benefits & vacation pay are offered. Salary commensurate with level of experience.

If you are interested to apply for the position above, please email your resume in confidence to jimwurm@eaca.com.
 


INDUSTRY NEWS

CEDIA Changes Its Mind About Vegas <Tradeshow Week> The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Assn. has decided that Las Vegas is not the right place for the launch of its new CEDIA Spring Expo after all. Instead of the Sands Expo & Convention Center/Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, as announced in July, the launch is now scheduled April 29-May 2 in Dallas.

McCormick Place Cooks Up Plans for New Dining and Entertainment Complex   
<Trade Show Executive>    If the way to an attendee’s heart is through his/her stomach, McCormick Place will soon be playing Cupid with a new gourmet dining complex.  The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) board awarded a 10-year contract to Chicago Restaurant Partners (CRP) to manage and expand food service at McCormick Place beginning September 1.
 
CRP wants to create a 35,000 square foot dining and entertainment complex featuring some of Chicago’s famed upscale restaurants for business lunches as well as other dining establishments for attendees in a hurry.

Hurricane Dean Not Expected to Ravage Trade Show Destinations <Trade Show Executive>
Texans kept a wary eye south of the border Monday as Hurricane Dean plowed toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Although the Category 5 storm was not expected to strike the Texas Gulf Coast, convention centers had been taking precautions in case the storm took a sudden turn to the north.

GES® PROMOTES DEREK PINNOCK TO DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES    GES Exposition Services, Inc., the national leader in exhibition and event services, recently promoted Derek Pinnock to director of national security and investigative services.    

Pinnock joined GES in 2002 and has held the various security positions. He brings a wealth of knowledge and more than 25 years of experience in the security field, law enforcement and investigative services.  Pinnock is a retired first grade detective with the New York City Police Department and his past assignments included uniform patrol, anti-crime, youth services, community relations, internal investigations, detective bureau, and investigator assigned to the district attorney’s office.

Pinnock has also directed security operations for the National Basketball Association, National Pro Am City Leagues, ABC Sports, MCA Records and Visy Paper, a subsidiary of Pratt Industries while holding a security and private investigators license in New York State.   

Pinnock will remain in GES’ Las Vegas flagship facility and will report to Fred Buonacorsi, executive vice president of U.S. operations.  


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

The true test of a first-rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time.

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald


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