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Review All Articles > May 21st 2008 - Vol 11, Issue 21 EACA NEWS
Buzz Celebrates 500th Issue! The EACA is proud to publish its 500th issue of the Showfloor Buzz today. Started in 1998 as a means of building community and keeping all EACA members informed of important issues in our industry, the Showfloor Buzz has chronicled many developments and changes over the past 10 years.
Be sure to let us know when you have news that you want to share with your fellow EACA members – your community wants to hear from you too!
Mark Your Calendars – EACA Annual Meeting July 28-29. The EACA will hold its 10th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA in conjunction with TS2 on July 28-29, 2008 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
All EACA members are urged to mark this year’s event on their calendar as we look to celebrate the milestone of our 10th Anniversary in style!!
The Preliminary Schedule of the Annual Conference is attached.
Complete conference registration information will be made available in next week’s Buzz.
Intrepid / Hall of Fame Nominations Announced Next Week! Nominations for the EACA Intrepid Award, and the EACA Hall of Fame, are currently being reviewed and all finalists will be announced in next week’s issue of the Showfloor Buzz.
EACA 10th Anniversary Member Directory. The EACA, in conjunction with Exhibit City News, will be publishing a special edition of its membership directory to commemorate its 10th anniversary in 2008. This high quality publication will not only feature our full list of members, it will also chronicle the significant events that have taken place in our 10 year history. Special features will include photographs and descriptions of EACA events, Intrepid Award winners, Hall of Famers as well as other notable achievements of the EAC community.
The member directory will be published in time for distribution at this summer’s HCEA and TS2 events. Be sure that your company is well represented in this exceptional publication.
All members receive a FREE Membership listing which includes:
Company name
Address
City State & Zip
Phone
Fax
Email
Please note that all EACA members are responsible to fax or email your updated listing to Exhibit City News using the attached Directory Form Fax to 702-309-8027 or email judyk@exhibitcitynews.com * Unless you send NEW information your listing will be the same as last year.
CHAPTER NEWS
Atlanta Chapter News
Get Out of the Gutter to Benefit RSMGC
The SE Chapter of the EDPA is organizing its 2nd Annual bowling event called “Get Out of the Gutter” to benefit the Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic.
Get Out of the Gutter will take place at 300 (2175 Savoy St, Atlanta) on June 4, 2008 from 5pm to 8pm.
For more information on the 2008 Get Out of the Gutter contact Sandra Braun at SBraun@nthdegree.com.
DC Chapter News
Customer Service Training Announcement
EACA will be hosting first ever Customer Service Training in Washington DC for the Mi-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters on June 17 and 18 at the Washington Convention Centter.
Chicago Chapter News
Customer Service Training Announcement
EACA will be hosting its next round of Customer Service Training at McCormick Place on June 11, 12, and 13.
The EACA Customer Service Training Program in June will include the premier of the Level 3 Customer Service training course, along with the Level 1 and Level 2 courses.
Additional information about the June Customer Service Training can be found in the Training Overview document. To register your people for the June Customer Service Training in Chicago use the June Registration form and the June Participants form to let us know which session your people are attending.
6th Annual Golf Outing to Benefit RSMGC
The Chicago Chapters of the EACA and EDPA announced the dates for their 6th Annual Golf Outing to benefit the RSMGC.
This scramble golf event will take place at Maple Meadows Golf Club in Wood Dale, IL on Monday, August 4, 2008 with a 1pm shotgun start. Golf will be followed by a dinner reception with raffle prizes.
For additional information on the 2008 EACA/EDPA Chicago golf outing contact Nancy Virene at njvirene@thetermgroup.com.
Orlando Chapter News
Orange County Convention Center Meeting Announcement
The Orange County Convention Center will be holding a General Service Contractor/EAC meeting on Wednesday May 21, 2008. We encourage any contractor that works in the Convention Center to send at least one representative. I have attached a copy of the current agenda. If you would like to discuss an item that is not listed on the agenda, please email or call me with the topic and I will be happy to add the item.
Date: Wednesday May 21, 2008
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: North Concourse, Room N230A
We are looking for ways to make these meetings productive for all parties. Please contact me with any suggestions, ideas or input.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Michaal Rossi, OCCC
INDUSTRY NEWS
O'Dell Offered Top Spot in D.C. <Tradeshow Week> After Reba Pittman Walker abruptly resigned as CEO and general manager of the Washington Convention Center Authority earlier this month, an authority spokesman said, the board voted 7-1 to offer the post to one of its own members, Gregory O'Dell. O'Dell, currently CEO of the D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission, will step into this new role in the first part of June, pending emergency legislation bypassing a D.C. law that states no one can shift from a board to staff position without a 45-day wait.
Finally, Big Apple to Expand <Tradeshow Week> For more than a decade, show managers with maxed-out tradeshows in New York City have been promised the sun, moon and stars when it came to expanding the Jacob K. Javits Center of New York and the city-owned Piers 92 and 94 in the West 50s.
Now, Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. may have finally answered their prayers with the planned $100 million expansion of Pier 94, also know as The UnConvention Center, which will add 215,000 square feet of exhibit space to the existing 140,000 sq. ft.
Next door, The Show Piers on the Hudson at the New York City Passenger Terminal have an additional 210,000 sq. ft.
Orlando Convention Expansion <M&C Midweek News> Orange County (Fla.) commissioners have started planning a $1 billion entertainment district to be connected to the Orange County Convention Center. According to a local news report, the district would be at the north side of the center and include shopping, dining and luxury hotels. The area, to be completed by 2011, will be connected to the convention center via pedestrian bridges. A spokesperson for the OCCC said a planning committee of local hotel owners and convention center officials will finalize a plan to be presented to county commissioners for approval in August or September.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.
-- Henry Ford
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