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Review All Articles > September 10th 2008 - Vol 11, Issue 35 EACA Showfloor Buzz
Vol. 11, Issue 35, September 10, 2008
EACA NEWS
Please Support the RSMGC 2008 Recipients! The 2008 Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic, which will take place at Chateau Elan on October 24, 2008 in Braselton, GA (outside of Atlanta), has announced its recipients for 2008. They are:
• Jim Dock, Expotechnik, Taylor Mfg., I&D, Heritage Communications
• Keri Mincy, daughter of Ron Mincy of The Design Agency
• Jeff Gates, PRG Hi-Tech Rentals
• Jim Vrzal, Skyline Atlanta, GES
• James Wetherington, Optima Graphics
• Bonnie DiStasio, Champion Logistics Group
-Honored at the 2008 Boston RSMGC event “Rally at the Alley”
• Richard Cornett, Zenith LaborNet
-Honored at the 2008 Atlanta RSMGC event “Get Out of the Gutter”
• Mike Skutor, The TERM Group
-Honored at the 2008 Chicago RSMGC event “The Chicago Randy”
Please note that there will be no printed brochure this year. Feel free to use the Golf Registration Form, or the Tennis Registration Form which are attached here.
For more information about the 2008 recipients, and how you can participate in or support this year’s event visit the RSMGC web site at www.rsmgc.com <http://www.rsmgc.com> .
EACA to Participate at IAAM’s International Convention Center Conference. Jim Wurm, Executive Director of the EACA, will participate in a panel discussion at IAAM’s Int’l Convention Center Conference in Portland, OR on September 26, 2008 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
New Developments in the Tradeshow Workforce is a panel discussion that will be moderated by Steve Schwartz of the Washington Convention Center which will contain discussions on a wide variety of operations issues. Joining Jim and Steve on the panel will be Randy Eppard, Ph.d., EACA Customer Service Training program; Larry Arnaudet, ESCA; Joe Sangregorio, GES; and Ken Viscovich, UBC.
Topics of discussion will include customer service training for workers, contractor and worker access and credentialing issues, and drug testing,
CHAPTER NEWS
Chicago Chapter News
Chicago Chapter Meeting
The Chicago Chapter of the EACA will host a meeting at McCormick Place for all members on Monday, October 27 at 10am in Rm E153. This is your chance to share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas with your EAC colleagues on what the EACA and the Chicago Chapter can do to make trade shows in Chicago better than ever!
A continental breakfast will be provided, courtesy of the EACA Chicago Chapter.
Orlando Chapter News
OCCC Reminder
The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) has implemented a new Contractor Security Program for all contractors that work there. The new program will allow the OCCC to consolidate contractor information, to better track required documentation, and to directly communicate with all of its approved contractors. The further intention of this program is to help improve the overall security of the convention center and its guests.
The EACA has been retained by the OCCC to administer this program and to maintain an online database of registered companies.
If you have yet to register for the OCCC program, and intend to work in the facility during the next year, please do so immediately, and use the OCCC Contractor Security Agreement form.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Supercomm Returns <Tradeshow Week> The Telecommunications Industry Assn. and USTelecom will replace the struggling NXTcomm, last held in June at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the newly named Supercomm, the original name of the show before the two associations split and then reunited. The newly branded show will be held next year in Chicago.
DC and Mid-Atlantic States Endure Hanna <Trade Show Executive> The East Coast battened down its hatches last Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna moved in with strong winds and heavy rains. Baltimore and Washington, DC were among the convention cities that expected to see heavy weather over the weekend as Hanna followed a projected path that included landfall at nearly hurricane strength in the Carolinas followed by a northward swing along the coast toward Boston.
New hotel opens in Rosemont, IL <Expo Web News> The InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL, is now open for business. The hotel has 556 rooms, including 70 executive and VIP suites and 53,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, which includes four ballrooms and nine private boardrooms.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision – he simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.
-- The Rev. R. Inman
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