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Vol. 11, Issue 38, October 1, 2008
EACA NEWS
TSEA Raffles LCD TV to Benefit RSMGC TSEA is raising funds and awareness for the Randy Smith Memorial by offering an LCD TV at raffle. To purchase your raffle ticket ($10 each) go to http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=d83e94c4-2130-4037-84c0-fe8a67330c97.
Nth Degree To Raise Money for the 14th Annual Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic Nth Degree will be making a special effort to raise funds for the RSMGC this year by reaching out to all employees on the showfloor in cities across the country.
This company-wide event will take place on October 08 – 10, 2008 for most Nth Degree cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, D.C., Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando and San Francisco, and on October 15 -16, 2008 for Seattle, San Antonio, Southern California, Denver, New York, Philadelphia and Phoenix only, based on show schedules. Over these days Nth Degree will be collecting money through all of our city offices . At the end of the fundraiser, Nth Degree will match all contributions and will present the Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic with a collective donation.
Three Nth Degree employees and their families have benefited from the RSMGC over the past 14 years including Frankie Pozza, Sherry Reynolds and Wayne Veal. This year’s recipients include the families of two Nth Degree associates: Jim Dock, aformer Nth Degree employee and Keri Lee Ann Mincy, the daughter of Ron Mincy, from The Design Agency.
Make Your Hotel Reservations Now for the RSMGC! All RSMGC sponsors and participants should make their reservations for this year’s event as soon as possible as the number of rooms left in the block are going fast!
There are two choices for this year’s event:
Chateau Elan
100 Rue Charlemagne
Braselton, GA 30517
Phone: 678-425-0900 or reservations@chateauelan.com
* Special RSMGC Rate $209.00 per night, plus tax
Holiday Inn Express
2069 Highway 211
Braselton, GA 30517
Phone: 770-867-8100
* Special RSMGC Rate $99.95 per night, plus tax
* Conveniently located across the street from Chateau Elan, site of the 2008 RSMGC.
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.
EACA PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Viscovich To Receive IAEE Chairman’s Award. The Showfloor Buzz has learned that Ken Viscovich, International Rep for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, will be recognized at the IAEE (International Association of Exhibitions and Events) Annual Meetiing with their Chairman’s Award.
Viscovich won the EACA Intrepid Award in 2007 for his work to remove drugs and alcohol from the trade show floor by inspiring and promoting a nationwide campaign for Drug & Alchohol Testing in the trade show industry.
Congratulations Ken!!
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.
Las Vegas Chapter News
EACA Customer Service Training Announcement
The EACA is pleased to announce that its Customer Service Training program will be delivered in Las Vegas on December 15-16, 2008 at the LVCVA in Room S219. All EACA members in Las Vegas are encouraged to mark their calendars to take advantage of this opportunity.
To sign up for the Las Vegas Customer Service Training program use the attached Sponsor/Registration form and the List of Participants form.
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
Priest-Heck named CEO of WCP Exposition Services <Expo Web News> Bob Priest-Heck has been promoted to CEO of WCP Exposition Services LLC (WCP Expo), an event marketing holding company that includes Champion Exposition Services, the George Fern Company and Immersa Marketing.
San Diego Prepares to Expand. <M&C News> The San Diego Convention Center Corp. took its first step toward expanding the convention center by up to half a million square feet. Last week, the board voted unanimously to purchase a one-year lease of an 8.5-acre piece of land adjacent to the facility for a price of $1 million, in part to prevent any other developers from leasing the property.
Green East Has New Dates, Venue <Tradeshow Week> Green Media Enterprises has moved its show, Green East, to a new venue, as well as changed the dates and collocated with The Architectural Digest Design Home Show, which is produced by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. Green East, previously scheduled to launch in October at the Jacob K. Javits Center of New York, will be held March 26-28 at Pier 90 in New York City.
USA NIAGARA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SELECTS GLOBAL SPECTRUM
TO OPERATE CONFERENCE CENTER USA Niagara Development Corporation (USAN) approved Global Spectrum, a national leader in managing public assembly facilities, as the preferred manager of the USAN owned and developed 116,000-sq. ft. Conference Center Niagara Falls (CCNF). Global Spectrum, based in Philadelphia, PA, is a subsidiary of internationally recognized sports and entertainment leader Comcast-Spectacor.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
-- Jules Verne, French author 1828-1905
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