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EACA Showfloor Buzz
Vol. 12, Issue 40, October 15, 2009
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Rain Doesn’t Dampen RSMGC Success! Delivering just like the postal service, neither rain, nor wet playing conditions could dampen the enthusiasm of the more than 250 trade show industry professionals who went to Berkeley Hills Country Club this past Monday for the 15th Annual Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic.
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Congratulations goes out to the winning foursome from 3D Exhibits – Bob Prihoda, Gene Faut, Andy Mack and Bob Mack who shot a winning score of 61 on the par 72 course. Kudos also go to the team from Spectrum Show Services – Ron Mestichelli, Sam Miserendino, Tom Lamson and Bo Zimmerman of Zenith LaborNet – who also shot a 61 but came in second on a score card comparison.
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The RSMGC is the trade show industry’s single largest charitable event, and is held annually to support the families within the trade show industry who have suffered a personal tragedy and/or are experiencing serious financial hardship.
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Recipients of the love and the proceeds from this year’s event included:
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• Lee Jacobia, Hamilton Exhibits
• Mark Linser, Downing Displays
• Chris Baty, PicturaGraphics
• Vickie and Steve Sams, Phoenix FORMations
• Chris Kolesnik, Champion Logistics Group
-Honored at the 2009 Boston RSMGC event “Rally at the Alley”
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Thanks to All OUr RSMGC Sponsors!! The Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic would not be able to enjoy a 15 year successful run of helping those in our industry who are suffering without the support of our sponsors. Many thanks to those sponsors who have demonstrated their support for the 2009 RSMGC.
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Corporate Sponsors
3D Exhibits
Brown Bag Graphics
Czarnowski
EACA/EDPA New England Chapters
Exhibit Concepts, Inc.
MC2
PRG
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Platinum Sponsors
Brumark
Elevation Exhibits
The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show
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Gold Sponsors
Champion Logistics
Coastal International
Nth Degree
Octanorm
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Beverage Cart Sponsors
CORT Tradeshow Furnishings
Willwork
Zenith LaborNet
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Silver Sponsors
Laarhoven Design
Sho-Aids
Tyler’s Display Supply / Display Supply & Lighting
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EACA Winter Meeting Announcement! The EACA Winter Meeting held in conjunction with EDPA ACCESS 2009 is the conference for exhibit industry professionals, bringing together senior executives— EACs, exhibit service professionals, exhibit builders, event producers and experience designers—to Palm Springs, December 2-4, 2009. You should be there, too.
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Focusing on key trends and critical industry challenges, this year's conference will help you develop tangible tools and technology to help you and your company profit and grow. You will learn how to INNOVATE internally and externally with classes and workshops to arm you with business insights and ideas for optimizing your organization, building a sales pipeline, retaining accounts and much more.
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EACA CHAPTER NEWS
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Chicago Chapter Announcement
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RSNA Announcement
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Break of Show Labor Dispatch Areas – December 3, 2009 @ 2pm
• South Building: Crate Storage elevators 7,8,9
Freeman Only Carpet Removal crews
Min. EAC labor preparing their equipment for Break.
EAC equipment elevators 10 & 11 only.
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• North Building:(Lower Level Hall C)
All Freeman Trades for North & South-Check-in & Dispatch
All EAC Labor Check-in and Dispatch
Note: Hall C of McCormick Place will provide approx. 30 round tables and chairs and will also provide a food beverage station or the mobile food truck service for approx. a 2 hour Window of Time
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• Lakside: Level 2 east hallway( labor Steward’s offices)
Freeman Only: Teamsters, Riggers and Decorators
Level 1: rental cage/office areas Freeman Carpenters ONLY
Level 2: EAC Check-in and Dispatch ONLY- Room E 271-A
McCormick Place will provide round tables and chairs for this room –for Break of Show
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• All FOCUS ONE Check-in areas are either in Receiving or Shop Areas. Labor will be staged there for Dispatch.
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Onsite contacts: RSNA Exhibitor Help Centers
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Las Vegas Chapter Announcement
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2010 International CES Announcement
A quick reminder for all the EACs participating in the 2010 International CES:
Fire marshal approval is required every year for specific booths including double-decker and enclosed booths, regardless of whether or not a booth design has been changed. Make sure to have your floor plans approved by October 30, 2009.
Questions regarding what is acceptable in the design of upper deck or covered areas at the 2010 International CES, should be directed to the Office of Fire and Safety as follows:
Las Vegas Convention Center:
Fire and Safety Office
Las Vegas Convention Center
3150 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-892-7413
702-892-7671 fax
boothplans@lvcva.com
Las Vegas Hilton:
Clark County Fire Department
Fire Prevention Bureau
575 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89119
702-455-7316
702-455-7347 fax
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INDUSTRY NEWS
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Freeman, GES File NLRB Complaints over San Jose Exclusive <Trade Show Executive> Freeman and GES Exposition Services have filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) about the exclusive labor agreement granted to a Teamsters local at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center. Freeman filed three separate complaints and GES filed one complaint between August 31 and October 1 that all revolved around the agreement that made Teamsters Local 287 the sole source of workers at the convention center.
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Travel Promotion Act Passed by House <Trade Show Executive> The Travel Promotion Act took another step toward enactment this month when the House of Representatives passed the measure by a vote of 358-66. The legislation moved back to the Senate, which voted in favor of it earlier this year but must vote once again before sending it to President Obama for his signature. The final Senate vote is expected to take place sometime in the coming weeks.
CEIR study reveals exhibitions' impact on young professionals <Expo Web News> Nearly 90 percent of young professionals are likely to attend an exhibition in the next two years, according to the Power of Exhibitions in the 21st Century study from The Center for Exhibition Research (CEIR), which will be released Oct. 19.
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NATPE Moves From Vegas to Miami in 2011 <Tradeshow Week> In 2011, the Natl. Assn. of Television Programming Executives' show announced it would move from its home of several years in Las Vegas to the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., according to NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
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In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.
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---John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian-American economist (1908-2006)
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