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Vol. 4, Issue 25, July 11, 2001
Hello to all our members and friends!
EACA News
New Member Welcome. The EACA would like to extend a warm welcome to the new members who joined our association this past month. We would like all existing members to extend a hearty welcome to:
•Rentfusion, Inc. a computer rental company in Rolling Meadows, IL
EACA Annual Conference in Anaheim! Registration materials have been mailed for the Third Annual EACA Conference. If you have not received your conference information, or you misplaced the materials you received, you can register online at www.eaca.com. Just click on Annual Conference and go to the Conference registration form.
Remember to Send in Your Intrepid Ballots. All EACA members are reminded to complete and return their ballot for this year's Intrepid Award winner. To date we have received 136 ballots. The cut off for casting your vote is July 13. If you have misplaced your ballot and still want to cast your vote for this year's Intrepid Award, you can do so online at the EACA web site.
Past recipients of the Intrepid Award are 'Chicago, Inc.' in 1999, and Tom Cassell, Convention All Services in 2000.
EACA Accounts Payable System Coming Soon! The EACA is developing a system online to aid its members check outstanding trade show industry payables. The information contained in these listings would include:
-Name, Address of Debtor
-Date of Original Invoice
-Amount of Invoice
-Original Terms
-Calculation of the number of days past due
Please note we will not be capturing, or publishing who the money is owed to on this listing. And, best of all these listings will be in a fully searchable database.
The EACA expects this credit check system to be fully functional soon. However, in the meantime all members are welcome to fax or email any credit listings with the information requested above. We will use any and all listings sent at this time to frontload the system and make it fully viable when it opens. Fax credit history listings to 541-317-8749
EACA Chapters
Chicago Chapter Meeting Reminder - Hardware PreCon. The National Hardware Show will be holding a pre-convention meeting for all EACs on Thursday, July 12 at 11am in Room S-401.
Orlando Chapter Meeting. Please set your calendars for the EAC's Luncheon Meeting, hosted by the OCCC, Thursday, July 19th, 11:30 a.m., Room # 221 D/E. If you have not already done so, please RSVP to Awilda Morales at 407.685.5853.
Orlando Chapter Night at the Ballpark The Orlando Chapter of the EACA is hosting a night out at the ballpark on July 27 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex to see the Orlando Rays play the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx. All proceeds from the Night at the Ballpark will go to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Orlando. To get more information on how you can participate contact the EACA Orlando Chapter.
Southern California (Decorators Local 831) July Training Schedule.
CUSTOM EXHIBITS I & D Wed., July 11, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grove
TRADESHOW BASICS & SHOWSITE SAFETY Thurs., July 12, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grove
OSHA - 10 HR COURSE, PART I Wed., July 11, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grove
OSHA - 10 HR COURSE, PART II Thur., July 12, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grove
TRADESHOW BASICS & SHOWSITE SAFETY Fri., July 13, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grovebr>
CPR / FIRST-AID Mon., July 16, 2001 Multi-Craft Training Center, Garden Grove
People in the News
Donald Svehla, Sr, lost his 11 month battle with lung cancer on July 5. He is survived by three children: Laura, Donald Jr., and David.
Don spent his entire life in the trucking industry and was considered an expert on freight handling and logistics. My dad was a partner of McCormick Display(MDC) for roughly 10 years starting in 1980, MDC was a full service display house based in the Chicagoland area. At that time, under his direction, MDC was the only builder having a full service trucking fleet to service their customers both locally & nationwide. He also spearheaded the opening of a Las Vegas office and warehouse facility for McCormick Display back in the early 80's.
He is also credited with popularizing the use of the hydraulic fifth wheel, instrumental in expediting exhibit freight handling in & out of convention centers in Las Vegas. His company, Equipment Specialties, sold & leased all types of semi trailers and other equipment.
The EACA sends its condolences to the Svehla family.
Studio III, a first-class design and messaging agency in Atlanta, GA, proudly announces the hiring of Christine Hunter as Industry Sales Director. Along with the direct responsibilities of an existing customer base, Christine's management experience will help identify sales forecasting through targeted horizontal and vertical markets.
Sullivan Transfer Announces Staff Changes Bobby Stout has been named National Sales Director in the Dallas Corporate office. In addition to maintaining national traveling accounts, Stouts new responsibilities will include coordination of national account support, industry relations and client relation efforts.
Bill Polke has been named Regional Vice President of Sullivan's Western Region. In addition to managing freight operations in Las Vegas, Reno, and Northern and Southern California, Polke will oversee travelling accounts coming into other locations on the West Coast.
Industry News
Hanley-Wood Purchases POOL & SPA NEWS and AQUATICS INTERNATIONAL WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001--Hanley-Wood, LLC, announced today that it has purchased POOL & SPA NEWS and AQUATICS INTERNATIONAL from Leisure Publications.
Judges Named for EDPA Student Exhibit Design Competition The 2001 EDPA Student Design competition will be judged by a group of distinguished design and exhibition professionals. Christopher Wendel, Vice President, Design and New Product Development, Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, and the Competition Design Director finalized the slate of judges. The six judges for the 2001 Competition are: Robert Fabricant of Frogdesign, New York; Kate Hixon of Hixon Design Consultants, Inc., New York; Lee Knight, Exhibitor Magazine, Rochester, Minnesota; Gary Palumbo of Palumbo Associates, Inc., Millington, New Jersey; Margot Perman of REAL Design, New York; and Tom Yurkin of Freeman Exhibits, Dallas, Texas.
Thought for the Week
No customer can be worse than no customers.
--Leopold Fechtner
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Until next time, Have a Great Week! |
