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Mark Your Calendars for the EACA Winter Meeting The EACA will be holding its Winter Meeting in conjunction with EDPA again this year – so please be sure to mark your calendars.
The meeting will take place in Maimi, FL from December 3-5, 2008 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. To register for the conference go the EDPA web site at www.edpa.com. Be sure to include your status as an EACA member, so we get credit from EDPA for your participation.
Also please note that the EDPA has reserved a block of rooms at the Doral Golf Resort * Spa, at a special group rate, over the Conference dates. EACA members are encouraged to make their reservations as soon as possible. Rooms within the block are limited, and are available on a first-come/first-served basis. Room rate is $179, single or double, plus tax (approx 10%).
Please contact the hotel for information on suites. You can make your reservations by calling (888) 236-2427, or by calling the hotel directly at (305) 592-2000.
When making your hotel reservation, identify yourself as part of the Exhibit Designers & Producers Association group. A credit card is required to reserve your reservation; card will not be charged until arrival at the hotel.
Airport Transportation
The Miami airport is approximately 10 miles from the Doral Golf Resort & Spa.
EACA Adds Professional Development Network to Web Site. The EACA has added a new capability to its web site in our ongoing efforts to serve our members. While many people have begun to explore the advantages of such virtual networks like “Linked In”, the EACA Professional Development Network will take that idea to the next level and beyond.
To check out our new networking tool go to http://eaca1.de-arimasu.com. Once there you will be asked to register, and join in on our first discussion group – Economic Indicators.
The Economic Indicator Group will conduct an online discussion of current future economic trends in the trade show industry. We will use the information posted in this discussion group as fodder for a presentation that will take place at our EACA-EDPA Joint Winter Meeting in Miami, FL on December 5, 2008.
Thanks in advance for your contribution.
CHAPTER NEWS
Chicago Chapter News
RSNA EAC Check-In Location
The EAC check-in desk for RSNA will be located on Level 3 in the Grand Concourse (near the
Hall B entrance).
RSNA Break of Show Labor Dispatch Announcement
The RSNA has issued the following instructions to all contractors regarding the dismantle of RSNA this year.
South Building: Crate Storage elevators 10/11
Freeman Only Carpet Removal crews
Min. EAC labor preparing their equipment for Break
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
Lakeside Center: 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
All FOCUS ONE Check-in areas are either in Receiving or Shop Areas. Labor will be staged there for Dispatch.
Las Vegas Chapter News
LVCC Meeting Results
A meeting spearheaded by the persistent efforts of Phil Marchusic, with Steve Patterson and Earl Easterling with the LVCC was held on Monday October 26th.
Steve had asked the meeting be held to just two EAC representatives to address newly enacted EAC Equipment Ingress and Egress ‘guidelines’. I am sure there are many concerns and challenges that have caused frustration across the board, so, hopefully this will help us understand a more clearly what the intentions of the implemented LVCC door assigned program.
Concerns Expressed:
• Multiple GC’s operating in several halls and getting several door access passes for unloading equipment
* Unloading at the assigned door and rolling from one end of the hall to the other
• Unloading at assigned door and air walls divide the show we are accessing
• Trying to access the assigned doors for dismantle time
• Getting door access passes conveniently
Steve Patterson’s response:
He meets with a “Partner Committee” comprised of building and GC representatives to discuss these matters. What precipitated the new program was the blocking of exit doors, crowding of large amounts of gang boxes, ladders, and cages against a freight door at the close of the show, and severe damage to glass doors when bringing in equipment.
Here is what was intended by this procedure according to Steve:
• Provide a consistent and same access for equipment
• Use of the doors are for EQUIPMENT ONLY, smaller hand carry items are not subject to this rule and can be carried in as long as its not through the front doors
• Once the pass is issued there should be not time limit on the unloading regardless whether it’s the install or dismantle. He emphasized not blocking freight doors or emergency exit doors.
• If the assigned door does not give direct access to show being serviced, the doorman is allowed to change doors for better access. If there is someone that is being uncooperative, then they asked us to notify Sergeant Earl Easterling or Scot Fletcher of Security 892-7400 or 892-7411 and ask for relocation of the door for access.
Summary:
The LVCC’s main concern is random dropping of equipment and damage to the building. They will cooperate and assist us as needed. They are looking into issuing a “Show” pass for equipment so one pass will have all doors and good for the whole show so only one trip to the Marshalling yard is required.
This has not been approved yet and will be brought up a the next Partner meeting.
Use of the designated doors are in place, Door number 15,6.40, and 52. Let’s see how this works for SEMA and if there are any concerns please let me know.
I know this does not solve all the issues, but hopefully clarify some of the language in the white paper circulated by LVCC Security.
Thanks for your cooperation….Bernie Massett
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.
OCCC Approved Contractors List
All contractors who have completed the OCCC Contractor Security Agreement and are approved to work in the building can be seen on the EACA web site under the “Facilities” tab at the top of the home page.
To view the OCCC approved contractors list use the following link
http://www.eaca.com/EACA/FACILITIES/Companies_Approved_and_Registered_to_Work_at_the_O/
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Job Title: City Manager
Description: Prominent National Labor Contractor seeking City Manager for Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Looking for highly motivated individuals with labor management background. Must be computer literate (Excel and Word) and have 10 years of field experience. Looking for candidates with local union affiliation as well as knowledge of national union regulations, production and carpentry skills. Intermittent travel is required. Competitive salary and benefit package available. Relocation expenses negotiable.
All interested candidates should send resume in confidence to jimwurm@eaca.com.
INDUSTRY NEWS
TSEA Revamps Training Programs <M&C Midweek News> The Trade Show Exhibitors Association is overhauling its educational programming and marketing identity to become more relevant to its members and attract younger professionals to the organization. "We're revamping everything we do," said Margit Weisgal, president and CEO of TSEA, who took over for Stephen Schuldenfrei in May. On Oct. 23, a new TSEA chapter was formed in Georgia, and six others – Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Dallas, New York, and Northern and Southern California – will launch over the next few months. One of the major new initiatives at TSEA is an online learning center with downloadable recordings of seminars and exclusive podcasts, which will be available beginning early next year.
Continental expands paperless boarding program to LaGuardia <T&E Magazine> Last week, Continental Airlines expanded its paperless boarding pass pilot program to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. (Delta has offered paperless boarding at LaGuardia since mid-June.) The program allows travelers to receive electronic boarding passes on their cell phones or PDAs, which are then scanned by bar code readers. Paperless boarding already is available elsewhere in the country: Continental also is testing the program in Boston, Cleveland, Newark, Washington, D.C., and at three Texas airports: Austin, Houston and San Antonio. Northwest Airlines offers it in Indianapolis and soon will do so in Detroit. Alaska Airlines provides paperless boarding in Seattle.
Size limits on inflight liquids to be lifted next year, says TSA <T&E Magazine> The Transportation Security Administration is working toward loosening restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols and hopes to remove the size limits by next fall, according to a blog entry by TSA administrator Kip Hawley. According to the post, by next fall most airports will be using the more advanced AT X-Ray units and software, with which TSA agents will be able to differentiate liquid threats vs. nonthreats. Liquids still will need to be placed in a separate bin, however. By the end of 2010, noted Hawley, updated AT X-Ray software will allow the TSA to lift that requirement as well.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
-- Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss philosopher 1821-1881
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