The Stoweflake Resort & Spa in Stowe, VT will be home for the 2007 Summer Educational Conference June 24-27. We are anticipating a record attendance, so don’t delay in registering and making your room reservations! Official registration materials & sponsorship information will be available at www.esca.org in March. If you want to book rooms now, contact us at askus@esca.org.

Once again the ESCA Silent Auction Committee is looking for members, non members and anyone else who would like to help with donating a prize for our 5th Annual Silent Auction, which will take place at the ESCA Summer Conference in Stowe VT. Please consider helping us by completing the Silent Auction Donation Form. A member of our Silent Auction Committee will begin contacting each company or individual who helped us last year with a prize donation. If you are interested in serving on the Silent Auction committee, please contact Chuck Grouzard at cgrouzard@ges.com.

Organizational budgets for meetings and events are expected to grow by about 20 percent this year over last year, according to the annual FutureWatch study sponsored by Meeting Professionals International and American Express. Click the link below to learn more.

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) will release the Fourth Edition of its industry tool...the CEIR Exhibition Industry Index in April 2007. The CEIR Index provides an objective measure of exhibition performance over a six-year period, from baseline year of 2000 and each year forward to 2006, the latest periods analyzed. You'll see how the exhibition industry performed overall and in 11 industry sectors and learn what economic factors have accelerated exhibition growth in 2006. Utilizing charts, graphs and data analysis, your organization can gauge how your show compares to others. Click link below to download order form.

Inside this issue: A Not -For-Profit Guide to Corporate Governance in The Wake of Sarbanes-Oxley, Test Your HR Knowledge, Never Stop Recruiting The People You Work With, Retaining Younger Workers Isn't Hard If You Know What To Do and The 10 Worst Hiring Practices. To view this publication, click the link below.

In this issue: Court Refuses to Dismiss White Male's Discrimination Suit; Epileptic Heavy-Equipment Operator Entitled to Trial on ADA Claim; When Different Treatment is Justified - Reverse- Discrimination Claim Doesn't Survive Motion to Dismiss and Can Circumstantial Evidence Sustain a Retaliation Suit? Click the link to download below for the full newsletter.

We wanted to remind everyone that ESCA Headquarters has moved to Carrollton, TX, a suburb of Dallas, and is now under the management of The Augusta Group. To learn more on The Augusta Group click the link below. Please make note of the new address for your records:

2340 E Trinity Mills Road #100
Carrollton, TX 75006
469.574.0698 Main
469.574.0697 FAX

As we continue to fulfill the objectives of our Strategic Plan, we must maintain a sound financial foundation to fund the many goals and projects that we have and will undertake to improve the return on your investment in ESCA. Please note that dues payments were due by January 31. If you have not yet submitted payment, please do so at your earliest convenience