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| | SER Exposition Services Makes Strategic Plan Grant
Bruce Nable, President of SER Exposition Services, made the $2500.00 grant noting, "as a member of the ESCA Board of Directors, Strategic Plan Pillar Chair and active member of the organization I can see changes being accomplished daily. If we can all make the resources available, our progress will continue at an accelerated pace. I encourage all member companies to accept the challenge and become a partner in the Strategic Plan." | | Monterey a Winner for 2008 SEC! ESCA's 2008 Summer Conference was a huge success in Monterey last month, with record attendance of 226 attendees, 96 players in the golf tournament and 71 participants in the "non-golfer" luncheon & tour of Carmel by the Sea sponsored by Cort Trade Show & Event Furnishings. | Puerto Rico Already A Winner For 2009 SEC! Next year's Summer Educational Conference will be held at the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa in Puerto Rico. The private resort "compound" has three golf courses; one ocean side, one river side and one additional private course in addition to several great restaurants on the property. | | ETCP Orientation & Certification: ESCA Presents Three Regional Classes The first of three classes was presented May 19-22 in San Francisco with a total of ten members of IUPAT attending the class. Freeman sponsored the class and provided Chris Schmidt of Stage Rigging, Inc as the Class Facilitator. Bob Lessin of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, District Council 36 / Local 831 was instrumental in registering attendees and insuring the logistics were taken care of for the class. Seven of the attendees passed the testing and are now ETCP Certified Rigging Specialists. | New Carpenters' Pact at McCormick Place Changes Overtime Rules and Grants Pay Hike A new collective bargaining agreement with the Chicago & Northeast Illinois carpenters union will reduce the amount of overtime paid during the move-out of trade shows held at McCormick Place. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) said the two-year contract that took effect June 1 pays straight time rather than time-and-a-half for the hours between 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the break of show Monday through Friday. The deal also expands the time-and-a-half rates for Saturday from 8 hours to 12 hours, eliminating four hours of double overtime. | M&A Market Declines In The First Half of 2008 Mergers and acquisitions of exhibitions and conferences declined in the first half of 2008 both in number of deals and value compared to the first half of 2007, according to the M&A Overview conducted by the Jordan Edmiston Group Inc. (JEGI). The number of deals fell 26 percent from 38 in 2007 to 28 in 2008. The overall value of the deals fell 13 percent from $515 million in 2007 to $447 million in 2008. | The Convention Industry Council Selects New Management Company The Convention Industry Council (CIC) is pleased to announce the selection of TALLEY MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC (TMG) as the new management company partner following an extensive search process conducted through the AMCI RFP process. CIC will continue to be based in the Metro DC area out of TMG's Alexandria, Virginia office. Learn More | Change in Management at TSEA
The Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) named consultant Margit Weisgal as its new executive director, replacing Stephen Schuldenfrei, whom the association said was retiring after three years as its president. Arthur Veale, chairman of the TSEA board, said that hiring Weisgal was the first step in "a new strategic program to better serve members." Weisgal, currently president of Sextant Communications in the Baltimore area, received TSEA's Distinguished Service Award in 2007. After the announcement was made on April 24, Weisgal told Trade Show Executive, "I am by nature a marketer. We want to grow the association and go in some different strategic directions." |  ESCA Signs on as Industry Partner for Green Event Summit EXPO, its parent company, Red 7 Media, and three sister publications - Event Marketer, Event Design and Agenda - produced the Green Event Summit, the first national conference bringing together executives representing every facet of the event and trade show industry to discuss, learn and share best practices for creating eco-friendly meetings and events. The Green Event Summit took place at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco, June 12-13, 2008 and ESCA was as exhibitor, as well as an Industry Partner.
Learn More | Increase in Federal Minimum Wage-
Revised Posters Available through SESCO
Legislation passed by the U. S. Congress in 2007 mandated increases in the federal minimum wage in three incremental steps. The current minimum wage is $5.85 per hour. Effective July 24, 2008 the federal minimum wage will be $6.55 per hour. After another year, the federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. |  Do You Know Who You're Hiring?
You would never ask a stranger to make a bank deposit or pick your kids up from school, right? Why then would you open up your business (and the clients you serve) to a new employee without doing a thorough background check? Hiring someone whose credentials don't check out or who has a criminal record could make employers liable should an employee's misconduct lead to a criminal or civil lawsuit. | | Corbin's July/August 2008 TechTalk Newsletter
In This Issue: - Air Travel Woes - A Tipping Point for Meetings? Will Telepresence be an Alternative?
- The True "State of the Art" is In the Infrastructure
- Best Practices in RFID Tagging
- Creating Powerful Communities at Events
Learn More | | The SESCO Report In The June Issue: - Achieving Goals
- Effective Customer Service
- Personality Testing Continues to be a Critical Staffing Tool
- New Legislation Expands FMLA Rights
Learn More In The July Issue: - What To Do If You Suspect an Employee is Stealing From The Company
- The Twelve Elements of Employee Performance
- Who's The Boss? - How Discrimination Law Treats Leased Employees and Independent Contractors
Learn More | | | Thank you for your continued support of ESCA! Best Regards, Mitt Arnaudet Member Services Director | | |
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