The decision by Meeting Professionals International to attach a non-member fee to the sustainability report on its 2011 World Education Congress has received pushback that points to a dilemma facing many associations: how and whether to charge for...
I am just coming off a week at the annual conference of the Religious Conference Management Association, for which we publish its official magazine—Religious Conference Manager. http://www.rcmaweb.org/AboutRCMA.aspx RCMA is a professional...
Gary Sain, 61, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday evening after giving opening remarks at a charitable event for which he was event chair, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida's Celebrate the...
When the Society for Biomolecular Sciences, Danbury, Conn., and the Association for Laboratory Automation, Schaumburg, Ill., agreed to merge in July 2010, the new combined organization, the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, set out...
When his contract expires on September 30, 2012, Steven Hacker will step down as president of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, the Dallas-based organization he’s led for the past 21 years. The association, which has 8,500...
