Please find an update on the next two months of Chi­cago Elevator Association meetings. Next week  is our March meeting. Please RSVP either to myself or to the e-mail address listed below. April is also going to be a great meeting so mark your calendars.

Mark Your Calendars

Thursday March 1^st, 2012

CEA Meeting

6:30 PM – Dinner/Presentation by: Smart Torq Spirators

Angelo’s Ristorante

247 N York Rd

Elmhurst, IL 60126

(630) 833-2400

Please RSVP: ceamail@flash.net with number of attendees.

Thursday April 5th, 2012

CEA Meeting

6:30 PM – Dinner/Presentation by: Attorney Scott Skaletsky, specializing mainly in elevator case defense and Dick Gregory of Vertex Elevator Consultants.

Topic: How Elevator Contractors can minimize their exposure to lawsuits in areas that they can control.

Marcello’s

645 W. North Avenue

Chicago, IL 60610

Phone: 312-654-2560

Please note that NAESA is holding an Educational Program in Des Plaines on March 16^th and 17^th. ***IMPORTANT: If you are in need of Continuing Education Credits this is your best opportunity to get them. The Chicago Elevator Association is NOT going to be holding a full day educational class this year.***

Also some sad news to report as I learned over the weekend that John DiGuido’s life partner Sheryl Scharnweber passed away on Friday the 17^th. Our deepest sympathy go out to John and his family. Visitation is noted in the link below.

http://yursfuneralhomes.com/view_service.php?ID=959&fb_source=message

Tom Sybert, Kevin Ryan, Tom Przybyla

Chicago Elevator Association

www.cea-online.org

I hope that everyone had a nice holiday. A couple of notes that we wanted you to  be aware of.
 
First, there will be no January Chicago Elevator Association meeting.
 
Second, the Chicago Elevator Association in 2012 will not be hosting an educational seminar as we’ve done in the past. The reason for this is because NAESA International will be hosting the 2012 Central Region Spring workshop March 16-17^th, in Des Plaines Illinois.

We recommend you sign up today for the event and want to make sure you don’t miss it. This will be the best and closest opportunity for you to get your continuing education credits if you’re in the Chicagoland area.
 
http://naesai.org/UserFiles/CRW_Flyer_spr12.pdf

On behalf of the officers of the CEA, have a safe and Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you in February, when Steve Romnes from VMI will be presenting.
 
Sincerely,
Tom Sybert, Kevin Ryan, Tom Przybyla

www.cea-online.org

The CEA Holiday Party date has been set. Wednesday December 7th at Harry Caray’s in Lombard, IL. From 6 to 9 pm.

Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse, Lombard

70 Yorktown Shopping Center Lombard, IL 60148

Phone: 630-953-3400 Facsimile: 630-953-3430

E-Mail: holycow@harrycarays.com

An announcement will go out shortly requesting you to RSVP with the number of people who will be attending from your company.

The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) held their annual golf outing at the Gleneagles Country Club to benefit the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF). The event had a perfect day for the outing with plenty of sunshine for the golfers. All of the attendees were winners at this year’s charity event. A delicious dinner was provided to the attendees following the outing. The world class raffle with the industries finest prizes kept all the attendees in smiles.

The charity event also had a 50/50 drawing for the EESF. The CEA would like to Thank Brad Hunt of the Peelle Company and Ken Grohowski of C.E. Electronics for helping with the collection of $1,635.00 dollars for the drawing.

The golf outing was successful only due to the support of the events sponsors. We wish to say Thank You.

The CEA would like to also like to thank our golf outing Committee.

Glenn Duncan, Tom Przybyla, and Gary Schreiber all from Parts Specialists, Inc.

The charity event was a great success. The CEA will be giving $2000.00 dollars to the EESF to further the mission.

Happy New Year Everyone! Please join us as we start 2011 with our first business meeting of the year at Marcello’s in Chicago.

Meeting Date: Thursday January 6^th, 2011

Dinner at 6:30 PM and followed by a short business meeting.

Please respond via e-mail to ceamail@flash.net or via fax to (708)371-2477 no later than 01/5/11 in order to provide adequate seating.

Educational Session – Tentative Scheduled for First Week In May – 2011

The Chicago Elevator Association is planning to again hold a continuing education program in May as we have in the past.  The general question for you that we need help with is determining how many hours we should hold the class. While the state of Illinois requires 2 hours, many of you need the .8 Continuing Educational Units to complete your QEI recertification. It would be helpful to figure out if you would prefer a shorter educational program of perhaps half a day or if you’d like a full day we’d love to hear from you.  

We hope to see you on Thursday night! Drive safely, keep warm and think Spring!

Sincerely,