CEA Holiday Party Set

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It’s that time of the year again for the CEA Holiday Party! Make sure you join us for good food, drinks and industry friends. Event information is as follows.

December 3rd, 2008

6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Maggiano’s Little Italy
240 Oakbrook Center
Oakbrook, Illinois
Phone: 630-368-0300

Heavy Hors D’ Oeuvres & Open Bar

Members of the CEA – One Person Complimentary, Additional People $35 ea.

Non CEA  Members: $65.00 per person

Please R.S.V.P. by December 1st to Tom Przybyla
Phone: 708-371-2444, Fax: 708-371-2477 – e-mail: partspec@flash.net

Company:_________________________________________________________

Name:___________________________________________________________

CEA Member: Number of Additional People Attending: _____ x $35 = $__________

Non CEA Member: Number of People Attending:      _____ x $65 = $__________

Please fax this form to 708-371-2477 and mail checks payable to the Chicago Elevator Association – 14639 Short Street, Posen, IL 60469

Online Flyer Link: cea-holiday-party-2009 (.PDF Document)

November Meeting Recap

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Thanks to everyone who attended Novembers Meeting! It was nice to have needed to add another table to our room for some last minute guests! End of the year reports were given and it’s nice to see that the CEA is in good financial shape.

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Special thanks to Gary Schreiber, out going President, for all his hard work and dedication to the CEA!  Gary has been a long time supporter of the CEA both as an officer and as a member and his contributions are greatly appreciated.  (Pictured: Gary taking a moment to thank the members for their support.)

Thanks also goes to both Craig Zomchek, incoming President, and Tom Przybyla, Secretary Treasurer for their hard work in planning speakers, events, coordinating committees and making sure that the CEA is a financially strong.

The nominated slate of officers was voted in during the meeting and your new officers for the 2008-2009 Year are as follows;

Craig Zomchek – President
Tom Sybert – Vice President
Tom Przybyla, Secretary Treasurer

smartriseOur presentor for the meeting was SmartRise Controllers.  We appreciate them taking the time out of their schedule to present at our meeting on such short notice.

Our Holiday Party is scheduled for Wednesday December 3rd at Maggiano’s in Oakbrook. Details to follow shortly!

Upcoming November Meeting

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Be sure to join us as we meet Thursday November 6th at Marcello’s. In addition to elections and end of the year business to discuss we will also have a presentation by SmartRise. A summary is noted below.

The slate for the 2008-2009 officers was presented and approved, Craig Zomchek – President, Tom Sybert – Vice President, Tom Przybyla, Secretary/Treasurer. Elections are next month so make sure you attend. Nominations can be presented from the floor if you are interested in running for any position.

Smartrise Presentation Outline
The presentation will be about:
1. Technology and design practice leading to serial based controller, with emphasis on technical aspects and safety issues 2. Tools for Diagnostics and best practice.Presenter:
Gilbert Zogbi, CEO of Smartrise Engineering Gilbert, an Electrical and Computer Engineer graduate, has been in the design, development and production of microprocessor based elevator controller for over a decade.
With vast experience in the elevator controller sales and field engineering support, he co-founded Smartrise engineering, the leader in the manufacturing of open market elevator controllers.

Ali Ezzeddine
VP Business Development
Smartrise Engineering Inc.
http://www.smartrise.us
Office 916-457-5129
Cell      916-709-5578
Fax      916-457-4948

We look forward to seeing you on the 6th! If you would like to attend please confirm by e-mailing Tom at partspec@flash.net .

 

October Meeting Recap

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the October 2nd meeting! It was a general business meeting that included the following.

We appreciate the presentation by Bucher Hydraulics. They presented on a new product they offer which is a VVVF controlled Hydraulic valve. It was pretty interesting. For more information click on this link.

The CEA Holiday Party is going to be held on December 3rd at the Maggianos in Oakbrook as it was last year and we will have more information about it a next months meeting.

We welcome Innovation Industries as the newest member of the CEA as they were voted in last night.

The slate for the 2008-2009 officers was presented and approved, Craig Zomchek – President, Tom Sybert – Vice President, Tom Przybyla, Secretary Treasurer. Elections are next month so make sure you attend. Nominations can be presented from the floor if you are interested in running for any position.

In addition to elections next month this will be our fiscal year end meeting. Again, thanks to everyone who attended. It was nice to see everyone last night.  See you next month, November 6th.

October 2nd, 2008 CEA Meeting

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Come on out to Marcello’s on Thursday October 2nd for drinks, camaraderie and a really good Italian Dinner! Heinz Strickler will be presenting from Bucher Hydraulics and we will be taking nominations from the floor for officers.  The slate will be posted after the meeting for everyone to review. November is elections so please make sure you attend to vote.

DINNER @ 6:30 P.M.

MARCELLO’S

645 W. NORTH AVE.
CHICAGO, IL 60610
(312) 654-2560
PUBLIC PARKING OR VALET PARK

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME AND LOCATION FOR THIS MEETING 

October Guest speaker: Bucher Hydraulics

Also On The Agenda: CEA Nominations

CEA Upcoming Events:

CEA ELECTIONS Nov 2008
Cea Xmas Party- Dec 2008

Please respond via e-mail to ceamail@flash.net or via fax to (708)371-2477 no later than 10/1/08 in order to provide adequate seating.

Gary Schreiber-(President)
Craig Zomchek-(Vice President)
Tom Przybyla-(Sec/Treasurer)