As I sit here writing this letter, I cannot believe January is over. Before long, baseball teams will be reporting to spring training. I have a few issues that I would like to call your attention to this month and they're important. At least, after you've shoveled out your respective homes and businesses they are!
2015 Memberships, Join or Renew Today!
If you have not joined as of today, please join via our website. For new members, we have two tiers of membership:
INDIVIDUAL: $50.00 per year
CORPORATE: $100.00 per year (this covers two people per company who wish to be involved including the right to vote, benefits that are extended to IACAC members, etc.)
CORPORATE EXTRA: $30.00 per additional named member
February 10th Luncheon: Matt Hart, Illinois Truckers Association.
We are only a week away from having Mr. Matt Hart, the Executive Director of the Illinois Truckers Association, for our luncheon on Tuesday, February 10th. Matt will be sharing his insight on the current climate of the trucking industry regarding the regulations on safety, hours of service, the increasingly shrinking of the driver pool and much more. Matt currently serves as the Region III Chairman of the Trucking Associations Executive Council (TAEC). He was recently named to Congressman Rodney Davis’ Transportation Advisory Board of Directors and also sits on numerous other boards.
The luncheon should be a great insight on the numerous issues that carriers have to face to move freight to/from the airport. Follow this link to register.
AirCargo 2015 - Last Day for Early Bird Discount.
Are you going to AirCargo 2015? AirCargo brings together all actors in the air cargo supply chain in one location to discuss trends, challenges, opportunities and the future of the air cargo industry. Airlines, airport authorities, freight forwarders and expediting companies along with the vendors who support them are all in one place. The conference will be held March 1-3 in “The Big Easy”; New Orleans. This year’s keynote speaker is Jim Crane the owner of the Houston Astros. Most people in the forwarding industry will know Mr. Crane as the person who established Eagle USA Airfreight and later Crane Worldwide.
Save the date - IACAC Golf Outing August 11th.
Save the date August 11, for the Annual IACAC Golf Outing to help fund the IACAC Scholarship. The outing will take place at Bridges of Popular Creek in Hoffman Estates. I am already calling in favors to have better weather than last year!!
IACAC Scholarship Announcement for 2015.
Every summer the IACAC issues a call to submit essays and applications for a scholarship open to individuals or employees of companies who are members. Applications are reviewed and judged by a volunteer panel of IACAC members and then announced at the November luncheon meeting. In 2014, no scholarships where issued out since no person submitted. Please if you know of anybody or have somebody taking higher education classes, please have them submit an essay. If you have any questions or comments, please let the board know.
Stay tuned for more information on March Madness Night!
Have a great February and hope to see you at the luncheon.