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Celebrity Millenium (Cruise) March 29 - April 2 Riding the Waves to Success In searching for ways to continue to offer high-quality meetings while controlling costs, IHEA has chosen to hold the 2012 Annual Meeting on Celebrity Cruise Lines' award-winning ship, Millenniu, departing from Miami, FL on Thursday, March 29 and returning early on Monday, April 2. While this unique venue will require some adjustments to our typical schedule, it will allow us to meet our goal of providing an outstanding educational meeting combined with traditional networking opportunities while saving money. Members can save anywhere from 10 - 40% over traditional meetings, depending on the category of stateroom chosen. IHEA will save approximately 30% over past meetings which will allow us to charge a very low registration fee, used to cover the cost of speaker expenses. Schedule of Events
2011 Annual Meeting In Review The 82nd Annual Meeting was held at the South Seas Resort in April 2011. IHEA members gathered for three days of educational sessions, committee meetings and social events that proved to be timely, beneficial, entertaining and enjoyable. The energetic keynote speaker, Conor Cuneen enlightened the group with his “Gift of GAB – Goals Attitudes and Behavior” presentation. He certainly made a lasting impression with his humorous delivery. Attendees also heard from experts on healthcare, the economy, finding and keeping skilled employees, and turning strategies into success. As always, the committee meetings were filled with resourceful ideas and great discussions on the many ways to validate IHEA’s strategic statement. There were many great networking events mixed into the program for members and guests to enjoy. The croquet tournament was a highlight this year, complete with champagne and strawberries for the gallery of onlookers, courtesy of Bob and Sue Edwards! A close second in the entertainment department would have to be the punching bag contest at the local BBQ restaurant. The winner, who finally beat Mark Gentry, was John Searle. Rumor has it there will be a re-match at the next IHEA function. Copies of the presentations from the meeting are available on the MEMBERS ONLY area of IHEA’s website, located under the Meeting Presentations tab. Comments from some of the 2011 Annual Meeting Attendees: “As a first time attendee of IHEA’s annual meeting, I found two things to be very valuable (in addition to the great location, food and entertainment). First was the opportunity to discuss and explore CE standards and how they compare to what we’re used to here in the states with NFPA 86. The Safety and Standards Committee is tremendously valuable in keeping up to date on NFPA, CE, ISO and other standards that pertain to our business. The second benefit to our company is the opportunity to network with several of our customers in a non-office environment. Our business is all about relationships and IHEA provides a great opportunity to develop those relationships with several people we do business with.” Aaron Zoeller, SCC Combustion
“I really enjoyed this year’s Annual Meeting. The venue was excellent and there was a lot of good discussion around what the current members can do to not only grow IHEA membership but also drive to consistently be the authoritative voice in the heating equipment industry. Again, thanks to all the staff for the planning and providing several opportunities for members to get to know each other better outside of the meeting rooms.” Scott Bishop, Alabama Power
Please see the galleries of beautiful photos from the annual meeting at http://ihea2011annualmeeting.shutterfly.com/ Click on PHOTOS & VIDEOS; click on the VIEW ALBUM to the bottom right of the photos you can see.
2010 Annual Meeting in Review Click here to hear members comments on the state of the process heating economy. The Annual Meeting in Pictures:
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2012 Annual Meeting
