ACUP Energizes Harrisburg
Meyer also discussed what was involved in getting certified, what additional steps his staff must take to maintain chain-of-custody for all FSC paper and what is involved in using the FSC logo.
In other ACUP sessions:
- Simon White, Print Shop manager of Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, showed a video depicting what he and his family experienced when an earthquake rocked their city in September 2010. He went on to show how this temblor and a second more deadly one in February 2011 impacted his university and his in-plant. Though Printing Services was largely undamaged, the copy center had to relocate both times. With 90 percent of the campus MFDs out of commission, the in-plant stepped up production, delivering materials using a borrowed golf cart.
- Fellow Kiwi Karen Farr, of the Unitec Copy Center in Auckland, discussed the challenges she faces at her in-plant and how she has increased business by making sales calls, attending department meetings and visiting with IT, procurement and marketing staff. “I want those guys to be my friends,” she said. She also talked about the Network of In-house Print Professionals Australasia Inc. (NIPPA), which has 180 members Down Under. She invited ACUP to send a representative to the next NIPPA conference, taking place October 10-12.
- Barbara Childers of the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign detailed how her in-plant survived, despite being slated for closure. When another department on campus showed interest in taking over the in-plant, her shop’s own administrative group took a fresh look at it and decided to keep it open. (Read IPG's story on this remarkable turnaround.)
ACUP wasn’t all work, though. Aside from enjoying the linotype documentary in Lewisburg, attendees had dinner at the National Civil War Museum (though some buses arrived sooner than others), enjoyed Harrisburg’s vibrant restaurant scene and finished the event with a semi-formal dinner and dance.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
