Government Printers Wrap up Virginia Beach Conference
Though the event got off to an awkward start, things turned completely around after the keynote speech. After being welcomed by NGPA President Lise Melton, of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, attendees listened to an address by Virginia Beach Deputy City Manager Dave Hansen. Though he was supposed to simply welcome the group to his city, in an unexpected and ironic twist, Hansen talked about how the budget for printing had been cut in Virginia Beach due to declining demand, resulting in cuts to the printing staff—not exactly a strong message to kick off an in-plant printers' conference.
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.
