From the Editor: ACUP Gets ‘Real’
Incorporation has been discussed for as many years as I’ve been attending (and I’ve been to 14 ACUPs), but the “if it’s not broke...” mantra always stood firm. A few months ago, with no 2011 host in site, the ACUP board began e-mail discussions about ACUP’s future. They initially talked with the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) about holding a joint 2011 conference in Charleston, S.C., where IPMA will meet June 5-9. Then an online poll of higher-ed in-plants revealed that just 18.5 percent of those who were not IPMA members would likely attend a joint conference. On the other hand 75.5 percent said they would likely join a formalized ACUP. In short, they wanted to network with other higher-ed managers.
- People:
- Tom Tozier
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.
