2001 Conference: We did it!
| ACES' fifth national conference, April 26-28, 2001, at the Westin hotel in downtown Long Beach was a resounding success! More than 400 presenters and participants joined us for three days of workshops, discussions and brainstorming sessions, with some fun thrown in as well. |
| Conference
attendance was not a record, but the national board was still pleased,
especially considering the quick turnaround from Baltimore. The silent
auction did bring in a record amount for ACES education fund--more
than $4,000.
In another conference first, the cyber cafe, sponsored Knight Ridder, was up and running and seemed to be popular. It also allowed somewhat live stories and photos to be posted online on the conference Web site. The Saturday night social is always a great way to wrap up a conference, and the Blue Cafe was the perfect location for this year's party. Almost 200 people bought tickets to the event, which allowed ACES private use of the top floor of the club for three hours, with food, a drink and unlimited pool. A couple of pool sharks from the L.A. Times, Mike Castelvecchi and Les Dunseith, took on players for $5 per game, with proceeds donated to ACES. Many
Southern California Chapter members worked long hours to help the national
ACES board put the conference together: Melissa McCoy, Los Angeles Times;
Bill Macfadyen, Santa Barbara News Press; Barbara Tarshes, Riverside Press
Enterprise; John Futch, Long Beach Press-Telegram; Jack Mulkey, Daily Breeze;
Glen Friedman, San Bernardino Sun; Deirdre Edgar, L.A. Times; Alison Dingeldein,
L.A. Times; Kathie Bozanich, L.A. Times; Bill Sheehan, L.A. Times; and
of course, our honorary SoCal member, Mr. Ron Smith of the Oregonian.
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Photos by Deirdre Edgar SoCal Chapter leader Melissa McCoy receives some well-deserved items from ACES conference VP Lynn Louie: surfboard wax to get back to the beach, and earplugs for some much-needed sleep.
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Photos
by Deirdre Edgar
At
left, Ron Smith of the Oregonian, Bill Macfadyen of the Santa Barbara News-Press,
Glen
Friedman of the San Bernardino Sun and Joelle Beckett of the Orange County Register discuss ways to find common ground between contenct and design. At right, another panel of Southern Californians--Christie D'Zurilla of the Orange County Register, John Futch of the P-T, Iris Yokoi of the Register and Laura Wingard of the Press-Enterprise--try to find ways to bridge the divide between the copy desk and the city desk. |
