March 29, 2010 - American Bus Association
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ABAInsider<br />
Did You Know?<br />
The deadline for 2011 Top 100<br />
Events In North America nominations<br />
is May 7, and any ABA<br />
member can nominate an event<br />
for consideration. Get complete<br />
details at www.buses.org/top100.<br />
IN THE STATES: Wyoming Becomes 20th State Banning Driving While Texting<br />
Wyoming has become the 20th state to enact a statewide ban prohibiting drivers<br />
from texting while behind-the-wheel, passing a law earlier this month that will<br />
allow law enforcement officials to ticket anyone caught texting while driving in<br />
the state. In 2009, more than 200 distracted driving bills were considered by state<br />
legislatures and legislative activity is expected to remain strong in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
“Wyoming has taken an important step to eliminate distracted driving,” U.S. DOT<br />
Sec. Ray LaHood said. “Texting while driving, like talking on cell phones while<br />
driving, is dangerous to the driver doing it and all of those around them.”<br />
Alex’s Lemonade<br />
Stand Foundation<br />
has funded more<br />
than 100 research<br />
projects at nearly<br />
50 institutions<br />
across the country.<br />
6<br />
EXECUTIVE EXCURSIONS: New Names & Faces at VISIT Milwaukee, Atlantic<br />
City CVA, Sheraton Norfolk, DC Civil Rights Panel<br />
Paul Upchurch Liz Dyer Clyde Hart<br />
VISIT Milwaukee has<br />
named Paul Upchurch<br />
its new president &<br />
CEO. He joins VISIT<br />
Milwaukee after 30<br />
years in the hospitality<br />
and tourism industry.<br />
For more information<br />
call (800) 554-1448 or go<br />
online to www.visitmilwaukee.org… The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority<br />
has named Mark O’Day national sales manager for its New York office. O’Day will<br />
book conventions, meetings and trade shows for the Atlantic City Convention Center<br />
and other AC-area properties from NYC-area groups. He previously did sales and<br />
marketing for the Greater Providence CVB, the New York CVB, and for several<br />
hoteliers. His new phone is (212) 247-3484; e-mail is moday@accva.com … Liz Dyer,<br />
APR, who served as media relations coordinator for the Virginia Beach CVB—<br />
including during ABA Marketplace 2008—is the new sales manager for the Sheraton<br />
Norfolk Waterfront Hotel … ABA’s SVP for Government Affairs Clyde Hart is one of<br />
13 DC citizens who have been appointed to serve two-year terms on the DC Advisory<br />
Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.<br />
MARKETPLACE PACE: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Chosen As 2011 Charity<br />
The Marketplace Advisory Committee has chosen Alex’s<br />
Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer as the<br />
Marketplace Gives Back charity for 2011. Alex’s Lemonade<br />
Stand Foundation started in Pennsylvania in 2000, when<br />
then four-year-old cancer patient Alex Scott set up a<br />
lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money to help<br />
find a cure for childhood cancer. Her lemonade stand was<br />
a huge success and became an annual event. Alex wanted<br />
to raise more money for childhood cancer patients and encouraged others<br />
nationally to start their own lemonade stands. In the summer of 2004, Alex’s stand<br />
and other stands inspired by Alex across the country raised Alex’s goal of $1<br />
million for childhood cancer.
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