In This Issue
Index of Advertisers
Lunch n' Learn
Holiday Party
Fall Tabletop Show Wrap Up
2014 Trade Show Special

EVENT CALENDAR

   

 Lunch n' Learn

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013

 Mark Jenkins, Pioneer Balloon
Dave & Busters

Holiday Party

Thursday, November 21st

Tropical Acres Restaurant

 

SAVE THE DATES 

 

ASI Orlando

January 5-7, 2014

Visit the GCPPA/PPAF Lounge

 

PPAI Expo

January 13-17, 2014

Visit the PPAI Lounge!

 

GCPPA Winter Trade Show

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

 

Index of Advertisers

GCPPA is pleased to announce the 2013 Board of Directors: 

 

President

Gary Tuchler, MAS    
Brown and Bigelow 

[email protected]

954-625-2900
 

President Elect 

Michael Legel

Continental Plastic Card 

Phone:  800-543-0670

[email protected] 

 

Secretary

Randy Eubanks

Suncoast Marketing, Inc

954-583-4351 ext. 205

 
Treasurer

Barry Shnider

Baron Marketing

Phone: 954-492-2766

[email protected] 

 

Immediate Past President

Ofelia Minagorri  
TSF Sportswear 
954-599-7008 

 

Directors                      

Lawrence Giles

Bullet Line

888-831-9164

[email protected] 

 

Sue Hand

Sports & Promotional Specialties

954-346-6999

sujon8980@aol.com

 

Jean Kalinsky

PromoAE

954-929-4949   


Jared Opper 

ClothPromotions Plus

561-910-7626

[email protected]

 

Estrella Tinch

Coqui Marketing Group

407-803-2375

[email protected]

 

Tracy Zobel

Aquasheen

800-327-5134  

[email protected]

 
Not Enjoying the Benefits of GCPPA  Membership yet? 
Here is what you are missing:
-Two trade shows per year with free parking
-Online Coupon Book
-Legislative Advocacy
-Free Education Seminars
-Discounted FLIPP Events
-Opportunity to Build Relationships with Member Suppliers/Distributors
VOLUNTEERS 2013 

A huge thank you to our wonderful Tabletop Show Volunteers! 
You were awesome as usual! 
We could not have done the show without you!!

Thank you to Marsha Miller, Volunteer Coordinator and Show Co-Chair, Randy Eubanks, Trade Show Co-Chair, the entire Board of Directors and the following Volunteers:
 
Kimberly Knox,  Doug Walcoff, Chris Lovell, Shelley Bednarski, Eleanor & Stuart Glovinsky, Joe Miller, Marcus Cohen, Sue Kissinger, Lynn Glover,  John Doncaster, Beth Tobin, Robert Nolan,  Mark Tomback, David Hyman, Marlene Williams, Dan Gough & Steven Lazarus 

*Volunteers, to say 
"Thank You" please take $15 off the single ticket price for the Holiday Party. We hope to see you there!

 Questions? Corrections?

 

Please contact: 

 Kelly Wilson, 

GCPPA Executive Director

 

561-367-7836, ext. 201 or

[email protected]

  

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November 6, 2013
Dave & Buster's
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 

 Presented by:

Mark Jenkins, MAS

Pioneer Balloon Company

 

Topic: 

"How to Get the Most out of Attending an Industry Trade Show" & PPAI "Up to the Minute" Update.

Earn 2.0 CAS points

 

Mark will be conducting his "How to Get the Most out of Attending an Industry Trade Show" session.  An industry veteran of 26 years, Jenkins has been conducting a similar session at  PPAI's Expo for the past several years.  This presentation is designed to help distributor personnel have more productive trade show experiences. He will cover different strategies to make your industry trade show experiences, (whether they be national or regional), more effective and worthwhile. 

 

Jenkins is also the Incoming Board Chair of PPAI.  He will give us an "Up to the Minute" update on PPAI's activity and present PPAI's new ADvocate materials.

   


You Are Invited!
GCPPA Holiday Party &
Board Installation 
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Tropical Acres Restaurant 
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

6:30-7:30  Cocktails
7:30-8:30  Dinner
8:30-9:00  Installation
9:00-10:00   Entertainment

                          

Start the holiday season off with
bells & whistles and
join us for amazing food, conversation, music and dancing, raffles and fun!
 Meet your 2014 Board of Directors at this popular end of the year party!
*See note for volunteer pricing!
Fall Tabletop Show Wrap Up
Thanks to everyone who "Got in the Game" at the Fall Show!

The GCPPA Fall Tabletop Gift Show was held on Thursday, October 3rd at the Broward County Convention Center and has been deemed a success!  With 125 Supplier tables and an impressive amount of Distributors many deals were made and ideas were shared!

Suppliers had catalogs, samples and giveaways! The show floor was crowded and our event theme was everywhere...from the Referee shirts, to the mini footballs, to the whistles! We left everything on the floor!

GCPPA had the newest Digital Watermarking technology thanks to BAG MAKERS and awarded 11 lucky winners who scanned their welcome bags as they entered the show. 

 

BIG WINNERS
Winners of various Supplier donated items were: Jerry Gelman, Karen & David Wasserman, Alison Harrison, Roger & June Nichols, Karl LeBoyer, Dan Gough, Melissa Diamond, Nicole Campbell, Regina Ziff and 
Ivan Rose...Congratulations to everyone!

WHAT TIME IS IT?
Winners of the Bulova Watches at the Education Session (featuring Mark Graham, MAS of Rightsleeve) were 
David Bloom and Victor Greene.

A very big thank you to the following suppliers for their sponsorship and donations of good and services: 3M Post-its, Aakron Line, Ad-A-Day, All In One, Atlas Embroidery & Screenprinting, BAG MAKERS, Brightline, Bulova, Cloth Promotions, Dard, Dunbrooke, Norwood, Numo, Paradise Custom Apparel, Pearson Mktg., Prime Line,  Spector & Co., Tica Sport Leather,Virginia T's, Ward/Kraft, Warwick Publishing, Whispering Pines

 

Save the Date for the Winter Trade Show on Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Save the Date & Register Today!


Suppliers, Spring into Savings for
 the annual GCPPA Winter Trade Show and Fall into Profits at the Fall Tabletop Gift Show with our 2014 show special!
 
Buy a Booth at the Winter Trade Show and take 1/2 off your 1st Table at the Fall Show...a savings of $147.50! 
 
And hey, the earlier your reserve your booth the better your location! 


ASI Logo
Visit the GCPPA/PPAF Lounge on 
January 6-7th at the ASI Orlando Show
and enjoy complimentary beverages and 
comfortable place to relax those weary feet.
Even play some games and win a prize or two! 

We hope to see you there!
More information to come....stay tuned! 
Warwick
 

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