It may have looked and felt just like a traditional ACUP conference, but when the Association of College and University Printers met in Dallas in April, it was really a new beginning. This was the association's first meeting as a dues-paying, non-profit organization.
In his latest blog on the IPG site, Tom Tozier notes that sustainability has become a key indicator in business. If you haven't gotten on the green bus, he notes, you may find yourself left behind by the rest of your organization.
Two new blog entries on the IPG site delve into the issues of outsourcing and sustainability. In the latest addition to his "Management Counts" blog, Ray Chambers looks at the law of supply and demand as it relates to Senate Bill 5523, the bill seeking to close the Washington State Department of Printing.
For 45 years, the Association of College and University Printers has held a conference, each one organized by a volunteer in-plant manager. That is about to change. ACUP is officially incorporating as a non-profit organization.
The Association of College and University Printers will officially incorporate as a non-profit organization in the state of Colorado by the end of September. Not only that, the "new" organization has already picked a date and location for its 2011 conference. Tom Tozier, who formerly managed in-plants at the University of Colorado and the University of California-Santa Cruz, will be named ACUP's executive director.
