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I DA U N I V E R S A L M a rc h -A p r i l 2 0 1 4 4 EDITOR'S NOTES Nancy Estes, MBA, CAE Executive Director/Editor It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to a friend, Mrs. Len (Carol) Chalupa. Arrowwest has been a member of IDA since 1990 and has been in attendance almost every convention since then. e owner, Len Chalupa served on the IDA Board of Directors for several years. In October of 2013, during the IDA Convention and Trade Show in Canada, Len and Carol Chalupa hosted a reception for the IDA members at their Arrowwest facility in Edmonton. Carol passed away suddenly on December 31, 2013 at the age of 55 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carol is survived by her husband Len, sons Morgan and Jack, and many friends. In lieu of fl oral tributes, memorial donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 10985-124 St. Edm., T5M 0H9 or a charity of one's choice. Arrow West Equipment Ltd. 109-53016 Hwy 60 Acheson (Edmonton), Alberta T7X 5A7 Canada Phone: (780) 962-4490 Lenc@arrowwest.com Dear Members. e sun is fi nally shining here in Texas. By now, northern coun- tries are ready for warmer days. Our Earth truly is changing, as evidenced by radically colder temperatures in the south eastern part of the United States. Here IDA Board Reports are being fi nalized for the upcom- ing Board meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada during the ConEXpo Event on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. e Board and I will be watching for an opportunity to visit with IDA members and hopefully sign up new candidates. e new Member Directory has been mailed to all active members. If you have not received your copy please contact the IDA offi ce (info@idaparts.org). ere were three people working on this book to assure it would be our best issue of the member direc- tory ever. Remember, you can go into your member section of the website and search for other members by location, line of busi- ness, country, territory served and many other categories. How do you like the Universal cover? It was intriguing viewing the images and reading about the project. Big Bertha may not be without drawbacks, but wouldn't you give just about anything to see her in action. Talk about moving dirt. Several of the other articles chosen to report to you seem to all give their "best guess" that 2014 will begin a move in an upward direction. Let's hope they are right. Whether you are read- ing about the heavy equipment industry or the global economy; the story is similar; positive months ahead but slowly. Meantime, it has been said many, many times before. You need other people to move from survival mode to SUCCESS! e annual IDA Trade Show represents a very concentrated group of the best people in the heavy equipment industry from all over the world. Spending time at a trade show like IDA's? that is where your business grows. And there is strength in num- bers, so for everyone's sake, invite others to attend. Chicago has broken all the previous records since IDA began in 1958. Over half the booths are reserved already and over $83,000 in sponsorship and exhibition fees has already been submitted. Remember Hyatt Regency, Downtown Chicago, October 29 - November 1, 2014. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW. Convention registration will be available on the IDA website by March 14. All the best to you and yours, Nancy