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PEI Honors Connie Dooley After 20 years of administrative service to PEI, where she is credited with being a driving force behind its success; Connie Dooley will be retiring in February 2013. She is also only the sec- ond person to be made a lifetime hon- orary member of the association (the first being Howard Upton). "Our organization has existed for a little over 60 years and she has been there for a third of it—20 years," said Bob Renkes, executive vice president and gen- eral counsel of the Petroleum Equipment Institute. "She came in six years after I took over for Howard Upton when we lost her predecessor, Sandy Parkinson, to cancer. So there you were with the relatively new executive director and we needed a good strong person to take care of all of the conventions, all of the staff, all of the financial matters and we got that with Connie. She almost tripled our net assets so we could do what we wanted and not be crippled by financial con- straints. She balanced every budget. She helped us achieve minimal staff turn- over and kept the organization stronger. She was responsible for some of our largest conventions when we were standalone, which occurred in the late 1990s, as tank regulations came to a close. And then afterward, as the industry started contracting, she was instrumental in the merger with NACS and with getting us through a convention three weeks after 9/11 occurred. Growing the tradeshow, keeping the staff stable, keeping PEI financially viable and stronger than ever before—I think that summarizes her big contributions and she was accessible and appreciated by staff and members." SOURCE NORTH AMERICA TERRACAIR DEF COUPONING COMES TO VERIFONE DIGITAL NETWORK VeriFone Systems, Inc. unveiled the next evolution of media at gas stations, providing adver- tisers and market- ers with new pro- motional capabili- ties including on- demand coupons at the pump and transaction-specific promotions at the c-store checkout counter. Couponing is the newest addition to the VeriFone Digital Network (VNET), further enhancing its ability to deliver digital media to consumers where they are most attentive—at the point of pay- ment. After a successful 12-month pilot, where coupon redemption rates in excess of 10 percent far exceeded indus- try norms for freestanding inserts. VeriFone, Inc. – www.verifone.com Recognized as the industry's central source for fueling equipment solutions by listening, solving, delivering on our cus- tomer's needs, Source North America Corporation specializes in the sale of equipment, parts and materials for the construction and maintenance of gas sta- tions, convenience stores, and petroleum & chemical handling facilities. Since our founding in 1979, we have provided our customers with innovative product solu- tions that include: POS and fuel management; piping and containment systems; storage tanks and equipment; canopy lighting and submersible pumps. Source is one of the largest stocking dis- tributors in the USA, with 12 sales offices with more than 130,000 square feet of warehouse space across the country. Source North America Corporation www.sourcena.com TerraCair has the quality you're look- ing for. As the leading urea producer in North America, TerraCair maintains product quality from production to your truck's tank. The leading truck manufacturers depend on TerraCair DEF. As the producer of TerraCair DEF, Terra Environmental Technologies has made the commit- ment to supply availability. That means with TerraCair DEF, you have a direct link to the manufacturer. Other DEF suppliers who rely on third party urea sources cannot give their customers the same peace of mind. TerraCair's qual- ity team works to assure reliable quan- tity and supply. With TerraCair DEF, you can rely on our commitment to excellence from production, to deliv- ery, to performance - every single day. TerraCair – www.terracairdef.com WAYNE HELIX DISPENSER Wayne, a GE Energy Business and a global inno- vator of fuel dis- pensers and forecourt technologies, has launched the new Wayne Helix™ fuel dispenser line. Built on a single global product platform that incorporates the needs of distributors, retailers, service technicians and motorists, the results produced a foundation emphasizing intelligent design, transaction security and advanced technology. Wayne addressed each individual component of the Helix fuel dispenser and pur- posefully chose the material and man- ufacturing method that optimized the function, quality and cost of each com- ponent. The result of this approach gave Wayne a product line with com- mon DNA—with high quality compo- nents, a superior fit and an analogous finish in its final form. Wayne – www.waynehelix.com www.npnweb.com n NPN Magazine NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012 19 formally