Elevator U

If you attended the 2010 EU Conference at Purdue and are in need of a certificate for either the .8 Continuing Education Class or for the presentations that were given during the regular sessions please send the website committee an e-mail.

The NAEC Education Committee has reviewed your Continuing Education Application for the Elevator U 2010 Annual Conference. We are pleased to inform you that the committee has approved the educational content at a total value of 4.0 CET contact hours and 2.0 CAT contact hours for Continuing Education.

• Elevator Modernization Team Effort (Gregory)  @ 1.0 CET contact hrs
• What’s New is the 2010 Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook (Hendrick) @ 1.0 CET/CAT Safety contact hr
• Future Serviceability Options for Today’s MRL Elevators (Thran) @ 1.0 CET contact hr
• Emergency Communications & Code Compliance (Dietz) @ 1.0 CET/CAT contact hr

E-mail us if you need a certificate.

The Conference Planning Committee and Board of Directors would like to thank you for attending the 2010 Elevator U Conference this past week! It was a great time and we appreciate Jeff Cooper, Purdue University, offering his campus for the conference.  Jeff has hosted many conferences including the first two back in 1998 and showed how first class Purdue University is.

Listen to what Mike from the Unversity of Alabama had to say.

The Board would like to offer a special welcome to our new board members, Steve Pydynowski , Wayne Koepke and Martin Culp. We’d also like to thank Matt Wright and Brad Haldeman for their hard work in making Elevator U a better organization.

In the upcoming weeks we’ll be editing and uploading the presentation videos onto the website. We’ll also be sending out an e-mail with the attendee list shortly.

Continuing Education Session Participants – Please note that we will be sending out the necessary documentation to NAESA, EIWFP, the State of Indiana and the State of Illinois by the middle of next week. Certificates will be e-mailed by the end of next week. We appreciate your participation and hope those who attended had a great time.

Thanks once again to everyone for making the 2010 EU Conference a success.

Sincerely,

Elevator U BOD & Conference Planning Committee

The 2009 Educational Conference Videos are posted and online! Special thanks to all the presenters for not only allowing us to video record them but for supporting Elevator U.  You must be a member of Elevator U to view the videos and a high speed Internet connection is recommended. To join Elevator U click on this link! Once you join Elevator U you will be e-mailed a password for these videos plus you will be able to see the membership directory! Interested in presenting at next years conference? Send us an e-mail! Please note that these videos are in the members only area. Click Here To View

• Elevator and Escalator Safety On College/University Campuses – Presented by Barbara Allen, Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation
• The Little Book We Like To Call The Elevator Code – Presented by Dick Gregory – Vertex Elevator Consultants & John Rearick – Code Data Plate
• Wire Rope – Key Indicators That Say “Replace Me” – Presented by Wayne Koepke – Wirerope Works, Inc
• Elevator Testing: What Why, Who, When and You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me! – Presented by Chris Duke & Dan Winslow – CNY Elevator Consultants
• Open Source Specifications – Presented by Tony DeFrancesco, VTX Elevator Consultants.
• The Importance of Qualified Elevator Inspectors and Code Education- Presented by Dotty Stanlaske – NAESA International
• Technological Elevator Advances That Achieve Solutions – Presented by Bob Caporale, Elevator World Magazine
• Jack Installations: Replacing existing as well as installing new hydraulic jacks – Presented by Mark Ortman – Ortman Drilling & Jeff Miller – University of Illinois
• Elevator Parts, Inventory Control – Presented by Rick Milefchik – KONE Spares
• Natural and National Disasters and Elevators – Presented by Sheila Swett, Swett & Associates

If you need a password or you think that you might be a member please send the website/membership committee an e-mail and they can check for you.

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July 21, 2009 – On June 16, 2009, Elevator U supported the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) by allowing them to host a silent auction during the Opening Night of the Expo hours. 

The EESF is the industry’s non-profit organization whose sole mission is to educate the public on the safe and proper use of elevators, escalators and moving walks through informational programs. 

Elevator U requested each exhibitor bring at least one silent auction item to be displayed in the exhibitor’s booth.  Conference attendees visited each booth to view and bid on the items available.  This gave the exhibitors a unique opportunity to interact with conference attendees and display their products. 

At the conclusion of the event, each exhibitor brought forward their item and the winning bid was announced.  The Elevator U silent auction raised over $4,000 for EESF which will be used to help the Foundation achieve its mission.  The EESF can purchase and ship Safe-T Rider materials to 16,000 elementary children with these funds. 

 L to R: Glenn Duncan (Elevator U), Terri Emmons (Elevator U), John Castano (Lift Solutions)

In addition to the silent auction, Glenn Duncan of Parts Specialists, Inc. volunteered to conduct a 50/50 raffle with proceeds to go to the EESF.  Duncan sold tickets for two days, collecting $1,450 from attendees and exhibitors alike.  The winning ticket was drawn and the winner was John Castano of Lift Solutions.  Castano accepted his $725 winnings which he graciously donated back to the Foundation. 

EESF would like to thank the exhibitors for their generous donations of items for the silent auction; everyone who bid on items; those who purchased a raffle ticket and the Board of Elevator U for allowing the event to take place. 

Dick Gregory looks over the auction items as raffle tickets are sold on the exhibit floor.

To find out how your company or organization can plan a fundraiser or for more information about the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation, please visit www.EESF.org, e-mail info@EESF.org or call (251) 479-2199.

Thanks to everyone who attended this years Elevator U Conference in Quincy, IL!  Once again proving that the spirit and mission of EU is alive and well.  Members of our association and industry came to this three day conference with the intention to learn about specific solutions to problems while at the same time having fun while doing so.

Special thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, speakers and attendees that supported this years Elevator U conference and who continue to do so in future. So many hours of hard work go into the planning that the volunteers who work behind the scenes also need to be thanked as they do so much. They are already working on next years conference.  Thank you Elevator U Committee and Board Members!

We’ll have a full recapof the 2009 Elevator U Conference shortly and will let everyone know once it’s posted.