Since 1886, the Great Lakes Graphics Association has represented the printing industry and its allied partners. We are a professional trade association representing members in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin that helps businesses achieve powerful results.
"We enjoy being part of GLGA. It's allowed us to network with other printers and learn from each other. The quality of educational seminars that GLGA sponsors is top notch, as well. With conditions in the market place as they are, we are pleased to have a strong partner to help guide us when needed."
Andy Lyke - President - Ripon Printers
Gina Testa and Peter Muir Featured Speakers at Summer Conference
GLGA will host the GEA Awards Celebration and a One-Day Educational Summer Conference June 12 and 13, at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, WI.
Kicking off the Summer Conference on June 13 will be Gina Testa, Vice President of the Xerox Corporation, as the opening speaker. In The New Business of Custom Communications, Gina will share how one of the world's best-known brands brings custom communications marketing to a new level of impact and intimacy, and will discuss the latest trends in custom, cross-channel communications.
The Summer Conference also will feature Peter Muir, President of Bizucate, who will present Planning for a More Profitable 2012 and Beyond: A Strategy Workshop, designed to help you develop ideas that could be implemented to assure your success and increase your profits.
The conference will be capped off by Marketing for the Future, a panel moderated by Aaron Haas, Director of Marketing of NewPage Corporation. Aaron will provide insight about social media, showing how paper still plays a vital role, and a panel of end user/key marketers will hit on some key strategies that are used today in marketing. Representatives from the Milwaukee Brewers and U.S. Cellular will be joining the panelists.
The night before, on June 12, will be the Graphics Excellence Awards Celebration with the presentation of the Best of Category and Best of Division winners, leading up to the announcement of the Runner-Up Awards and the Best of Show. Top off the evening by relaxing lakeside with your peers at our private bonfire.
Join us at Lake Lawn! To learn more about the 2012 GEA Celebration and Summer Conference and to dowload the program registration form, please click here. If you have any questions, contact Judi Wolters at (855) 522-2210 or
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Hotel Reservations: Lake Lawn, a historic luxury resort, is nestled on more than 250 wooded acres with 2 miles of shoreline on beautiful Delavan Lake. Founded in 1878, Lake Lawn has been one of Wisconsin’s most popular destinations for both leisure and business travelers.
GLGA has secured a group rate starting at $109 a night for a Luxury Lodge King Room. Deadline to receive this rate is May 18. To make your hotel reservation, please call Lake Lawn Resort at (800) 338-5253.
U.S. Senate Passes Postal Reform Bill
On Wednesday, April 26, the Senate voted 62-37 to pass S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012, as amended. This bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Senators Brown (R-MA), Carper (D-DE), Collins (R-ME) and Lieberman (I-CT), while not perfect, is significant progress toward the necessary restructuring of the USPS.
Over the course of two days, the Senate debated multiple amendments to the bill, but those amendments that negatively affected the printing industry ultimately failed. The bill finally passed due in large part to a rare showing of bipartisanship.
Now that Postal Reform has passed the Senate, the issue will move to the U.S. House of Representatives. While the House has its own version of postal reform legislation (H.R. 2309), it has yet to schedule a final vote on it. The House legislation takes a dramatically different approach to postal reform than does its Senate counterpart. Should each chamber wind up passing its own postal reform bill, there will be a bicameral conference committee established to hammer out a compromise for final legislation to be approved and sent to President Obama for his signature.
USPS Discount Mobile Marketing Program for Summer
On March 26, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved USPS’ discount mobile marketing program promotion for this summer. During July and August, mailers will receive a 2 percent discount for mail that is linked to mobile marketing by a mobile barcode, digital watermark or any other technology that is mobile web-enabled. The discount will apply only to coding which leads to a mobile-enabled website that requires an action such as a purchase by the user.
Registration for participation in the promotion will begin on May 1. For more information, visit the USPS’ National Support Center Website at https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm.
Kicking off the Summer Conference on June 13 will be Gina Testa, Vice President of the Xerox Corporation, as the opening speaker. In The New Business of Custom Communications, Gina will share how one of the world's best-known brands brings custom communications marketing to a new level of impact and intimacy, and will discuss the latest trends in custom, cross-channel communications. 
The Summer Conference also will feature Peter Muir, President of Bizucate, who will present Planning for a More Profitable 2012 and Beyond: A Strategy Workshop, designed to help you develop ideas that could be implemented to assure your 
On March 26, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved USPS’ discount mobile marketing program promotion for this summer. During July and August, mailers will receive a 2 percent discount for mail that is linked to mobile marketing by a mobile barcode, digital watermark or any other technology that is mobile web-enabled. The discount will apply only to coding which leads to a mobile-enabled website that requires an action such as a purchase by the user. 
