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2022 Annual Conference – Save The Date

The EASA Southeastern Chapter Board is excited to announce the dates and location of our 2022 Fall Conference. Please save the date for September 29-October 1, 2022. This year’s conference will be held in Daytona Beach, FL at the Hilton Oceanfront. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us in the fall.  We have added …

Chapter Update

The EASA Southeast Chapter Board of Directors recently met to discuss chapter business and a lot of discussion was how to navigate during the Coronavirus Pandemic.  As you are aware, we had to cancel the 2020 conference.  During the meeting it was decided that while there are too many unknowns to plan a conference for …

Refunds and Reservations

Update: March 18, 2020 To those who had registered for our conference next month in Daytona Beach, Florida, I thank you for your support and apologize again for the inconvenience that the necessity of having to cancel that meeting has caused you. Credit Card PaymentsAll credit card payments have now been refunded. You should have …

2020 Annual Conference is Cancelled

An Important Message from 2020 Annual Conference Chairman Bobby Powell: March 16, 2020 Dear Friends and Members of the Southeastern Chapter: In 2018 I was forced to cancel our Fall Conference due to Hurricane Florence. Now, with careful consideration for the safety and wellbeing of our members and attendees, and after a consultation with the …

80th Annual Chapter Conference!

Please start planning now for the 80th Annual Southeastern Chapter Conference. It will be held April 16-18, 2020 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, Florida. Our room block is expected to sell out early, and there will be no rooms added after November 30, so please book now! You can make …

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Those who attended the 2019 “Early Conference” probably remember seeing me. It was a difficult trip, due to a disk in my back (L4-L5) that had completely ruptured and was causing serious pressure on my nerves. I was actually under orders from my surgeon to notify him immediately if certain symptoms appeared, because only surgery …

2019 “Early Conference” News

The 2019 “Early Conference” is now history, but although it got off to a shaky start after being blown from September 2018 into the spring of 2019, it was very successful. More than one hundred people (over half motor shop personnel) attended Managerial, Technical and Spouse/Guest programs at the conference in Myrtle Beach. It was …

“Come Hell or High Water…”

Well, it wasn’t hell, thank goodness, but the high water has done us in. We were going to wait until Monday to make the final call, but Conference Chairman Bobby Powell has been closely watching the road closures and evacuations, and has decided to give everyone as much notice as possible that we are going …

We’re On!

Hurricane Florence mostly gave Myrtle Beach a pass, and while our hearts go out to those affected by the storm in North Carolina and other parts of South Carolina, we’re glad that the Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes is still there and in good shape. The 2018 Fall Conference will continue as planed, …