We are pleased to share with you that the Committees Conference Calls for 2011 will start again in February! CLADEC is only as strong as the support and participation of its country associations. Our Committees are vital to the success of our Association and only through your participation we can advance the interests of our members. Please feel free to extend this invitation to all members in your respective associations or companies.
We are pleased to announce that we have selected a wonderful hotel for this year’s Annual Meeting: Mayfair Hotel & Spa. The hotel is a four diamond hotel and is located in Coconut Grove, one of Miami’s best entertainment neighborhoods. We encourage you to visit its webpage and have a look at it. We hope you find the location both a relaxing and exciting place to have our meeting.
In our efforts to continue providing support to our members, CLADEC organized a visit to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Our delegation was represented by: Frank Santeiro, FedEx and Chairman of the Automation Committee; Pedro Carbuccia, UPS; Jose Aguilar Mendez, DHL and Vice-Chairman of the Customs Committee and Maria Mancuso, Executive Director of CLADEC. Our initial meeting was held with our local association in Ecuador, ASEME, represented by its President, Rodrigo Paez; Mariela Rojas, UPS; Juan Carlos Delgado, FedEx; Eduardo Mallarino and Byron Quintana from DHL.
Cassio Lopes, Operations Manager of FedEx and President of ABRAEC, Brazil, has been elected as the new Chairman of the President’s Council for CLADEC. Cassio brings extensive experience in the express delivery industry to the role. He currently serves as President of ABRAEC for the third time, and has been part of the association since 1995. He has been working for FedEx since 1989.