CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - Feb. 11, 2014
Associations respond health care mandate delay Several associations welcomed news Monday that the Obama administration had decided to delay a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, giving many businesses more time to prepare for the upcoming change in law.
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U.S. Chamber takes India to task over IP The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the government to pressure India on intellectual property rights, hoping such a move could prevent Indian companies from producing cheap generic versions of patent-protected medications, according to Reuters.
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Dale Jones evaluates whole person for CEO positions
New Diversified Search president—formerly of Heidrick & Struggles—looks for qualities beyond standard skills and abilities Jones Looking for a CEO job and planning to impress Dale Jones, president of Diversified Search?
Read MoreTrade groups spent after protracted farm bill struggle
Most got provisions they can support—or at least live with—but one of best things about compromise plan is that fight is over Few associations got everything they wanted in the Agriculture Act of 2014—which now awaits the signature of President Barack Obama—but most got something they needed after more than two years of partisan wrangling and interest-group clashes. But the feeling for many association lobbyists was relief that the fighting about the five-year, $500 billion bill was over.
Read MoreAmerican Trucking Associations VP dies
Rebecca Driver, VP of conventions and meeting services at the American Trucking Associations, died Dec. 26 at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Driver, 67, had congestive heart failure. Driver began her 30-plus-year career at ATA in 1982 starting at Transport Topics, the newspaper of trucking and freight transportation. In 1987, she moved to the conventions and meetings department and was promoted to the vice presidency in 1999. Here, Driver was responsible for organizing the annual conference and trade show.
Read MoreFormer Sugar Association leader dies
Jack O'Connell, former president of the Sugar Association, died Jan. 9 at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. O'Connell, 84, had complications from cancer. O'Connell had been the group's leader from 1982 until his retirement in 1987. He started his association career in Washington, D.C., in 1973 as a communications officer. Previously, he had worked in public relations and corporate communications in New York City.
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