Member Stories
Jack van der Kooy, may he rest in peace
Johannes Paul Christian VAN DER KOOY
VAN DER KOOY, Johannes Paul Christian ('Jack') - Passed away peacefully at Scarborough General Hospital on April 24, 2011 at the age of 83. Jack will be sadly missed by his beloved wife Eleanor, his son Derek (Donna Steele), his sister Jean Fice, his sister- in-law Doreen (Peter Woodside), best friends Betty and Harold, many nieces, nephews, friends and acquaintances. Family and friends will be received at the PINE HILLS CEMETERY & VISITATION CENTRE, 625 Birchmount Rd., Scarborough (north of St. Clair Ave., 416-267-8229), for a Memorial Celebration on Sunday, May 1, 2011 from 12-3 p.m. In memory of Jack, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.
Jack and Eleanor on the famous IAPHC Cruise Convention - Vancouver to Alaska in 2004.
April 28, 2011
April 27, 2011
Jack and Eleanor van der Kooy along side past IAPHC International President's Stewart Graham and Ralph Pike at the IAPHC annual convention in Reno Nevada in 2000.
April 27, 2011
Jack was International President of the IAPHC, The Graphic Professionals Resource Network in 1975-1976. (He had earlier been president of the Toronto chapter of the IAPHC.) He and Eleanor made it an annual pilgimmage to attend the IAPHC convention, and each year when it was announced it was their 40th consecutive or 44th consecutive or ..... one could hear the sharp intake of breath as the convention attendees murmurred their amazement at the dedication of this charming couple of dedicated Craftsmen.
Jack liked to say they wanted to to attend 50 straight conventions, alas, circumstances stopped their remarkable streak at 47 straight conventions when they attended the IAPHC convention in Baltimore in 2007.
Jack was a Craftsmen member for a half century, continuing to pay his annual dues long after he was retired, as a statement of his affection for the group. His humour, his warmth and his dedication to family and friends in the IAPHC will make him dearly missed.
On behalf of the members of the IAPHC around the globe we wish Jack, God Speed.
Kevin Keane
President and CEO
IAPHC, The Graphic Professionals Resource Network
Past International Chairman Tom Blanchard and Jack van der Kooy at the 2005 IAPHC Convention in Jacksonville Florida, as both were former presidents of the Toronto chapter, lots of needling was in the air.
Photos kindly provided by the extensive photo-journal collections of Ray Rafalowski, past IAPHC International Chairman. For more photos, go to Facebook and search under "Ray Rafalowski IAPHC" The photo of the "five guys" in San Diego courtesy of Bob Dale.
Whenever Jack sent an e-mail, he inevitably closed with "Love, JvdK". He will be missed!
Crack the Code of Coating Mojo
Crack the Code of Coating Mojo
IAPHC member, Milt Vine is proprietor of Seattle Bindery in Washington state.
He sent us the following e-mail:
In a message dated 12/5/2010 8:08:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, miltvine@seattlebindery.com writes:
Kevin:I was clicking around your LinkedIn stuff and realized that I didn't include you on our recent self promo mailing where we used a QR code. I guess I'll have to send you one.In the meantime, here is the artwork so you can check it out. (See below Milt's signature block for the hotlink to the PDF .....)Milt Vine, Seattle Bindery
6540 South Glacier Street, Suite 120, Seattle, WA98188
Phone:(425) 656-8210 (877) 656-8210 Fax: (425) 656-4400
miltvine@seattlebindery.com www.seattlebindery.comInfomercial: We have more under one roof than anyone in our market, including our newly installed UV coater that can flood coat 40” press sheets. As always, we can still miniature, map, gate and pocket fold; stitch, loop stitch, score, trim and collate; die cut to 41 inches, foil stamp and emboss; Wire-O, plastic spiral, and perfect bind; and provide transfer tape, eyeletting, shrinkwrapping and film laminating. We also do custom and plain tabs for copiers. Free pickup and delivery. Give us a call.Feel free to print this if you need to, as paper is a completely renewable resource. Please check out www.PrintGrowsTrees.com and then turn your computer off tonight!
www.iaphc.org/images/iaphc/Documents/coatings_card_final.pdf
Book Virtuoso on the Orient X-Press
Book Virtuoso on the Orient X-Press
Longtime IAPHC global member, Charlie Clark, has entered the 36th International Gallery again in 2010.
{Charlie is seen below (left) in his former role as the first Caucasian Director of Hong Kong based C&C Offset Printing Co., accepting an International Gallery award from longtime Chief Marketing Officer of Kodak, our great friend, the inimitable Celebrity CMO and best selling author of the new book "The Mirror Test," Jeffrey Hayzlett.}
And as we are evidently equally fond of punning and parentheses, we highly commend Jeff Hayzlett to you as a rollicking rock em sock em key note speaker for your next meeting, he is awesome! Book 'em, u won't regret looking in the mirror!
Charlie sent us a note the other day:
In addition to his encyclopaedic knowledge of book publishing and the printing arts in general, Charlie is a pretty darn fine marketeer.
Note the third and fourth books featured in this list from his website listing projects he has handled:
http://www.charlieclarkbooks.com/pages/samples.html
"Branding" the success of projects with the imprimatur of International award winning renown is simply smart marketing.
We also like that Charlie's website and his stationery feature the logos of the organizations he is affiliated with:
We remind folks that at the request of time-pressed graphic arts professionals around the globe, the final extension of the entry deadline for the 36th International Gallery is 31 August 2010.
Download the Call for Entries HERE if you want to emulate the great Charlie Clark!
How Cool is Market Your Printing Company on LI
How Cool is Market Your Printing Company on LI ???(LinkedIn)
On 11 August 2010, Ali Westcott the Social Media ingenue and super precocious Director of Marketing & Communications at Concord Litho, and IAPHC Member and NE Regional Director sent us a note:
-----Original Message-----
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:02:59 -0400
Subject: woo-hoo
To: KKeane1069@aol.com
From: "Ali Westcott" ali@concordlitho.com
http://blog.americanprinter.com/kob/
You made the list! :)
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Awesome, especially since Milt Vine owner of Seattle Bindery, and Steve Johnson, godfather of Copresco in Carol Stream IL are both IAPHC members of long-standing, and since we have become fast friends with the amazing Lisa Bickford of Highlight Printing right here in MinnySnowta (we have never met mind you, but we are LinkedIn and Facebooked and I'd be willing to bet one of these days Lisa becomes an IAPHC member too!) Well truly it is kind of cool that all of us got a nice mention from Katherine O'Brien the hard working editor at American Printer magazine.
Lisa and Ali and I are also members of an incredibly informative Linked In Group started by our mutual friend Mary Beth Smith, marketing maestro for an Alphagraphics in the North Dallas market. I can think of ZERO reasons that everyone in the graphic arts would resist joining this group, the quality of the conversation is that good!
Facebook for your Company ... are you using it?
Today, 12 August, Roger Buck, just home from the InterACT! Conference in Chicago, sent me a Facebook Instant Message and we continued the conversation about the young lady, referenced in his post on Mary Beth Smith's LI Group:
First Roger sent me a link to a sample of what the new grad had done for one of her clients:
And then he sent me a link to her website:
Earlier today, I was reading the great Howie Fenton of NAPL in his column for WhatTheyThink.com (see Print CEO) ruminating over a recent Nielsen survey that concluded Social Media is a real time suck. Also on WTT today Heidi Tolliver-Nigro, digital evangelist extra-ordinaire was writing about a new report indicating that folks 45 years and older are becoming rapid adopters of social media tools (see Digital Nirvana).
So what's the poor (formerly hide-bound) printing company executive to do? Resist social media on the grounds that it sucks up time with no discernible ROI, or jump on the train with gusto secure in knowing that a key demographic already quite comfortable with print (folks 45 +) are already ticketed and strapped in.
If you see value in making new connections, in sharing knowledge, in being exposed to true thought leadership, then suck it up and get on the SocNet train punkin.
Thanks to Social Media I now count folks like Lisa Bickford, and Hugh Griffin and Mary Beth Smith as valued friends, and wise counselors too.
Join in, Join them, Join us. This train isn't slowing down!
And so we bring it full circle, Ali Westcott tipped us off about the nice mention in Katherine O'Briens American Printer list, and we can tip you off that the company our favourite Digital Debutante works for, Concord Litho, is a great source for fund-raising ideas for non-profits and for extra fun effects like scented printing; indeed, we have a stash of the peppermint flavoured holiday wrapping paper Ali sent us, that is reserved for special gifts indeed.
MGI METEOR DP60 PRO HELPS OLYMPUS PRESS EXPAND DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
Olympus Press is an IAPHC member of long standing and the firm has won an impressive array of International Gallery awards through the years.
We have been intrigued by this press from MGI and share the news below. Note especially the comments about no click charges.
Olympus Press co-owner Glenn Blue (right) and press operator Corey.
MGI METEOR DP60 PRO HELPS OLYMPUS PRESS EXPAND DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
MELBOURNE, Fla (Aug. 2, 2010) – Olympus Press, based in Seattle, Washington, has expanded their business into new digital markets with the addition of MGI’s Meteor DP60 Pro four-color, multi-substrate digital press.
Founded in 1982, MGI Digital Graphic Technology designs, manufactures and markets a full and innovative range of award-winning multi-substrate (paper and plastic) 4-color digital presses, as well as a complete line of versatile finishing solutions.
A key player in the global market, MGI has a portfolio comprised of several thousand customers in a wide range of sectors, including graphic industry professionals, Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, plastic card manufacturers, silk screeners and photo labs.
MGI is a leader in the professional graphic equipment market and is registered on the Euronext Paris Alternext stock exchange (ALMDG). They received the prestigious OSEO ANVAR “Innovative Company” Label in 2006 & 2009 in recognition of their expertise and innovation in the graphics & finishing industry, and have won seven separate awards in 2008-2009 in recognition of technological innovation.
MGI USA, based in Melbourne, Florida, is MGI’s fully owned subsidiary that services the North and South American, Caribbean and Asia/Pacific markets.
For more information, please visit http://www.mgi-fr.com / http://www.mgius.com
