Wednesday Edition, October 19

2011 Chair Frank Miller and ACI-NA President Greg Principato present the Downes Award to Oris Dunham.

In this thank you remarks, Oris Dunhman paid tribute to his staffs at Seattle, Los Angeles and DFW.

During the official business meeting of the association, 2011 Chair Frank Miller presented San Diego Airport CEO Thella Bowens with a resolution expressing the "greatest appreciation" to San Diego Regional Airport Authority for a very successful conference.

“We definitely need to change the conversation,” said 2012 Chair Thella Bowens as she set the goals for her term. “However, we can’t do this without you. ACI-NA is not just a board or a chair – it is our members that make us strong. Your role in helping to move us forward is easily as important as mine as your chair. My pledge to all of you is that over the next year, ACI-NA will continue to lead the conversation. I challenge all of you to join in that conversation.”

Passing the conference duties from San Diego to Calgary.

Closing Night Event Tonight

Be prepared to have a good time on tonight at the closing night event of the ACI-NA 20th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Join our 2012 Annual conference host Calgary as we get a sneak peak at all that it has to offer during the first hour of the evening, at our Calgary-themed reception. This year’s closing night event will be held at the brand new Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier.

The venue, which is San Diego’s newest event facility, features views of Coronado, San Diego International Airport and downtown San Diego will provide the setting for an unforgettable closing night event. Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy the California surfing sounds of Woodie & the Longboards as we spend the remainder of the evening celebrating “under the boardwalk” in a carnival like setting.

Shuttle buses will leave the hotel beginning at 6:15 p.m. and will run between the pier and the hotel. The pier is a 10-minute walk along the habor. There will be San Diego volunteers along the route.

Wednesday's News and Commentary

North American Airports by the Numbers
FAA Forum: FAA Rocks a Packed House
Security Forum: Both U.S. and Canada Move to Risk-Based Screening Practices
Official Meeting: North American Airports Elect New Board Members
Looking Back 2011: Full-text Final Remarks of 2011 Chair Frank Miller
Bowens's Goals; Full-text of 2012 Chair Thella Bowens Remarks
Downes Award: Honoring a Visionary -- Oris Dunham
Downes Video: Tribute to Oris Dunham
Oris Dunham remarks
ACI-NA Chair Thella Bowens looks forward
Final Educational Session: The Past is Not Prologue

Video Coverage

ACI-NA this year will prepare nightly webcasts summarizing the day's activites. Today's clip is now posted on the conference home page.

Press Clips

AirportBusness.com: ACI-NA Commissioners Award Scholarships to Aviation Students, Oct. 17
AirportBusness.com: AB Editor's Log: Reporting from the ACI-NA conference in San Diego, Oct. 18
Centre for Aviation: Time to Re-think US Airport Funding, Oct. 18
Airport World: US Airport Leaders Blast Government Over Funding, Oct. 18.

Did You Know . . .

San Diego in history:

Robert Oscar Peterson opens his first drive-in restaurant called Oscar's. He later founds Jack In The Box in 1951.

Aviation in San Diego:

Founded in 1949 with a $1,000-a-month leased Douglas DC-3, Pacific Southwest Airlines began initial operations flying once a week between San Diego and Oakland via Hollywood/Burbank. The airline -- dubbed by some the precursor to Southwest Airlines -- continued to call San Diego home until its May 29, 1987, merger with USAir..

Things to Do

Presentations will be posted in the Post Edition