The Lowdown is compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron Jackson.

Associated Cities, the organization that stages the annual GeoDomain Expo, has taken care of some major business at the 2010 Expo that is closing this evening in New Orleans. AC has become a non-profit trade association and as part of that process new officers were elected. A board of directors was selected in email balloting over the past couple of weeks. Then, after an AC member's meeting this afternoon, Dan Pulcrano, who has been serving as AC's interim President, announced the board had elected Fred Mercaldo of Scottsdale.com as President of the new non-profit AC and Jessica Bookstaff of PigeonForge.com was chosen as Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Bookstaff and Ari Bayme (ModernCapital.com) have also taken seats on the Associated Cities Board. 

Fred Mercaldo
New Associated Cities President

Jessica Bookstaff
New AC Secretary/Treasurer

I have had the pleasure of getting to know both Fred and Jessica in recent years and can tell you they are both exceptionally talented  business people who are highly respected on both personal and professional levels by those in the geodomain space.  Congratulations to both of them on their new leadership positions at Associated Cities.

(Posted April 30, 2010)