Thanks for the Meeting Announcement, Joanne. I'll be attending the meeting.
Nice write about yourself and how you got into genealogy.
And yes!! Elio is related to the DeCecco Pasta maker.
If the DeCecco family was from Camarda, L'Aquila, Italy, then they would be related. The name De Cecchis goes back to the 1600s and is only found in Camarda. If you found the above name and spelling as such in another area do let me know.