2008 ComPulse
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Goody Bag Stuffing Session, Arctic Bay
Hospitality Suite
Registration Open, Northern Lights 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Continental Breakfast, Outside Northwest Territories Meeting Area
First General Session, Northwest Territories
8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.
8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome , small Honor Guard provided by local VFW, Bear Creek Post #6333, of
Kaleva, Michigan. “Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” performed by
Judy Harrison, Instructor of Musical
Theater and Dance, Interlochen
Building a Team to Meet Today’s
Challenges, David Allison, Allison &
Associates
9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
9:25 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Break
10:10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Positive Publicity, On the Cheap!, Mark
Pischea, Vice President, Strategic
Operations, The Rossman Group
Deciphering the MBT, Randy Tepatti,
Cardinal Tepatti & Assoc.
8:15 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Leisure Program
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Gather
Michigan Legacy Art Park Tour, features a unique blend of art, nature, and history.
See more than 30 works of art.
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10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Travel
Gwen Frostic, print shop and gifts. hand- crafted block prints by world-renowed artist
Gwen Frostic, printed and sold on site.
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Travel
Lunch at Coho Café, Frankfort
Shopping, downtown Frankfort
Travel
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting, Northwest Territories
Board of Directors Meeting, Arctic Bay
Supplier Appreciation Luncheon, open to all, Mountain View
Solutions Exchange Forum, tabletop networking activity open to suppliers and telephone company attendees, James Bay Hall
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Reception, Northern Lights and Crystal Deck
Annual Banquet, Northwest Territories
Registration, Northern Lights
Continental Breakfast, Outside Northwest Territories Meeting Area
Second General Session, Northwest Territories
8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. TelcoCEO Preview: On The
Transformational Curve , Doron York,
Founder and CEO, Business Edge
International
8:20 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. Competitive Video Landscape, Alan
Breznick, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading
9:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
9:20 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
10:05 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Break
Red Flag Rules, Mike Rampe, Miller
Canfield
Microsoft and Telco Partnerships, Steve
Fritzinger, Solutions Sales- Industry
Solutions, Communications Sector,
Microsoft Corporation
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Leisure program, Cake decorating contest, Mountain View Room.
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11:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. TELEPAC Benefit Golf Outing, Mountain Ridge golf course
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch (boxed lunches at pro shop)
12:30 p.m. Shotgun start
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Play ends
Golf awards
Canoe Excursion, The Honor Trading Post Canoe, Kayak & Tubing delivery 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. – 12:30p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lunch (boxed lunches at golf pro shop)
Meet Bus
Travel
Canoe Trip
Travel
6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. A Night on the Mountaintop , dinner and entertainment, featuring Darlene and Les
Jenkins and their band “Strictly Country.”
6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Reception, on the mountain top.
Transportation by chair lift or option for shuttle
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Cookout Dinner, at the mountain base
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Bonfire, at the mountain base
Registration, Northern Lights
Continental breakfast, Outside Northwest Territories Meeting Area
Third General Session, Northwest Territories
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. USAC Update, Michael Spead, Senior
Program Manager of High Cost, Universal
Service Administrative Company (USAC)
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Marketing for Mind Capture , Tony
Rubleski, President, Mind Capture Group
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Disaster Preparedness, Moderated by
Mark Bahnson, Assistant General Manager,
Bloomingdale Telephone Company
Panelists: Mark Shlanta, CEO, SDN
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11:30 a.m.
Adjournment
Communications and Brad Welp, General
Manager, Richland-Grant and LaValle
Telephone Cooperatives
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