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75th Annual Convention
Monday, August 24, thru Wednesday August 26, 2009

Embassy Suites Murfreesboro
Hotel & Conference Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

AGENDA

 

MONDAY - AUGUST 24, 2009

10:00 - 11:30 am

Board Meeting         
Location:  Cambridge A

11:30 am -12:30 pm Board Luncheon     
Location:  Cambridge A

11:30 am - 5:00 pm Meeting Registration / Golf Registration 
Location:  Pre-Con Foyer

General Session 1                                                                                         Location:  Oakleigh BC

1:00 - 1:15 pm

OPENING CEREMONY


Flag Presentation
National Anthem
Prayer:

Greeting: Larry Drake
                  TTA - Executive Director

1:00 - 1:15 pm Welcome Address:  David Vaughn
                                     TTA President

1:30 - 2:15 pm Opening Address: 
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn

2:15 - 2:30 pm Break: 
Location: Exhibit Foyer Area

2:30 - 4:00 pm Panel Discussion - Broadband Stimulus
Panel Members:  John Kuykendahl - JSI
                                 Kevin Oliver - CoBank
                                 David Russell - Calix
                                 Kevin Krufky - Alcatel-Lucent

4:00 pm Adjournment

4:15 - 5:00 pm Associates’ Meeting
Location: Cambridge B

5:00 - 6:30 PM Telplexus Welcome Reception

8:00 pm - Until  Telplexus Hospitality Room

TUESDAY - AUGUST 25, 2009


8:00-12:00 Noon

Meeting Registration / Golf Registration
Location: Pre-Con Foyer

7:30-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
Location: Pre-Con Foyer

General Session 2                                                                                         Location:  Oakleigh BC

8:30-8:45 am

Opening Remarks:  David Vaughn
                                     TTA President

8:45 - 9:45 am Andy Brown - "Broadband Politics"

9:45 - 10:00 am Break 
Location: Exhibit Area Foyer

10:00 am - Noon Breakout Sessions:

FTTX Engineering
Leader: David Russell - Calix
Location: Cambridge A

Stimulating Broadband Utilization
Leader: John Kuykendahl - JSI
Location: Cambridge B

Wireless Broadband Opportunities
Leader: Jerry Wilkie - Vantage Point Solutions
Location: Broadlands A

Noon-   1:15 pm Lunch
Location: Mirabella BC

General Session 3                                                                                         Location:  Oakleigh BC

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Meeting Registration / Golf Registration
Location: Pre-Con Foyer

1:30 - 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions:

Customer Service Issues
Leader: Alice Camuti - CMJ Media
Location: Cambridge A

Marketing Broadband
Leaders: Carrie Huckeby - Ben Lomand Telephone Co-op
                Karen Wilson - Ben Lomand Telephone Co-op
Location:  Cambridge B

Networking for the Furture
Leader: David Rich - Goldfield Telecom
Location:  Broadlands A

Billing Issues
Leader: A. Elizabeth Nielsen - Martin Group Representative
Location:  Broadlands B

Tax Issues
Leader: Pat Cooper - Jackson Thorton
               Gentry Underhill - Totherow, Haile & Welch
Location: Mirabella A

3:00 pm Adjournment

4:00-6:00 pm Reception and Tabletops
Location: Mirabella E

7:00-10:30 pm Annual Banquet
Location: Oakleigh AB

Annual Banquet                                                                                       Location:  Oakleigh AB
 
                                  Annual Banquet Program
7:00-10:30 pm

Opening Remarks:    President David Vaughn

Presentation- National Farmers Union:    John Ezekiel,  NFU
                                                                     

Recognition of Honored Guests: President David Vaughn

Invocation:      Jim Cherry

Dinner

Passing the Gavel:     President David Vaugn
                                        Vice- President  Johnny McClanahan

Presentation of Board of Directors:     President Johnny McClanahan

TTA Awards Presentation:     Jim Cherry
                                                       Associates Committee Chairman

Entertainment:


WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 26, 2009
 

8:00 am Annual Convention Golf Tournament
Vanderbilt Legends Golf Course

12:30 pm
Golf Awards Luncheon