2019 Spring Managers Conference

Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, June 12

 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Wesley B. Roberts Memorial Golf Tournament 
(Breakfast & Lunch Included in Registration)
Shotgun starts at 8:00 a.m.
Moody Gardens Golf Course

3:30 p.m. Texas Lone Star Network (TLSN) Annual Membership Meeting 
East Parlor
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Registration
West Promenade
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception
Veranda

 

Thursday, June 13

7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Registration
West Promenade

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.

Full Breakfast Buffet
Veranda

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks 
Steven Steele, TSTCI President
Peoples Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Weldon R. Gray, CPA
TSTCI CEO

Music Hall

8:30 - 9:45 a.m. OPENING GENERAL SESSION
Herding Porcupines and Leading the Reluctant
Keynote Speaker — Steven Iwersen
Music Hall
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Panel discussion
Staying Relevant in Today’s Market
Panelists:
Charlie Greenberg — Btel                                                                             
Kelly Allison — Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.                                                                             
Craig Cook — Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Music Hall

11:00 - Noon

Update: ACAM II
Steve Meltzer, JSI — John Staurulakis, Inc.
Music Hall

Noon - 1:30 p.m. PAC Lunch with Representative James White (with ticket or lunch on your own)
East Parlor
1:30 p.m. Back from Lunch — Door Prize Drawing
Music Hall
1:35-1:50

Representative James White
Music Hall

1:50 - 2:50 p.m.

NECA Service Pricing Tool
Barbara J. Vrahnos — NECA
Music Hall

2:50 - 3:00 p.m.

Break — Door Prize Drawing
Music Hall

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Testing Cybersecurity Effectiveness — with “Friendly Adversaries”
Robert Dowling — Dynetics, Inc.
Dave Osborn — VTX1 Companies
Music Hall

4:00 p.m.

Grand Prize Drawing 
Sponsored by: Texas Communications Expo, Inc.

PAC Raffle Prize Drawing
Sponsored by: Power & Tel and TSTCI

Music Hall

4:00 p.m.

Ice Cream Social 
Hosted by: Texas Lone Star Network 
East Parlor

Friday, June 14

7:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Registration
West Promenade

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Open to all attendees)
Veranda

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

CLOSED MEMBER MEETING
Music Hall

10:00 a.m.

Membership Stands Adjourned

 

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