Conference Information - 2005 Agenda

Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc.

Welcomes you to it's 4thAnnual
Tribal Telecommunications Conference 2005
Tentatively Scheduled

(Subject to Change)

To Be Held:
September 11-14, 2005
at the
Inn of the Mountain Gods



Hosted by the
Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc.

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Marketing Vendors (9:00 am - 4:00 pm) - Meeting Rooms 4 & 6
Area Vendors (8:00 am - 5:00 pm) - Pre-Function Room
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Sunday, September 11, 2005
12:30 PM
1:00 - 5:00 PM
 
1:00 - 5:00 PM
 
6:00 - 8:00 PM  
8:00 - 12:00 AM
Golf Scramble Registration - Inn of the Mountain Gods Golf Course
Golf Scramble - Inn of the Mountain Gods Golf Course
Mescalero Head Start Program Benefit
Early Registration - Pre-Function Room
Trade Show Set-up - Meeting Rooms 4 & 6
Dinner & Awards Ceremony   (View More Info)
Dance to the Music of The Sneezy Boys  (View More Info)
  
Monday, September 12, 2005
"Policy roundtable: Reshaping the Telecommunications Market & Service Landscape for Tribal Communities"

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
 
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
 
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
 
 
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
 
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
 
10:15 - 11:45 p.m.



 
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
 
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.




 
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
 
3:45 - 5:45 p.m.









 
5:45 - 6:45 p.m.
 
6:45 p.m.
 
Continental Breakfast - Sponsored by TelStrat
 
Registration
 
Opening Prayer
Welcome by Godfrey Enjady, MATI General Manager
 
Regulatory Framework: Universal Service Advisory Committee
 
Beverage Break Sponsored by CopperCom
 
Policy Roundtable - Session I Barriers Discussion/Summation: Unmet Needs
(from Tribal perspective; tribal telecom barriers; Tribal consumers)
Key participants: tribal telecos, National tribal Telecommunications Association,
National Congress of American Indians, tribal leaders, IT managers, consumer advocates
 
Plated Lunch: Luncheon Speaker - National Exchange Carriers Association Guest Speaker
 
Policy Roundtable (continued) - Session II: Regulatory & Legislative Solutions:
Tribal Presentations of proposed solutions (NCAI).
Legislative & Regulatory Presentations of proposed solutions.
Key participants: FCC Officials, Congressional Staff, NCAI Telecom Subcommittee
Working Groups, Tribal Representatives; Regulatory Attorneys, Consumer Advocates
 
Beverage Break Sponsored by (To Be Announced)
 
Session III: Policy Strategies: Dialogue Between Tribal Representatives & Public Officials:
  1. Solving tribal needs.
  2. Viability of Tribal, Regulatory & Legislative Solutions: Exchange of ideas & solutions
  3. Reshaping the Market & Service Landscape
  4. Alliance and Joint Policy Strategies between tribal, legislative & FCC officials for legislative re-write and FCC regulatory rulemakings
Key participants: NCAI, FCC Officials, Congressional Aides, FCC Advisory Representatives,
Tribal telecos, Investors, NARUC, NTCA, OPASCO, NTCA Representatives,
NECA, USAC, RUS Officials, Educational & Consumer Advocacy Representatives.
 
Welcome Reception - Cash Bar - Event Patio/Pre-Function Room
 
Dinner on your own
 
  
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - "VoIP & Telephony in Indian Country 2005"
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
 
8:00 - 12:00
 
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
 
1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
 
1:15 - 1:30 p.m.
 
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
 
1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
 
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
 
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
 
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
 
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
 
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
 
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
 
3:45 - 5:15 p.m.



 
5:15 p.m.
 
Beverage Break - Pre-Function Room
 
MATI Tour
 
Plated Lunch: Luncheon with TDF Guest Speaker
 
Quintrex Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
MetaSwitch Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Falcon Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
CopperCom Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Occam Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Mid-America Computer Corp.  Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
TelStrat Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Beverage Break Sponsored by (To Be Announced)
 
Innomedia Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Optical Solutions Presentation - Rooms 4 & 6
 
Wireless Broadband Demonstrations
Network/Broadband Connectivity
Software for Today
M. David Westmacott, MATI & Gary Goff, MATI
 
Dinner on your own. Local Activities
 
  
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - "This is How You Do It - Hands-on Training"
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
 
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
 
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.
 
10:00 - 11:45 p.m.
 
11:45 - 1:00 p.m.
 
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
 
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
 
3:00 p.m.
 
Beverage Break - Pre-Function Room
 
Central Office/Marketing - Room (TBA)- R. Gary Goff, MATI
 
Beverage Break Sponsored by (TBA)
 
Business Office - Room (TBA) - Sharon Saenz/Melanie O'Reilly, MATI
 
Plated Lunch: Luncheon with Guest Speaker (TBA)
 
OSP/Service Center - Room (TBA) - Jim Rankin, MATI
 
MATI Services - Godfrey Enjady, MATI
 
Closing Prayer
 

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