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Thursday’s Agenda

July 21, 2011

4. A Consulting View of E-rate Funding 6. The Big 3: Common Environmental Issues Facing
This session will provide a consulting view of the E-rate Schools (Asbestos, Mold & Water Incursion)
program with an emphasis on the USAC processes Three topics your teams should know inside and
and procedures. Examine how to obtain funding in a out are: asbestos, mold and water incursion. If you
correct and timely fashion. What mistakes to avoid and cannot answer the following questions, we’d expect
insider tips. to see you in this presentation. Are we really installing
asbestos containing materials in our schools built
Presenters: Jim Farina and Kasey Oakley, today? Is asbestos is illegal in the U.S. Was the term
eRate 360 Solutions “black mold”actually invented by the media? Am I really
breathing mold spores in every breath I take? Can some
5. Memo 248 flood water contain dangerous chemical and biological

Memo 248 has historic significance for Arizona School contaminants? A flood is a flood is a fl ood, right?

District Procurement. It is by far the most concise
and comprehensive guideline on school district Presenters: Jay Lunt, East Valley Disaster Services, Inc.
procurement released to date. Come for a complete and Derrick Denis, Clark Seif Clark
overview of the memorandum and an update on
pending school district procurement legislation that
7. Four Year Degree Program
should make all our procurement lives a bit easier.
Learn about the new four-year degree program
Presenter: Ken Carter,Paradise Valley Unifi ed School launching this fall in conjunction with Ottawa
District University.

Presenters: Ottowa University Representative

COPING WITH he conducts more than 100 presentations annually

CHANGE AND and has addressed representatives of more than 350
Fortune 500 Companies; two Presidents’ of the U.S.
ADVERSITY councils on integrity; and provided expert testimony
First General Session on stress before the U.S. Congress. The recipient of
and Luncheon more than 3,000 awards, he works tirelessly to take his
Tucson Ballroom audiences to unimagined heights of self-exploration.
Thursday, July 21, Coping with Change and Adversity: Staying Bitter
11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or Getting Better™ provides an examination of the
stress experienced by those who serve others. Our
Dr. James T. Reese is an
perception of change reminds us that “we see things
internationally known award-winning author, trainer, as we are”, not as “they are”. Changing perceptions
and motivational speaker, and CEO of James T. Reese changes behaviors and allows us the option of
and Associates, LLC. His real-life experience as a adopting positive attitudes. It is time to ask the
decorated platoon leader in Vietnam and his 25 years questions: “Is my job a passion, or just a pension?” “Do I
as an original criminal profiler with the FBI, (Silence of

want to stay bitter, or get better?” Learn the Six Steps to
the Lambs) lends credibility to his expertise in coping Sanity™ and recapture control of your life.
with change and adversity. Blending wit and wisdom,