Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) held the Sixth Annual Entrepreneur Meeting October 27 – 28, 2009 at the Marriott Atlanta Airport Hotel.
- Meeting Press Release
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations
- Meeting Pictures
- CARE’s Past Entrepreneur Meetings
Thank You to Our Meeting Sponsors:
Meeting Press Release
Participation, Interest High at CARE 2009 Entrepreneurs’ Meeting
Meeting Agenda
| Tuesday, October 27 | |||||||||
| 7:00 pm | Networking Dinner in Salon D | ||||||||
| Wednesday, October 28 | |||||||||
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Continental Breakfast | ||||||||
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Welcome – Frank Hurd, Georgina SikorskiIntroductions – Frank Hurd Guests, Attendees, Sponsors Review Antitrust Guidelines – Frank Hurd Review Agenda – Georgina Sikorski | ||||||||
| 8:15 – 9:00 | Session 1Expectations for Meeting (15 min) – Sean Ragiel Progress since 2008 meeting (15 min) – Sean Ragiel Monthly Collector Calls (15 min) – Sean Ragiel | ||||||||
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Session 2Carpet Pad Recycling – (20 Minutes) Jon Votaw 2012 MOU Negotiations – (20 Minutes) Questions / Discussions – (20 Minutes) | ||||||||
| 10:45 – 10:30 | Break & Networking Time | ||||||||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 3 – New Product Opportunities- Suppliers NeededKeLa Energy – Larry Moot (20 Min) Ravago Americas – Wayne Ballew (20 Min) GeoHay – Tim Stillwell (20 Min) Polar Materials – Jerry Turner (20 Min) Questions – (10 Min) | ||||||||
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Session 4 – Annual Survey Data Collection OptionsData Collection Via CARE – Frank Hurd (15 Min) | ||||||||
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Lunch & Networking Time | ||||||||
| 1:15 – 2:15 | Session 5 – Government Procurement/GrantsState Programs – Who, What, Where, When, How – Matt Ewadinger Federal Programs – Wayne Nastri, Dutko Worldwide | ||||||||
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Break & Networking Time | ||||||||
| 2:30 – 4:00 | Session 6 – Entrepreneur Session Entrepreneurs speak out (5 min/topic: raise your questions, issues, concerns, ideas) – Sean RagielSpecific Topics to Be Addressed? | ||||||||
| 4:00 | Adjourn | ||||||||
Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations
All meeting document below are in Portable Document Format
GeoHay – Tim Stillwell (2.34 MB)
2010 MOU-related Negotiations – Matt Ewadinger (130 KB)
Plastic ID Equipment – Bill Hutcheson (615 KB)
PowderTech Plastics Identification – Bill Hutcheson (1.18 MB)
Ravago Manufacturing Americas – Wayne Ballew (4.88 MB)
Financing Avenues: State & Federal Programs – Matt Ewadinger (222 KB)
Sustainable Filler Products for the Carpet Industry – Jerry Turner (168 KB)
Entrepreneur Meeting Speak Out Notes (13 KB)
Meeting Pictures
Read more about CARE’s past entrepreneur meetings
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2008
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2007
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2006
If you would like to sponsor this meeting in the future please contact Jeremy Stroop at 706-428-2127.