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Home  News News January 23, 2005
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Monday, 24 January 2005 |
2005 WELCOME MESSAGE
Dear NTGTS Members and Colleagues,
Happy New Year! We hope you had an enjoyable and restful holiday
season. The organization has been quite busy working on its 2005
programs calendar for both Texas and Washington, D.C. We also are in
the midst of upgrading our website to bring you many new features and
services.
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NTGTS NEWS FLASH
January 24, 2005
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A Publication of NTGTS - a bi-weekly bulletin designed to help keep you informed of NTGTS programs, activities, and services.
In this News Flash:
- 2005 Welcome Message
- February 2005 First Thursday Happy Hours - D.C. and Texas
- Membership Drive
- Leadership Opportunities
- Resources, Jobs & More
- Industry Trends
- Upcoming Events
- Questions and Support
- Subscribing and Unsubscribe
- Editor's Comments
2005 WELCOME MESSAGE
Dear NTGTS Members and Colleagues,
Happy New Year! We hope you had an enjoyable and restful holiday
season. The organization has been quite busy working on its 2005
programs calendar for both Texas and Washington, D.C. We also are in
the midst of upgrading our website to bring you many new features and
services.
We continue to recruit new leaders to help take the organization to the
next level. We look forward to your continued involvement in 2005.
Regards,
Jeremy L. Azif
President & Co-Founder
FEBRUARY 2005 FIRST THURSDAY HAPPY HOURS - DC AND TEXAS
Texas Happy Hour
Please join NTGTS for its February 3, 2005 First Thursday Monthly Happy
Hour taking place at The Richardson Hotel, 701 East Campbell Road,
Richardson, TX between 6:00-8:00 p.m. CT.
NTGTS members are FREE and the fee is $5 for Non-Members.
Payments are taken at the door only for this event. Cash, check
or credit cards are accepted. If you attend this event and sign
up for NTGTS membership or renew your membership, there will be a
special discounted rate accorded to you of $50.00 for the annual
individual membership. The membership promotion will also be
honored for our other new categories of membership.
The featured speaker is Mr. Daniel J. Chalker of Chalker Flores,
LLP. Prior to forming Chalker Flores, LLP, Mr. Chalker practiced
with the intellectual property group of Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP and
Warren & Perez. Mr. Chalker began his career as an electrical
engineer in the industry. For more information on Mr. Chalker,
see http://www.chalkerflores.com/chalker.html. Chalker will
discuss current intellectual property issues facing telecom and high
tech companies.
There will be plenty of time for questions at this event.
RSVP to programs@ntgts.org
if you plan to attend by Friday, January 28 since space is
limited. When responding, please provide your full contact
information. If you plan to bring a guest(s), please provide your
guest's information as well.
NTGTS will meet in the newly renovated Poulet's lounge area of the
hotel. There will be door prize drawings, a cash bar, and light hors
d'oeuvres provided by the hotel. Drink specials from 5-7 p.m.
are: Draft Beer: $1.75; House wine 2.25; and Mixed drinks $
3.25. **Prices are subject to change. ** For hotel information,
see http://www.therichardsonhotel.com/.
D.C. Happy Hour
Please join the NTGTS Chapter, Communications & Technology
Connections (CTC) for its First Thursday Monthly Happy Hour
taking place also on February 3, 2005 at The Ritz-Carlton Washington,
D.C., 1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC (located at 22nd and M
Street) between 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET.
CTC will meet in The Bar located on the first floor of the hotel.
The Bar is located to the right of the registration desk. This
event is FREE for members and $5.00 for Non-Members. Light hors
d'oevures included. There will be door prize drawings and a cash
bar. For hotel information, see http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/washington_dc/dining/venues/bar/default.asp.
RSVP to programs@ntgts.org
by Friday, January 28. When responding, please provide your full
contact information. If you plan to bring a guest(s), please
provide your guest's information as well.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
We are currently conducting our Annual Membership Drive and if you are
not yet a member, you can join/renew today at www.ntgts.org. If
you renew your membership by January 31, you will receive 50% off of
your applicable category of membership. This offer is NOT valid
for corporate or institutional memberships.
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We seek volunteers to serve in various leadership and internship roles
in North Texas and the Greater Washington, D.C. area. Becoming
involved from a leadership standpoint is an excellent way to enhance
your industry visibility, knowledge, leadership, management and
professional development skills with a dynamic non-profit professional
industry organization. We have a proven track record of providing
our members and others in the community with programs and information
that enable them to better understand and benefit from the developments
taking place in global communications.
We are looking for motivated, professional and team-oriented
individuals to help continue to grow the organization and make it even
a greater success. Specifically, we are looking to assemble strong
program and membership teams in North Texas and the Washington, D.C.
area to help produce and implement events as well as increase the
organization's membership.
If you are interested, please contact Jeremy Azif at president@ntgts.org
by January 31. When responding, please provide us your full
contact information in the event we need to follow up with you by
phone, email or fax. Thank you for your interest and we look
forward to hearing from you.
RESOURCES, JOBS & MORE
Dallas Blue announces availability of several Software Sales Positions in DFW Area. For details, please see www.CRMGuaranteed.com/News/PressRel070804.html
MYLEADS.NET (DALLAS) is hiring. For more details, call 214-546-3559.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
EU MEMBER STATES CLOCK UP 1M BROADBAND CONNECTIONS
The latest European Competitive Telecommunications Association
(ECTA) scorecard confirms that the 10 new EU member states now have 1
million broadband connections between them. Whole broadband usage has
increased by a half in the last few quarters of past years to 33M this
quarter, as consumers have responded to the steadily growing choice of
offerings available from entrants in the market. Notable
exceptions to this drop have been Germany, Portugal and the
Netherlands. The number of ATM interconnect connections has
increased the most substantially, although there are signs that growth
is slowing here. For more information, please see
www.ectaportal.com or for the detailed scorecard, please see www.ectaportal.com/uploads/BroadbandScorecardQ32004.pdf
ONLINE INTELLIGENCE FOR THE BROADBAND ECONOMY
Telephony launched a new and improved edition of its online
publication, www.telephonyonline.com. This upgrade includes
several new additions to industry-leading daily online news efforts in
the form of new features, commentary, metrics, web casts and other
initiatives. This will bring the telecom industry more timely and
relevant information.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NTGTS/CTC EVENTS
What: NTGTS First Thursday Monthly Happy Hour
- Organizer: NTGTS
- When: February 3, 2005
- Where: The Richardson Hotel, Poulet's Lounge 701 East Campbell Road, Richardson, TX
- Speaker: Daniel Chalker, Chalker Flores, LLP
- Topic: Intellectual Property Issues
- Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. CT
- URL: www.ntgts.org
What: CTC First Thursday Monthly Happy Hour
- Organizer: NTGTS DC Chapter, Communications & Technology Connections (CTC)
- When: February 3, 2005
- Where: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, The Bar, 1150 22nd Street, NW (22nd and M Street), Washington, DC
- Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET
- URL: www.ntgts.org
PARTNER EVENTS
What: Second Annual Information & Internet Security Conference 2005: Internet Dangers and Vulnerabilities
- Organizer: City of Plano Technology Commission and NTGTS
- When: April 12-13, 2005
- Where: The Plano Centre, Plano, TX
- URL: www.planoisc.org
OTHER INDUSTRY EVENTS
What: Push-To-Talk Conference
- Organizer: Institute For International Research (IIR)
- When: January 24-26, 2005
- Where: Sheraton San Diego Hotel, San Diego, CA
- URL: www.iirusa.com/ptt
What: The Heavyweight Championship of Telecom
- Organizer: Telecom HUB
- When: January 27, 2005
- Where: The Tower Club, Vienna, VA
- URL: www.telecomhub.org
What: Telecom HUB First Annual Winter Mixer
- Organizer: Telecom HUB
- When: February 8, 2005
- Where: eCitie Restaurant & Bar
- Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
- URL: www.telecomhub.org
What: TBC Issues Forum
- Organizer: Texas Business Council
- When: February 9, 2005
- Where: The Adolphus Hotel, 1321 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75202
- URL: www.gdc.org
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT
If you have questions about NTGTS, send them to membership@ntgts.org. For technical matters, contact shelly.haffly@mavericksystemscorp.com.
SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING
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EDITOR'S COMMENTS
Lead Editor: Snigdha Samal
Other Contacts: Jeremy Azif and Jennifer Ullman
We hope that you enjoyed reading this NTGTS News Flash! We welcome your
comments and suggestions about this bulletin. Please send them to
membership@ntgts.org.
NTGTS and CTC seek to stimulate friendships, professional cooperation,
and respect in order to effectively promote cross-cultural developments
and commerce. A further goal of the Society is to provide members
and organizations with the information, resources, and tools that
better enable them to take advantage of the developments occurring in
the international communications and technology arenas. The
Society also fosters personal/professional development and the
networking needs of its members by providing access to a global network
of industry contacts and leaders. In addition, one of the
Society's key missions is to continue expanding and developing into
other markets worldwide.
NTGTS News Flash is published bi-weekly by the North Texas Global
Telecommunications Society (NTGTS). It is a member service from
NTGTS and is distributed to the NTGTS membership at-large.
Copyright 2005 North Texas Global Telecommunications Society
(NTGTS). Copying or distribution in whole or in part is welcome,
so long as this notice is included in the distribution.
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