ArkLaMiss Circulation Conference

Members:

We received word late yesterday the Ameristar Hotel is now booked solid for the date of November 8. If you are planning to attend ArkLaMiss Nov. 8-9 and have not yet made hotel reservations, our friends at the Vicksburg Post have provided a list of alternate lodging options. All hotels are nice places, and only a few minutes drive to the Ameristar.

I want to thank Jimmy Clark and Becky Chandler at the Post for their help every year with this important conference, and particularly their assistance in helping negotiate space at the Ameristar at such a reasonable rate. The hotel is undergoing renovations this year, which limited the amount of room available for our lodging.

We hope to see many of you in a couple of weeks in Vicksburg.

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Listed below are the lodging options available to the
ArkLaMiss attendees:

Exits 4 A&B (Clay St.) are 4 miles east of the Ameristar
Hotel & Casino exit 1A.

Hampton Inn & Suites
3330 Clay St., exit 4B
601-636-6100

Comfort Inn
3959 Clay St., exits 4A or 4B
601-634-8438

Holiday Inn Express
4330 S. Frontage Rd. (off Clay St.), exits 4A or 4B
601-634-8777

Jameson Inn
3975 S. Frontage Rd. (off Clay St.), exits 4A or 4B
601-619-7799

Download full registration materials and agenda:
ArkLaMiss Circulation Conference, November 8-9, 2007, Vicksburg MS [PDF]

Download full registration materials and agenda:
ArkLaMiss Circulation Conference, November 8-9, 2007, Vicksburg MS [PDF]

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007

• 8 AM (Delta Point Room) - Vendor Setup
• 10 AM (Magnolia Room) Registration sponsored by The Vicksburg Post
• 11 AM - 12:30 PM (Heritage Buffet) Lunch
• 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM (Magnolia A, B, C) Opening Remarks/Welcome, Jimmy Clark, General Manager, The Vicksburg Post
• 12:45 PM - 1:40 PM (Magnolia A, B, C) I’m Not Difficult, I’m Just Not You, Gay Saxon & Jason Pope, Hinds Community College
• 1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Break
• 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM (Magnolia A, B, C) Customer Service, The Key to Growth, Troy Niday, Vice President of Circulation, The Birmingham News
• 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Delta Point Room) Break sponsored by RAK Systems
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Magnolia A) Developing an In-House Kiosk Program, Larry Saffer, Circulation Marketing Mgr., Daytona Beach News Journal
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Magnolia B) Home Delivery Start Diversification, Kevin Hebert, Circulation Sales & Marketing, Gannett Louisiana
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Magnolia C) Postal Regulation, Max Heath, Vice President for Circulation, LCNI & NNA Postal Chair *Please bring copies of your 3541 Periodicals postage statements as completed by your software or from USPS Postal One System after data entry, or copies of 3602-R for Standard Mail shoppers.
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Magnolia A) Developing an In-House Kiosk Program, Larry Saffer, Circulation Marketing Mgr., Daytona Beach News Journal
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Magnolia B) Home Delivery Start Diversification, Kevin Hebert, Circulation Sales & Marketing, Gannett Louisiana
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Magnolia C) Circulation Ideas for Small Dailies and Weeklies, Max Heath, Vice President for Circulation, LCNI & NNA Postal Chair
• 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (Delta Point Room) Hospitality Hour, sponsored by The Vicksburg Post

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
FRIDAY 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
ONE ON ONE WITH MAX HEATH Max Heath will be available Friday for individual consultations…bring your postal statements for review and any postal concerns you may have.

• 7:30 AM (Heritage Buffet) Breakfast
• 8 AM - 9:15 AM (Magnolia A, B, C) Hot Ideas Session, Phil Ehrhardt, Circulation Director, The Times-Picayune
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM (Magnolia A, B, C) SCMA Presentation, George Markevicz, Circulation Director, Mobile Register
• 9:30 AM - 10 AM (Delta Point Room) Break with Vendors, sponsored by PDI Plastics
• 10 AM - 11:30 AM (Magnolia A, B, C) Circulation Discussion Panel, Jimmy Clark (Moderator), General Manager, The Vicksburg Post; Bobby Binkley, Director of Circulation and Sales, Gannett Louisiana; Marshall Andrews, Wiregrass Circulation Director, The Dothan Eagle; George Markevicz, Circulation Director, Mobile Register; Marcus Bowers, Publisher, Rankin County News
• 11:30 AM - 12 NOON (Magnolia A, B, C) Conference Wrap-up, Jimmy Clark, General Manager, The Vicksburg Post

Download full registration materials and agenda:
ArkLaMiss Circulation Conference, November 8-9, 2007, Vicksburg MS [PDF]