Schedule of Events

THURSDAY, Feb. 5

10 a.m.
TPA registration desk opens

2:30 p.m.
Contest Committee

3:30 p.m.
Convention Committee

4:30 p.m.
Board of Directors meeting

6-8 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Trade Show Preview
Texas Newspaper Foundation Silent Charity Auction

8 p.m.
Executive Board dinner

8-10 p.m.
Hospitality Suite

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FRIDAY, Feb. 6

7 a.m.
TPA registration desk opens

7:30 - 9 a.m.
Breakfast buffet in Trade Show

7:30 a.m.
Trade Show opens

7:30 a.m.
Texas Newspaper Foundation Silent Charity Auction

11:30 a.m.
Trade show closes

11:30 a.m.
Drawing for Grand Prize

Noon
Silent Auction closes

12:15 p.m.
Luncheon
Sportswriting w/ Bobby Hawthorne

2009 Legislative Update

2 - 3 p.m.
"Sportswriting"
Bobby Hawthorne

3 - 4 p.m.
General Session
"Intelligent Mail Barcoding: What Newspapers Need to Know"
Margaret Choiniere

4 - 5 p.m.
General Session
Topic TBA
S.W. "Sammy" Papert III

6:30 p.m.
Banquet
Suzie Humphries

Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame

9 - 11 p.m.
President's Come & Go Reception

SATURDAY, Feb. 7

7 a.m.
TPA registration desk opens

7 a.m.
Texas Newspaper Foundation board of trustees meeting

8 - 10 a.m.
"Saddle Up Your Horses: We’ve Got a Trail to Blaze — The Top Eight Things You Can Do to Grow Your Circulation”
Bailey Dabney

10:30 a.m.
Brunch
Speaker TBA

Noon
Adjourn

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Conference Highlights

• 63 booth Trade Show

• Texas Newspaper Foundation Silent Auction & Hall of Fame inductees

• TPA Grand Prize Drawing