Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) held the Sixth Annual Entrepreneur Meeting October 27 - 28, 2009 at the Marriott Atlanta Airport Hotel.

1. Meeting Press Release
2. Meeting Agenda
3. Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations
4. Meeting Pictures
5. CARE's Past Entrepreneur Meetings

Meeting Press Release

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 Sikorski Introductions - Frank Hurd   Guests, Attendees, Sponsors Review Antitrust Guidelines - Frank Hurd Review Agenda - Georgina Sikorski
8:15 - 9:00		Session 1   Expectations 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 2   Carpet 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 Needed   KeLa 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 Options   Data Collection Via CARE – Frank Hurd (15 Min)
12:15 - 1:15		Lunch & Networking Time
1:15 - 2:15		Session 5 - Government Procurement/Grants   State 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 Ragiel     Specific Topics to Be Addressed?
4:00		Adjourn

Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations

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Meeting Pictures

					Attendees enjoy the Networking Dinner the night before the official meeting. Jeremy Stroop (left), Susan McNeill Spuhler, Kasey Kruse, Dee Cassell						Paul Ashman of ERCS (left) and Ron Simonetti of Modular Carpet Recycling
					Roger Greenberg of Brotex (left), Dick and Kasey Kruse of Kruse Carpet Recycling and Ron Greitzer of Reliance Carpet Pad take a break from networking to pose for a picture.						Dr. Robert Peoples of the American Chemical Society (right) and Matt Ewadinger of the State of North Carolina.
					Sean Ragiel CarpetCycle, Dr. Robert Peoples of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Scott Seydel of the NYC Coalition for Resource Recovery (CORR)						Georgina Sikorski, Executive Director of CARE (left) and Bethany Richmond, Communications Manager for the Carpet and Rug Institute take a quick break during the afternoon session.
					Paul Ashman or ERCS (left), Mike Clements and Stephen Verhoeff of ISO Canada						Daughter and father team, Kasey and Dick Kruse of Kruse Carpet Recycling
					Bea Brahmbhatt of Shaw Industries (Left) and Sean Ragiel of CarpetCcyle						CARE's Leadership….Frank Hurd, Chairman and Georgina Sikorski, Executive Director

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.