Welcome! 2009 USTA

Annual Meeting & ConferenceOrientation

Mary Conaway, Andrew Feldman, Karen PacentLearning & Leadership Development

Friday March 13th, 20095:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Welcome

Lucy S. Garvin

USTA Chairman of the Board and President

Let’s Meet the One Another!Table Challenge: How Many Can You Meet?

• 1. On cue, introduce each other around the table (2 minutes)– Name

– Section / National

– Role

• 2. On cue, spread out to meet people you do not know

Take notes on the note cards (3 minutes)– Name

– Section / National

– Role

• 3. Meet back with your team (original table) to total your results (2 Minutes)

Table Challenge Results

• Let’s tally… – How many total Sections did your table connect with?– How many different new people did your table collectively meet?

A Meeting and A Conference

Fulfill the USTA mission by…

• Providing Education & Networking

• Providing Working Sessions for National Committees

• Providing Platform to Celebrate

• Complying with Legal Requirements

PURPOSE

Schedule at a Glance

AM

Lunch

PM

EveningWelcomeReception& Dinner

TennisTournament

& Dinner

WORKING COMMITTEES&

ELECTIVES

ITF LUNCHEON

AWARDSBANQUET

CLOSINGLUNCHEON

PRIME TIME plus…Electives

Working Committees

ANNUALMEETING

Prime Time … Saturday

President’s Call to Action

9:00 am - 10:45 am

Lucy S. Garvin John Maxwell

Prime Time … Saturday

Player Development Assessment Group:

A New Plan for USTA Junior Competition

Electives10:30 am - 11:45 am

Liz Blum Timon Corwin Lew Brewer

USTA Strategic Planning Direction: Bringing it to Life in the Sections and Districts

Dave Haggerty

Afternoon Electives - Saturday

Diversity: Next Steps for the USTA

1:45 pm – 2:35 pm

Achieving Excellence Through Evaluation

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

SharePoint: Training for Power Users

4 pm – 4:50 pm

Doug Wenger

VerneWeber

Doug Booth

Mark Saunders

Lee Hamilton Kevin Clayton

Mary Harter Alma Najarro

Prime Time … Sunday

Growth, Programs, InitiativesCommunity Tennis

Kurt Kamperman

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Building Collaborative Staff Teams

Gordon Smith

Community Tennis Resource Fair10:00 am – 11:15 am

Liz Blum Timon Corwin Lew Brewer

Afternoon Electives - Sunday

Player Development Assessment Group:

A New Plan for USTA Junior Competition

1:45 pm – 2:35 pm

Creative Opportunities for the USTA

Teaming Up for Tennis

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

Advocacy: Opportunities to Grow Tennis

In Tough Times

2:45 pm – 3:45 pmSara Fornaciari

Jim O’Neill

Prime Time … Monday

Professional Tennis Player Development

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Don Tisdel

Monday … continued

Open Forum: InvestmentPortfolio & Budget

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Harry Beeth

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

USTA Executive Committee Meeting Followed by

USTA Annual Meeting of the Membership

Celebrations!Welcome Dinner and Reception – Saturday Evening

Awards Banquet – Sunday Noon

Tennis Tournament & Dinner – Sunday Evening

Closing Luncheon – Monday Noon

The Program Book

• Schedule

• Hotel Map (page 11)

• Meeting Information (page 12)

• Newsworthy (page 13) – USTA Serves Invitation to West Side Story – SharePoint Courtside Consulting– Tennis Innovation Information

• Resource Fair Map and Contacts (page 14/15)

• Tennis Activities (page 16)