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MiCTA Service Corporation Board of Directors Appoint
John M. Rathje, President and CEO |
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MiCTA Service Corporation Announces Appointment
of Dan Odykirk as Director of Marketing |
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MiCTA and the ATAlliance Announce Preparations
for a New Bid for Telecommunications and Internet
Services |
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FREE 500 minute Sprint Conference Calling Card
for survey participation |
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Gateway Special |
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Office Depot Special |
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Tech Depot Special |
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Brodart Special |
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Coffman Electrical Equipment Co. Special |
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Just for Fun |
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At their Spring 2004 meeting at
the Soaring Eagle Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,
MSC’s Board of Directors appointed John M. Rathje
President and CEO. Mr. Rathje has served MiCTA in various
capacities since 1997, most recently as President of
Operations since March 2001. He is a native of Michigan
and received a bachelor’s degree in Physics and
a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Central Michigan
University (CMU). He was also a scholar athlete as a
football player for CMU.
Mr. Rathje serves as chair of the
board of elders for the Mt. Pleasant Faith Lutheran
Church, a director for the Mt. Pleasant Country Club,
a member of the CMU Mt. Pleasant Advisory Board, a member
of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health
Professions Advisory Board, and a member of the CMU
Hall of Fame Committee. He lives in Mt. Pleasant with
his wife, Lori, daughter Jenilee (15) and son Josh (10).
Rathje says, “We have a great
team here and I'm genuinely honored to be in a position
to build on the successes already established. I
see great opportunity for MiCTA Service Corporation
to help MiCTA/AT Alliance members realize deeper
value through membership in MiCTA. To that end,
we have realigned our staff to focus on member services,
program development, marketing, and operations. Technologies
continue to grow in importance and adoption within the
membership of MiCTA. We expect to meet the challenge
by developing new programs and strategies that will
help MiCTA members save time and money.”
As President and CEO, Mr. Rathje
will also serve as Chairman of the Board. He succeeds
Kenneth E. Johnson who helped to found MiCTA and has
been a driving force behind MiCTA and MSC since their
inception. |
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John M. Rathje, President
and CEO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan
Odykirk as Director of Marketing. Dan comes to MSC with
over 15 years experience in the private small business
sector, including working with national companies like
Burger King and others on a regional level. Dan has
worked with national brands on local level implementation,
and as a business owner, he is also experienced with
operational and administrative functions.
At MSC, Dan’s duties will include
increasing member awareness of available programs and
assisting program providers with promotion of their
cost saving products and services. Dan’s efforts
will help MiCTA members realize greater value through
increased participation and focused vendor communication.
Dan Odykirk states, “I am
excited for the opportunity to help non-profit organizations
fulfill their needs, and to work with industry leading
providers that partner with MiCTA.
John Rathje states, “Dan comes
to MSC with the experience, enthusiasm, and drive that
we need, to make significant progress with our outreach
campaign. I look forward to working with him to help
members understand the significance of working together
through our MiCTA/ATAlliance programs.” |
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MiCTA and the ATAlliance
have begun the initial effort to refresh a bid, and
promote increased member participation in MiCTA telecommunications
and Internet services contracts. The objective of this
process is to generate standardized, high value, low
cost offerings to active member organizations across
all fifty states. The bid is tentatively scheduled for
release in early 2005, with the objective of having
contracts in place by the summer of 2005.
We encourage members to consider
joining this effort to help develop a program that will
offer value to members through aggressive pricing not
available to individual organizations, and avoidance
of the expense of administering their own competitive
procurement process. Details about progress on this
important project will be posted to the MiCTA website,
www.micta.org. |
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This Event ends July 31, 2004. |
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| Memory: 128MB DDR SDRAM |
| Hard Drive: 40GB Ultra ATA100 5400rpm
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| Optical Drive : 20x min./48x max. CD-ROM drive |
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| Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty:
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| LANDesk Software: Intel® LANDesk
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procedures and Microsoft’s privacy policy will
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upon certain reinstallations of the software product(s)
or reconfigurations of the computer, and may be completed
by Internet or telephone (toll charges may apply). For
well-qualified Business customers on new purchases $1000
& up (excl. shipping, handling & tax); not valid
with other offers. Limited-Time only. Lease is a fair
market value (FMV) lease that does not provide automatic
ownership. The 0% lease assumes the lessee does not
exercise the FMV purchase option and avoids any additional
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company according to the terms and conditions of the
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or advance payments may be required of lessees. To qualify,
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| Office
Depot Special |
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Special of the
Month!!
JUNE
2004
Featuring :Avery® Quick Peel Automatic Label
Peeler, 3", Blue
ONLY $209.99!! |
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| Item # |
476392 |
| Core diameter |
3" |
| Maximum tape width |
1" |
| Maximum tape length |
1500" |
| Color |
Blue |
| Dispenser type |
Desktop |
| Tape included |
Yes |
| Manufacturer |
Avery |
| Model name |
Quick Peel Automatic Label Peeler |
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Interested? For details on this product or other Office Depot services,
please contact your MiCTA/Office Depot
Account Manager, Sarah Short
800-578-9675 x: 5910
sshort@officedepot.com |
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| Click
here for information about how you can get a great
deal on Firstware Recover Pro Network 2.0 System
Management and Restoration Software. |
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or call 1-888-820-4377 to request your FREE copy of the
2004
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(see pages 431-440).
For more information on products
and services for MiCTA members from Brodart:
Call: 1-800-233-8467 Ext. 4338
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Fax: 1-800-578-1064
E-mail: lyndapierce@brodart.com |
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Suppression and Portable Power Equipment. Through the
end of July, MiCTA Members will enjoy additional discounts
over already low MiCTA prices. Please visit Coffman’s
website: www.steadypower.com
and log in as a MiCTA Member to see your special pricing.
Then give Coffman a call at (888) 331-5344
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Powerware, LEA, Honda, Yamaha, Porter Cable, and
Winco. Let Coffman be your power equipment
specialists! |
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| Just for Fun! |
| 1. MiCTA and the ATAlliance have begun the initial effort
to issue an RFP in early 2005. The RFP is for: |
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A. Learning management systems |
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B. Office and library supplies |
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C. Telecommunications and
internet services |
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D. Computer hardware and software |
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| 2. Final score in the baseball game in the Ernest L.
Thayer poem, “Casey at the Bat. |
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A. 1-0 |
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B. 2-0 |
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C. 2-3 |
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D. 4-2 |
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A. Name of the primary corporate sponsor for the
original Brooklyn Dodgers. |
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B. Original name of sports
shoe manufacturer Nike. |
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C. Name of the stable for Seabiscuit. |
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D. Name of the first NBA franchise. |
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