January 5-7, 2016
Jackson, MS
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Registration Desk Open |
Imperial Hall |
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Photograph Sessions |
Diplomat I |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Legislative Committee Meeting |
Amphitheatre II |
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Board of Directors, Officers & Finance Committee Meeting |
Diplomat II |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
MAS Minority Caucus Business Meeting |
Amphitheatre I & II |
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Legislative Appreciation Reception Sponsored by Mississippi Association of Supervisors |
Westbrook Ballroom |
7:00 p.m. |
Hospitality Rooms Open Ergon ASAP EMS Thompson Machinery Lyle Machinery Puckett Machinery Tri State Truck MAS Minority Caucus |
Penthouse Vicksburg Natchez Port Gibson Jacksonian Wellington’s Hattiesburg |
Affiliate Groups (Tuesday Meetings) |
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8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
MS Assn. of Road Managers |
Amphitheatre I |
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
MS Assn. of County Engineers |
Cabana |
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
MS Assn. of County Administrators & Comptrollers |
Salon C |
Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
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6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
Salons B&C |
7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Photograph Sessions |
Diplomat I |
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Registration Desk Open |
Imperial Hall |
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Educational Session |
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8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Derrick Surrette, MAS Executive Director |
Salon A |
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. |
Dealing with Local Media Elizabeth North, Mississippi State University |
Salon A |
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Office of State Aid Road Construction, MDOT Carey Webb, State Aid Engineer |
Salon A |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break Sponsored by Wright Asphalt |
Imperial Hall |
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Educational Session |
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10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Guest Speaker |
Salon A |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Forecasting the 2016 Legislative Session Steve Gray, MAS Director of Governmental Affairs |
Salon A |
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon Sponsored by C Spire |
Salons B&C |
State Capitol Visit 2:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
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Meet in Regency Hall at 1:30 p.m. Board buses Buses leave for State Capitol Supervisors’ and Legislators’ Forum MAS Photo Session on Capitol Steps |
Room 113, Capitol
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2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Ice Cream Social Sponsored by Hilton Jackson |
Regency Hall |
4:00 p.m. |
Hospitality Rooms Open Ergon ASAP EMS Wright Asphalt Mississippi Ag MAS Minority Caucus |
Penthouse Vicksburg Natchez Jacksonian Hattiesburg |
Affiliate Groups (Wednesday Meetings) |
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8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
MS Assn. of Road Managers |
Amphitheatre I |
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
MS Assn. of County Board Attorneys |
Cabana |
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Thursday, January 07, 2016
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast Sponsored by Government Consultants |
Salon C |
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Educational Session |
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8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. |
Office of the State Auditor Pat Dendy, Deputy State Auditor |
Salons A&B |
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Introduction to Attorney General’s Office and the Opinions Process Avery Lee, Special Assistant Attorney General |
Salons A&B |
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
Imperial Hall |
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Mississippi Ethics Commission Tom Hood, Executive Director |
Salons A&B |
11:30 a.m. |
Adjorned |
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