Group elects board of officers
TMIA members elected the 2006 board of directors during the four-day event. Valerie Beliak of TELUS and Don Katz of ServiceSPAN will continue to serve as co-chairs of the board. The other elected board members include: JB Colletta, Treasurer (Glenayre); Christine Johnson, Secretary (Verizon); John Haspil, Director (AT&T); Jackie Jackson, Director (Cingular); and Mark Wagner, Director (Bell Canada, Mobility). John Haspil represents the only addition to the board compared to the 2005 board.

"The membership recognized the achievements of the board over the last year by re-electing all officers from 2005 who stood for re-election," said Tom Harper, TMIA's Executive Director. "I look forward to another productive year with this group, and welcome John Haspil back to the board."

Varied and full agenda - Messaging becomes glue in converged communications
The agenda for the four day conference included panel discussions, individual speakers, and time to visit the exhibition area, as well as the standard business of committee reports and election of the new board members. A common theme emerged during the event: the many forms of messaging serve as the glue in a converged communications world.

An exhibition area allowed vendor companies to present their service offerings to the 23 service provider companies. Attendees had ample opportunity over two days to visit each of the booths to see the latest offerings of the vendor companies present. Many companies offered demonstrations of their services, which led to some fairly crowded booth areas.

About TMIA
The Messaging Industry Association, or TMIA, works to advance the awareness, adoption and use of all messaging services and technologies. TMIA was formed in 1998 to advance business prospects for vendors and service providers in the enhanced telecommunications services industry. The organization began with 8 founding member companies. Today, TMIA boasts a membership of over 40 member companies. The most recent annual meeting had 170 participants from 56 companies.

TMIA members join the not-for-profit organization to help maximize the growth of the messaging industry in order to increase profitability of all industry participants. Through committee work, members conduct research and promote growth in specific areas, such as Unified Communications, Wireline/Wireless Convergence, Migration to Next Generation Messaging, Text and Video Messaging.

To learn more about the organization, the benefits of membership, and upcoming events, please visit www.tmia.org.

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