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12 --The canadien Chamio. Tuefay, January il, 2000 SI ~ I ...LL..I i ! I ~1~~Y1 I I I -1-4 -i~~44 ~i r i tii vMilton firm among top electronic innovators By IRENE GENTLE The Champion AMilton-based company that has been staginga steady takeover of a prime United States market has recently been recognized in a prime American magazine. ReserveAmerica, Iocated at 401 Wheelabrator Way, shlows outdoor enthu- siasts to book stateside campsites. And recently it ranked 47th in the top 100 electronic business innovators as com- piled by InformationWeek magazine. Also on the list were IBM, Dell Computer, MCI and Sprint. Oddly enough, the company may have former Ontario prime minister Bob Rae to thank for its success. ReserveAmerica began life in 1984 under the auspices of president Robert Manherz and witb the name Inf 2000. At that time it served as a software development company with a flair for problem-solving in the municipal recre- ation industry. Organizing and booking basebail dia- monda is an example of its tasks back then. a Conveniently Iocated LUBE, OIL & FIL TER wlthin walklng service distance to GO .24 yoars automotive experlence Tune-Up 4 cyl ...4- 6 cyl ..*7415 8 cyi .. 8- 5appllea to Most Lcars & llght trucks " Brake Service " Steering & Suspension " MOT Safety Inspection aComputer diagnostics *Tires eAuto Electric & Charging Systems *General Repairs But when Mr. Rae cut provincial trans- fer payments, the market suddenly dried up. And a stateside search for new markets 10 explore quickly revealled that the baill had been dropped in the area of campsite reservafions, said vice-president Andrew Kirkham. "We found there really wasn't anyone doing a good job." he said. So ReserveAmerica squeezed into the opening and business bas been booming ever since. Now they bave captured 80 per cent of the market, whicb they help serve through caîl centres in New York, Calibornia and Wisconsin as well as through the Iritemet. And the company manages recreation reservation for the U.S. bederal govem- ment as well as many American states. ReserveAmerica also runs the National Recreation Reservation Service, which allows campera to book US Army and USDA Forest Service campaites. *se. RESERVEAMERICA on page 13 Vice-presîdent Andrew KlIrkham was ReserveAmnerica's second ful-tme employee wheR hoe came on board In 1988. The companly now employa 1,100. eotne fro s pa e 23. m m NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE Notice is hereby given, that the 42nd Annual Meeting of Halton Community Credit Union Limnited will be held at the Muddy Duck Banquet Hall, 360 Steeles Avenue, Milton, on the 26th day of January 2000 at 7:30 p.m., for the purpose of receiving Reports and Financial Statemrents for the year ended September 30th, 1999. 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