http://www.ndta.net/2008%20Annual%20Meeting%20Program.pdf
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
OPENING SESSION – Convention Center
1:00 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
Louis Witte
President, North Dakota Telephone Association
Director, Consolidated Telcom, Dickinson, ND
Presiding Dave Dircks, General Manager/CEO
North Dakota T
elephone Company,
Devils Lake, ND
1:15 pm “Emerging Technologies for Our Generation”
Lynn Nelson
Director of Sales & Marketing
SRT Communications Inc.
Minot, ND
2:45 pm BREAK
Presiding Steve Lysne, CEO/General Manager
SR
T Communications, Inc., Minot, ND
3:00 pm “Wireless Communications Evolution (3G to 4G)”
Warren Vande Stadt
Senior Technology Leader
Vantage Point Solutions
Mitchell, SD
4:00 pm “IPTV: Important, But Not a Telco’s Panacea”
Kris Sowolla
Market Development Manager
Occam Networks, Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA
5:15-6:30 pm Social Hour – Candelite Room
(Dinner on your own)
Witte
Nelson
Stadt
Sowolla
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2008 ANNUAL MEETING
THURSDAY, November 6 – Group Breakfast Buffet
7:00 am Candelite Room – Breakfast sponsored by John Staurulakis, Inc. and NECA
(Assorted Fruit Juices, Light Scrambled Eggs, Crisp Bacon
and Country Style Sausage, Home Fried Potatoes, French Toast, Fresh Fruit in Season, Assorted Muffins, Coffee/Tea).
THURSDAY, November 6
Closing Session – Convention Center
Presiding Paul Schuetzler, CEO/General Manager
Consolidated T
elcom, Dickinson, ND
8:00 am Keynote Address—“Washington Review”
Brian Ford
Regulatory Counsel
OPASTCO
Washington, DC
8:45 am “An Update for your 2009 ND Legislative Session”
The Honorable T
om Seymour
The Honorable Randel Christmann
North Dakota Senate
9:30 am Break
Presiding Patricia Gisinger, Manager
North Dakota T
elephone Association
9:45 am “USAC Audits—Our Experience”
Julie E. Lizotte, Director of Regulator
y Affairs
SR
T Communications Inc., Minot, ND
Jack Plecity
, Office Manager
Red River Rural T
elephone Association
Aber
crombie, ND
Seymour
Christmann
Ford
Lizotte
Plecity
NORTH DAKOTA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION 3
10:30 am “After the USAC Audits: Lessons Learned and Preparing for the Future”
Brian Sullivan
Director of Revenue Requirements
John Staurulakis, Inc.
Greenbelt, MD
11:20 am Adjourn
11:30 am Annual Membership Business Meeting
Call to Order
Louis Witte, Vice President
Credentials Report
Paul Wisness, Sergeant-At-Arms
Minutes of 2007 Annual Meeting
Keith Larson, Secretar
y-Treasurer
Manager’s Report
Pat Gisinger
Presentation of 2008 Budget
Pat Gisinger
Nominating Report
Dave Dir
cks, Nominating Committee Chairman
Election of Directors
Louis Witte, Vice President
Unfinished Business
New Business
Adjournment
There will be a meeting of the NDT
A Board of Directors in International Room (lower level) immediately following adjournment of the annual meeting for the purpose of reorganization and any other business as may properly come before such meeting.
Sullivan
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General Information
Registration
Grand International Foyer – 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday, November 5.
Hospitality Hour
A social hour will be held in the Candlelite Room at 5:15 to 6:30 pm, Wednesday, November 5. Each attendee will receive two tickets for two FREE drinks of your choice.
Group Buffet Breakfast – Breakfast sponsored by
John Staurulakis, Inc. and NECA
Fresh Seasonal Fruit, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon and Country Style Sausage, Breakfast Potatoes, French Toast, Muffins, Assorted Juices and Coffee will be served buffet-style at 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. in the Candlelite Room on Thursday, November 6. Spouses are welcome.
Annual Membership Business Meeting
The annual membership business meeting will follow immediately upon the conclusion of the General Session on Thursday, November 6.
NDTA Board Meeting
The NDTA Board of Directors will meet in the International Room immediately following the membership business meeting.
Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee
Dave Dircks, CEO/General Manager, North Dakota Telephone Company
Keith Larson, CEO/General Manager, Dakota Central Telecommunications
Steve Lysne, CEO/General Manager, SRT Communications, Inc.
Paul Schuetzler, CEO/General Manager, Consolidated Telcom
Pat Gisinger, Manager, North Dakota Telephone Association
NDTA Board of Directors
Louis Witte, Director, Consolidated Telcom (President)
Keith A. Larson, CEO/General Manager, Dakota Central Telecommunications (Vice President)
Steve Lysne, CEO/General Manager, SRT Communications, Inc. (Sec.-Treas.)
Dave Dircks, General Manager, North Dakota Telephone Company
Dwight Schmitt, General Manager/CEO, Northwest Communications Cooperative
James Schultz, Director, Red River Rural Telephone Company
Keith Andersen, General Manager, Inter-Community Telephone Company
Mark Wilhelmi, Manager, Midstate Telephone Company
Paul Wisness, Director, Reservation Telephone Cooperative
NORTH DAKOTA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION 5
Active (Voting) Member Companies
BEK Communications Cooperative, Steele, ND
Consolidated Telcom, Dickinson, ND
Dakota Central Telecommunications, Carrington, ND
Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative, Ellendale, ND
Griggs County Telephone Company, Cooperstown, ND
Inter-Community Telephone Company, Nome, ND
Midstate Telephone Company, Stanley, ND
Moore & Liberty Telephone Company, Enderlin, ND
Nemont/Missouri Valley Communications, Scobey, MT
North Dakota Telephone Company, Devils Lake, ND
Northwest Communications Cooperative, Ray, ND
Polar Communications, Park River, ND
Red River Rural Telephone Association, Abercrombie, ND
Reservation Telephone Cooperative, Parshall, ND
SRT Communications, Inc., Minot, ND
United Telephone Mutual Aid Corp., Langdon, ND
West River Telecommunications, Hazen, ND
Affiliate Members
Halstad Telephone Company, Halstad, MN
Loretel Systems, Inc., (Hector Communications), Ada, MN
RC Communications, Inc., New Effington, SD
Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Assn., New Effington, SD
West River Cooperative Telephone Co., Bison, SD
Sustaining Members
702 Communications, Moorhead, MN
Dakota Carrier Network, Fargo, ND
IdeaOne Telecom Group, Fargo, ND
North Dakota Long Distance, Devils Lake, ND
Associate Members
3M Company, Austin, TX
7Sigma Systems, Inc. Chanhassen, MN
ABM Equipment & Supply Inc., Hopkins, MN
Action Battery Wholesalers, Inc., Somerset, WI
ADC, Eden Prairie, MN
Aerial Contractors, Inc., Moorhead, MN
Alamon Telco, Inc., Kalispell, MT
Allied Telesis, Bothell, WA
Alpine Power Systems, Eagan, MN
ALTALINQ Telecom USA, Inc., Montrose, CO
Arvig Communication Systems (ACS), Perham, MN
Aztek Networks, Boulder, CO
Badger Communications, Durand, WI
Baso Battery Inc., Menahga, MN
BEC Technologies Inc., Huntington Beach, CA
Border States Supply Chain Solutions, Fargo, ND
Brady, Martz & Associates, P.C., Grand Forks, ND
Cable Connection & Supply Co., Faribault, MN
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CAD Consulting Services, Inc., Slayton, MN
Calix, Petaluma, CA
CC & I Engineering, Inc., Perham, MN
CCI (Cable Constructors, Inc.), Iron Mountain, MI
CHR Solutions, Maple Grove, MN
Cisco Systems, Fargo, ND
Classified Directories, Inc., Bismarck, ND
Clearfield, Inc., Plymouth, MN
CoBank, Minneapolis, MN
Communication Consultants, Inc., Fargo, ND
Communication Network Engineers, Inc., New London, MN
Communications Equipment Specialties (C.E.S.), Elk River, MN
Communications Supply Group, Shakopee, MN
Computer Connection Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Comstock Telcom, Reno, NV
Conklin-Intracom, Duluth, GA
Consortia Consulting, Inc., Omaha, NE
Cordell, Inc., La Verne, CA
CORE Telecom Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Cornerstone Group, Loveland, CO
Corning Cable Systems, Lake in the Hills, IL
Cummins NPower, LLC, Fargo, ND
D F Countryman Co., Minneapolis, MN
Dakota Supply Group, Inc, Fargo, ND
Dantel, Inc., Fresno, CA
Design Wizards, LLC, Bismarck, ND
Ditch Witch of North Dakota, Mandan, ND
Eagle Marketing, Burnsville, MN
Eide Bailly LLP, Sioux Falls, SD
Electric Scientific Company, Minneapolis, MN
Embarq Logistics, Blair, NE
Enventis, Duluth, MN
Falkenberg Capital Corporation, Denver, CO
Farmers Union Service Assn. Ltd., Jamestown, ND
Finley Engineering Co., Inc., Bismarck, ND
FS3 Inc., Annandale, MN
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN
Golden West Technologies & Internet Solutions, Rapid City, SD
Graybar, Plymouth, MN
Great Plains Towers, Fargo, ND
Greenlee Textron, Inc., Rockford, IL
GVNW Consulting, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO
H. M. Cragg Co., Eden Prairie, MN
HickoryTech, Mankato, MN
Inter-Commercial Business Systems (ICBS), Allen, TX
Image Marketing/99 On-Hold, Minot, ND
Innovative Systems, Mitchell, SD
Interstate Power Systems, Fargo, ND
Interstate Telcom Consulting, Inc., Hector, MN
ISPN Help Desk Solutions, Lenexa, KS
Jason Anderson Consulting, Fargo, ND
John Staurulakis Inc., Eagan, MN
Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc., Bismarck, ND
KGP, Faribault, MN
Kiesling Associates LLP, West Des Moines, IA
LightRiver Technologies, Inc. Lafayette, CA
NORTH DAKOTA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION 7
Link To Success, Inc., Excelsior, MN
Locators & Supplies, Inc., Fergus Falls, MN
Mapcom Systems, Richmond, VA
Martin Group, Inc., Mitchell, SD
Megger, Norristown, PA
MetaSwitch, Alameda, CA
Mid America Computer Corporation (MACC), Blair, NE
Midwest Data, Inc., Willmar, MN
Minerva Networks, Alviso, CA
Motorola, Andover, MA
MP Nexlevel, LLC, Maple Lake, MN
Nardini Fire Equipment Co. of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
National Directory Assistance, LLC, Louisville, KY
National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), Mandan, ND
NECA, Omaha, NE
Norscan Instruments Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nortel, Sioux Falls, SD
Northland Systems, Inc., Bismarck, ND
Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd., St. Paul, MN
Onvoy, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Optelian, Marietta, GA
OSIG, Maple Grove, MN
Pannaway Technologies, Inc., Portsmouth, NH
Pelusa (Priority Electronics, USA), Grand Forks, ND
Pinnacle Publishing, LLC, Bemidji, MN
Power and Telephone Supply Co., Des Moines, IA
Power Product Services, Inc., Hibbing, MN
Preformed Line Products, Cleveland, OH
PUSH, Inc., Rice Lake, WI
PWR, LLC, Buffalo Grove, IL
Quintrex Data Systems Corp., Cedar Rapids, IA
REDCOM, Victory, NY
Rep Com International, Centennial, CO
Rhino Contracting Inc., Grand Forks, ND
Ripley’s, Inc., Erhard, MN
Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (RTFC), Herndon, VA
SimpleTel, Inc., Chicago, IL
Stutler Technologies Corp., Emporia, KS
Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Tampa, FL
Taqua, Inc., Richardson, TX
Tekno Telecom, L.L.C., Naperville, IL
Telcom Construction, Inc., Clearwater, MN
Telecom Engineering USA, Inc. Golden Valley, MN
TeleSphere Software, Inc., Missoula, MT
Tellabs, Naperville, IL
Trenchers Plus, Inc., Burnsville, MN
Tulsat – Nebraska, Deshler, NE
Upper Midwest Utility Sales, Maple Lake, MN
Vantage Point Solutions, Mitchell, SD
VeriSign, Inc., Olympia, WA
Vermeer, Burnsville, MN
W. Paul Mandt Insurance Agency, Jamestown, ND
Walker and Associates, Inc., Welcome, NC
Windstream Supply, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Zhone Technologies, Oakland, CA
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RULES OF THE MEMBERSHIP BUSINESS MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER: The President shall take the chair at the time of the annual meeting and shall call the meeting to order.
2. POINTS OF ORDER: The Chairman shall preserve order and decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the members.
3. RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR: Every delegate, previous to his speaking, shall rise from his seat and address the chair, and remain standing until recognized by the chair before proceeding to speak.
4. WHO RECOGNIZED: When two or more delegates rise at the same time to speak, the chairman must designate who is to speak, but in all cases, the delegate who shall rise first and address the chair may speak first.
5. RULES AS TO SPEAKING, NUMBER OF TIMES, AND DURATION: No delegate shall speak more than twice on the same subject without permission of the delegates present, nor more than once until every delegate choosing to speak on the subject pending shall have spoken. Nor shall any delegate occupy the floor more than five minutes the first time and three minutes the second time, without the consent by a majority of the delegates in attendance. After all delegates have spoken then any member, director, manager or attorney in good standing may speak under the same rules.
6. MOTION TO BE SECONDED AND STATED BEFORE DEBATE: No motion shall be debated or passed unless the same is seconded. Seconds to any motion made must be by a delegate from a member company other than the member presenting the motion.
7. MOTION MAY BE WITHDRAWN: If the motion has been stated by the Chairman, it shall be deemed in possession of the meeting, but may be withdrawn at any time before amendment or decision by the delegate who made the motion with the consent of the majority of the delegates.
8. MOTION IN DEBATE AND PROCEDURE: When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, postpone, amend or substitute.
9. MOTION TO ADJOURN IN ORDER WHEN: A motion to adjourn shall be in order, except when a delegate is addressing the chair, or a vote is being taken.
10. RESOLUTIONS, HOW PRESENTED: No resolution shall be presented from the floor without the consent of a majority of the delegates present.
11. PROGRAM SCHEDULE: The schedule, as printed in the agenda submitted to all delegates, with any additions thereto, shall be the official meeting program.
ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER (REVISED): On any point not covered in