agenda - North Dakota Association of Rural Electric

agenda - North Dakota Association of Rural Electric

NORTH DAKOTA’S ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE NETWORK
Sheridan
Electric
Mountrail-Williams
Electric
Lower
Yellowstone
Electric
McKenzie
Electric
Goldenwest
Electric
North Central
Electric
Burke-Divide Electric
Verendrye
Electric
McLean Electric
Roughrider Electric
Slope Electric
Northern
Plains
Electric
Cavalier
Electric
Nodak Electric
Cass County
Electric
Capital
Electric
Mor-Gran-Sou
Electric
KEM
Electric
Dakota
Valley
Electric
2015 NDAREC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Robert Grant, president, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, Williston
Donald Link, vice president, McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Watford City
Russell Berg, secretary, Cass County Electric Cooperative, Fargo
Christine Peterson, treasurer, North Central Electric Cooperative,
Bottineau
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lynn Jacobson, Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative
David Liuska, Capital Electric Cooperative
Russell Berg, Cass County Electric Cooperative
Owen Goeser, Cavalier Electric Cooperative
Connie Bitz, Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative
Milton Brandner, KEM Electric Cooperative
Donald Link, McKenzie Electric Cooperative
Rod Stockdill, McLean Electric Cooperative
Leland “Judge” Barth, Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative
Bob Grant, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative
Doug Lund, Nodak Electric Cooperative
Christine Peterson, North Central Electric Cooperative
Randy Simon, Northern Plains Electric Cooperative
Roger Kudrna, Roughrider Electric Cooperative
Lauren Klewin, Slope Electric Cooperative
Maxine Rognlien, Verendrye Electric Cooperative
Arden Fuher, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Troy Presser, Central Power Electric Cooperative
Mike Thorson, Great River Energy
Lee McLaughlin, Minnkota Power Cooperative
David Sigloh, Upper Missouri Power Cooperative
2015 NDAREC STANDING COMMITTEES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
David Sigloh, director, Upper Missouri Power Cooperative - chairman
Russ Berg, director, Cass County Electric Cooperative
Roger Kudrna, director, Roughrider Electric Cooperative
Lauren Klewin, director, Slope Electric Cooperative
Lars Nygren, manager, Capital Electric Cooperative
Jeanette Hoff, director, Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Don Franklund, co-manager, Innovative Energy Alliance
Martin Dahl, manager, McLean Electric Cooperative
RE&T DEVELOPMENT
Milton Brandner, director, KEM Electric Cooperative - chairman
Maxine Rognlien, director, Verendrye Electric Cooperative
Owen Goeser, director, Cavalier Electric Cooperative
David Liuska, director, Capital Electric Cooperative
Arden Fuher, director, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Duane Otto, manager, Cavalier Electric Cooperative
Mylo Einarson, manager, Nodak Electric Cooperative
Paula Anderson, director, Consolidated Telecommunications
Elda Titus, director, Northwest Communications Cooperative
Gerald Henry, director, SRT Communications Cooperative
Eric Meberg, Polar Communications
Doug Kalianoff, NDATC Rep.
Royce Aslakson, manager, Reservation Telephone Cooperative
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Christine Peterson, director, North Central Electric
Cooperative - chairperson
Doug Lund, director, Nodak Electric Cooperative
Randy Simon, director, Northern Plains Electric Cooperative
Rod Stockdill, director, McLean Electric Cooperative
Mike Thorson, director, Great River Energy Cooperative
Scott Handy, manager, Cass County Electric Cooperative
Chris Baumgartner, co-manager, Innovative Energy Alliance, LLC
REPAC
Don Link, director, McKenzie Electric Cooperative - chairman
Lee McLaughlin, director, Minnkota Power Cooperative
Leland “Judge” Barth, director, Mor-Gran-Sou Electric
Troy Presser, director, McLean Electric Cooperative
Connie Bitz, director, Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative
Bob Grant, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative
Cindy Shattuck, credit manager, Verendrye Electric Cooperative
Ron Lipp, engineering and operations manager, Capital Electric
Cooperative
Scott Handy, manager, Cass County Electirc Cooperative
Lynn Jacobson, director, Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative
Harlan Fuglesten, secretary-treasurer, ex-officio, NDAREC
Dennis Hill, ex-officio, NDAREC, general manager
SAFETY SERVICES
Lynn Jacobson, director, Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative chairman
Jason Bentz, operations manager, Roughrider Electric Cooperative
Wayne Skarda, McLean Electric Cooperative
Wayne Martian, manager, North Central Electric Cooperative
Bruce Carlson, manager, Verendrye Electric Cooperative
72ND ANNUAL MEETING
January 6 to 8, 2015
Ramkota Hotel • Bismarck, ND
72ND ANNUAL MEETING
NDAREC’s annual meeting is a time to remember and celebrate all
that can be done by working together.
As one, the state’s 16 electric distribution cooperatives and
five generation and transmission cooperatives provide affordable,
dependable and safe electric power to more than a third of the state’s
citizens and sell more than 50 percent of the electric power in the state.
Through NDAREC, our members have joined and worked together
to achieve legislative goals that have saved millions in operating
expenses; advanced the value of the electric cooperative network
through coordinated communications programs; helped train
employees to safely and successfully deliver electric power; offered
professional development programs to strengthen board and employee
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
8 a.m. to
4:45 p.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
2:30 to 5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
N.D. Member Services Association meeting
— Sheyenne Room
NDAREC board meeting — Heart Room
N.D. Managers Association meeting —
Cannonball Room
NDAREC colleague appreciation luncheon
— Courtyard
Joint luncheon with the NDAREC board, REC
Managers Association and the N.D. Member
Services Association at which NDAREC colleagues
are recognized for years of service
Registration — Courtyard
Legislative reception — Courtyard
Legislative banquet — Patterson Room
The Legislature convenes on Jan. 6. The RECs will
be the first to welcome legislators and statewide
elected officials to Bismarck for this 64th legislative
assembly.
1:15 p.m.
1:20 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
General Session — Lamborn Room
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
Registration — Courtyard
Resolutions committee meeting —
Governor’s Room
Jim Kerzman, chairman
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gold Member Showcase — Courtyard
10 a.m.
Call to Order — Lamborn Room
Bob Grant, president and presiding officer
Youth Tour/Youth Leadership Council report
Nathaniel Thoreson, Youth Leadership
Council delegate
Introduction by Scott Handy, chief executive
officer, Cass County Electric Cooperative
10:20 a.m.
“We Shine as One” — Report on 2014 NDAREC
work plan achievements
Bob Grant, NDAREC president,
and Dennis Hill, NDAREC general manager
11:45 a.m.
NDAREC Awards Luncheon — Patterson Room
Dennis Hill, master of ceremonies
Awards Presentations
Cooperative Leadership
2:45 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
5 to 7 p.m.
Helping Hand
Community Service
Wally Beyer Rural Development
North Dakota Living Local Pages Award
Meeting reconvenes — Lamborn Room
Christine Peterson, presiding officer
Wired Differently — Vern Dosch, chief
executive officer, National Information Solutions
Cooperative (NISC)
Vern and his team at NISC have collaborated to
author a business book titled, “Wired Differently.”
But this book is not about business; it’s a book
about the importance of values, and how valuesbased operations drive business success for NISC.
Introduction by Wayne Martian, NISC director
Commitment to Community; Commitment
to Co-ops — Jasper Schneider, acting Rural
Utilities Service administrator
Jasper Schneider became acting administrator
of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) on Oct. 1 of
2014. Jasper will share his vision for RUS and
provide insights on how the agency will remain our
policy partner in strengthening the electric co-op
movement in North Dakota and across the country.
Introduction by Lori Capouch, NDAREC rural
development director
Refreshment break — Courtyard
Sponsored by The Okonite Company
We Shine as One; Living the Touchstone
Energy® Cooperative Brand
This panel will focus on the Touchstone Energy
Cooperative brand standards and the tools the
brand provides to its member cooperatives.
Moderator: Kent Brick, North Dakota Living editor
Panelists: Mary McLaury, Touchstone Energy
Cooperatives, NRECA
Bruce Carlson, Verendrye Electric Cooperative:
putting the brand to work for your cooperative in
your community.
Member Reception — Patterson and Grand
Pacific Rooms
Sponsored by Federated Rural Electric
Insurance Exchange
competencies; and provided help to members building community
infrastructure and economic development projects.
This “cooperation among cooperatives” is one of our seven
principles. By working together, we have the power to achieve what
no one member can accomplish on its own. Through cooperation, we
shine as one.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
7 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:50 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Inspiration Breakfast — Patterson Room
Sponsored by RESCO
“Electrifying the world, one village at
a time”
Journeyman Lineworker Josh Hoffman, Northern
Plains Electric Cooperative, will describe his
life-changing experience after he volunteered to
electrify villages in Haiti.
Introduction by Christy Roemmich, NDAREC
safety services director
Remarks from Gov. Jack Dalrymple (invited)
— Lamborn Room
Greetings from Congressional delegation
Refreshment break — Courtyard
Sponsored by Eide Bailly, LLP
NDAREC Business Session — Lamborn Room
Call to order — Bob Grant, president and
presiding officer
Minutes of previous meeting — Russell
Berg, secretary
Credentials Committee report
2014 financial report — Jane Porter,
NDAREC finance director
NRECA Report — Lynn Jacobson
REPAC Annual Report — Harlan Fuglesten
Presentation of bylaw amendments —
Bob Grant/Harlan Fuglesten
Election of officers
*Vice President
*Treasurer
Resolutions — Jim Kerzman, chairman
Old business
New business
Adjournment
Rural Development Finance Corporation
annual meeting — Heart Room