September 29th - Wednesday
8:30-10:15 am - NYSTA Board of Directors Meeting
12:00 - Box Lunch for Golfers at the Saratoga Spa Golf Course
12:15 - Shotgun Start - Golf at Saratoga Spa Golf Course
Sponsored By: (Lunch Included)
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Awards Dinner Reception, Sponsored By JSI
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Awards Dinner
Sponsored By: T-Mobile Accessibility, New York Relay
September 30th - Thursday
(Dress for the Meeting is Business Casual)
7:00 AM - Breakfast & Registration Available
8:30 AM - NYSTA Business Meeting:
Chairman’s Report – Jim McCarthy
President’s Report – Bob Puckett
Treasurer’s Report – Mark Evans
Inspector’s of Election Report – Don Bramley, Margaretville Telephone
Committee Recognition – Jim McCarthy & Bob Puckett
ITPA Scholarship Awards, Leslie Irwin
9:30 am- Shirley Bloomfield, CEO, NTCA
10:15 am Break with the Associate Members -View Tabletop Displays
Sponsored By:
10:45 am - Jonathan Spalter, President & CEO, US Telcom
11:30 Drone Industry – Where is it going & what are the impact on Broadband
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: George W. Davis, Matt Kronqvist from NSCION Technologies
Ken Stewart, CEO of Nuair Alliance
Roger Rutherford – Big Rock Technologies
12:15 Lunch
Sponsored By: Goldfield Telecom
1:00 Economic Development & Broadband – Tori E. Riley, Vice President - Saratoga Economic Development Corp.
1:45 Reaching New Heights – Alan Mallory, New Heights Consulting – Keynote
Sponsored By:
2:30 Coffee Break with Vendors - Sponsored By:
2:45 Reaching New Heights - Cont'd
3:15 Associate member engagement
6:00 Annual Banquet Reception - Hall of Springs – Sponsored By: Latitude
7:00 Annual Banquet Sponsored By: Verizon
8:00 Remarks from Jim McCarthy
9:00 After Dinner Gala – Gideon - Sponsored By: Ontario & Trumansburg Tel. Cos.
Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 - A Look into the Past/Present & Future Roundtables
8:30 A look into our Past
Moderator: Paul Griswold, Ontario & Trumansburg Tel Cos.
Panelists: Bob Wrighter, Sr., Hancock Tel
Harley Ruppert, Newport Tel.
Bruce Bohnsack, Germantown Tel.
Doug Hinkley, Margaretville Tel.
Sonny Sawney, NYS Access Settlement Pool
9:30 A Look at Where we are a/k/a Regulatory Roundtable - Sponsored By: Bush & Germain
Moderator: Bob Puckett, NYSTA
Panelists: Bob DeBroux, Consultant
Brian Ford, Director of Industry Affairs, NTCA
Steve Meltzer, President, JSI
10:45 Coffee Break Sponsored By:
11:00 A Look to the Future Roundtable
Moderator: Eric Kreckel, Chazy & Westport/Westelcom
Participants – Patrick Muldoon
Bob Gnapp, NECA
Aden Crimmins, Student
Noon Closing Remarks & Door Prize Drawing Sponsored By:
