2013 NYSTA Annual Conference
June 2-5, 2013
Agenda
June 2nd
7:00 pm - Welcome Reception at the Olympic Jumping Site
June 3rd
8:30-11:30 am - NYSTA Board of Directors Meeting
12:00-5:00 pm - Golf at The Crowne Plaza Golf Resort (Lunch Included)
Fishing Outing (Lunch Included - meet in the Hotel Lobby)
6:00 - 7:00 pm - Welcome Reception @ the Golf Course
7:00 - 9:00 pm - Awards Banquet @ the Golf Course
June 4th
7:30 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM - General Business Session
NYSTA Chairman’s Report, Jim Becker, Middleburgh Telephone Company
NYSTA President’s Report, Robert Puckett, NYSTA
NYSTA Treasurer’s Report, Shana Macey, Crown Point Telephone Corp.
Inspectors of Election Report
ITPA Scholarship Awards, Leslie Irwin, Newport Telephone
9:30 am- Trudeau Institute & the impact on the medical field and the economic impact on the region - Dr. Goldfarb
10:15 am - Break
10:30 am - The View From Washington - Shirley Bloomfield, CEO, NTCA
11:15 am - Economic Development and the North Country & the importance of our northern neighbors (Canada) - Garry F. Douglas, President and CEO. Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce
12:00 – 1:00 - Associate Member Luncheon
1:00 pm - New FCC Reporting Requirement - John Kuykendall, John Staurulakis, Inc.
1:45 pm - Olympic Speaker
2:30 pm - Visit Table Top displays and team building event
6:00 pm - Annual Banquet Reception
7:00 pm - Annual Banquet
June 5th - Wednesday
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00AM - The Annual Regulatory Roundtable, A Panel of Regulatory Experts, including:
Robert DeBroux
Director-Federal Affairs & Public Policy
TDS
John Kuykendall
Vice President
John Staurulakis, Inc.
Roger Nishi
Vice President of Industry Relations
Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Tel.
Kevin Schwenzfeier
President
ACM
Moderated by Bob Puckett
Sponsored By: Verizon
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:45 - Business Roundtable,
Moderated By: Doug Edwards, Delhi Telephone
Panelists Include:
Paul Barton, President of Westelcom Family of Companies
Tom Ellis, Vice President and CFO of Northland Communications
Mark Maytum, President and COO of D&F Telephone Company
Kim Stewart, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications for Finger Lakes Technology Group and O&T Telephone Companies
11:45 Adjournment
