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Reservation Telephone Cooperative
65th ANNUAL M
President Hoff called the meeting to order. Pastor Dan
Dapelo gave the invocation. President Hoff welcomed
all and thanked those who participated in the opening
ceremony along with the RTC staff for the meeting prepa-
rations. Human Resources Manager Gretchen Edwards
was named as Recording Secretary for the meeting and
Attorney Alicia Brenna was appointed Parliamentarian
of the meeting. There were 346 voting members present.
Secretary Sorenson declared the existence of a quorum.
President Hoff introduced Board members and spouses:
Glenn Schreiner, Jared and Candace Eagle, Terry and Marcia
Wilber, Paul and Sandi Wisness, Marlyn and LaDonna
Froseth, Vice President Barb and Doug Steinmetz, Secretary
Jennifer and Curtis Sorenson, and President Jeanette Hoff
and her husband, Steven Hoff along with CEO/GM Shane
Hart, Attorney Alicia Brenna, Chief Financial Officer
Dave Aamot and Recording Secretary Gretchen Edwards.
Several special guests were also introduced.
Amotion was made and seconded to dispense with the reading
of the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proof of Mailing. M/C
A motion was made and seconded to dispense with the
reading of the 64th Annual Meeting Minutes and to ap-
prove as per copy in Annual Meeting Book. M/C
A motion was made and seconded to dispense with the
reading of the Nominating Committee report and to ap-
prove the 2016 Nominating Committee Report as printed
in the Annual Meeting booklet. M/C
Secretary/Treasurer Sorenson introduced the candidates
for director districts. Candidates for District 1A are Angela
Moe andWayne Skarda. Candidate for District 4 is Jeanette
Hoff and she is running unopposed. Candidate for District 6
is Barbara Steinmetz and she is running unopposed.
A motion was made and seconded to cast a unanimous
ballot for Jeanette Hoff for District 4 and Barbara Steinmetz
for District 6. M/C
Each candidate for District 1A was invited to speak for 3-5
minutes.
Ballots were distributed by RTC Employees to the voting
delegates for the election of a director for District 1A and
then collected to be counted by the Election Committee.
President Hoff introduced Marketing Manager Shannon
Stafslien as chairperson of the Annual Meeting Committee.
There were drawings for door prizes.
President Hoff gave a short report on the changes over the
past year. We had a new CEO, Shane Hart, and two new
board members elected last year and now have another new
board member being elected this year with the retirement of
Director Paul Wisness. RTC is working to build a faster,
more dependable network. We are close to 75% completed
in reaching all our members with fiber connections. We are
dedicated to bringing quality broadband to all members.
The cost to complete all fiber connections is great, and RTC
is committed to completing the last 25% using RTC cash
reserves. Because of this commitment, the Board of Direc-
tors has been reviewing capital credit obligations and RTC
will make a general retirement when it is financially viable to do
so as determined by the Board of Directors. The Board will
never cease to review our financial situation as we upgrade
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The 65th Annual Meeting of Reservation Telephone Cooperative was held on Thursday,
June 16, 2016 at the Parshall High School.
The registration and meal by Kyle’s Katering
was held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The colors were presented by Dave Uhlich and Daryl
Johnson with percussion by Remington Bigelow. Lexi Blunck sang the National Anthem.