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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
March 25, 2011
Dear Member:
You are hereby notified that a meeting of the members of the Roggen Telephone
Cooperative Company will be held at 7:00pm on Monday, the 11th day of April 2011, at the
Christ Community Church, 11200 WCR 73, Roggen, CO 80652, for the following purposes:
1. To elect two members to the Board of Directors to fill upcoming vacancies on
the Board being created by the term ending for David (Duke) Latham, and Ruth
Shelton; and
2. To transact such other business as may be necessary or desirable which may
come before the membership at this meeting.
Members that are unable to attend may use the proxy card enclosed and return it to
Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company on or before April 11, 201 in the self-addressed
envelope.
Sincerely,
Reath Shelton
Secretary
Attention: Proxy must be signed by one of the persons whose name
appears on the phone bill or the proxy will not be counted. Please
do not include your telephone payment with the proxy as it will not
be opened until April 11, 2011.
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MEMBERS RUNNING FOR POSITION OF DIRECTOR
ON THE ROGGEN TELEPHONE CO-OP BOARD
Please vote for only (2) of the following members
on the enclosed proxy.
DUKE LATHAM moved to the Roggen area in 2004 with his wife Khris and
stepson Everett Ross. Khris works as an account rep for Feeders Advantage in
Denver and Everett is a sophomore and attends Weld Central High School. Duke
was born in western Colorado and grew up on a cow-calf operation. He attended
Colorado State University where he earned a degree in Animal Science and a
degree in Agricultural Business. He previously worked for Caprock Feedyards in
Texas as a yard foreman and Hutchison Western of Denver as a sales rep. The
past few years he has worked for Ranchway Feeds as a Territory Manager.
Currently he works for Colorado Equipment out of Strasburg as a sales rep
selling John Deere equipment. He looks forward to being involved in the
community and to continue to serve as a Director for Roggen Telephone.
RUTH SHELTON farms and manages the family owned business, Shelton Dairy
Corporation. She has one daughter, Erin, who attended John Brown University in
Arkansas. Ruth earned an A.S. degree from the Community College of the Air
Force in electronics and a B.A. degree from the University of Colorado in
Sociology and Education. She was in the Air Force where she worked on aircraft
computers and navigational systems. She retired in January 1996 and has
worked and resided in Roggen ever since. Ruth is the Vice President of the
Roggen Lions Club and is active in the Christ Community Church in Roggen. In
her spare time she enjoys hiking, outdoor sports, reading, working with children
and spending time with her horses. Ruth is interested in the future of Roggen
Telephone, and would like to continue to be a Director for another term.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
OF THE
ROGGEN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE COMPANY
April 12, 2010
President Bruce Klausner called the Annual Meeting of the Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company
to order at 7:10 pm, April 12, 2010 at the Roggen Fire House, 407 Second Street, Roggen, Colorado.
After the Pledge of Allegiance, President Klausner welcomed everyone, and then asked Wendy
Kanzler for the total number of members present. She reported there were 17 members and since we
only needed a total of 17 members present to constitute a quorum, we indeed had a quorum.
President Klausner asked Secretary Ruth Shelton to show a copy of the letter sent to each member
notifying them of the meeting. President Klausner then proceeded to ask Shelton to show a copy and
to read the April 6, 2009 annual meeting minutes. Duke Latham made a motion to dispense with the
reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes. John Linnebur seconded the motion and the
motion passed.
President Klausner then introduced the guests-Dave Aspenson and Stephanie Weber from Kiesling
and Associates, Chris Schroeder and Jon Loe from Telcom Consulting Associates, and David
Closson, attorney from Dufford and Brown.
President Klausner announced that John Reid and Kit Rosling's terms had expired and they had
elected to run again for their positions on the Board. The nominating committee also asked Duke
Latham to run for the open positions on the Board. The nomination committee consists of Mary
Alvarado, Michelle Kipp and John Linnebur. Since there weren't any nominations from the floor, Joel
Shoeneman made a motion to close the nominations. Dorothy Linnebur seconded the motion and the
motion passed. President Klausner appointed Mary Alvarado, John Linnebur and Jon Loe to count the
proxy's.
President Klausner welcomed everyone to the annual meeting. He informed the membership that
normal maintenance had been performed such as replacing the roof, remodeling part of the office and
replacing a 30 year old water pressure tank. Finances had improved due to an increase in the
Colorado High Cost fund and an increase in Internet customers from the previous year. Roggen
continues to be competitive in providing Internet and expects to grow in areas in and out of our
exchange. We also will be expanding into a fiber network that includes 10 other telephone companies
that extends east to Sterling, south to 1-70 and west into south Denver. It will enable us to purchase
bandwidth at a reduced price and will make us able to compete far into the future. Klausner said this
project is expected to be completed in the near future as soon as the fiber and equipment can be
installed. President Klausner introduced the Board of Directors, the years they had served and the
attendance record for each Director for the meetings throughout the year. He then thanked everyone
who works for and with the company.
President Klausner then turned the meeting over to David Aspenson to present the financial
statements to the membership for their review. Afterwards Duke Latham made a motion to accept the
financial statements as they were presented. Kenneth Smolic seconded the motion and the motion
was passed.
President Klausner asked if there was any old business that needed to be discussed. Then he asked
if there was any new business. Since there wasn't any new business, he turned the meeting over to
the attorney, David Closson to present the proposed amended bylaws. Closson recommended that
the bylaws be revised to provide for the retention of capital credits and patronage refunds while
refunds related to customer prepayments for telephone services be processed pursuant to Colorado's
Unclaimed Property Act. Joel Shoeneman made a motion to adopt the amended bylaws. Duke
Latham seconded the motion and the motion passed.
President Klausner then turned the meeting over to Chris Schroeder, our consultant from TCA.
Schroeder talked about state and national regulatory issues and the FCC National Broadband Plan,
especially since broadband has become as important as voice recently. Afterwards there was an
audience discussion held about the wireless broadband and connectivity.
At this time President Klausner turned the meeting over to General Manager, Peggy Manino. She
thanked everyone for attending the annual meeting. Maninc informed the Members about incorrect toll
that was showing up on their phone bills. Carriers had been adding charges that were billed at
midnight which is a form of slamming. 10 interexchange carriers had already been blocked and
Wendy Kanzler has been spot checking the toll to make sure that more charges aren't coming through
on the bills. She talked about the new fiber construction and had visited with other groups in other
states that said their fiber ring had proven successful in providing new services to their customers.
Manino said the Eastern Colorado Directory had published the addresses incorrect for Roggen but
she has since gotten the problem straightened out so the new directories should be published
correctly next year. Identity theft is a growing problem for everyone, Manino stated, so she has a
company come in to shred all the old paperwork. So a new service has been offered to the Members
to have them bring in anything they want shredded this summer. The e-billing online that had been
implemented last year has proven to be very secure and user friendly. Over 130 customers have
chosen to pay their bills online. She then thanked the employees for their dedication and work over
the past year as the office has run smoothly with over 600 customers that they take care of. Manino
then informed the members that she had capital credit checks for the remainder of 1992 ready for
them to pick up at the end of the meeting.
President Klausner informed the membership that John Reid and Kit Rosling had won the election for
the two positions on the Board. He thanked Duke Latham for running for a position on the Board.
Numerous door prize drawings were held throughout the meeting. Being no further business Kenneth
Smolic made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Duke Latham seconded the motion and the motion
passed.
The Annual Meeting was adjourned at 7:58 pm.
Proxy
ROGGEN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE COMPANY
PO BOX 100 ROGGEN, CO 80652
I hereby vote on the proposed items coming before the membership as indicated below, and constitute and
appoint the Secretary my vote for any other such business that may properly come before the Annual
Meeting to be held at the Christ Community Church, 11200 WCR 73, Roggen, CO 80652, on April 11, 2011,
at 7:00pm., or any adjournment thereof.
Please vote for(2)two of the following members running for the position of Director.
K David (Duke) Latham CV Ruth Shelton
WITNESS MY HAND THIS 4th DAY OF April 2011
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
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