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Home My WebLink About20080043.tiff AA AA 'I' Roggen Telephone w Cooperative Company AA , NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING March 27, 2008 Dear Member: You are hereby notified that a meeting of the members of the Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, the 12th day of April 2008, at the Roggen Knights of Columbus Hall, 6931 WCR 77, 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 Ruth Shelton, and Mike Surles; 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, 2008 in the self-addressed envelope. Sincerely, GGcR.The ztr� Ruth 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. i t3 520x8 - ooCL: Rio FMnt Ctreet• R(1 Roy 100• Rooney). Colorado 80652•(303) 849-5260• Fax (303) 849-5255 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. 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. MIKE SURLES was born in Hope, Arkansas and attended Hope High then Southern State University for two years. He and his wife, Donna, have been married for 33 years and have 3 grown children, Natasha, Shane, and Misty who now reside in Colorado. He moved to Roggen in 1997 and is employed by Boulder ValleyyPoultry as the General Manager. He is a member of Roggen Farmers Elevator Association, Southern Farmers Association and a member of the Farm Bureau. He still has a farm in Arkansas and also raises cattle here. Colorado has been a great place to live, and Mike thinks the people here make the biggest difference because you never meet a stranger. Mike was appointed to serve as a Director to fill the vacant seat on the Board on August 29, 2007. He would like to continue to serve on the Board as he would like to have the challenge in helping Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company excel into the future. And in having the great staff that is there now, he firmly believes that together we can maintain and move forward in becoming the best telephone company around. JAMES WINTERS and his wife, Jan, bought a home and moved to Roggen in 1996. They have been married for 30 years and have 4 grown children; Promise, Tabatha, Christopher, and Justin. James was born in Ft. Worth, Texas and moved to Sterling with his family when he was in junior high school and later graduated in 1975. He started driving truck for his Dad's trucking company and has been driving truck for 31 years. He is currently a dispatcher for Tri-State Commodities and has worked there for 19 years. He currently serves as President of the Roggen Lions Club and has been a member since 2001. He is running for a position on the Roggen Telephone Board as he enjoys serving his community. The telephone company serves our community well and James wants to help it to continue to grow and thrive as it has done in the past. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE ROGGEN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE COMPANY April 9, 2007 President Bruce Klausner called the Annual Meeting of the Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company to order at 7:06 pm, April 9, 2007 at the Roggen Fire House, 407 Second Street, Roggen, Colorado. President Klausner welcomed everyone, and then asked Linda Worthington for the total number of members present. She reported there were 22 members and since we only needed a total of 20 members present to constitute a quorum, we indeed had a quorum. President Klausner informed the membership that Secretary Erker was not present, and appointed Ruth Shelton as the secretary for the meeting. President Klausner then proceeded to ask Ruth Shelton to show a copy of the letter sent to each member notifying them of the meeting, and the ad that was duly posted in the South Weld Sun newspaper. President Klausner asked Ruth Shelton to show a copy of the minutes from the April 3, 2006 Annual Meeting. At this time John Reid made a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes. Dorothy Linnebur seconded the motion and the motion passed. President Klausner then introduced the guests-Dave Aspenson and Stephanie Weber from Kiesling and Associates, John Heronimous, our Attorney from Dufford and Brown, and Chris Schroeder from Telcom Consulting Associates. President Klausner announced that David Epple and Harold J Erker's terms had expired and they had elected not to re-run. The nominating committee asked John Reid and Kit Rosling to run for the 2 open positions on the Board. The nomination committee consists of Mary Alvarado, Charles Klausner and John Linnebur. There weren't any nominations from the floor, so Charles Klausner made a motion to cast a unanimous vote for John Reid and Kit Rosling. John Linnebur seconded the motion and the motion passed. President Klausner then turned the meeting over to David Aspenson to present the financial statements to the membership for their review. Afterwards John Reid then made a motion to accept the financial statements as they were presented, and Dorothy Linnebur seconded the motion. The motion was passed. President Klausner welcomed everyone to the annual telephone meeting. He explained to the membership that we had been engaged in a legal matter concerning the Hudson tower. We had lost the right to stay on that tower, but we had contracted to get on another tower in Hudson and everything had worked out okay. The current project that we are working on is a fiber link to Qwest to expand the services and bandwidth to provide a more reliable link to the outside world. We expect to have the project finished in May as all the paperwork, agreements and permits are in place. President Klausner informed the membership that there weren't any students interested in attending the FRS Youth Tour that we sponsor every year. Hopefully there will be a junior that would like to attend next year. David Epple and Harold Erker have been on the board since 1995, and they both have been very actively involved and supportive of the board. President Klausner stated they had decided to move on to other horizons in their life and thanked them for the time they had served. President Klausner then reported on the meeting attendance of the Directors for 2006. Since David Epple and Harold Erker were not present, Manager Manino showed the gifts that would be presented to them for serving on the board. President Klausner asked if there was any old business that needed to be discussed. Since there wasn't, He introduced John Heronimous, the attorney, to have him present the proposed amended by- laws to the membership. The only change to the by-laws was to conform to the Colorado laws that needed to be in place and he had used a model from the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and had personalized them for Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company. At this time Kit Rosling made a motion to approve the new by-laws. John Reid seconded the motion and the motion passed. President Klausner then introduced Chris Schroeder, our consultant from TCA. Schroeder talked about cooperatives and how fortunate it was that Roggen Telephone has survived prosperously over the past 79 years. TCA is celebrating their 25`h anniversary this year, and he explained the changes that had taken place in the telecommunications industry over the years. At this time President Klausner turned the meeting over to General Manager, Peggy Manino. Manino thanked everyone for attending the meeting, and thanked the Directors for their show of support over the past year through all the obstacles that we had to overcome. There had been problems with recording toll in the switch, lightning hits at various tower sites and damage to radio equipment that we had just installed. Manino reported that we currently have 410 customers on the broadband network, and over 100 people that want to sign on as soon as we finish the fiber project. Manager Manino informed the membership that Qwest was going to raise their rates to Roggen Telephone, so she was trying to find a different carrier to provide our long distance. This won't have any affect on what the customer pays; only what we pay the company that resells the toll minutes to us. Manino will inform the membership by letter as soon as she negotiates the new rates with a long distance carrier. Manino then thanked all the guests for their help throughout the year, and then announced that in 2008 Roggen Telephone would be celebrating their 80th anniversary. Manager Manino said when the meeting concludes, she had capital credit checks for anyone that had lived here from 1992 to 1994. At this time President Klausner asked for volunteers for the nominating committee. John Linnebur, Mary Alvarado and Charles Klausner were asked if they would serve again on the nominating committee for next year. They all acknowledged that they would. Being no further business, Dorothy Linnebur made a motion to adjourn the meeting. John Reid seconded the motion and the motion passed. The Annual Meeting was adjourned at 7:43 pm. W ♦ A ♦ * Is • 4 f r a V • • a d 4 v ii)♦ A A Roggen Telephone Cooperative Co . %11° Proudly Announces A Celebration a s Of Our , §©TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR In Service . 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