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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
March 15, 2019
Dear Member:
RECEIVED
MAR 2 2 2019
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
You are hereby notified that a meeting of the members of the Roggen Telephone
Cooperative Company will be held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 7:00pm at the Roggen
Telephone office, 519 Front Street, Roggen, Colorado 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 John Reid and Kenneth (Kit)
Rosling; 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 1, 2019 in the self-addressed
envelope.
Respectfully,
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. Please
do not include your telephone payment with the proxy as it will not
be opened until April 1, 2019.
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519 Front Street P.O. Box 100 Roggen, CO 80652 Phone: 303-849-5260 Fax: 303-849-5255.
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PASS —AROUND REVIEW/ WORK SESSION REQUEST
RE o PROXY BALLOT REQUEST 2019
DEPARTMENT: CLERK TO THE BOARD DATE: 03/22/19
PERSON REQUESTING: ESTHER GESICK, CLERK TO THE BOARD
Brief description of the problem/issue:
Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company is hosting their annual meeting on April 1, 2019, at 7:00
p.m., in Roggen, Colorado. The item to be voted on at the annual meeting is the election of two
members to the Board of Directors to fill upcoming vacancies on the Board being created by the term
ending for John Reid and Kenneth (Kit) Rosling. At the annual meeting, members may also transact
such other business as may be necessary or desirable.
What options exist for the Board? (include consequences, impacts, costs, etc. of options)
Vote via the proxy ballot form provided (following pages), or notify Roggen Telephone Cooperative
Company that you would like to attend the meeting on April 1, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., at 519 Front Street,
Roggen, Colorado..
Rec
Please indicate your choice below. If you would like to vote on the provided ballot form, please turn to
the flagged page and initial your selections.
Sean P. Conway
Mike Freeman, Pro -Tern
Scott K. James
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
Steve Moreno
Vote on
Provided Form
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Attend
Meeting
Other/Comments:
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 Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company office, 519 Front Street, Roggen, CO
80652, on April 1, 2019, at 7:00pm., or any adjournment thereof.
Please vote for (2) two of the following members running for the position of Director.
WITNESS MY HAND THIS 1st DAY OF
(970) 400-4225
(TELEPHONE NUMBER)
April 1 , , 2019
(SIGNATURE) (WIL0NOT BE COU ED IF NOT SIGNED)
Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
Weld County Board of Commissioners
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President Bruce Klausner called the Annual Meeting of the Roggen Telephone Cooperative
Company to order at 7:00 pm, April 2, 2018 at the Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company office,
519 Front Street, Roggen, Colorado.
After the Pledge of Allegiance, President Bruce Klausner led everyone in a prayer. Then President
Klausner welcomed everyone, and asked Wendy Kanzler for the total number of members present.
There are currently 99 members so 10 members are needed for a quorum. The by-laws state that
10% of the total number of members present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a
quorum. Secretary Ruth Shelton represented the 26 proxy's received by mail and with the 17
members in attendance we indeed had a quorum.
President Klausner asked Secretary Shelton to show a copy of the letter sent to each member
notifying them of the meeting, along with the copy of last year's minutes. He then proceeded to ask
Secretary Shelton to read the April 3, 2017 annual meeting minutes. Bill Linnebur made a motion to
dispense with the reading of the minutes since the members had received them in the mail and to
approve the annual meeting minutes. Helen Rosling seconded and the motion passed.
President Klausner announced that Bruce Klausner and Brad Peterson's terms had expired and that
they both had elected to run again for a position on the Board. No one else expressed any interest to
run for the Board. The nomination committee consists of Michelle Kipp, Bill Klausner, and Maria
Alvarado. Since there weren't any nominations from the floor, Gary Rhoadarmer made a motion to
cease nominations and to cast a unanimous vote for Bruce Klausner and Brad Peterson. Bill
Linnebur seconded and the motion passed.
President Klausner welcomed everyone to the 90th year anniversary annual meeting. He informed
the members that we are considering paying out the remaining capital credits for 1996 at the end of
this year. There won't be any students attending the FRS Youth Tour in Washington, DC this year as
there weren't any applications received.
President Klausner then introduced the Board of Directors, the years they had served and the
attendance record for each Director for the meetings throughout the year. He introduced the
employees and stated how long they have been working for the telephone company. He informed
the members that we would be adding Hudson to our local calling area, and that we would start our
fiber project in the southern part of the Roggen exchange. He then thanked everyone who works for
and with the company.
President Klausner then turned the meeting over to David Aspenson from BKD to present the
financial statements to the membership for their approval. Afterwards John Linnebur made a motion
to accept the financial statements as they were presented. Sue Junker seconded and the motion
passed.
President Klausner asked if there was any old business that needed to be discussed. Then he asked
if there was any new business.
President Klausner then turned the meeting over to Daryn Parker from TCA. He talked about the
new FCC order that had just come out how they were looking to make Roggen Telephone whole
again as we had been impacted by over $40,000 by the previous rules.
At this time President Klausner turned the meeting over to General Manager, Peggy Manino. She
thanked everyone for attending the annual meeting and talked about adding Hudson to our local
calling area. She explained about starting the fiber project in the southeastern part of the Roggen
exchange and then working back towards town. She talked about how well the subsidiary is doing in
offering Broadband in over 7 rural communities, and informed the members of the various towers
and elevator legs that we have equipment installed on. After a little trivia, Peggy thanked the
directors and all the employees and everyone in the industry that has contributed to Roggen's
success.
President Klausner informed the membership that the Directors would contact members to be on the
nominating committee before the next annual meeting.
Numerous door prize drawings were held throughout the meeting, including cash prizes in honor of
our 90th anniversary. President Klausner thanked everyone for coming, and then Bill Linnebur made
a motion to close the annual meeting. Sallie Linnebur seconded and the motion passed. President
Klausner adjourned the annual meeting at 7:30pm.
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