North-Country Chapter, SCTE
1769 Lexington Ave. Box 324
Roseville, MN. 55113
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The North-Country Chapter held their 2010 planning meeting at Dangerfields in Shakopee, MN. The first item on the list was the approval of the newly elected board of directors and subsequent appointments of the Associate Board Members.
Jody Hall, Mediacom: President until 12-31-11
Jeff Fischer, Commscope: V.P. to 12-31-10
Terry Manselle, Charter: Treasurer to 12-31-11
Patrick Davis, Comm Supply Grp: Secretary to 12-31-11
Tom Bumgardner, D.F. Countryman, Co.:
Membership Director to 12-31-10
Steve Carlson, Multilink: Director to 12-31-10
Larry Hildebrandt, Comcast: Director to 12-31-11
Marty Ferguson, FS3: Director to 12-31-10
Scott Schoeder, Comcast: Director to 12-31-10
* Dan Plante, CCI: Director to 12-31-10
(replaces Andrea Wegley who retired from BOD)
Paul Edgett, Comcast: Director to 12-31-11
Associate Directors:
Rick Sullivan, Times Fiber / Amphenol - 1 year
Bill Davis, Comm Supply Group, Inc. - 1 year
Scott Melter, Comcast - 1 year
Kraig Kaiser, Mediacom - 2 years
Barry Paulson, Mediacom - 2 years
Matt Yasgar. Mediacom - 2 years
2010 Itinerary
THE 2010 NORTH-CENTRAL SHOW WILL AGAIN BE HELD AT THE HYATT HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS ON MARCH 21st - 24th
The Tuesday luncheon speaker will be the President and CEO of the SCTE, Mark Dzuban
Stop by the booth and sign up for SCTE membership and subsequently, enter into a drawing for: Flat Screen T.V., I-POD and a surprize third place prize. participation is for registering as a new member or signing and paying for another year or two extension for your current membership. Look for the SCTE North-Country Booth and become a member!
Monday: Speaker - Randy Francis, JDSU
"Forward and Reverse Sweep"
Afternoon Speaker: TBD
Tuesday: "The Benefits of SCTE membership"
9:00 am David Haigh, Region Six Director, SCTE
9:30 am "Fiber Splicing and Restoration"
Cory Heigl and Rob Mikowski – CCI
Systems Inc. Iron Mountain, MI.
11:00 "Digital Video Monitoring"
Pilar Somohano, Product Marketing
Manager at IneoQuest Technologies
April 5th and 6th: Safety - CCI Systems
Mankato and Minneapolis
Attempting to secure for June 1st or 7th
Drop Cable Certification with CommScope
Vendor Day at Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN.
September 14th and 15th
November 30th - North-Country Chapter Cable Games - Comcast University, 801 Plymouth Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN.
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2009 Cable Games (thanks to Comcast U.)
Congratulations to the team winners:
Charter South-
P. Jensen,T. Nelson,Conrad Bumbardier,and Brian Oviatt
Conrad Bumbardier was the overall winner and will represent our Chapter at the 2010 Cable EXPO Games in New Orleans in October
See the pictures under "Events"
2009 Vendor Day in Hinckley, MN.
Please see a pictorial collage of the show in the Newsletter page.
