April 17th 2018

OAEC I.T. Association

Meeting Minutes

4/17/2018

  1. Call to order

Don Pak called to order the regular meeting of the OAEC I.T. Association at 10:05am on 04/17/2018 at OAEC meeting room.

  1. Roll call

Don Pak conducted a roll call. The following persons were present:

  • Casey Davis, OEC
  • Don Pak, East Central
  • Brenda Merkle, TCEC
  • Curt Cloyd, NWEC
  • Chandler Lingle, SWR
  • Greg McComber, Cotton Elec
  • Sid Sperry, Statewide
  • Eric Neill, Rural Elec
  • Steph Jones, Cimarron Elec
  • Approval of minutes from last meeting

Don Pak read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.

  1. Open issues
    1. Officer Elections raised by Don Pak
      • Don Pak, President
      • Casey David, Vice President
      • Brenda Merkle, Secretary
      • Treasurers, Greg McComber with Chandler Lingle
      • Recorder/Historian, Shannon Veerkamp
    2. Meeting Committee Members
      • Curt Cloyd
      • Eric Neill
      • Steph Jones
    3. Treasurer to setup account with Energize Credit Union
    4. Email Managers and I.T. with the bylaws along with the $300.00 Membership fee due by June 1st. Note to AP that it should state OAEC I.T. Association annual membership dues
    5. Survey Form for what everyone uses in the OK Coops
    6. Potential Speakers and Vendors
      • Robert McClanahan, Arkansas Electric
      • Luke Williams, First Electric Cooperative
      • Jacek Szamrej, SEDC
      • Timothy Fawcett, Guernsey
      • Anna Imose, McAfee & Taft
      • Bsideok
      • Donovan Farrow, Alias Forensics
      • Nathan Seaney, Secure Ideas
      • Geoffe Wilson, True Digital
      • Slade Griffin
      • Kenny Sparks, Legislative updates
      • Jim Libersky, Barrier1
      • Dana, Infraguard
      • RC3
      • Federated
    7. Kenny Guffey asked about overlap with the AMI and we declined.
    8. Annual Meeting Date September 20th and 21st.
    9. Survey Monkey from Brenda for members involved and who would like to talk.
    10. Facilitators for small roundtables?
    11. Corrected version of Bylaws will be sent by Sid to managers along with the dues to Coops.

 

  1. New business
    1. Donations of prized from Coops

 

 

  1. Adjournment

Don Pak adjourned the meeting at 11:50.

Minutes submitted by:  Shannon Veerkamp

Minutes approved by:  Casey Davis

January 23rd 2018

OAEC I.T. Association

Meeting Minutes

01/23/2018

  1. Call to order

Don Pak called to order the regular meeting of the OAEC I.T. Association at 10:05am on 01/23/2018 on conference call.

  1. Roll call

Don Pak conducted a roll call. The following persons were present:

  • Brandon Wingfield
  • Casey Davis
  • Chandler Lingle
  • Don Pak
  • Eric Neill
  • Greg McComber
  • Shannon Veerkamp
  • Stephanie Jones
  • Steven Noell in for Don Lawrence
  • Sid Sperry
  • Approval of minutes from last meeting

Don Pak read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.

  1. Open issues
    1. Name of association: Don Pak made a motion for OAEC I.T. Association second by Shannon Veerkamp. All approved and motion approved.
    2. Discuss new bylaws. All agreed to modify previously viewed bylaws. Don Pak agreed to create a draft of the new bylaws to be viewed by the committee before the end of the week. Committee members to make recommendations and corrections before next meeting.
    3. Association Dues. Don Pak after some discussion with Sid Sperry made a motion for the dues to be $300.00 per year per Cooperative. Stephanie Jones seconded the motion. All approved. Motion passed
    4. Discussed planning committee elections: Sid Sperry is going to provide district maps of Oklahoma. Stephanie Jones suggested using the size of the Cooperative instead of using Districts.
    5. Next Meeting is set for April 17th at 10:00am at OAEC Statewide

 

  1. New business
    1. Annual Meeting registration fees and dates/ Tabled to next meeting
    2. Officer Elections/ Tabled to next meeting
    3. Potential merger with Texas I.T. Association/ Tabled to next meeting
    4. Discuss potential Speakers and Vendors for Annual meeting/ All committee members to gather information and bring to next committee meeting.
  2. Adjournment

Don Pak adjourned the meeting at 10:38am.

Minutes submitted by:  Shannon Veerkamp

Minutes approved by:  Casey Davis