Calendar of Events
Managers' and Board Presidents' Summer Conference
Date:
July 09, 2008
Time:
12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Location:
Okoboji, Iowa
Description:
The Inn
3301 Lakeshore Drive
Okoboji, Iowa 51355
800-831-5092
712-332-2113
FAX 712-332-2714
www.theinnatokoboji.com
Okoboji View Golf Course
Highway 86
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
712-337-3372
www.okobojiview.net
Contact Information:
Mary Roach
mroach@iowarec.org
800-798-7037 ext. 210
Agenda
The Inn
3301 Lakeshore Drive
Okoboji, Iowa 51355
800-831-5092
712-332-2113
FAX 712-332-2714
www.theinnatokoboji.com
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Noon
Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Golf tournament, Okoboji View Golf Course
Shotgun start
6:30 p.m.
Family beef barbecue
Lakeside at The Inn
Thursday, July 10, 2008
7:45 a.m.
Coffee and rolls
8 a.m.
Call to order
Larry Marske, general manager, Grundy County REC
Approve minutes of March meeting
8:15 a.m.
Ask the attorney
Sullivan & Ward, P.C.
9:45 a.m.
Break
10 a.m.
Energy efficiency
Brian Sloboda, program manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Cooperative Research Network
11 a.m.
Insurance limits – How much is enough?
Carl Schroer, vice president, sales and marketing, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
1 p.m.
CFC Update
Sheldon Petersen, governor and CEO, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
2 p.m.
Energy efficiency on the farm
Dennis Harding, business services administrator, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
2:45 p.m.
Break
Managers adjourn
3 p.m.
Discussion time with board presidents
Board president election
3:45 p.m.
Meeting adjourned
Friday, July 11, 2008
8 a.m.
CoBank Update
Jennifer Goss, electric distribution division manager, CoBank
8:45 a.m.
Iowa Lakes wind farm
September Dau, director of finance and human resources and Rick Olesen, vice president of operations and engineering, Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
9:45 a.m.
Break
10 a.m.
Issues facing electric cooperatives today
Brian Kading, executive vice president/general manager; Regi Goodale, director of regulatory affairs; Tim Coonan, director of government relations and Allan Urlis, director of communications, Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn