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MTA All Event Sponsorship

Here is your opportunity to maximize the impact of your event sponsorships for 2010. MTA is offering some great enhancements to marketing with MTA. Bundle your sponsorships and you get to pick the specific events, and you’ll get other great benefits that only All Event Sponsors are eligible for – and at not additional cost. Get details or download the brochure HERE.

National Association Webcast Announcement

June 25, 2010

As you all know, the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has some serious ramifications for telecommunications companies.  I am very pleased to see NECA, NTCA, OPASTCO, and WTA working together on this most important issue.  This national coalition is putting on two webinars in the next few weeks on the NBP and what the coalition is doing to address the disparities in the plan for rural consumers.  I strongly encourage you to attend one of the webinars for the most current information.
 
The MTA is making this matter a very high priority.  We are working with Ewald Consulting on a media campaign to work in conjunction with our summer outstate legislative visits.  The Board believes that we can be most useful to the national effort by mobilizing our membership in a grassroots effort to educate our customers on the negative impact this will have on them.

Download the National Association NBP Webcast PDF

Brent J. Christensen
President/CEO

MTA Joins Four Other State Associations in Comments on USF

In the first (what is hoped to be many) cooperative efforts among state telecommunications associations in the upper Midwest, MTA joined with state telecom associations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin to file comments to the FCC in opposition of the National Cable Television Association proposal to gut the Universal Service Fund and rural telcos ability to continue to provide basic telephone service as well as broadband. “The comments reflected our concerns in Minnesota that such a proposal would seriously damage rural telephony throughout the country,” commented Randy Young. “This is not the end of this, I’m afraid,” he added. It is anticipated that NCTA will continue its assault on small telco’s ability to compete by crippling the USF.

>> The joint comments can be downloaded HERE.

MTA Golf Day

Monday, July 13th the Crow River Golf Club in Hutchinson had perfect weather for the MTA Golf Day. Approximately 184 golfers signed up for golf, hors d'oeuvres, dinner and prizes. The winning team with a low gross score of 55 consisted of Don Dale, Paul Freude, Ryan Maher, Rob Noren, Derek Rolle and Bruce Swenson. Second with a low gross score of 62 was the team of Fritz Hendricks, Margaret Hines, Steve Katka, Randy Kee, Bud Morrow and Judy Fixe. The first place low net of 59 team consisted of Dirk Berger, Darren Dierbeck, Tom Farm, Dave Langerud, Lee Maier and John Sonnek. The second place low net of 60 team consisted of Kevin Beyer, Tom Campbell, John Donner, Pat Hall, Patricia Knutson and Dave Schultz. A good time of fun and networking was enjoyed by all.