Start Date: 11/8/2023 1:00 PM CST
End Date: 11/9/2023 1:00 PM CST
Venue Name: Florian Gardens Conference Center
Location:
2340 Lorch Ave
Organization Name:
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association
Contact:
ROOM BLOCK Main Hotel Block Room Block Name: WECA Annual Meeting 2023Group Block Code: WECARoom Block Rates: $109 or $119 + tax/nightExpiration Date: October 6, 2023Booking Link: https://bit.ly/2023WECA-AM-Metropolis Overflow Hotel (easy 8 minute drive)Room Block Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative AssociationGroup Block Code: WECRoom Block Rates: $124 + tax/night for Double Queen roomExpiration Date: October 6, 2023Booking Link: https://bit.ly/2023WECA
WECA Annual Meeting is scheduled for November 8-9, 2023. Below is the tentative program layout.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
9 a.m. Registration (available all morning)
9 a.m. WECA Board Meeting and Audit Review
12:15 p.m.
FYF Annual Meeting
1 p.m.
WECA Business Meeting
Call to Order
Introductions of WECA Board
Credentials Report, Minutes, & Annual Meeting Notice
Secretary/Treasurer’s Report
Resolutions
Chairman’s Report
1:30 p.m.
Connecting Energy Policy and National Security, and Why One Cannot Exist Without the Other
Dr. David Gattie, a ssociate professor of engineering, University of Georgia, and senior fellow, University of Georgia Center for International Trade and Security
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m.
NRECA Election
3:15 p.m.
Self-Administered CPR
R eed “Roller” Barrett,
4 p.m. Break & Check into Your Hotel (Metropolis Resort or Holiday Inn South)
5–6:15 p.m. Reception at Florian Gardens
Reception is Sponsored by Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
6:15 p.m. Dinner & Awards Banquet
Thursday, November 9, 2023
7 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8 a.m.
President & CEO’s Report
Year in Review Video
Youth Tour and Youth Leadership Congress (YLC) Preview Video
8:45 a.m.
Federated Group Retention Report
Keith Johnson , account executive, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
9 a.m.
The Sausage Making of Policy, Politics, and PACS: An Open Discussion with Your Lobbyists
Jennifer Shilling, government relations manager, Dairyland Power CooperativeRob Richard, director, government relations, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m.
Bringing Electricity to the Navajo Nation: A Wisconsin Connection
Walter W. Haase, general manager, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Jarrett Brow, lineman, Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Alex Lutz, apprentice lineman, Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Kevin Kurtzweil, vice president of operations, Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative American Public Power Association (invited) Moderator: Julie Lund, director of news and communication, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association
11 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.
Is Rural Wisconsin Ready for the Broadband Boom?
Carah Koch , federal program officer (WI), Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG), National Telecommunications and Information Administration Alyssa Kenney, Wisconsin broadband and digital equity director, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
12 p.m.
Closing Business Session
Director Awards
12:10 p.m. Adjourn WECA Annual Meeting
12:15 p.m. WECA Reorganizational Meeting
(to be held immediately following annual meeting)
