NYSTA 2024

Agenda

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

8:30-10:30 am - NYSTA Board of Directors Meeting                                                        

11:30 am – Registration/ Lunch (Golfers) , Seneca Falls Country Club 

12:15 pm – John Seguine Memorial Golf Tournament Shot-gun start, Seneca Falls Country Club 

6:30 - 7:30 pm Annual Awards Dinner Reception - 

7:30 - 9:00 pm – Annual Awards Dinner 

Thursday, June 6, 2024

7:00 – 8:15 am Breakfast                                                                                                                 

8:30 am - General Business Session                                                                       

NYSTA Chairman’s Report – Scott Brooks, Consolidated Communications

NYSTA President’s Report – Craig Miller

NYSTA Treasurer’s Report, 

Inspectors of Election Report,

Committee Recognition, Craig Miller, NYSTA

ITPA Scholarship Awards, Leslie Irwin, Newport Telephone

9:15 am- Washington Update, Jill Canfield, General Counsel and VP of Policy

10:00 am Break with the Associate Members -View Tabletop Displays 

Enjoy a nice coffee break, stop and take a look at the table top displays or chat with one of our Associate members!

10:30 am – Broadband Roundtable 

Moderator:    Wade Levan, DFT

Panelists:       Paul Griswold, Ontario & Trumansburg Tel. Cos.

                    Shawn Beqaj, ArchTop Fiber

                    Joe Gottwald, Empire Telephone Co.

Noon - Lunch

1:00 pm – See Something, Say Something - What are our responsibilities to report unlawful behaviors when out in the field?

Moderator: Craig Miller, NYSTA

Panelists: Lt. John Kesel, Ontario County Office of Sheriff

Larry Washbon, Director of Operations - New York, Frontier

Nick Ristoff

2:30: pm Table Top Display Visitation and Coffee Break                                                                              

3:00 pm – Wine & Beer Tasting - - Taste of New York

6:00-7:00 pm - Annual Banquet Reception                                                          

7:00 pm NYSTA Annual Banquet

Join us for a reception directly after dinner to welcome our out-going/Incoming Chairmen, Scott Brooks and Rob Wrighter

Friday, June 7, 2024

7:00-8:15 am - Breakfast                                                                                                                                         

8:30 am  Regulatory Roundtable

Moderator: Scott Brooks, Consolidated Communications

Panelists:    Tom Moorman, Woods & Aitken

                    Jill Canfield, NTCA

                    Jamie Hoare, Go Net Speed

10:00-10:15 am Break 

10:15 am Cyber Security Roundtable - The worst has happened - What Now???

Moderator: Jim Becker, Middleburgh

Panelists: Marilyn Blake, Telcom Insurance Group

Rich Richard, CISA

, FBI Representative

11:45 - Closing Remarks & Door Prize Drawing