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Oregon Universal Service Fund

OUS Fund Advisory Board
Advisory Board Meeting
Meeting Schedule
The OUS Advisory Board meets quarterly.  Meeting agendas are posted two weeks before each meeting.
  • February 6, 2013 
  • May 8, 2013
  • August 7, 2013  
  • November 6, 2013

Current Meeting Agenda

DATE:  May 8, 2013
TIME:  10:00AM
PLACE:  PUC Offices in Salem, OR
             Mountain Conference Room, 2nd Floor
 
AGENDA:  

Approval of November 8, 2012 minutes

Fund Status:
1. Status of Fund
2. OUS Fund Projection and Assumption Review
3. Administrator--Compliance Audit
4. UM 1481 Update
 
 

 -Other Business:

5. Other

Advisory Board Information
Overview
The Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) established an OUS Advisory Board by Order 99-197.  The PUC concluded:
 
"Telecommunications carriers who participate in the OUS program should have a voice in how it is administered. We will select an Advisory Board now to provide that opportunity. We believe an Advisory Board will be valuable to us and to the administrator in representing different types of telecommunications carriers and in giving advice gained from experience in providing telecommunications services. The Advisory Board will be helpful in selecting an administrator and in providing advice after the administrator is selected."

Advisory Board Responsibilities
It is the intent of the PUC that the Advisory Board functions in an advisory capacity without having day-to-day responsibilities for managing the fund. The responsibilities of the Board include:
  1. Assist and advise the PUC in the selection of an OUS administrator;
  2. Advise the administrator and the PUC regarding the effective operation of the OUS fund;
  3. Review OUS administration budgets, OUS contribution rate proposals, and various monthly OUS operating reports;
  4. Assist the administrator in reviewing and identifying irregularities in information provided on the OUS worksheets;
  5. Provide an interface between the administrator and telecommunications service providers to resolve problems or disputes and to recommend appropriate action; and
  6. Assist the PUC in evaluating the success of the OUS program.

Representation
The ten-member Board represents the following interests:
  • Three from incumbent telecommunications utilities;  
  • Three from competitive telecommunications service providers;
  • One from radio common carriers;
  • One from a consumer group representing residential customers;
  • One from among the business customers; and
  • One from the PUC staff.

Advisory Board Members

Member
Term Ending
INCUMBENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES
John Dillard
Monroe Telephone Company
Phone: (541) 847-5135
Fax: None
E-Mail: jtdillard@monroetel.com
December 31, 2014

Ron Trullinger 
CenturyLink
Phone: (503) 242-5089
E-Mail: ron.trullinger@centurylink.com
December 31, 2013
​Mike Whalen
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
Phone: (541) 929-3135 		​December 31, 2015
 
COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
Jeff Crews
PriorityOne Telecommunications, Inc
Phone: (541) 975-5600
E-Mail: jcrews@p1tel.com
December 31, 2013
Allison Miller
LightSpeed Networks, Inc 
Phone: (503) 414-0460
E-Mail: amiller@lsnetworks.net
December 31, 2015
Richard Ryan
Hunter Communications
Phone: (541) 772-9282
E-Mail: rryan@coreds.net
December 31, 2014
 
BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP
Brian Lynott
TeleSmart Advisory Group
Phone: (503) 539-3303
E-Mail: blynott@telesmart.com
December 31, 2014
 
RESIDENTIAL ADVISORY GROUP
Marsha Spellman
Converge Communications
Phone: (503) 997-1685
E-Mail: Marsha.Spellman@warmspringstelecom.com
December 31, 2013
 
RADIO COMMON CARRIER GROUP
VACANT
 
 
PUC STAFF BOARD MEMBER
Roger White
Public Utility Commission of Oregon Staff
Phone: (503) 378-6371
E-Mail: roger.white@state.or.us
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