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Meetings and workshops For much of MMUA's history, association activities revolved around members meeting together, and that remains a large part of our activities today. In 2016, MMUA conducted three major member- ship t meetings, along with numerous schools and workshops. .all Staff and members were also heavily involved in , American Public Power Association events. Unlir - der the MMUA banner, approximately 55 people traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the APPA Legislative Rally, held March 7-9. Meetings with Troy Adams of Elk River(holding the clock)was thanked senators and congressional staff highlighted the for serving as MMUA president in 2015-2016. He had meeting. ample support at the Annual Conference from utility staff and policymakers. The signature event for MMUA in 2016 was also speaker. The afternoon was taken up with legisla- an APPA event—the national Public Power Line- tive visits, and attendees re-connected that evening workers Rodeo, held April 2 at Canterbury Park with each other, and legislators, at a reception. in Shakopee. This event coincided with the APPA Engineering and Operations Conference, which The next ma- followed April 3-6 at the Minneapolis Convention jor event on Center. Numerous MMUA Regular and Associate our meeting members, as well as some of our staff, attended the calendar came E&O and also served as speakers at the event. Aug. 15-17 at Cragun's Resort The hectic April continued, with the MMUA Leg- in Brainerd, as islative Conference, held April 19 in St. Paul. MMUA held The 2016 meeting was unique. The State Capitol, its 85th Annual without running water, was closed to the public. Conference. 1 N5'`tars A'.� It was also the first session where the new Minne- Backdrops to \ hr sota Senate Building was open. With the disarray the event in- of construction, new facilities, and a short session, cluded a turbuif ' MMUA shortened its program to one day. Despite lent presidential the disruption, over 70 people attended. The morn- campaign and Sleepy Eye's Bob Elston took the ingincluded a legislative briefing, and a luncheon MMUA president's reins at our 85th g g� an uncertain Annual Conference. regulatory climate.Approximately 320 people attended the p Annual Conference, making this our largest meet- ing. Included in that number were many associate .,r .4. t. 41 members participating in a trade show. Sleepy Eye I. '' Public Works Director Bob Elston assumed the tok, +' president's duties at the meeting, taking over from i 14414 . 1111 Troy Adams of Elk River Municipal Utilities. 4t„ r ,, _ f Our second largest meeting of the year proved to be the Technical and Operations (T&O) Conference, __ imAi ''' , which was held Dec. 6-8 in St. Cloud. Approximate- ly 200 municipal utility personnel, vendors and The MMUA Annual Conference, held each summer, pro- MMUA staff attended the event, which featured vides ample opportunity for utility and associate mem- a variety of technical talks along with sessions on bers to get together. leadership and a sharply-focused safety message. 2016 Year in Review-13 152