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Tentative Pro ram August , 4-, 6, 2006 <br />g Arrowwood Resort & <br />Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association Conference Center <br />74th Annual Summer Meeting Alexandria, MN <br />MONDAY, AUGUST 14 2:15-3:00 Pignon, Haiti Power Project <br /> Mike Callies, Heartland Engineering <br />9:00-12:30 Board of Directors Meeting <br /> 2:15-3:00 Embezzlement at your Utility? <br />12:00-1:15 Check-in at Alexandria Golf Club for Steven McDonald, Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP <br /> golf tournament <br /> 3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break <br />12:00-1:15 Check-in for Bike Ride at Arrowwood lobby <br /> 3:30-4:15 OO Plus Record Keeping System <br />1:30 Golf "Best Ball Scramble" Tournament Patrick Van Beek, Midwest Energy Association <br /> (Shot-gun Start) Alexandria Golf Club <br /> 3:30-4:15 State Tax Issues Affecting Municipal Utilities <br />1:30 Bike ride on Central Lakes Trail A representative from Eide Bailey <br /> (Meet at west parking lot) <br /> 4:15-5:00 Natural Gas Up-date and Roundtable <br />3:00-6:15 Registration Desk Open for Troy Dahlen, MMUA <br /> Conference Registration <br /> 4:15-5:00 Observations in Utility Governance <br />4:00 Hotel Check-in Don Habicht, Worthington Municipal Utilities <br />6:30-7:30 Welcome Reception -Front Lawn 6:30-7:30 Reception <br />7:30-9:00 Outdoor Bar-B-Due -Entertainment by 7:30-10:00 Banquet <br /> Peter & Paul Wendinger Band Entertainment -Mary Bowles, Comedian <br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 <br />6:30-10:30 Breakfast served -Lake Cafe 6:30-10:30 Breakfast Served -Lake Cafe <br />7:45-5:00 Registration Desk Open (Regular & Affiliate Members only) <br /> 8:00-9:00 NIMS Training <br />8:00-8:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Mike Willetts, MMUA Job Training & Safety Dir. <br />8:15-9:00 Public Power: Celebrating our History, 9:00-9:30 Legal & Regulatory Issues <br /> Preparing for our Future Kathleen Brennan, McGrann Shea Anderson <br /> Alan Richardson, President & CEO, Carnival Straughn & Lamb <br /> American Public Power Assoc. <br /> 9:30-10:00 Analysis & Recommendations Regarding <br />9:00-9:45 The National Scene Municipal CIP Projects <br /> Michael Nolan, MJN Consulting, Christie Brusven, MN Department of <br /> MMUA Washington Representative Commerce <br />9:45-10:15 Refreshment Break 10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break <br />10:15-11:00 Wholesale Market Changes and the Impact <br />on Retail Rates, Dave Berg, Principal and <br />Senior Director, R. W. Beck <br />11:15-12:00 Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative <br />Rolf Nordstrom, Director, Upper Midwest <br />Hydrogen Initiative, Great Plains Institute <br />12:00 Luncheon <br />1:30-2:15 Arc Flash Accidents <br />Mike Willetts, Job Training & Safety Dir., <br />MMUA <br />1:30-2:15 New Technologies for Municipal Utilities <br />Dan Sturm, Rochester Public Utility <br />Dan Pecarina, HBC <br />10:30-11:00 Issues Round-up <br />Jack Kegel, MMUA Executive Director <br />11:00-11:30 State & Federal Legislative Developments <br />Brad Roos, Govt. Relations Committee Chairman <br />Greg Oxley, MMUA GovU Relations Director <br />Bill Black, MMUA Government Relations Rep. <br />Doug Carnival, Legislative Representative <br />11:30-12:00 Business Meeting <br />12:00 Hotel Check-out <br />Congressman Mark Kennedy and Senate candidate Amy <br />Klobuchar have both been invited to speak at this confer- <br />ence. We are waiting for their response to our invitation. <br />