Register Now to Be Entered
to Win a GPS!

CRC's Users Conference will be here before you know it! The 2010 CRC Users Conference will take place at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Welch, Minnesota, on May 3 - 5. Those registrants who sign up for the conference prior to March 31 will be entered in a drawing to win a Tom Tom One S GPS unit. The winner of the GPS unit will be drawn on April 1 and will be notified via telephone.

There is much to be gained for you and your organization by attending CRC's 2010 Users Conference. At this year's users conference,

For those of you who would like to attend the users conference but are concerned about the travel expenses associated with attending, the knowledge you'll gain from the sessions provided is invaluable. The following link offers you some talking points of how attending CRC's users conference can benefit you and your organization: ROI on attending CRC's users conference.

To register or for more information about CRC's users conference, please visit www.crc.coop.

Cooperative Light & Power Association's Steven Wattnem Appointed to CRC's Board of Directors

CRC is pleased to announce the recent appointment of a new district 1 director to its nine-member Board of Directors.

Late 2009, CRC's Board of Directors appointed Steven Wattnem, CEO of Cooperative Light & Power Association (CLP) in Two Harbors, Minnesota, as a district 1 director to its nine-member Board.

Wattnem, who has a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Cloud State University, has worked at CLP as its general manager/CEO since 1984. CLP is an electric cooperative providing retail electric and other services to nearly 6,000 members in northeastern Minnesota. Wattnem also serves as the chairman of both the Lake View Memorial Hospital Foundation and the North Shore Business Enterprise Center.

"CLP is a charter member of CRC," Wattnem says. "I'm excited to be on CRC's Board of Directors and learn more about how the company operates." "CLP has had many business opportunities in the technology area, and therefore CRC's tagline of 'Focusing on the Human Side of Technology' has real meaning to me," Wattnem added.

Wattnem was appointed to fill the Board seat of recently retired Board member Dale Hendrickson, former general manager of Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative in Wadena, Minnesota. Hendrickson held a seat on CRC's Board of Directors since 2001, serving as its secretary since 2008. CRC would like to thank Hendrickson for his dedicated service to CRC during the past eight years. David Oelkers, General Manager of Riverland Energy Cooperative of Arcadia, Wisconsin, was recently elected as secretary of CRC's Board of Directors, the role previously held by Hendrickson.

CRC Employee of the Year:
Laura Beavers, Service Excellence Coordinator

In January 2010, CRC named Laura Beavers, Service Excellence Coordinator, as CRC's 2009 Employee of the Year.

Laura, who has worked at CRC's Dunlap center for nine years, was selected as the September 2009 Employee of the Month for her dedicated service to CRC's membership. Throughout the year, Laura consistently demonstrated her dedication to CRC, its values, mission statement, membership, and employees.

Congratulations and thank you to Laura for all she does at CRC!

January 2010 Employee of the Month: Bruce Cather, Contact Center Supervisor

Bruce Cather, Contact Center Supervisor, was selected as the January 2010 Employee of the Month.

Bruce, who has worked for CRC for nearly three years, was selected as the January 2010 Employee of the Month for his contributions to CRC's member driven, service excellence, employee focused, communication, and teamwork organizational values. In January, Bruce received nominations for his dedicated assistance with call handling during high call volume events, his help with an emergency mayday call, and his assistance to a co-worker with an eWorkforce Management software questions. Congratulations Bruce!

• Bill Conine, Petit Jean Electric Cooperative (Clinton, Arkansas)
• Mike Johnson, Clinton County Electric Cooperative (Breese, Illinois)
• Troy Freeburg, High West Energy (Pine Bluffs, Wyoming)

• NWPPA Engineering & Operations Conference and Tradeshow (Tacoma, Washington) - March 29 - April 2
• REMA CEOs/Board Chairs Meeting (St. Cloud, Minnesota) - April 7
• TVPPA Annual Conference (Savannah, Georgia) - May 17 - 19
• CFC Forum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - June 7 - 9
• Milsoft Users Conference (Nashville, Tennessee) - June 8 - 10