LIFETIME ASSOCIATES
Any person, who has made a substantial contribution to the Association and its Members as a whole, shall be eligible as a Lifetime Associate. The Board of Directors may, upon its own motion, approve any person as a Lifetime Associate.
Lifetime Associates have contributed to the success of their own companies and to the success of the Association. Those Associates listed on this page have formed the foundation of the Independent Telephone Company existence or have built upon the foundation by bringing their strength and foresight to the industry and leaving it stronger than it was before their involvement.
1994
Mr. Mel Graham
Tuckersmith Communications Cooperative
Mr. Roger Sutherland
People’s Telephone Company of Forest Inc.
1995
Mr. Roy Bernard
Amtelecom Inc.
Mr. Ray Wightman
Wightman Telephone Ltd.
Mr. Murray Cooper
Northern Telephone Limited
Mr. Hector McKinnon
City of Thunder Bay Telephone Department
1996
Mr. Jim Scurfield
Northern Telephone Limited
Mr. Jack Helkie
Gosfield North Communications Cooperative Ltd.
1997
Mr. William H. Wagner
Hay Communications Cooperative Limited
Mr. Harold J. Schmidt
North Frontenac Telephone Company
1998
Mr. Gordon Maxfield
People’s Telephone Company of Forest
Mr. Fraser De La Plante
Amtelecom Group Inc.
1999
Mr. Keith Stevens
Execulink Telecom Inc.
Mr. John Downs
Nexicom Telecommunications Inc.
2000
Mr. Ed Chapman
Brooke Telecom Co-operative
Mr. Paul Downs
Nexicom Telephones Inc.
2001
Mr. Paul Wightman
Wightman Telecom Limited
2002
Mr. Steve Lynn
Westport Telephone Company
2003
Ms. Sharon Chuter
Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Limited
2007
Mr. Glenn Grubb
Huron Telecommunications
2008
Mr. Michael Andrews
Amtelecom Inc.
2009
Mr. Tim Deweerd
Quadro Communications Co-operative Ltd.
2015
Mr. Richard Banks
Mornington Communications Co-operative Limited
Mr. Tom Sullivan
Wightman Telecom Limited
2022
Mr. Lorne Abugov
Canadian Communications Regulatory Services