Independent telecommunications providers association
LIFETIME ASSOCIATES
Any person, who has made a substantial contribution to this Association and its Active 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 may by invitation attend member meetings but shall have no powers to vote, to promote motions and resolutions, or to hold office.
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.
Lifetime Associates Since:
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,
Hurontario Telephones Limited
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
Glenn Grubb,
Huron Telecommunications
2008
Michael Andrews,
Amtelecom Inc.
2009
Tim Deweerd,
Quadro Communications Co-operative Ltd.
2015
Mr. Richard Banks,
Mornington Communications Co-operative Limited
Mr. Tom Sullivan,
Wightman Telecom Limited