Oak Bandy, long-time president of the Iowa Heartland Chapter Board of Directors has been elected as the new Region 5 Representative.

Oak will replace Rick Sullivan of Times Fiber as the region's representative on the national Board of Directors effective in September.  Bandy is Regional Sales Manager of VisionCorp, and has 26 years of experience in the telecommunication industry.  

The Iowa Heartland Board of Directors will be selecting a new board President to replace Bandy, although he will continue to serve as an associate board member for Iowa.  Please join us on congratulating Oak on his new position!

Here are the official results of the SCTE Board of Directors voting:

Region 3, representing AK, ID, OR, WA 
Randy Love, Comcast Cable Communications 

Region 4, representing OK, TX 
Abe Robinson, Time Warner Cable 

Region 5, representing IA, IL, KS, MO, NE 
Oakley Bandy, Vision Corp. 

Region 7, representing IN, MI, OH 
Joe Jensen, Buckeye Cable 

Region 8, representing AL, AR, LA, MS, TN 
Brian Hemmings, 2SG Tech 

Region 10, representing DC, KY, NC, VA, WV 
Steve Williams, Time Warner Cable 

Region 12, representing CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT 
Joe Guariglia, Comcast Cable Communications 

Canada 
D’Arcy Brown, Rogers Cable

The 2014 Vendor Day and Golf Outing, hosted by the Iowa Heartland Chapter of the SCTE, is coming up on August 13, 2014. 

The Vendor Day portion of the day's events will be held at Kirkwood Community College Outreach and Training Center, 3375 Armar Drive, in Marion, Iowa from 8:30am to 11:30pm.  Vendor Day is FREE for both SCTE members and non-members, and gives you a chance to talk one-on-one with vendor representatives.  Although new vendor reservations are coming in every day, here's who has confirmed as of today:

• Times Fiber
  
• Pace
  
• Clearfield
  
• KGP Logistics
  
• Solutions5
  
• TVC Communications
  
• Communications Supply Group
  
• ARRIS
  
• Multilink, Inc.
  
• Team Sales, Inc.
  
• Arcom
  
• Universal Remote Control
  
• Steren Electronics
  

After the vendor show, the focus is on fun as vendors and participants head to Airport National Golf Course, 2001 Wright Bros. Blvd. E. in Cedar Rapids for 18 holes of best-ball golf.  The golf event is $30 for SCTE members, $35 for non-members, and includes golf, a cart, and lunch.  Lunch begins at noon with a shotgun start at around 1pm.


For information on Vendor Day and Golf Outing, check out our "Events & Training" page.