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Training Opportunities:
New Year, New Laws
Wednesday, March 27th
Presented by Cooper, White & Cooper LLC
Every new year brings a crop of new laws that can affect you and your company - and there's no area more important than operations.This course will help get you up to speed on the latest environmental, land use, vehicle regulations and other matters affecting operations in California.
Click here for more details
If you would like to recommend a training topic, please send your request to Cheryl Stone, Training Committee Chair at: cheryl@caltel.com
Check the CalCom website calendar for an updated list of committee meetings, and other CalCom events.
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Upcoming Industry Events:
April 7-10
WTA Spring Meeting
San Antonio, TX
April 16-18
IP Possibilities Conference & Expo, Minneapolis, MN
April 21-24
NTCA Legislative & Policy Conf.
Washington, DC
June 5-7
OTA/WITA Joint Annual Meeting
Sun River, OR
September 30-October 2
CalCom Annual Conference
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Leading Rural Telecom Associations Agree to Unify
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) and the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO) announced that the associations will unify. This joining of two well-known entities increases the policy strength for the rural telecommunications industry and expands the business opportunities for growth and development for rural telecom companies. As of March 1, the new organization will be known as NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association.
 Read the full press release here
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Spotlight on our Members
Volcano Telecom Goes 'Green' 
Volcano Telecommunications Group has gone green, one of the first in the country to charge their communications center with solar panels, installed by
SunnyCal Solar. The move to power all of Volcano Telecommunications Group's facilities with solar power is an attempt at protecting the customer and the company from rising costs, already saving VTG thousands of dollars a month in electric bills.
 Volcano Telecom Group's emergence as a solar-powered company started with the addition of 96 solar panels on the roof of the Diamond Building, This building is generating more power than the facility uses. The excess energy is routed back into the Pacific Gas and Electric grid through a net meter that runs the meter backwards, keeping track of the power routed back into the grid and decreasing the overall electric bill. |
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SAVE THE DATE...
 The CalCom Annual Conference and Golf Tournament will take place on September 30-October 2, 2013 at the beautiful Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel (formerly Embassy Suites).
Registration will be open soon!
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Welcome New Associate Members
Prysmian Communications Cables and Systems USA, LLC
The Prysmian Group offers a wide range of fiber cable solutions for the telecom, datacom, MSO, utility, industrial and wireless markets. With over 100,000 varieties of fiber cable offered, Prysmian has a cable product to meet your standards.
SunnyCal Solar
A division of Dollens Electric Corp, SunnyCal Solar is a provider of energy production and management products. They offer products that include solar electric PV systems, energy loggers and monitors, and battery backup power solutions. They are licensed to provide general construction, and electrical and solar installations. Remote installations with direct battery charging solar is one of their specialties.
www.sunnycalsolar.com
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Photos of the Week
Photo submitted by: Kathy Rea, MACC Photo caption: HAPPY FACES AT TECH EXPO |
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CalCom Connect Newsletter
CalCom distributes this newsletter to our members on a weekly basis. It includes association updates, information on upcoming meetings and events, and industry related news. If any of our members have content that you would like to include in our newsletter, please email your article and/or photo to
Send in your "Photo of the Week" submissions! We've brought back an old tradition that our members enjoy. We'd like to post photos that you or someone from your company have taken that capture workplace events, vacation highlights or special memories that you'd like to share with your telecom family. Send your photo to lindsay@calcomassn.org.
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 CalCom MissionCalCom fosters learning and industry excellence by working with service providers, manufacturers, and vendors to accelerate broadband deployment and adoption with the goal of empowering every person in California with affordable broadband services.
Committed to customers, connected to our communities
California Communications Association
1329 Howe Ave, Suite 216
Sacramento, CA. 95825
Phone: (916)567-6700
www.calcomassn.org
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