PHOTOGRAPHS

FALL 2006

ROC CONFERENCE

• ROC guests enjoyed a tour of Crazy Horse Memorial
  monument-in-the-making in the Black Hills.

• ROC fall conference attendees visited America's Shrine of Democracy, Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

• ROC fall conference dinner entertainment included a ranger talk at Mount Rushmore National Memorial and a musical performance by Black Hills folksinger Keith Burden.

• Qwest CEO and Chairman Dick Notebaert was the keynote speaker at the ROC 2006 Fall Conference in Rapid City, S.D.

• Commissioner Curt Stamp of the Iowa Utilities Board addresses a question to the panelists during the Universal Service Fund Reverse Auction session. Panelists from left are Don Stockdale, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC; John Kure, Qwest; Billy Jack Gregg, Consumer Advocate Division, Public Service Commission of West Virginia; Rich Coit, South Dakota Telecommunications Association; and Commissioner Ray Baum, Oregon Public Utility Commission.

• Mike Williams of Qwest gives an update about the Qwest Performance Assurance Plan. His fellow panelists included Lynn Notarianni of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and Mike Korber of the Wyoming Public Service Commission.

• Don Stockdale of the Wireline Competition Bureau delivers an FCC update to ROC conference attendees.

• Video franchising panelists Tom Simmons of Midcontinent Communications (left), Wayne Fonteix of AT&T (center) and moderator Commissioner Mary Byrnes of Wyoming listen to Qwest's perspective from Mary Ferguson LaFave.

• A panel of experts -- Michael Santorelli, Advanced Communications Law and Policy Institute at New York Law School; Wendy Moser, Qwest; Commissioner Tony Clark, North Dakota Public Service Commission and Commissioner Ted Boyer, Utah Public Service Commission -- consider an audience member's question during the discussion about what the future of competition holds.