130 THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY NISC | 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION AND MEMBER SERVICE software development, 58, 62 Holden, Marcella, 94 Horizon, 34, 58, 64–65, 67 Horner, Randy, 117 Horntvedt, Keith, 40, 64 Huttegger, Doug, 80–81 I iGEAR, 88–89, 91 integrated products, 64 IT professionals, average job tenure for, 114 Ivester, Becky, 11 iVUE, 52, 53–55, 59 development of, 62 first Members moving to, 63–64 first year of, 65 launch of, 69 naming of, 62 rollout of, 65–67 updates to, 67–68 iVUE Accounting and Business Solutions, 67 iVUE AppSuiteTM , 11, 80, 81, 84, 86, 100, 107, 116 iVUE Connect® , 56, 77–79 iVUE Mosaic, 106, 110, 112 iVUE Point of Sale and Accounts Receivable inte- gration, patent for, 58 J Jackson, George, 9 Jankowski, Mike, 23 Java™, 59, 86 Johnson, Gary, 37, 110–12 Johnson, Ken, 100 Johnson, Nick, 27–29 Johnston, Howard (Bud), 36 Johnston, Sue, 50 Jones, Keith, 92, 95 K Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, 115 KEM Electric, 9 Ketterling, Arnold, 8, 13 keypunch cards, 14–16 keypunch operator, 22 Kilgore, Mike, 45 kilowatt-hours, customer tracking of, 8–12 Kimpling, Rob, 6 Knutson, Ransom, 9, 19 Krambeer, Brian, 4 Kunnanz, Kelley, 40 Kvindlog, Catherine, 87 L Lackey, Teresa, 114 Lang, Jeremy, 117 Langston, Tracy, 86 Larson, Ryan, 36 lattice moves, 56–57 Leidholm, Matthew, 45 Lewis, John, 69 Liley, Tracy, 55 line printer, 22 Livermont, Wayne, 36 Lockley, Jim, 13–14 long-distance telephone, competition in, 35–37 Lowery, Martin, 12 Luecal, Michelle Ward, 43–45, 65 M MACs. See Member Advisory Committees mainframes, 14, 15, 17, 24–25, 34 MapWiseTM , 80 Martin, Jared, 111 Materi, Tom, 37 Mathews, John, 16 Matthews, Laura, 77, 79 McBridge, Mike, 15 McCormick, Lloyd, 18 McPherson, Marty, 94 Meadows, Mark, 40 Meeting Agenda app, 51 Member Advisory Committees, 62 Member Advisory Meetings, 28 Member Information Conference, 5, 57, 59, 62, 63, 65, 68–70, 72–73, 81–84, 87, 102–3, 105 Members diversity of, 88 loyalty of, 18–19 patience of, 63 responding to technology changes, 34 satellite communications with, 33 shaping early NISC history, 19 sharing ideas with NISC, 27–29 training and support of, 48–49 Meter Data Management SystemTM , 101, 104, 105, 107 MIC. See Member Information Conference microfiche reader, 22 Microsoft HoloLens, 99 Mid-Rivers Communications, 106 MiEnergy Cooperative, 4 Miller, Mickey, 43 “Million Live in ’75, A,” 15 Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative, 105–10 Mobile WorkForce, 92, 100, 116 Momerak, Mark, 35 Moore, Gordon, 16 Moore’s Law, 16 Moorman, Matt, 113 Moorman, Rex, 53, 55, 62, 64 Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, 116 Musk, Elon, 113 mutuals, 7 N National Central Regional Processing Center, 36 National Exchange Carrier Association, 36 National Information Solutions Cooperative advertising, 96 Benevolence Committee, 21, 70–71 Blue Team, 45–47 Board Directors, XI, 50–51 business philosophy of, 21