Basic Nominee Information
Full Name	Jeff Crews
Title/Position	VP/CTO
Company Name	Eastern Oregon Net, Inc.
City/State	La Grande, OR
Member Company Background
Are you a full-time employee at a WISPA member organization?	Yes
How many full-time staff are employed by your company?	19
Briefly describe your company's business (services offered, client base, areas of coverage).	Eastern Oregon Net, Inc. (EONI) is an ISP started in 1996. EONI provides Internet access (DSL, wireless and dialup), domain registration, domain hosting, full service computer sales and service, and consulting services. EONI also has a subsidiary CLEC corporation called PriorityONE Telecommunications, Inc. (P1) started in 2001 to provide telephone services (local phone service, long distance, T1, T3, Ethernet VLAN transport). Both EONI and P1 primarily focus on providing service in Northeast Oregon (Union, Baker and Wallowa Counties).
Professional Background
Do you hold a senior-level management position with your company?	Yes
How long have you held your current position?	12 years
How many years of experience do you have in the wireless Internet industry?	6 years
Describe your primary job responsibilities.	I design and operate the EONI and P1 networks. I am the leader in my organization for most any technical network topic. My technical background includes: Internet access routers, switches and network access servers (dialup, xDSL, ISDN, T1, T3, OC12, GigE) Email, DNS and RADIUS Systems Administration SMTP, POP3, IMAP and various email filtering platforms (qmail, sendmail, ModusMail, djbdns, named/bind, Livingston, VOPRADIUS) Telephone network protocols and databases SS7, PRI, GR-303, E911, LIDB, CNAM Applications and automation ColdFusion, MySQL, Microsoft-SQL, UNIX/Linux shell scripts, ODBC Whatever else that can break I usually am involved in repairing it.
Individual Qualifications
Why do you want to become a member of the WISPA Board of Directors and what do you hope to achieve through your leadership experience?	I was invited by an current board member to apply. I hope I can give something back to WISPA as I believe WISPA has given a great deal to the WISP community.
Please describe your experience and current involvement with WISPA, including participating on WISPA committees.	I have been a member of WISPA in name only by joining 8 months ago. I am presently not on any committees. I have attended a few session tracks at ISPCON Fall 2007 and ISPCON Spring 2008. Marlon Schafer has encouraged me to get involved with WISPA as early as Fall 2006.
Please explain strengths that you possess that would be of particular benefit to WISPA through your service on the board (e.g. leadership, areas of specialty, industry relations, etc.)	Strengths would be experience with the ISP industry one earning a living as an ISP since we began our company.
Please describe any current or previous leadership experience with non-profit organizations and your role:	Current responsibilities outside of home and church: Commissioner, Union County Commission on Children & Families Chair, City of La Grande Parks Commission Oregon Universal Service Advisory Board President, Kiwanis Club of La Grande Grande Ronde Radio Amateur Association
In your view, what are the biggest challenges facing the wireless internet industry, and how do you believe WISPA should address them?	Assuring we have access to radio frequency spectrum for continued growth. (I believe this is being addressed to some degree by efforts already in progress such as semi-self-regulated 3650 MHz. Also, the WISPA efforts to educate the FCC on how the WISP community can function in a healthy way to serve many populations the large carriers cannot or will not). Government regulation of the ISP business. (WISPA has done a tremendous service though their work to develop the standard that vendors can use to make reasonable and affordable solutions for CALEA compliance. I think this model should continue as more government regulations are developed. Keeping the ISP community informed of what they need to know is essential.)