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Safety & Education Committee
TOM BUNK
Culture – Procedures – NATE
NATE Board of Directors, committee members,
association membership and the Administrative Staff
have been building a culture for the tower industry
since the inception of NATE in 1995. I applaud the
originators for the foresight and the will to have started
NATE and to establish a culture of safety, education
and procedures for all involved in the industry.
Culture is defined as:
The total of inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and
knowledge which constitute the shared bases of
social action.
The total range of activities and ideas of a group
of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted
and reinforced by members of the group.
NATE has truly established a level of professionalism
to the tower industry. Joining together with numerous
organizations, associations, government agencies,
communication companies, tower leasing companies
and groups outside of our industry,
NATE has established a culture
and procedure for activities on
communication tower sites.
To keep the culture growing, all NATE members must
share mutual respect for each other and consistent
support of the association. The credibility of NATE is
on the line every day and it is the responsibility of each
member to live by the culture of the organization and
the procedures established.
Procedure is defined as:
A way of acting or progressing in a course of action,
especially an established method.
An act or a manner of proceeding in any action or
process: Conduct.
Chairman
Rick Jones
Sky Jack Communications
Board Oversight and Committee Member
Jim Miller
EasTex Tower, Inc.
Committee Members
Pat Moore
Velocitel, Inc.
Steve Wilder
CITCA LLC
Travis Duley
Duley’s Electric Communication Site Service Inc.
Dominique Valdez
Safety LMSystems, LLC
Tom Bunk
Vertical Technology Services
Gerry Spinelli
Narda Safety Test Solutions
Padriac Casey
Vertical Limit Construction, LLC
Subcommittee Members
Wade Lawyer
Velocitel, Inc.
Bill Koontz
WITCC Corporate
College
Russ Chittenden
Synergy Concepts, Inc.
Jackson Train
Train’s Towers, Inc.
Glenn Speight
AxcessRescue
Mark Muzzana
STG Communication
Services
Tom Wood
Pigeon Mountain
Industries, Inc.
Mike Young
Sioux Falls Tower &
Communications
Steve Fleming
Technical Rescue
Systems LLC
Tom Bunk is a member of the NATE Safety & Education Committee and CEO of Vertical Technology Services, LLC in
Hagerstown, Maryland. He can be reached at 301-790-3381or tombunk@verticalts.com.
52 TOWER TIMES JANUARY ■ FEBRUARY 2015