Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
OMB 3060-1033
September 2003
FCC 396-C
FOR FCC USE ONLY
Multi-Channel Video Program Distributor EEO Program Annual Report

Read INSTRUCTIONS Before Filling Out Form

FOR COMMISSION USE ONLY
FILE NO.

B396 - 20050930AGD
SECTION I IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
A. Name of  Operator:
ACE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION
MSO Name:
B. Employment Unit's Mailing Address
207 E CEDAR

City
HOUSTON
State
MN
Zip Code
55943-
E-Mail Address (if available) 
FCC Registration Number:
0002645927
Emp. Unit ID # 599970
Application Purpose
New Program Report
Amendment to Program Report
Supplemental Investigation Sheet (SIS) Attached
C. County and State in which unit's employment office is located
HOUSTON, MN
D. Category of Respondent (check applicable box)

Fewer than six (6) full-time employees during the selected payroll period: Complete Sections I, II and V
Six (6) or more full-time employees during the selected payroll period: Complete ALL sections of the Form 396-C and the Supplemental Investigation Sheet, if attached

E. Pay Period Covered by this Report (inclusive dates) 9/5/2005-9/16/2005
F. Attachments: (See "Exhibit" buttons, below.)

SECTION II COMMUNITY INFORMATION

System Communities Comprising Local Employment Unit
Ident No.
Name of Community
Location (State)
Type

Review the list of communities served on the previous year's submission and attach as Exhibit A any additions or deletions, using the format noted above. NOTE: APPLICABLE ONLY TO CABLE OPERATORS AND NOT TO OTHER MVPD UNITS.

[Exhibit 1]



SECTION III EEO POLICY AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Check YES or NO to each of the following questions. If answer to any question below is NO, attach as Exhibit B an explanation.
[Exhibit 2]

1.
Have you complied with the outreach provisions of the FCC's MPVD Equal Employment Opportunity Rule, 47 C.F.R. Section 76.75(b), during the twelve month period prior to filing this form?
Yes No
2. Do you disseminate widely your EEO Program to job applicants, employees, and those with whom you regularly do business? Yes No
3. Do you contact organizations, media, educational institutions, and other potential sources of applicants for referrals whenever job vacancies are available in your organization? Yes No
4. Do you undertake to offer promotions to positions of greater responsibility in a nondiscriminatory manner? Yes No
5. To the extent possible, do you seek out entrepreneurs in a nondiscriminatory manner and encourage them to conduct business with all parts of your organization? Yes No
6. Do you analyze the results of your efforts to recruit, hire, promote, and use services in a nondiscriminatory manner and use these results to evaluate and improve your EEO program? Yes No
7. Do you define the responsibility of each level of management to ensure a positive application and vigorous enforcement of your policy of equal employment opportunity and maintain a procedure to review and control managerial and supervisory performance? Yes No
8. Do you conduct a continuing program to exclude every form of prejudice or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, national origin, age, or sex from your personnel policies and practices and working conditions? Yes No
9. Do you conduct a continuing review of job structure and employment practices and maintain positive recruitment training, job design, and other measures needed to ensure genuine equality of opportunity to participate fully in all organizational units,occupations, and levels of responsibility? Yes No

SECTION IV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You may provide as Exhibit C any additional information that you believe might be useful in evaluating your efforts to comply with the Commission's EEO provisions. There is no requirement to provide additional data or information.
[Exhibit 3]



SECTION V CERTIFICATION

This report must be certified as follows:
A.   By the individual owning the reporting system if individually owned;
B.   By a partner, if a partnership; or
C.   By an officer, if a corporation or association.

I certify that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, all statements contained in this report are true and correct.

Signed
Title
CEO
Date
09/30/2005
Name of Respondent
DAVID SCHROEDER
Telephone No. (include area code)
5078966270

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).



FORM FCC 396-C - SUPPLEMENTAL INVESTIGATION SHEET

Part I Employee Job Descriptions

Give brief job descriptions for employees in the job categories specified below. The number specified in the box indicates the number of different job descriptions that are to be submitted for each category. Job descriptions should include the position title and a brief description of the major duties and responsibilities of the individual(s) in the position.

1.
Officials and Managers
 
[Exhibit 4]
2.
Professionals

 1

[Exhibit 5]
3.
Technicians
 
[Exhibit 6]
4. Sales Workers
 
[Exhibit 7]
5.
Office and Clerical
 
[Exhibit 8]
6.
Craft Workers (skilled)
 
[Exhibit 9]
7.
Operatives (semi-skilled)
 
[Exhibit 10]
8.
Laborers (unskilled)
 
[Exhibit 11]
9.
Service Workers
 
[Exhibit 12]

Part II Inquiries Concerning EEO Program and Practices

Submit responses to the inquiries indicated by a "check" Responses should be brief, but must provide sufficient information to describe the employment unit's activity and efforts in the area of inquiry.

1.
Describe the employment unit's efforts to comply with the outreach provisions of 47 C.F.R. Section 76.75(b).
[Exhibit 13]
2.
Describe the employment unit's efforts to disseminate widely its equal employment opportunity program to job applicants, employees, and those with whom it regularly does business.
[Exhibit 14]
3.
Name the organizations, media, educational institutions, and other recruitment sources used to attract applicants whenever job vacancies become available.
[Exhibit 15]
4.
Explain the employment unit's efforts to promote in a nondiscriminatory manner to positions of greater responsibility.
[Exhibit 16]
5.
Describe the employment unit's efforts to encourage entrepreneurs to conduct business in a nondiscriminatory manner with all parts of its operation and provide an analysis of the results of those efforts.
[Exhibit 17]
6.
Report the findings of the employment unit's analysis of its efforts to recruit, hire and promote in a nondiscriminatory manner and explain any difficulties encountered in implementing its EEO program.
[Exhibit 18]
7.
Describe the responsibility of each level of the employment unit's management with respect to application and enforcement of its EEO policy and explain the procedure for review and control of managerial and supervisory performance.
[Exhibit 19]
8.
Describe the manner in which the employment unit conducts its continuing review of job structure and employment practices.
[Exhibit 20]
9.
Other Inquiries:
[Exhibit 21]

Part III EEO Public File Report

Attach a copy of the EEO public file report from the previous year. Cable entities are required to place annually such information as is required by 47 C.F.R. Section 76.1702 in their public files.

[Exhibit 22]

EMP UNIT ID: 599970
MSO NAME:
 
OPR NAME: ACE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION

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Exhibits
Exhibit 1
Description:
OTHER LOCATIONS

HOUSTON, MINNESOTA
RUSHFORD, MINNESOTA
LACRESCENT, MINNESOTA
CALEDONIA, MINNESOTA
EITZEN, MINNESOTA

Attachment 1


Exhibit 5
Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR PROFESSIONALS

JOB TITLE: ACCOUNTANT
APPLY PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING TO ANALYZE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, PREPARE FINANCIAL REPORTS AND MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, COMPANY PROCEDURES, AND OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS.

Attachment 5


Exhibit 13
Description:
OUTREACH EFFORTS

WE RECRUIT FOR EVERY JOB VACANCY BY PLACING ADS IN NEWSPAPERS, LOCAL JOB WEBSITES, WITH THE LOCAL JOB SERVICE OFFICE AND ON OUR WEBISTE. OUR APPLICATION FORM CLEARLY STATES THAT WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AND THE ADS OUTLINE THAT WE'RE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE FEEL THIS WIDELY DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OPENINGS TO INDIVIDUALS OF ALL RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, ETC. WE TRACK THE SOURCE OF OUR APPLICATIONS TO EVALUATE WHETHER WE ARE USING APPROPRIATE ADVERTISING METHODS.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER OVERSEES THE RECRUITING AND HIRING OF ALL POSITIONS AND ENSURES THAT THE SUPERVISORS REVIEWING APPLICATIONS ARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND COMPLY WITH OUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICIES AND DO NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, COLOR, RELIGION, AGE OR GENDER.

WE ASK THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE INFORM US IN WRITING ANNUALLY OF THEIR CAREER GOALS AND WE COUNSEL EMPLOYEES WHO WISH TO EARN A PROMOTION ON HOW THEY CAN ACHIEVE A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION. WE HAVE A TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM THAT ENABLES EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND COURSES THAT WOULD PREPARE THEM FOR A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION.

WE ALSO OFFER A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FIFTEEN $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN OUR SERVING AREA SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION.

WE HAVE AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT ENABLES COLLEGE STUDENTS TO WORK AT OUR COMPANY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF OUR BUSINESS.

Attachment 13


Exhibit 19
Description:
RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT

THE CEO AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERY SUPERVISOR AND EVERY MANAGER UNDERSTANDS AND APPLIES OUR EEO POLICY.

EVERY SUPERVISOR AND MANAGER'S JOB DESCRIPTION CLEARLY STATES THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND APPLICABLE LAWS. OUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CLEARLY STATES OUR EEO AND NON-DISCRIMATION POLICIES.

WE HAVE A DISCRIMINATION AND GRIEVANCE POLICY WHICH ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO BYPASS THEIR MANAGER OR SUPERVISOR IF THEY FEEL THEY'VE BEEN TREATED IN AN UNFAIR OR DISCRIMINATORY WAY.

EVERY MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR UNDERSTANDS THE EXPECTATION TO NOT ONLY COMPLY WITH OUR EEO EFFORTS BUT TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO EMPLOYEES OF POSITIVE APPLICATION OF THE EEO PHILOSOPHY. IF A SITUATION ARISES WHERE IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT A SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY THROUGH WRITTEN CORRECTIVE ACTION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE TERMINATION. OUR SUPERVISORS ARE GIVEN AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON WHICH NON-COMPLIANCE WITH EEO EFFORTS WOULD BE RECORDED.

WE ALSO PROVIDE ANNUAL TRAINING ON HARRASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION TO MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS TO ALL EMPLOYEES.

Attachment 19


Exhibit 20
Description:
JOB STRUCTURE AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AND CEO ARE JOINTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING OUR JOB STRUCTURES AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ARE NON-DISCRIMINATORY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING OUR RECRUITMENT, SENIORITY AND PAY PRACTICES ARE NON-DISCRIMINATORY. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ADOPTED AS PART OF OUR WRITTEN COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY A COMMITMENT TO ENSURE GENDER EQUITY IN OUR COMPENSATION PRACTICES. THIS IS DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHEN WE EVALUATE THE COMPENSATION OF ALL EMPLOYEES.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER IS WELL TRAINED IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT AND OVERSEES ALL RECRUITMENT, JOB DESIGN, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS, AND SENIORITY PRACTICES TO ENSURE ALL PRACTICES MEET EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS. IN ADDITION, AN EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEY REVIEWS OUR EMPLOYMENT POLICY HANDBOOK AND INDIVIDUAL TERMINATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EOE.

Attachment 20


Attachment 22
Description
Previous year's 396C Form
2004 job vacancy #1
2004 job vacancy #2