<PAGE>
      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 6, 2003

                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-______

================================================================================

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        ---------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        ---------------------------------

                          ACTIVE IQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
<TABLE>

<S>                                <C>                               <C>
         MINNESOTA                                                        41-2004369
(State or other jurisdiction of    800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690       (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or organization)     Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402      Identification No.)
                                      Telephone (612) 664-0570
                                      Facsimile (612) 338-7332
                              (Address of principal executive offices)
</TABLE>
                         -------------------------------

                         1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                         2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                         -------------------------------

                                  Mark D. Dacko
                             Chief Financial Officer
                          Active IQ Technologies, Inc.
                          800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
                            Telephone (612) 664-0570
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                             William M. Mower, Esq.
                       Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
                             3300 Wells Fargo Center
                               90 South 7th Street
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
                            Telephone: (612) 672-8200
                            Facsimile: (612) 642-8358

                      ------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===============================================================================================================================
                                                  Proposed            Proposed
                                                   Maximum             Maximum
                  Title of                       Amount to be       Offering Price          Aggregate            Amount of
         Securities to be Registered            Registered (1)      Per Share (2)       Offering Price (2)   Registration Fee
-------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------

<S>                                          <C>                 <C>                 <C>                   <C>
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share...        5,700,000             $0.10               $541,500              $43.81
===============================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
(1)      Includes 4,250,000 shares offered pursuant to the 1999 Employee Stock
         Option Plan and 1,450,000 shares offered pursuant to the 2001 Employee
         Stock Option Plan.
(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the average low and high
         prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on April 29, 2003, as reported
         on the OTC bulletin board.


<PAGE>




                                     PART I

         As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
this registration statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
registration statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified
in Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.


<PAGE>




                                     PART II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference herein:

       1.    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
             2002 filed on March 31, 2003;

       2.    Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 24, 2003 and filed on
             February 25, 2003, and dated March 14, 2003 and filed on March 21,
             2003; and

       3.    The description of capital stock as set forth on Form 8-A filed on
             August 22, 2001.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Under Article 6 of the Registrant's Bylaws, the Registrant indemnifies
its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Minnesota Statutes
Section 302A.521. Section 302A.521 requires the Registrant to indemnify a person
made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of the former
or present official capacity of the person with respect to the Registrant,
against judgments, penalties, fines, including without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
settlement, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees and
disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person
complained of in the proceeding, such person (1) has not been indemnified by
another organization or employee benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties,
fines, including without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person
with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in
connection with the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (2)
acted in good faith; (3) received no improper personal benefit, and statutory
procedure has been followed in the case of any conflict of interest by a
director; (4) in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the conduct was unlawful; and (5) in the case of acts or omissions
occurring in the person's performance in the official capacity of director or,
for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee
member, employee or agent, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the Registrant, or in the case of performance by a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another organization or employee benefit plan,
reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of
the Registrant. In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3 requires payment by the
Registrant, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required indemnification is
made by a majority of the disinterested Board of Directors present at a




                                      II-1
<PAGE>




meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel, by the disinterested
shareholders, or by a court. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable. The Registrant
also maintains a director and officer insurance policy to cover the Registrant,
its directors and its officers against certain liabilities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.


         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     EXHIBIT                                     DESCRIPTION

<S>              <C>
       4.1       Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

       4.2       Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

       5.1       Opinion of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered

      23.1       Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP

      23.2       Consent of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

      24.1       Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
</TABLE>

Item 9.  Undertakings.


(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
         aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
         plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
         statement or any material change to such information in the
         registration statement;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.





                                      II-2

<PAGE>




         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b)       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person
connected with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




                                      II-3

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota, on the 5 day
of May, 2003.

                                  ACTIVE IQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                  By:     /s/ Kenneth W. Brimmer
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                        Kenneth W. Brimmer
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose signature to this Registration Statement appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark D. Dacko as his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on
his or her behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file all amendments to this
Registration Statement and any and all instruments or documents filed as part of
or in connection with this Registration Statement or the amendments thereto and
each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         The undersigned also grants to said attorney-in-fact, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted. This Power of
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing by the undersigned.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME                                             TITLE                                                   DATE

<S>                                             <C>                                                     <C>
/s/ Kenneth W. Brimmer                           Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer       May 5, 2003
-----------------------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer)
Kenneth W. Brimmer


/s/ Mark D. Dacko                                Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Secretary       May 5, 2003
-----------------------------------------------   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Mark D. Dacko

                                                 Director                                                May    , 2003
-----------------------------------------------
D. Bradly Olah

/s/ Ronald E. Eibensteiner                       Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Ronald E. Eibensteiner

/s/ Wayne W. Mills                               Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Wayne W. Mills

/s/ Brent Robbins                                Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Brent Robbins

                                                 Director                                                May    , 2003
------------------------------------------
Jack A. Johnson

</TABLE>



                                      II-4



<PAGE>




                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



     EXHIBIT                              DESCRIPTION

       4.1     Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan,
               as amended

       4.2     Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan,
               as amended

       5.1     Opinion of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP as to the legality
               of the securities being registered

      23.1     Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP

      23.2     Consent of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP (included in
               Exhibit 5.1)

      24.1     Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 6, 2003

                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-______

================================================================================

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        ---------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        ---------------------------------

                          ACTIVE IQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MINNESOTA                                                        41-2004369
(State or other jurisdiction of    800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690       (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or organization)     Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402      Identification No.)
                                      Telephone (612) 664-0570
                                      Facsimile (612) 338-7332
                              (Address of principal executive offices)
-------------------------------

                         1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                         2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                         -------------------------------

                                  Mark D. Dacko
                             Chief Financial Officer
                          Active IQ Technologies, Inc.
                          800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
                            Telephone (612) 664-0570
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                             William M. Mower, Esq.
                       Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
                             3300 Wells Fargo Center
                               90 South 7th Street
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
                            Telephone: (612) 672-8200
                            Facsimile: (612) 642-8358

                      ------------------------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===============================================================================================================================
                                                  Proposed            Proposed
                                                   Maximum             Maximum
                  Title of                       Amount to be       Offering Price          Aggregate            Amount of
         Securities to be Registered            Registered (1)      Per Share (2)       Offering Price (2)   Registration Fee
-------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share...        5,700,000             $0.10               $541,500              $43.81
===============================================================================================================================
(1)      Includes 4,250,000 shares offered pursuant to the 1999 Employee Stock
         Option Plan and 1,450,000 shares offered pursuant to the 2001 Employee
         Stock Option Plan.
(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the average low and high
         prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on April 29, 2003, as reported
         on the OTC bulletin board.
PART I

         As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
this registration statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
registration statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified
in Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.
PART II

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference herein:

       1.    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
             2002 filed on March 31, 2003;

       2.    Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 24, 2003 and filed on
             February 25, 2003, and dated March 14, 2003 and filed on March 21,
             2003; and

       3.    The description of capital stock as set forth on Form 8-A filed on
             August 22, 2001.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Under Article 6 of the Registrant's Bylaws, the Registrant indemnifies
its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Minnesota Statutes
Section 302A.521. Section 302A.521 requires the Registrant to indemnify a person
made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of the former
or present official capacity of the person with respect to the Registrant,
against judgments, penalties, fines, including without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
settlement, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees and
disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person
complained of in the proceeding, such person (1) has not been indemnified by
another organization or employee benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties,
fines, including without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person
with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in
connection with the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (2)
acted in good faith; (3) received no improper personal benefit, and statutory
procedure has been followed in the case of any conflict of interest by a
director; (4) in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the conduct was unlawful; and (5) in the case of acts or omissions
occurring in the person's performance in the official capacity of director or,
for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee
member, employee or agent, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the Registrant, or in the case of performance by a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another organization or employee benefit plan,
reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of
the Registrant. In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3 requires payment by the
Registrant, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required indemnification is
made by a majority of the disinterested Board of Directors present at a

                                      II-1
meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel, by the disinterested
shareholders, or by a court. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable. The Registrant
also maintains a director and officer insurance policy to cover the Registrant,
its directors and its officers against certain liabilities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
EXHIBIT                                     DESCRIPTION
4.1       Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

       4.2       Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

       5.1       Opinion of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered

      23.1       Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP

      23.2       Consent of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

      24.1       Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
Item 9.  Undertakings.

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
         after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
         aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
         plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
         statement or any material change to such information in the
         registration statement;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                                      II-2
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b)       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person
connected with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota, on the 5 day
of May, 2003.

                                  ACTIVE IQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                  By:     /s/ Kenneth W. Brimmer
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                        Kenneth W. Brimmer
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose signature to this Registration Statement appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark D. Dacko as his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on
his or her behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file all amendments to this
Registration Statement and any and all instruments or documents filed as part of
or in connection with this Registration Statement or the amendments thereto and
each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         The undersigned also grants to said attorney-in-fact, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted. This Power of
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing by the undersigned.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
NAME                                             TITLE                                                   DATE
/s/ Kenneth W. Brimmer                           Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer       May 5, 2003
-----------------------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer)
Kenneth W. Brimmer

/s/ Mark D. Dacko                                Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Secretary       May 5, 2003
-----------------------------------------------   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Mark D. Dacko

                                                 Director                                                May    , 2003
-----------------------------------------------
D. Bradly Olah

/s/ Ronald E. Eibensteiner                       Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Ronald E. Eibensteiner

/s/ Wayne W. Mills                               Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Wayne W. Mills

/s/ Brent Robbins                                Director                                                May 5, 2003
------------------------------------------
Brent Robbins

                                                 Director                                                May    , 2003
------------------------------------------
Jack A. Johnson
II-4
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

     EXHIBIT                              DESCRIPTION

       4.1     Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan,
               as amended

       4.2     Active IQ Technologies, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan,
               as amended

       5.1     Opinion of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP as to the legality
               of the securities being registered

      23.1     Consent of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP

      23.2     Consent of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP (included in
               Exhibit 5.1)

      24.1     Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)