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What Does it Take to Serve on the Access Energy Cooperative Board of Directors?

March 23, 2011

Your Board of Directors is elected by and from the membership of Access Energy Cooperative. Three seats are up for election, one in each of the three districts. Each board member is elected to a term of three years.Terms that will expire with this year’s annual meeting to be held Tuesday, August 2nd, are:

District 1, Don Atwood
District 2, Jerry Barker and
District 3, Marvin Holtkamp

In order to serve on the Access Energy Cooperative Board of Directors, you must be a member of the cooperative and a bona fide resident of a premise served by the cooperative.

In conjunction with these requirements, a board member is expected to attend the monthly board meetings, generally held on the third Thursday of each month, and is encouraged to attend various training meetings held throughout their term as director. Because the Board of Directors is responsible for establishing the policies and rates under which the cooperative operates, it is important that directors can devote adequate time to these activities.

The Board ha appointed a Nominating Committee that is in the process of selecting candidates to run for the expiring terms. Anyone interested in serving on the nominating committee, or running for a seat on the board may contact a member of the Nominating Committee, call our office at 1.866.242.4232 or check out our website at
www.accessenergycoop.com.