MID-OHIO ENERGY COOPERATIVE LOCAL PAGES
TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
PARTICIPATE IN YOUR CO-OP’S
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER CONTROL Members in districts 1, 2, and 3 will receive trustee interest cards in October.
T
he principle of “democratic member control” means you have a voice in the operation of your cooperative. Members receive capital credit dividends, vote on trustees and other important issues, and can play a larger role by serving as a co-op trustee. Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative is governed by a nine-member board of trustees. The board meets monthly to decide policies, review cooperative business and activities, and make decisions affecting the entire cooperative. It also approves contracts, reviews operations, and approves all payments of patronage capital. The cooperative’s territory covers portions of 10 counties and is divided into nine districts. Each of the nine districts is represented by a board member.
Each year, three board members are elected by and from the membership to serve a three-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms a trustee can be elected to serve. All trustees are members of the cooperative and must live in the district which they represent. Trustees must not in any way be employed or financially interested in a competing enterprise or business selling electric energy or supplies to the cooperative, or business primarily engaged in selling electrical appliances, fixtures, or supplies to cooperative members. For more than 80 years, board members have been democratically elected by the cooperative’s membership. The election process begins when the board appoints a Nominating Committee at
HANCOCK
DISTRICT 7
DISTRICT 1
DISTRICT 4 WYANDOT
MARI ALLEN AUGLAIZE DISTRICT 2
DISTRICT 5 HARDIN
DISTRICT 9
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