Vernon Electric Cooperative's 89th Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

Location: VEC headquarters building, 110 Saugstad Rd, Westby, WI

Time: Registration 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Soup and Chili Dinner: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Business Meeting: 5:30 p.m.

The Annual Report is published in the February billing newsletter and Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News magazine. The purpose of the meeting is to announce director election results, report on the previous fiscal year, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting.

Annual Report [link TBA]

Candidates for Board of Directors - 2025

Division 3 - Towns of Franklin, Jefferson (Vernon Co.), and Sterling

  • Bernadine Hornby - E7065 Traastad Rd, Viroqua, WI 54665 (Incumbent)

  • TBA

Division 6 - Towns of Clinton, Jefferson (Monroe Co.), Sheldon, and Whitestown

  • Dan Giese -  19207 Niagara Ave, Norwalk, WI 54648 (Incumbent)

  • TBA

Division 9 - Towns of Greenwood, Henrietta, Hillsboro, Ironton, La Valle, Westford, Wonewoc, and Woodland

  • James Goodman -  E103 Cty Rd Q, Wonewoc, WI 53968 (Incumbent)

  • TBA

 

Order of Business 

The order of business at the annual meeting of the members, and so far as possible, at all other meetings of the members, shall be essentially as follows:

  1. Call of Order

  2. Determination of Quorum

  3. Annual Meeting Rules

  4. Approval of Minutes

    1. 2024 Annual Meeting Minutes - Unapproved

  5. Review Committee Report

  6. Election Committee Report

  7. Unfinished business

  8. New business

  9. Adjournment

  10. Vernon Electric Cooperative CEO Report

  11. Drawing for Attendance Prizes

  12. Adjournment

Nomination Procedures and Board of Director Duties

A ten-member board of directors meets monthly to conduct the business affairs of the cooperative. One director is elected from each of the ten geographic divisions comprising the Vernon Electric Co-op service territory. Directors are elected to serve for three-year terms. The terms are staggered so their terms do not expire all at once. The initial process of selecting director candidates starts with the members in each director Division. The top four vote recipients from each of the Town Districts in each of the 10 Divisions become delegates to the District Committee Conference.

The district committee delegates at the Annual District Committee Conference select director candidates. The bylaws require at least two nominations from each Division for which there is an election. A petition of fifteen (15) or more members can also select candidates. A mail ballot elects directors. The results of the mail ballots are presented at the Annual Meeting.