Vernon Electric Cooperative's 86th Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be conducted online only.
Instructions for registration will be posted here.
To view the recorded 2021 Annual Meeting:
The Annual Report was placed in the March billing newsletter and Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News magazine. The purpose of the meeting is the ratification of director elections, passing reports for the previous fiscal year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Unapproved minutes from our last annual meeting can be found be found in your SmartHub account under My Profile > Documents.
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:
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Call of the roll.
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Reading of the notice of the meeting and proof of the due publication or mailing thereof, or the waiver of notice of the meeting, as the case may be.
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Reading of unapproved minutes of previous meetings of members and the taking of necessary action thereon.
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Presentation and consideration of, and acting upon reports of officers, directors and committees.
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Election of directors.
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Unfinished business.
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New business.
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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 that comprise the Vernon Electric Co-op service territory. Directors are elected to serve for three-year terms. The terms are staggered so that their terms do not expire all at once. The initial process of selecting director candidates starts with the members in each director district. The top three vote recipients from each of the ten districts become delegates to the District Committee Conference.
The district committee delegates at the Annual District Committee Conference select director candidates. The bylaws require two candidates from each Division for which there is an election. A petition of fifteen (15) or more members can also select candidates. An informal mail ballot elects directors. The results of the informal mail ballots are presented at the Annual Meeting where the members approve them.