Vernon Electric Cooperative's 88th Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 29, 2024.
Location: VEC headquarters building, 110 Saugstad Rd, Westby, WI
Time: Registration 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Business Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
Chili and Soup Dinner: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Attendance gift and chance at winning one of two electric grills
The Annual Report is placed in the March billing newsletter and Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News magazine. The purpose of the meeting is the announcement of director election results, reports for the previous fiscal year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
Annual Report
Candidates for Board of Directors - 2024
Division 2 - Towns of Freeman, Genoa, Harmony, and Wheatland
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Michael Paulsrud - E1853 Cty Rd UU, De Soto, WI 54624 (Incumbent)
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Peter Strachan - E4078 State Hwy 56, Genoa, WI 54632
Division 5 - Towns of Greenfield, Leon, Portland, Sparta, Washington, and Wells
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Daniel Korn - W635 Oliver Rd, Cashton, WI 54619 (Incumbent)
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Brandon Geier - N395 L Urbanek Rd, Cashton, WI 54619 (Declined Nomination)
Division 8 - Towns of Forest (Vernon Co.), Glendale, Union-Bloom, and Wellington
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Joseph Fisher - S480 24th CT, Ontario, WI 54651
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Richard Nemec - S1206 Cty Hwy V, Hillsboro, WI 54634 (Incumbent)
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 Order
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Determination of Quorum
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Annual Meeting Rules
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Approval of Minutes
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Review Committee Report
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Election Committee Report
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Unfinished business
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New business
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Adjournment
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Vernon Electric Cooperative CEO Report
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Drawing for Attendance Prizes
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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 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.