Three positions for the Board of Directors listed below are up for election. Each position is a three-year term. The Board of Directors has appointed a nominating committee to review and develop a list of candidates for these positions.
• Region 3 (Dubuque County)
• Region 2 (Jackson County and portions of Clinton County)
• Region 4 (Delaware, Buchanan and Clayton Counties)
If you are interested in learning about the requirements for serving on the Board of Directors, please contact CEO Jeremy Richert at 800-927-6068 or via email at jrichert@mvec.coop. A packet of information will be mailed to you. After reviewing the qualifications, if you wish to be considered for one of these positions, please submit a brief biography stating your qualifications to: Nomination Committee %Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative, 109 N. Huber Street, Anamosa, IA 52205, no later than June 9, 2022.
Summary of Annual Meeting Requirements
Annual Meeting
Article II of the Bylaws provides that an Annual Meeting of the members shall be held between August 1 and November 1 of each year with the exact date to be set by the Board of Directors. Article VIII, Section 3 of the Articles of Incorporation indicates that the members shall be “entitled to receive ten (10) days written notice of the time and place of all meetings and of the purpose of all special meetings”.
Directors
Article IX of the Articles of Incorporation provides the Board of Directors shall be made up of nine (9) members of the Cooperative. The directors serve for a three-year term. Each year the terms of three directors expire on the date of the Annual Meeting.
Nominations and Election of Directors by the Members
Article IX of the Articles of Incorporation indicates-“The Cooperative’s service area shall be divided into four (4) numbered geographic regions. Two (2) members shall be elected from each geographic region... The remaining ninth director shall be selected from any geographic region or the geographic region determined by the Board of Directors...”
The election of directors shall be by ballot and each voting member shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each director to be elected. Article III, Section 5 of the Bylaws states, “Candidates for election to the Board of Directors shall be nominated by a nominating committee... Other nominations can be made with signatures in writing of 50 or more members…not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the meeting...”
Please do not hesitate to contact the Cooperative office should you have any questions concerning membership requirements or the procedure of nomination and election of directors at the Annual Meeting of the Cooperative.