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The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to present information regarding the Cooperative to its Members/Owners, elect directors to its board and Members to its Committee on Nominations, and to conduct the business of the Cooperative.

The 82nd Annual Meeting of Farmers' Electric Cooperative was held on September 22, at the Old Hospital Grounds in Chillicothe with a successful turnout!

In order to protect the health of our Members and our Team, the event was held as a drive-in meeting with attending Members staying in their vehicles to register, vote, and collect their registration gifts. The business meeting was broadcast on KCHI radio.

Annual Meeting Registration

 

Aerial View of the Drive-In

Members registering and voting

 

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Members in line to register and vote

 

Live KCHI Radio business meeting broadcast

 

The Member-Owners of the Cooperative re-elected three directors to serve three-year terms. Re-elected to the Cooperative’s seven-person Board of Directors were: LeRoy Kern (District 2: Caldwell and Clinton Counties), Arzy Bisbee, Jr. (District 3: Ray County), and W.D. Richards III (District 7: Chariton County).

Four bylaw amendments recommended by the Board of Directors were voted on and approved by the Membership with a high approval rate. Those amendments were highlighted in the September issue of Rural Missouri.

Dana Macoubrie, the Cooperative's attorney, conducted the business meeting. Macoubrie reported on the number of Members present to establish quorum and conducted the election of the 2020 Committee on Nominations. Elected to the Committee on Nominations were Charlotte Miller, Richard Halterman, John Finley, Walter Dean Snyder, Stanley Switzer, Melvin Lee, and Judy Holcer, representing each of the Cooperative’s seven districts. Macoubrie also announced the results of the Board of Directors election as well as the passage of the bylaw amendments.

All registered Members were eligible to win additional bill credit prizes drawn the following day. Members could watch the prize draw via Facebook Live and all winning Members were given a phone call.
 

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Thank you to all Members who were able to swing by and participate in our first-ever Drive-In Annual Meeting! Be on the lookout for next year's dates and details!

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