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District Meetings

At district meetings, you can exercise the privilege, responsibility, and benefit of being a co-op member-owner.

Meetings are staggered so members in a particular district meet once every three years at a location within the district. Co-op personnel plan informal agendas that include providing information on new programs and services, as well as updating you on electric utility industry issues that could affect your cooperative.

Primary purpose of district meetings is for member-owners to elect their representative to the co-op’s board of trustees. Candidates who have met requirements stipulated in the bylaws and who have followed established filing procedures can be considered for election.

 

Board of Trustees & District Map
Qualifications to be a Trustee

Electric cooperatives are governed by a board of trustees, who are each members of the cooperative residing in the districts they represent. They are elected to the board by members of their respective districts, at meetings held in the districts. Each trustee serves a three year term, and the terms are staggered so three different trustee terms expire each year.

Qualifications for trustees can be found in the cooperative’s bylaws: Article 4, Section 4.

Those qualifications are:

“Each year, there shall be elected trustees to succeed all trustees whose terms of office shall expire at the time of holding such election. All duly elected and qualified trustees shall serve for the term of three (3) years, or until their successors are elected and qualified, subject to the provisions of these bylaws with respect to the removal of trustees.

No person shall be eligible to become or remain a trustee of the cooperative who:

(a) is not a member and bona fide resident in the area served or to be served by the cooperative; or
(b) is any way employed by or financially interested in a competing enterprise or a business selling electric energy or supplies to the cooperative, or a business primarily engaged in selling electrical or plumbing appliances, fixtures or supplies to the members of the cooperative; or
(c) has been convicted, pled guilty, or pled nolo contendere to a felony; or
(d) is a close relative of an incumbent trustee or of an employee of the Cooperative, or
(e) is or was an employee of the cooperative during the preceding three years prior to time of filing or being nominated.

Once elected, your trustee will serve a three-year term and can be considered for re-election when the district meets again at the end of his or her term. District meetings are usually scheduled for late October or early November. You will receive a notice in the mail telling you of the date, location and time of your district meeting, and meeting information will be included in the VVEC Power Circuit.

Being more than a consumer is the advantage of co-op ownership. You are an owner-member of VVEC and as such have the privilege of electing representation to the co-op’s governing body at your district meeting.

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  • About VVEC
    • Board of Trustees & District Map
    • Capital Credits
    • About Touchstone Energy
    • Cooperative Principles
    • Statement of Non-Discrimination
  • Electric Service
    • Apply for Electric Service
      • Membership Application
      • Pay-As-You-Go Application
    • Outages
      • Outage Map
    • Rates
    • Terms & Conditions of Service
    • Primary Underground Ditch Details
    • Bylaws
    • Right-of-Way
    • Your Meter
  • Services
    • Account Services
      • How to Read Your Bill
      • Payments Options
      • Pay•As•You•Go Pre-Pay Program
      • Deposits
      • Payment Assistance Agencies
      • COVID Assistance Info
    • Products & Services
      • Home Energy Audits
      • Rebates
      • Surge Suppressors
    • Member Services
      • Annual Meeting of Members
      • District Meetings
      • Legislative Partners
    • Power of Membership Video
  • Community Programs
    • Co-op Connections
      • Co-op Connections Card
      • Local Co-op Connections
    • Adopt-A-School Grant Program
      • Adopt-A-School Application
    • Rural Fire Department Grant Program
      • Rural Fire Department Grant Application
    • Washington Youth Tour
    • YouthPower Energy Camp
    • Paying Your Fire Department Dues
  • Power Circuit Newsletter
  • Renewable Energy
    • Oklahoma Solar Info
    • Residential Solar Calculator
    • Electric Vehicle Information