Mark your Calendars: Saturday, May 11, 2019

Come join your co-op for the 78th Annu­al Busi­ness Meet­ing and learn about the val­ue of your mem­ber­ship. We have been hard at work plan­ning a fun-filled day includ­ing a chil­dren’s zone, live music, food ven­dors and more. Mem­bers who reg­is­ter will receive a $15 bill cred­it and will be entered to win door and grand prizes.

Please review the Annu­al Meet­ing bylaw excerpts per­tain­ing to nom­i­na­tions of trustees. As a mem­ber, you are the most impor­tant part about YEC, and your input is essen­tial. We look for­ward to spend­ing the day cel­e­brat­ing the val­ue of your mem­ber­ship!

Bylaw excerpt–Article IV Trustees, Section 4.06 Nominations:

Not less than nine­ty (90) days pri­or to the meet­ing, nom­i­na­tions may be made by twen­ty-five (25) or more mem­bers of the Coop­er­a­tive in writ­ing over their sig­na­tures on an explic­it peti­tion doc­u­ment list­ing their nominee(s) in like man­ner. This doc­u­ment must be obtained from the Coop­er­a­tive no more than one hun­dred twen­ty (120) days pri­or to the Annu­al Meet­ing and must be spe­cif­ic to each dis­trict. In addi­tion to the required peti­tion, can­di­dates must attend a Board-devel­oped edu­ca­tion­al pro­gram on Coop­er­a­tive his­to­ry, oper­a­tions and gov­er­nance not less than six­ty (60) days pri­or to the next Annu­al Meet­ing, or have a min­i­mum of three (3) years of ser­vice as an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive Trustee. The edu­ca­tion­al require­ment will be offered at the Coop­er­a­tive on two (2) spec­i­fied dates pri­or to the Annu­al Meet­ing. The Sec­re­tary shall mail to the mem­bers with the notice of the meet­ing, or sep­a­rate­ly, but at least ten (10) days pri­or to the date of the meet­ing, a com­plete state­ment of the names and address­es of all nom­i­nees for each Trustee Dis­trict from or with respect to which one or more Trustees must be elect­ed, show­ing clear­ly those who have com­plet­ed the edu­ca­tion­al require­ment and those who have com­plet­ed a min­i­mum of three years of ser­vice as an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive Trustee. The Sec­re­tary shall post in like man­ner such nom­i­na­tions at the Coop­er­a­tive offices six­ty (60) days pri­or to the next Annu­al Meet­ing.

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

In accor­dance with Fed­er­al civ­il rights law and U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture (USDA) civ­il rights reg­u­la­tions and poli­cies, the USDA, its Agen­cies, offices, and employ­ees, and insti­tu­tions par­tic­i­pat­ing in or admin­is­ter­ing USDA pro­grams are pro­hib­it­ed from dis­crim­i­nat­ing based on race, col­or, nation­al ori­gin, reli­gion, sex, gen­der iden­ti­ty (includ­ing gen­der expres­sion), sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, dis­abil­i­ty, age, mar­i­tal sta­tus, family/parental sta­tus, income derived from a pub­lic assis­tance pro­gram, polit­i­cal beliefs, or reprisal or retal­i­a­tion for pri­or civ­il rights activ­i­ty, in any pro­gram or activ­i­ty con­duct­ed or fund­ed by USDA (not all bases apply to all pro­grams). Reme­dies and com­plaint fil­ing dead­lines vary by pro­gram or inci­dent.

Per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties who require alter­na­tive means of com­mu­ni­ca­tion for pro­gram infor­ma­tion (e.g., Braille, large print, audio­tape, Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage, etc.) should con­tact the respon­si­ble Agency or USDA’s TARGET Cen­ter at (202) 720‑2600 (voice and TTY) or con­tact USDA through the Fed­er­al Relay Ser­vice at (800) 877‑8339. Addi­tion­al­ly, pro­gram infor­ma­tion may be made avail­able in lan­guages oth­er than Eng­lish.

To file a pro­gram dis­crim­i­na­tion com­plaint, com­plete the USDA Pro­gram Dis­crim­i­na­tion Com­plaint Form, AD-3027, found online at www.ascr.usda.gov and at any USDA office or write a let­ter addressed to USDA and pro­vide in the let­ter all of the infor­ma­tion request­ed in the form. To request a copy of the com­plaint form, call (866) 632‑9992. Sub­mit your com­plet­ed form or let­ter to USDA by:

1. mail: U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture
   Office of the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civ­il Rights
   1400 Inde­pen­dence Avenue, SW, Wash­ing­ton, D.C. 20250–9410;
2. fax: (202) 690‑7442; or
3. email: program.intake@usda.gov.
   This insti­tu­tion is an equal oppor­tu­ni­ty provider.