Serving you for 82: Annual Meeting 2023

Save the date for your 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers on Sat­ur­day, May 6, 2023. Our team is excit­ed to offer anoth­er year of con­ve­nient dri­ve-thru reg­is­tra­tion. We’re even bring­ing back the hot dogs! Look for more infor­ma­tion about our annu­al meet­ing in upcom­ing issues of South Car­oli­na Liv­ing, on our web­site and on our social media chan­nels.

If you are inter­est­ed in run­ning for YEC’s board of trustees, please review the qual­i­fi­ca­tions and time­lines as they are writ­ten in our Bylaws:

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 Trustee 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. In addi­tion to the oth­er qual­i­fi­ca­tions and require­ments set forth here­in, no per­son shall be eli­gi­ble to be nom­i­nat­ed as a Trustee can­di­date if they were an unsuc­cess­ful Trustee nom­i­nee for any Trustee Dis­trict in any of the last three (3) years. In oth­er words, a per­son may only be nom­i­nat­ed as a Trustee can­di­date once every three (3) years.

The Sec­re­tary shall mail to the Mem­bers with the notice of the meet­ing, or sep­a­rate­ly, but at least thir­ty (30) days, but not more than forty-five (45) 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 (1) or more Trustees must be elect­ed, show­ing clear­ly those who have com­plet­ed the edu­ca­tion­al require­ment and those who have com­plet­ed a min­i­mum of three (3) years of ser­vice as an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive Trustee. The Sec­re­tary shall post in like man­ner such nom­i­na­tions at the Coop­er­a­tive offices at least forty-five (45) 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 the USDA web­site 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.