Annual Meeting is a chance to exercise co-op member rights

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Grand prize winner poses with our CEO
Con­grat­u­la­tions to the win­ner of the Annu­al Meet­ing Reg­is­tra­tion and Vot­ing grand prize, Sher­rell Mack of Rich­mond Hill (right)! CEO Chris Fettes award­ed her $1,000 cash after the Annu­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers.

Laura McGee shows off a Lodge Cast Iron pan
Direc­tor Lau­ra McGee takes a break from greet­ing mem­bers to show the 2024 reg­is­tra­tion gift, a 10.5‑inch Lodge Sea­soned Cast-Iron Grill Pan with Sil­i­cone Hot Han­dle Hold­er.

Some 2,245 mem­bers par­tic­i­pat­ed in this year’s Annu­al Meet­ing Reg­is­tra­tion and Vot­ing May 20–22, pre­ced­ing the 2024 Annu­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers May 23.

A big draw this year, in addi­tion to a chance to win the $1,000 grand prize, was the mem­ber reg­is­tra­tion gift—a 10.5‑inch Lodge Sea­soned Cast-Iron Grill Pan brand­ed with the Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive logo, com­plete with a Lodge Sil­i­cone Hot Han­dle Hold­er.

Every not-for-prof­it coop­er­a­tive like Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive oper­ates by sev­en Coop­er­a­tive Prin­ci­ples. Coop­er­a­tive Prin­ci­ple 2 is Demo­c­ra­t­ic Mem­ber Con­trol, and that’s what the Annu­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers and mem­ber vot­ing is all about. Dur­ing Annu­al Meet­ing Reg­is­tra­tion and Vot­ing, mem­bers could stop by a Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive office in Mid­way or Rich­mond Hill to reg­is­ter for the Annu­al Meet­ing, vote to elect direc­tors and pick up a skil­let as a thank you for par­tic­i­pat­ing.

On Thurs­day, May 23, mem­bers tuned into the Annu­al Meet­ing, live-streamed on Face­book and Coastal Elec­tric Cooperative’s web­site.

Sher­rell Mack of Rich­mond Hill won the $1,000 grand prize after CEO Chris Fettes gave a year in review, which includ­ed:

  • How Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive makes life bet­ter as our com­mu­ni­ty grows.
  • Using tech­nol­o­gy to make our elec­tric sys­tem more reli­able.
  • Open­ing doors of oppor­tu­ni­ty for local stu­dents.
  • Using mem­bers’ Oper­a­tion Round Up dol­lars to make a dif­fer­ence.
  • Lend­ing a hand to help lit­tle ones get a good night’s sleep.

Fol­low­ing the year in review, mem­bers could watch the busi­ness por­tion of the Annu­al Meet­ing, held at the co-op’s head­quar­ters in Mid­way. Mem­bers reelect­ed incum­bent direc­tors Ken Luke (Bryan Coun­ty), Joe Gill (Lib­er­ty Coun­ty), and John Kearns (McIntosh/Long coun­ties) to new three-year terms on the co-op board.

You can find the 2024 Annu­al Meet­ing video on Coastal Elec­tric Cooperative’s YouTube chan­nel, Face­book page, or right here on our web­site.

Ms. Rube receives her Lodge Skillet from staff members
More than 2,200 mem­bers par­tic­i­pat­ed in this year’s Annu­al Meet­ing Reg­is­tra­tion and Vot­ing, includ­ing Ms. Ruby (cen­ter) of Lib­er­ty Coun­ty, pic­tured here with Coastal Elec­tric Cooperative’s Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer Emi­ly Can­non, IT Man­ag­er Ter­ry Cook and Direc­tor Chuck Gaskin.

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