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Board of Directors: Call for Nominations
Three (3) positions on the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) Board of Directors will be elected at the Cooperative's
Annual Meeting on Aug. 7, 2024. To obtain the candidate nomination packet, visit myrec.coop/directorelections, email
directorelections@myrec.coop or call 540-891-5889. Interested member-owners should complete the nomination packet by the
deadline of 5 p.m. on April 19.
REC's Bylaws require that any member-owner who seeks election to the Board of Directors submit a nomination petition signed
by at least 25 REC member-owners.
Nomination petitions will be distributed by Assistant Secretary to the Board, Whitney Watts, electronically or by scheduling an
appointment to pick up the petition in person. To request the nomination petition, email directorelections@myrec.coop or call
540-891-5889.
No nominations can be accepted at the Annual Meeting in August.
The completed nomination materials and petition must be returned to
the off ice of REC's president by 5 p.m. on April 19, 2024.
All member-owners will have the option to participate in the proxy designation process beginning July 1 or
vote during the Annual Meeting on Aug. 7 to elect one director from each of the following three regions:
REGION II
The counties of Clarke, Fauquier, and Staff ord, and
the portions of Warren County and Rappahannock
County east of U.S. Route 522.
Currently represented by Christopher Shipe.
REGION III
The counties of Albemarle, Greene, Madison,
Rockingham, and the portion of Page County
located south of U.S. Route 211.
Currently represented by Darlene Carpenter.
REGION VIII
The Counties of Hanover
and Goochland.
Currently represented
by Eric Paulson.
To Become a Candidate
You must be an REC member-owner as defined under Article
I of the REC Bylaws. You must also reside in the region that
you wish to represent as provided under Article IV of the REC
Bylaws. Member-owners signing the nomination petition
can be from any of REC's nine regions. For further details
on director qualifications and the nomination procedures,
please review Article IV of REC's Bylaws.
The Bylaws are available in
the Governance & Document
Center of the My Cooperative
section of myrec.coop.
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