Board of Trustee Elections

Generally, voting may be done by mail with information being sent at the end of September -- or at any time after registering at Annual Meeting by qualified members in Hartford.  Because voting is available to all members by mail, no voting will take place at district offices. Election will be held by electronic voting machine when there is more than one candidate for office. WEC's attorney Edward Price and an independent Balloting Committee of Cooperative members oversees the election process.

Three members of the board of trustees are elected each year.  The district rotation is listed below:

• 2011 -- Districts 3, 6 and 9
• 2012 -- Districts 2, 5 and 8
• 2013 -- Districts 1, 4 and 7

Eligible members interested in running for a position on the Board must fill out and submit a petition signed by at least 15 members residing in their district. Petitions to run for Trustee are available from the CEO's office at the Headquarters in Hartford.  Deadline for petitions is 60 days prior to Annual Meeting.

The requirements to serve on the Board are listed in Article IV, Trustees, of our By-Laws, and candidates will be furnished a map showing Director districts. In compliance with the Bylaws, completed and signed petitions must be mailed or delivered to the CEO by the board meeting of the month (September 1) preceding Annual Meeting (October 10) for the candidate to be placed on the ballot for the current year's elections.

Trustee qualifications:

• A trustee must be a member and bona fide resident in the area served by the Cooperative.
• A trustee must be a resident of the district from which he/she is elected to represent.
• Must not be financially interested in a competing enterprise or business selling energy or any supplies to the Cooperative.
• Must not be an incumbent of an elective public office which receives a salary or compensation in excess of $100 per year.
• Trustee cannot be an employee of the Cooperative nor may he/she become an employee within 2 years after leaving office.
• Cannot have a close relative employed by the Cooperative or serving on the board of trustees at the time of qualification. (Close relative means father, mother, brother, sister or child, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and to include step-children. (Does not apply to any person presently serving on the board at time this qualification was amended.)
• Cannot be an employee of the Cooperative or have been an employee in preceding 5 years.
• Cannot have been convicted of a felony offense.

Board Districts

Maps of each board district are available here: