Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative Membership at NORA Electric Cooperative
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he legal definition of a cooperative is an association or corporation established for the purpose of providing services on a nonprofit basis to its shareholders or members who own and control it. In order to become a member of NORA Electric Cooperative, a new applicant will pay a one-time refundable membership fee of $5. Merely receiving a bill from NORA does not qualify the recipient as a member until the membership fee has been collected. Interim General Manager Anthony Mercure Address 1135 Camino Escondido Chama, NM 87520 Telephone 575-756-2181 Email nora@noraelectric.org Website www.noraelectric.org Winter Office Hours 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (M-F) Board of Trustees President Steve Rendon Chama, District 2 Vice President Thomas G. Rivas Chama, District 2 Secretary Paul Cordova Tierra Amarilla, District 3 Treasurer Leroy Martinez Canjilon, District 4 Michael Gomez Lumberton, District 1 Debbie F. Manzanares Tierra Amarilla, District 3 David Martinez Canjilon, District 2 Board Meeting The Board of Trustees meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the Cooperative boardroom.
Who is the Member?
A member is the individual person who applied for service and is considered the primary person on the account. If you applied for service with your spouse, as having a joint membership, then your spouse is considered the secondary person on the account. If you are a primary member, and later get married, you and your new spouse must both come to the office to update the account as a Joint Membership; this is not an automatic feature just because your marital status has changed. Any other individual, added to the account for identification purposes or for renter billing purposes as “in care of,” is not considered a member. Individuals are allowed only one membership at a time. In the event that your membership fee was ever returned to you or terminated due to a voluntary disconnect of service, non-payment or for any other reason, the membership must be re-activated, and you will have to pay the $5 membership fee. A membership at NORA is normally considered non-transferable with the following exceptions: 1. When a member has passed away, a death certificate must be brought into the office
to have the account name changed; or 2. A family member transfers their membership to another family member. In order to do this, the current member must come into the office to initiate and authorize the transfer of membership or issue a notarized letter granting that permission. 3. When a business applies for service and pays for a membership, the actual member is the owner of the business or whoever is considered the President or CEO of that business. Businesses must have one person designated as the member. Voting for Board Members
During NORA’s Annual Membership Meeting held the last Monday of September, several things take place including voting for board members. Members will vote for a board member if there is a position being voted upon in their particular district. Each membership shall be entitled to only one vote. For example, a husband and wife that share a joint membership are entitled to cast one vote representing their joint membership rather than each of them voting individually. Proxy voting is permitted only by a member’s spouse, parent or child of 18 years of age, upon presentation of a proxy form signed by the member; provided however, that no one individual may cast more than one vote.
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