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Board Positions Open for 2017 Election As a member of Inland Power, you own the utility. That ownership comes with benefits including local control and accountability, meaning your choice of co-op leaders. Coop members in essence “hire” their board members to lead the cooperative when they elect them to the board. Here at Inland Power, our elected board members are called “trustees.”
Election results will be announced at Inland Power’s annual meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2017. As approved and sanctioned at Inland Power’s 2016 annual meeting, each active membership is entitled to one vote for each district up for election either in person at the annual meeting or by mail-in or electronic ballot. For those undecided voters and attendees at the annual meeting, candidates will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and give a quick three minute speech to the membership open in detailing their qualifications as well.
The word “trustee” gets to the heart of the matter. Co-op members are entrusting board members to keep their co-op strong. The job is more than attending board meetings. Trustees must learn about complicated issues in the energy business and foresee challenges in providing affordable and reliable power. They forge Positions a long-term plan for the sustainability of the cooperative. They hire the CEO. They District 4, reach out and listen to the members, speak up for the cooperative and stand up for members at every turn. Trustees District 7 and are stewards of that purpose and should make every decision big or small with At-Large Position the members in mind. If this sounds like a position for you, Inland Power’s nominating committee is accepting applications for board positions in District 4, District 7 and At-Large Position B. Please send your request for the 2017 Nomination of Candidates, Explanation and Requirements packet outlining candidate qualifications, responsibilities and the application process to Jennifer Hattamer at jenniferh@inlandpower.com or by phone at (509) 747-7151. Prospective candidates are required to submit a resume, biography, photo, statement of candidacy along with consent to a basic criminal background check by January 6, 2017. The nominating committee will meet in mid-January to review all applications received and make nominations based on those with the most appropriate qualifications. Additionally, co-op members may be nominated by petition along with the prerequisite applicant documents and background check.
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Again, for more information about qualifications, district boundaries (described below) and responsibilities of an Inland trustee, or for a nomination petition form, contact Jennifer Hattamer at jenniferh@inlandpower.com or by phone at (509) 747-7151.
• District 4: Includes all the area served by Inland Power south of a line along Highway 206 from Highway 395 until such highway ends and then south of a line proceeding due east from the end of Highway 206, east of Highway 395 north of Spokane and east of Highway 195 south of Spokane, and north of a line proceeding east from Highway 195 along the Spokane-Whitman county line. • District 7: Includes all the area served by Inland Power south of a line along Highway 26 from Washtucna to its junction with Highway 195, then along Highway 195 to its junction with Highway 270, then along Highway 270 to its end. • At-Large Position B: Candidates for at-large positions can be from any district but both at-large trustees cannot be from the same district. Currently, the At-Large Position A trustee resides within District 4.
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Inland Power Now Offering a Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive Get a $250 Rebate on a 240v Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charger from Inland Power. Take advantage of the many benefits an electric vehicle (EV) provides such as fuel efficiency, zero emissions, affordability and the convenience of charging at home. Inland Power wants to help you charge faster with a Level 2 EV Charger. Level 2 chargers provide 240 volts of electricity, rather than the 120 volts a standard home outlet provides. This means faster charging! Receipt and proof of installation required to qualify for a $250 rebate.
Holiday Greetings! From all of us at Inland Power, best wishes for a happy holiday season.
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In observance of the holidays, our office will be closed on: Thanksgiving Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 Christmas Day Monday, December 26 New Year’s Day Monday, January 2
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Changes Coming for 2017 Annual Meeting and Board Elections Inland Power Annual Meeting Scheduled for Saturday, March 25, 2017
our process with election best practices around the country. In the coming months, you’ll see the Survey & Ballot name and orange logo on voting materials coming with the announcement of the election along with ways to cast your ballot.
At last year’s annual meeting in March 2016, co-op members’ voices were heard after a resounding yes vote to amend Inland Power’s bylaws to allow more voting options outside of voting strictly in Lastly, we’ve heard from many of our person at the annual meeting. Until last year’s bylaw amendment, voting in person members requesting that the meeting be streamlined, shortened and be more was often a travel hardship for members cost effective. With the advent of added residing and spread out within the voting options, we believe this is the counties in Washington and Idaho that time to incorporate a more efficient Inland serves. Not to mention a difficulty meeting as well. In doing so, we will begin for members with time constraints promptly at 9 am and and busy adjourn the meeting at New this year: schedules approximately 11:00 • Voting options offered by mail-in paper who desired am and eliminate the ballot, online or in person to vote, but luncheon portion. • Survey & Ballot Systems hired to ensure were unable This was not an easy integrity of election and safeguard data to attend the decision to make, • Streamlined and cost effective annual meeting in as we know many meeting with no lunch service, but person. With members enjoyed the plenty of coffee and donuts this change, group luncheon. But, in the board and that same vein, we’ve management also heard from many other members of Inland Power are pleased to offer our who believed a catered luncheon was members the choice of voting by mail, not a good use of co-op dollars as it was online or in person at the annual meeting. very costly and benefited so very few In addition, each active membership will members in attendance. The board and be entitled to one vote on each item on management struggled with this change the ballot and members no longer have and understand both sides, but in the any need to delegate or assign their voting end realize we are working with tight right by proxy to any other party. budgets and need to focus on the greater membership as a whole. To that end, we Striving for increased participation and appreciate your understanding and look transparency, Inland Power has enlisted forward to seeing those members who are an independent third-party to oversee able to attend Inland Power’s 80th annual balloting to ensure our members’ votes meeting scheduled on Saturday, March and personal data are protected. Survey 25 at the Northern Quest Pavilion - and & Ballot System has been handling the we promise to still have lots of coffee and election needs for cooperatives for donuts. over 26 years. This, in turn, will align VISIT INLANDPOWER.COM FOR MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY TIPS
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