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Jump on Board and Help Drive Your Cooperative The business and affairs of Inland Power & Light are managed under the direction of a board of trustees comprised of Inland members. Your board of trustees determine policy and direction that allow management to carry out the day to day business and operations of your cooperative. Inland’s board is comprised of nine trustees, seven of which represent a specific geographical district and two represent the cooperative at large. Inland Power trustees serve a three year term and are typically elected on a rotating basis at each annual meeting held in March.
Responsibilities: Trustees are asked to attend monthly board meetings and must learn about complicated issues in the energy business and foresee challenges in providing affordable and reliable power. They forge a long-term plan for the sustainability of the cooperative. Trustees are stewards of the cooperative and should make every decision, big or small, with our membership in mind.
Open Districts:
Qualifications:
If this sounds like a position for you, Inland Power’s nominating committee is accepting applications for board positions in Districts 2, 6 and At-Large Position A.
To represent your cooperative, a trustee must be a member in good standing for a minimum of one year, have a primary/permanent residence in the district from which the trustee is elected or chosen and use, receive or purchase energy from Inland Power.
• District 2: Includes all the area served by Inland Power east
of a line along Highway 395 from the Spokane River to the intersection of Highway 395 and Main Street in Deer Park and including the area east of Main Street and north of 7th Avenue and east of Short Road and including the area north of a line along Highway 2 from Highway 395 and then following a line north of Highway 206 until such highway ends at the entrance to Mt. Spokane Park and then proceeding due east from the end of Highway 206, and to include all the area served in north Idaho.
Process & Timing: If you are interested in one of these positions, please send your request for a Candidate Packet outlining candidate qualifications, responsibilities and the application process to Jennifer Lutz at JenniferL@inlandpower.com or by calling her at (509) 789-4273. Prospective candidates will be required to submit a candidate certificate of eligibility, complete an application and provide a photo by December 31, 2018. The nominating committee will meet in mid-January to review all
• District 6: Includes all the area served by Inland Power south applications received and make nominations based on applicant of the Spokane-Whitman County line when extended east and west to the ends of Inland Power’s service area and north of a line along Highway 26 from Washtucna to its junction with Highway 195 and then along Highway 195 to its junction with Highway 270 then along Highway 270 to its end.
• At-Large Position A: 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 B trustee resides within District 5. Therefore, no members from District 5 will be eligible to run for this trustee seat.
qualifications. Additionally, co-op members may be nominated by petition along with the prerequisite applicant documents.
Election results will be announced at Inland Power’s annual meeting on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Each active membership is entitled to one vote for each district up for election either by mail, electronically or in person at the annual meeting.
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Be Safe During the Holidays!
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12 Days of Holiday Safety
INLAND IN THE COMMUNITY Inland Power’s Trucks Were a Big Hit at the Junior League of Spokane’s Annual Touch A Truck Event
It’s easy to make safety a part of your holiday with these tips. Tackle one a day and you’re well on your way to a safe new year!
• Day 1 - What’s that noise?
Test your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Make sure everyone knows what to do if they go off.
• Day 2 - What a shocker! Before use, inspect all electrical lights, decorations and extension cords for damage.
• Day 3 - Two’s company, three’s a crowd! Do not overload outlets with too many decorations or devices.
• Day 4 - Is it working? Test
your ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) and arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) to make sure they’re protecting you.
• Day 5 - Ouch!
Prevent trips and falls by keeping cords safely along walls and out of doorways and high traffic areas.
• Day 6 - Kids eat the darndest things! Avoid
putting lights, metal hooks, breakable ornaments and other small decorations within reach of young children.
• Day 7 - Thirsty?
Keep your tree stand full of water. A fresh green tree poses less of a fire hazard than a dry tree.
• Day 8 - Make a wish! Blow
out the candles before leaving a room or going to bed.
• Day 9 - Nice and warm.
Keep space heaters at least three feet away from anything that can burn–decorations, trees, gifts and curtains.
• Day 10 - Can’t touch this! Consider installing tamperresistant outlets/receptacles to prevent kids from inserting objects into slots.
• Day 11 - Escape Route.
Share your family fire escape plan with overnight guests.
• Day 12 - Hot stuff! Keep children away from cooking areas; use back burners and turn pot handles in away from little hands.
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The first day of fall in 2018 marked cooler temperatures, cloudy skies, sweaters and plenty of hot coffee. The leaves were starting to turn and everyone was presumably putting away their sandals and flip flops in exchange for their boots and wool socks. Yet, this particular Saturday and first fall day had families flocking to Spokane Community College for a special event allowing young children to see their favorite toys and meet their local heroes in real life. For eight years now, The Junior League of Spokane has hosted their annual Touch a Truck event aimed at giving young children and families a memorable experience of seeing, exploring, sitting and touching various trucks they see around town. They also get to meet the people who help to build, protect and serve our community everyday. From the very beginning, Inland Power has participated in the event and this year, we brought two of our biggest trucks in our fleet. Some trucks and vehicles at the event included police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, buses, moving trucks and much more. Inland Power’s trucks were placed a little further down from the event entrance but that didn’t stop kids from running to the trucks almost immediately. The children’s faces lit up as soon as they saw the massive 55 foot bucket truck and the 42 foot digger-Derrick truck. Eric Fletcher, a journeyman lineman with Inland Power, attended the event and awaited his moment to make kids smile and show them the trucks he works in everyday. “I’ve participated in this event for five years now and my favorite part about the event has always been seeing the children’s faces light up when they see the trucks up close and realize just how big they really are,” said Fletcher. Yet, the trucks weren’t the only thing the kids were excited to see. At a small table, just in front of the trucks were pamphlets, key chains, and Inland Power branded hard hats which turned into a quick favorite by all of the kids. Fletcher recounted a memory and explained that his own son assists him at the event. “The first year I volunteered at this event my son Camden was seven and he loved it. Now he comes with me every year and really enjoys helping us hand out the trinkets to the other kids.” One two year old little boy, looked like a natural sitting behind the wheel of the bucket truck while donning his bright white Inland Power hard hat. Once he jumped out of the truck, he refused to take it off and proceeded to run to the next truck. “We came to this event last year but he was a little too young to really enjoy the trucks,” said the boy’s mom. “This year though,
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he’s so excited. He loves the big trucks. Those are his favorite.” There were plenty of smiles and laughs to go around and it appeared that this year’s Touch a Truck event was a massive success. Inland Power has been a proud sponsor of this event for many years and will continue to support the event to inspire our members and their young ones in our community. All proceeds from the event will go towards the Junior League of Spokane’s mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
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