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MEET YOUR NEW TRUSTEES
Central Rural Electric Cooperative has new members on the board of trustees. John G. Tytenicz was named the district two trustee and Sidney Sperry was named the district four trustee.
A quorum was not met at the district two election held on September 9 in Carney, nor at the district four election held on September 16 in Guthrie. In accordance with the bylaws, the Central board of trustees interviewed the candidates and appointed the trustees for the districts. Tytenicz will follow Stu Preston, and Sperry will follow Len Tontz who both retired from the board in October. Tytenicz is from the Luther area. He has worked at the Redbud Power
BYLAW BALLOT BREAK DOWN Bylaw amendments were passed at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Learn more at MyCentral.coop /AnnualMeeting.
John (Greg) Tytenicz, District 2 Trustee
Sidney (Sid) Kyle Sperry, District 4 Trustee
Plant and Oklahoma CoGen, and has been farming for more than 35 years. Tytenicz also served as a Luther volunteer firefighter.
Sperry has worked in various roles for Oklahoma’s electric cooperatives for 41 years, recently retiring as the Director of Public Relations and Communications at the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives. He is currently the President and CEO of SPIDI Technologies, LLC.
Sperry is from the Guthrie area. He holds a BA in English and Speech Communication from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva.
AMENDMENT I
AMENDMENT II
AMENDMENT III
Removed the requirement of written membership application to allow for a more simple, convenient experience for new members signing up for service.
Provided more flexibility in meeting attendance and voting requirements. Allows the registration of a member to count toward quorum requirements, allows longer voting time frames and streamlined the business of the meeting.
Made members, regardless of the length of membership, entitled to capital credits, as long as they are in good standing with the cooperative and do not have any long-term debt.
PASSED
PASSED
PASSED