Annual Meeting Minutes from the Annual Meeting on April 28, 2012
Chairman Gary Cooper called the Annual Meeting of the members of the Lake Region Electric Cooperative, Inc., to order on April 28, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. in the Hulbert School Auditorium. The Chairman then announced the business session would suspend and resume immediately at 1:00 p.m. after the members registration and voting was closed. Reg- istration and voting period will be from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on this Annual Meeting date. A motion was made and seconded to recess the business session until 1:00 p.m. The motion carried unanimously.
The recessed business session was resumed at 1:00 p.m. and called to order by Chairman Cooper. He called upon employee Glen Clark to give the invocation.
CEO Vahdatipour gave the Welcome and Introduction of Directors. He also introduced the Operation Round-Up Board of Directors and Special Guests. He then introduced Cooperative Attorney Tina Glory-Jordan who then presided over the meeting.
Attorney Glory-Jordan reported that at the close of regis- tration, 1,133 members had registered and voted. Attorney Glory-Jordan then declared that a quorum was present and the meeting proceeded.
Upon motion made and seconded, the reading of the Notice of the Meeting mailed to all members and the proof of mailing were waived and approved as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
Upon motion made and seconded, the reading of the minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting of April 30, 2011 was waived and the minutes approved as written. Cop- ies were published in the LREC April issue of the Powerline Press. The motion carried unanimously.
CEO Vahdatipour gave the CEO’s Report and the Finan- cial Report.
During the process of the day, the election ballots were cast and counted by a voting machine similar to the ones used in county elections. Attorney Glory-Jordan reported on the election results. Nominees Jack Teague received 878 votes, Scott Manes, 749 votes and Louis Bohanon, 367 votes. Ac- cording to the Election results, Jack Teague and Scott Manes were elected to the positions of Trustees of the Lake Region Electric Cooperative, Inc. for a period of three years.
Old Business – There was no old business to come before the members.
New Business – There was no new business to come be- fore the members.
Motion was made and seconded without decent to adjourn the business session, subject to the drawing for the attendance prizes. The motion carried unanimously.
Jim Loftin Secretary-Treasurer
Freda Purtle Executive Administrative Asst.
LREC Linemen Aid Fellow Oklahoma Cooperative
to 45 miles an hour. Lake Region Electric Cooperative had a crew of five men of- fer mutual aid to Alfalfa Electric Cooperative in Cherokee, Okla- homa. This crew, along with other mutual aid crews, helped re- store electricity for the members of Alfalfa Electric Cooperative. When the LREC crew arrived, Alfalfa was reporting that more
than 600 poles were destroyed or damaged. The LREC crew spent seven days away from their homes and families, replacing damaged poles on Alfalfa’s electric system. Oklahoma electric cooperatives are part of a mutual aid agree-
Pictured left to right: Dean KirkPatrick, Jason Youngblood, Randall Scott, and Stephen Lewallen (not pictured: Cory Bloxsom)
A massive winter storm swept through western Oklahoma on February 25th, and left miles of poles and power lines on the ground. The winter system be- gan with freezing rain, snow, and wind gusts over 35
ment. When other electric cooperatives experience a large scale power outage, cooperatives in other parts of the state rush to help each other rebuild their system. LREC would like
to thank these men who volunteered
their services to assist Alfalfa Electric Cooperative. Thank you for carrying on the cooperative spirit of “Cooperation among Cooperatives.”
LREC Powerline Press 3
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