JULY 2013 F Kilowatt 3 the Bylaws list board qualifications
A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Notice of Capital Credit Allocation Kiwash Electric Cooperative members will notice a notice of capital credit allocation on your July electric bill. This amount represents your share of Kiwash Electric margins, or what’s left over after expenses are paid.
As a member-owner of a not-for-profit electric cooperative, your share of co-op margins is based on the amount of electricity you use during the year. Your 2012 capital credit allocation and the total unretired balance of your capital account will be listed on the July bill.
The decision to refund capital credits rests solely with the Kiwash Electric board of directors, and is dependent on the financial condition of the cooperative and the provisions of its bylaws.
For questions about capital credits, please call your co-op at 888-832-3362.
Cary returns from Energy Camp
Aubreigh Cary of Cordell, recently returned from the 2013 Rural Electric Youth Power Energy Camp, where she represented Kiwash Electric Cooperative.
Aubreigh, the daughter of Steve and Jennifer Cary, was one of 89 outstanding 8th graders who attended the four day camp at Canyon Camp, just east of Hinton. Each camper was sponsored by their local electric cooperative.
According to Aubreigh, “the most exciting part of the trip was the ropes course. It was kind of scary being so far up, but it was fun,” said Aubreigh.“Other highlights of the trip were the volleyball games, ladder golf, No Brain Olympics, and being elected a board member,” said Aubreigh.
While at the camp, the delegates attended sessions on energy, electrical safety and rural electric careers. They organized their own coke and candy cooperative, and elected a manager and board of directors. Aubreigh was elected to the co-op board.
Other special activities of the four-day program included hands on electrical demonstrations, such as pole- climbing and bucket truck rides from linemen, a 13 low-element ropes course, swimming, an energy battle tournament and a trip to Celebration station for video games and go-carts.
The “Youth Power Energy Camp” is coordinated by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives and Kiwash Electric Cooperative in Cordell.
Qualifications of a trustee, as listed in the Kiwash Electric Cooperative bylaws, Article IV, section 2, states that no person shall be eligible to become or remain a trustee or to hold any position of trust in the Cooperative who: (a) is not a member of the Cooperative and bona fide resident of the particular district which he is to represent; or (b) is in any way employed by or financially interested in a competing enterprise or a business selling electric energy or supplies to the Cooperative or a business primarily engaged in selling electrical or plumbing appliances, fixtures or supplies to the members of the Cooperative; or (c) is the incumbent of or candidate for an elective public office in connection with which a salary or compensation in excess of one hundred dollars per annum is paid; or (d) is an employee of the Cooperative, or has been employed by the Cooperative and termination of his employment has been less than five years; or (e) is a close relative of an incumbent Trustee or an employee of the Cooperative. As used in these bylaws, “close relative” is defined as a person who is related to the principal person by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, including but not necessarily limited to a person who is either a spouse, child, grandchild, great grandchild, parent, grandparent, great grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, nephew, or niece, by blood or in-law of the principal; or (f) has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony.
The procedure for nominating and electing trustees is outlined in Article III, Section 7, of the bylaws and states as follows: At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, not less than sixty days preceding each annual meeting of the members, the trustees shall fix a date which
shall not be less than fourteen or more than thirty days preceding the annual meeting of the members for the holding of a district meeting for the members residing therein in each of the nine districts for the purpose of electing by ballot by and from the members of each district a trustee to serve as a trustee of the Cooperative. The Board of Trustees shall call the meetings and cause notice of each district meeting to be mailed by the secretary to each member not less than ten days before the meeting, which call and notice shall indicate the district, which each member belongs. Each district meeting shall be called to order by the trustee, or in his absence, by any member residing within the District. The members shall then proceed to elect a chairman, who shall be someone other than a trustee, and a secretary, each to act for the duration of the meeting.
Each trustee shall serve for the period of time for which he is elected or until a successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
A quorum is five percent of fifteen members, whichever is the greater, of the members residing in the district present at such duly called district meetings. Members of other districts at the meeting may be heard, but shall have no vote.
Voting by Proxy shall not be permitted at such district meetings. The member in each voting district receiving the highest number of votes at the election held at such district meeting shall be elected a trustee of the Cooperative to take office immediately following the ensuing annual meeting of the members.
Recipe Box
Red, White and Blue Strawberry Shortcake INGREDIENTS
1 (18.25 oz) package yellow cake mix 1 (8 oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 pint blueberries, rinsed and drained 2 pints fresh strawberries, rinsed and sliced
DIRECTIONS Prepare cake according to package
directions and bake in a 9 x13 inch pan. Cool completely.
Frost cake with whipped topping. Place blueberries in a square in the corner, and arrange sliced strawberries as stripes to make an American flag. Chill until serving.
Yield: 1 9 x13 inch cake.
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