West Florida Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.

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WFEC elections packets are on the way

Soon after March 11, a large, white envelope, marked "2005 Annual Election Materials," from West Florida Electric Cooperative should arrive in your mailbox. The packet will contain all the materials you’ll need to participate in WFEC’s District 4,5 and 6 trustee elections.

Each year, WFEC’s members elect trustees to represent three of the nine districts of the Co-op’s service area in Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Counties. Each trustee serving on WFEC’s board is a Co-op member-owner elected by fellow member-owners – a fundamental difference between consumer-owned electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities.

Inside the packet, you’ll find:

A letter from McDaniel and Associates, the certified public accounting firm that will receive and count the completed ballots and announce the results to ensure fairness

A nominating committee report listing the qualifying trustee candidates

Profiles of the board candidates

An official ballot

A prize registration card

Official notice of WFEC’s Member Appreciation Day/Annual Meeting and a map showing the meeting’s location

The minutes of WFEC’s 2004 Annual Meeting

A pre-addressed reply envelope

Voting by mail in WFEC’s board elections is easy. Simply follow these steps:

1. Review the material in your voting packet.

2. Choose a candidate in each of the districts in which there are multiple qualifiers, as listed on the ballot, and mark your selections clearly using a black pen or a No. 2 pencil. This year, two candidates are vying for the District 5 board seat, while the District 4 and 6 incumbents are unopposed.

3. Fill out the prize registration card, if you like. McDaniel and Associates will separate this card from your ballot immediately upon its arrival, so your registration card cannot be used to identify your ballot. However, this card will be used to enter you in a drawing for a 3 kw portable generator to be given away at WFEC’s Member Appreciation Day/Annual Meeting Saturday, April 9, at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville.

4. Place your completed ballot and prize registration card in the postage-paid return envelope pre-addressed to McDaniel and Associates and mail it in time to be received no later than 5 p. m. Thursday, March 31. Ballots received after the deadline will be declared invalid. Do not deliver your ballot to any WFEC office. Do not include any other materials besides your completed ballot and prize drawing registration card in the return envelope.

5. Attend WFEC’s Member Appreciation Day/Annual Meeting, if possible, to hear the announcement of the elections results. Or look for them in the May issue of Current Light Flashes, WFEC’s monthly member newsletter.

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