Annual Meetings
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF
OZARK BORDER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
The Annual Membership Meeting of Ozark Border Electric Cooperative will be held on August 8, 2025, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The annual meeting will be conducted in accordance with the bylaws of the Cooperative.
ARTICLE III SECTION 6 Order of Business. The order of business at the annual meeting of the members and, so far as possible, at all other meetings of the members, shall be essentially as follows, except as otherwise determined by the members at such meeting.
1. Report on the number of members present in person in order to determine the existence of a quorum.
2. Reading of the notice of the meeting and proof of the due publication or mailing thereof, or the waiver or waivers of notice of the meeting, as the case may be.
3. Reading of unapproved minutes of previous meetings of the members and the taking of the necessary action thereon.
4. Presentation and consideration of reports of officers, trustees, and committees.
5. Election of board members.
6. Unfinished business.
7. New business.
8. Adjournment.
ARTICLE III SECTION 5 Voting. Each member shall be entitled to only one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. All questions shall be decided by a vote of a majority of the members voting thereon in person except as otherwise provided by law, the articles of incorporation, or these bylaws. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted.
ARTICLE IV SECTION 2 Election of Directors. Four directors will be elected to the Board of Directors of the Cooperative at each annual meeting. They will serve a three year term.
ARTICLE IV SECTION 3 Qualifications. No person shall be eligible to become or remain a board member of the Cooperative who:
(a) is not a member and bona fide resident in the area served or to be served by the Cooperative: 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.
(c) Has served seven (7) terms, or any part of a seventh term, whether such terms were served consecutively or non-consecutively.
Upon establishment of the fact that a board member is holding the office in violation of any of the foregoing provisions, the board shall remove such board member from office.
Nothing contained in this section shall effect in any manner whatsoever the validity of any action taken at any meeting of the board.
ARTICLE IV SECTION 4. Nominations. The Board of Directors shall appoint, by May 1 each year, a committee on nominations consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than eleven (11) members who shall be selected from the four (4) Districts so as to insure equitable representation. No member of the board may serve on such committee. The committee, keeping in mind the principle of equitable representation, shall prepare and post at the principal office of the Cooperative at least thirty-five (35) days before the annual meeting a list of candidates which may include a greater number of candidates than are to be elected. Any fifteen (15) or more members acting together may make other nominations by petition. Nominations made by petition may be received beginning June 1 of each year and must be received no later than thirty-five (35) days before the annual meeting to be included on the official ballot. The Secretary shall be responsible for mailing, at least ten (10) days before the date of the annual meeting, a notice of the meeting, including a statement of the number of board members to be elected and the names and addresses of the candidates nominated by the committee or by petition.
ARTICLE III SECTION 1 Meeting of Members. The Annual Meeting of the members shall be held at such time and at such place within the area served by the Cooperative, as selected by the Board and which shall be designated in the notice of the meeting, for the purpose of electing board members, passing upon reports for the previous fiscal year and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
To the extent authorized by the Board, however, and subject to guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board, voting for each matter submitted to a vote of the Members at the Annual Meeting may be held on multiple days and at multiple locations within the area served by the Cooperative leading up to the Annual Meeting. The Board may elect to use such voting technology as is easily and economically available, provided that voting shall only occur in a manner which: (1) permits the Cooperative to verify that each Person participating in the Meeting is a Member; and (2) permits each Member only one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote of the Members at the Annual Meeting. Failure to hold the Annual Meeting at the designated time shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Cooperative. Failure to hold the Annual Meeting at the designated time shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Cooperative.