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EIGHTY YEARS AGO, SOMETHING OF INCREDIBLE HISTORICALvalue happened: Midwest and Stamford Electric Coopera-tives—which now form Big Country Electric Cooperative—were born. I think back and wonder about the context of theirformation: Why did this happen? For what reason were thesenew entities, electric cooperatives, formed in rural WestTexas? What was happening in the world to cause this to takeplace? What was the straw that broke the camel’s back, drivingchange? What was the problem that brought about this revolu-tionary establishment?

The problem was that there was no electricity here. Themunicipal and investor-owned utilities brought electricity tourban areas but saw the rural areas—ours included—as placesof little importance and little opportunity. These entities feltthat building electric lines to rural communities would not beprofitable and chose not to serve them. Electricity gave rise toindustrial, mechanical and, most notably, agricultural revolu-tions across the nation—but not in rural America.

The electric cooperative business model was the solution.Farmers, ranchers and other rural folks banded together toform a cooperative partnership: A business entity that wouldbe owned by those they served and would bring electricity torural West Texas.

Life was forever changed. The small communities of WestTexas banded together and began to benefit from the innova-tions that were changing the world—all because they couldhave electricity. Life began to flourish as modern electricityarrived in this land, which once was believed to hold littleimportance and little opportunity.

This is why Big Country EC is here today. Where would yoube—what would your life be like today—if those people hadn’tworked together to solve a problem 80 years ago?

Your co-op seeks not only to provide electricity but alsoimprove the communities we serve. We invest in the youngpeople of our communities because they are our future. Wehelp other cooperatives when disasters hit, whether the disas-ters are local, across the state or even across the country. Thecooperative community is large and, at the same time, smalland family-like.

This past year, Big Country EC sent crews to help JacksonElectric Cooperative in South Texas after Hurricane Harveyhit. One of the residents there saw our crew at work and recog-nized our logo; she had grown up in Roby. Her dad used to own

the service station on Highway 180 in Roby, which is nowowned by Big Country EC. She took the time to write to us andshared the impact it had on her seeing our crews helping. Younever know who you will impact when you help a neighbor,whether here at home or a few hundred miles away. I guess itreally is a small world after all.

Eighty years from now, I hope people continue to share thesame stories of how Big Country EC has made a difference andwill always choose to help when given the opportunity. Moreand more, I hope there are stories of humanity bandingtogether to solve problems.

We are proud to be part of your family’s history and lookforward to helping you write your future, in 2018 and the yearsto come.

Making a Difference for 80 YearsREPORT FROM D. MARK MCCLAIN, GENERAL MANAGER

bigcountry.coop18 Texas Co-op Power BIG COUNTRY EC April 2018

BIG COUNTRY EC BOARD OF DIRECTORS:95 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE

DICKIE SLOAN11 Years of Service

DISTRICT 1

MATT MUELLER11 Years of Service

DISTRICT 2

CARL MARUGG9 Years of Service

DISTRICT 3

CHRIS ESTES7 Years of Service

DISTRICT 4

ROGER BLACKWELDER16 Years of Service

DISTRICT 5

TODD COKER13 Years of Service

DISTRICT 6

STEVE MOORE12 Years of Service

DISTRICT 7

DANNY HELMS6 Years of Service

DISTRICT 8

DAVID BEAVER10 Years of Service

DISTRICT 9

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DIRECTOR DISTRICTS IN BCEC SERVICE AREA


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BIG COUNTRY EC EMPLOYEES:MORE THAN 757 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE

NAME OFFICE YEARSAldape, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Anders, Pete . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Arrendale, Chase . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Baez, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Baucom, Latrice . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Bohall, Robert. . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Cabrera, Dominic . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Castillo, Erika . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Cearley, Robbie. . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Clawson, Jakob. . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Claxton, James . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Coulter, Cody . . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Cronkright, Brittini . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Duniven, Arron . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Duniven, Will. . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Edmonds, Scott . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Fisher, Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Frausto, Baleria. . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Fuentes, Leticia. . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Gandy, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Garza, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NAME OFFICE YEARSGonzales, Ruben. . . . . . . . . . Stamford. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Goodgame, Eileen . . . . . . . . Roby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Guerra, Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Guynes, Redonna . . . . . . . . Snyder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Hinkle, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Hisey, Melinda . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Jones, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Key, Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Lane, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Lomas, Sylvia . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Macias, Cato . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Martinez, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7McArthur, Jeremy . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10McCarter, David . . . . . . . . . . Snyder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1McClain, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 McClintock, Cary . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 25McClintock, Cody . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3McIlwain, Eddy . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16McLen, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Niedert, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Pierce, Pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

NAME OFFICE YEARSPippin, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Ponder, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Powell, Richard . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Robles, Alfred . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Rogers, Jimmy Don . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Sanchez, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sanchez, John . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Sanchez, Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Scott, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sharrock, Fred. . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Smith, Colton . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Snead, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Snow, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Stegemoeller, Bailey . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mos.Thomson, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Van Mater, John . . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Vasquez, Gabriel. . . . . . . . . . Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Vega, Henry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Wade, Dickie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Weaver, Amanda . . . . . . . . . Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1



DISTRICT 7

STEVE MOORE, incumbent director andcandidate for District 7, and his wife,Reneé, live and farm in the Inadale com-munity in Scurry County. They have twodaughters, Leslie and Tara. They attendFirst Baptist Church in Snyder and havebeen members of Big Country ElectricCooperative since 1994.

Moore has served as a board member of Capital FarmCredit, Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association, TBWEFSteering Committee, Scurry County Farm Bureau, Pyco Indus-tries and Plains Agricultural Cooperative Council, and cur-rently serves as president of the Central Rolling Plains Co-op.

DISTRICT 9

DAVID BEAVER is an incumbent directorand candidate for District 9. Beaver andhis wife, Margaret, have two boys, Monteand Lance. Beaver attended Texas TechUniversity, graduating in 1979 with aBachelor of Science degree in ag educa-tion. From there, he returned to Fluvanna,where he is a farmer and rancher. Beaver

and his family have been members of Big Country ElectricCooperative since 1974 and are members of First UnitedMethodist Church of Snyder.

DISTRICT 8

DANNY HELMS, incumbent director andcandidate for District 8, and his wife,Janna, live in Rough Creek, where Dannywas born and raised. They have three chil-dren: son Josh and daughters Kendra andKeila. They also have four grandchildren.Helms and his family have been co-opmembers since 1977.

Helms attended Western Texas College and has worked forPlains Cotton Cooperative Association for 30 years, the last 12of which as regional manager of four cotton warehouse loca-tions in Rolling Plains and Lovington, New Mexico.

Helms currently serves as a director of the Texas Agricul-tural Cooperative Council and as a delegate to the NationalCotton Council, positions he has held for 12 and nine yearsrespectively.

JEFF FIELDS, candidate for District 8,moved to Snyder from Wink in 2010. Heand his wife, Renee, have been Big Coun-try Electric Cooperative members foreight years. They have three grown chil-dren and three grandchildren.

Fields is the maintenance supervisorfor the Kinder Morgan Gas Plant in Snyder

and has worked in gas plants all his life. He is also a deacon atColonial Hills Baptist Church in Snyder.

DWAINE WILLIAMS, candidate for District 8,and his wife, JoAnn, have been membersof Big Country Electric Cooperative since1968. They have a grown daughter and sonand four grandchildren and attend CalvaryBaptist Church in Snyder.

Williams has lived near Snyder most ofhis life and is now a semiretired stockman

and farmer. He was in the hog business for 20 years and raisedcattle and grew cotton. He has served on the Cogdell MemorialHospital and the Farmer’s Co-op Gin (Snyder) boards.

NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

REUNION DELOS MIEMBROS

Quisieramos que usted assista a la reunion annual que se sostendra en el coliseo deSnyder el 19 de abril. Comida a las 6 p.m., sequido por la reunion de negocia quecomenzara a las 7 p.m. Si usted o alguien que usted conosca necesita un interprete, porfavor de llamar antes de el dia 6 de abril a la oficina de Big Country Electric Cooperativepara que y uno sera disponible.



A MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS, ASprovided in Article VI, Section 6.06 of the bylaws ofBig Country Electric Cooperative, Inc., appointed bythe Board of Directors, was held at the office of saidCooperative in Roby, Texas on the 11th day of January2018 at 8:05 a.m.

The following members of the Committee onNominations present were: Mr. Bruce Noble, Mr. FrankGarcia, Mr. Lonnie Blackard, Mr. Max Jones, and Mr.Carl Burleson.

The Cooperative’s Vice President of Office Services,Linda Key provided information regarding the func-tions and terms of the Committee on Nominations.

Linda Key acted as temporary Chairperson andopened the nomination for Chairman of the Commit-tee on Nominations.

Mr. Lonnie Blackard nominated Mr. Carl Burleson asChairman of the committee. Motion was seconded byMr. Bruce Noble. Motion carried. Mr. Carl Burleson appointed Mrs.Linda Key as Recording Secretary of the committee.

After full and thorough discussion of the purpose of the Com-mittee on Nominations and; with only the members and recordingsecretary thereof shown above to be present and; upon a motionmade, seconded and unanimously adopted it was resolved: Thatthe following members of the Cooperative be nominated as candi-dates for a place on the Board of Directors, to be voted upon bythe members of the Cooperative at the next annual membershipmeeting on April 19, 2018:

District 7 Steve MooreDistrict 8 Jeff Fields

Danny Helms Dwaine Williams

District 9 David Beaver

The order in which the nominee’s name appears on the ballotwas determined by a blind draw where appropriate.

Having served the functions for which it was appointed andupon a motion made, seconded and unanimously adopted, theCommittee on Nominations was adjourned.

These minutes are to be presented and approved by Big Coun-try Electric Cooperative, Inc., Board of Directors at their next sched-uled meeting.

Bruce NobleFrank GarciaMax JonesCarl BurlesonLonnie Blackard

Candidates also may be nominated by petition.

2018 NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

From left: Carl Burleson, Bruce Noble, Frank Garcia, Max Jones and Lonnie Blackard.

We all lead very busy lives. It just seems like things go nonstop from the time we wakeup until we go to sleep. There never seems to be enough time to do all the things weneed to do. We understand that you may be unable to attend the Big Country ElectricCooperative annual meeting, but we still want you to vote!

Did you know that you can vote by proxy? All you have to do is fill out the proxyform on the inside back cover of this annual report and give it to a BCEC member whowill be attending the meeting. Ask them to vote for you just as you would if you couldattend. Please don’t mail in the form; only those represented at the meeting will becounted. We will draw for a $100 credit from all the proxy votes, so don’t miss yourchance to save some money on your electric bill!

Proxy voting is an easy way to participate in the future of your cooperative. After all,you are a member and your vote is important.

IF YOU CAN’TATTEND ANNUALMEETING, VOTE BY PROXY



BALANCE SHEETAS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

ASSETS—WHAT WE OWNUtility Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $97,300,819Less: Accumulated Depreciation—Lines, Buildings and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 36,246,642

Net Utility Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $61,054,177

Cash and InvestmentsCash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 548,953 Other Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,045,798

Total Cash and Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,594,751

Accounts Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,653,308 Materials and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,918Deferred Debits and Other Assets. . . . . . . . . . 1,053,771

Total Other Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,242,997

Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $86,891,925

LIABILITIES—WHAT WE OWELong-Term Debt—Total Amount Borrowed and Deferred Interest . . . . . . . . . . $36,555,229

Other Liabilities and CreditsDeferred Credits and Other Liabilities . . . . . $ 1,957,763Short-Term Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880,037 Due to Suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006,320

Total Other Liabilities and Credits . . . . . . $ 5,844,120

MEMBERS’ EQUITY—OUR NET WORTHMembership Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,660 Patronage Capital and Other Equities . . . . . . 44,372,916

Total Members’ Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,492,576

Total Liabilities and Members’ Equity . . . . . . $86,891,925

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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 2017 2016

Average Monthly Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $180.41 $162.63KWh Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,412,601 234,291,184Revenue per kWh Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.1169 $0.1069 KWh Purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,031,384 254,256,500Percent Line Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6% 7.9%Average kWh per Bill per Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543 1,522Plant Investment per Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,588 $7,376Net Change in Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $651,648 $2,679,848Consumers per Mile of Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4Average Number of Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,823 12,829Total Miles of Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,311 5,303

Revenue from the sale of our services amounted to $28,753,942

WHERE IT CAME FROMFarm and Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,072,447 35.03% Commercial and Industrial . . . . . . . . 15,757,571 54.80%Irrigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969,272 3.37%Miscellaneous Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . 962,210 3.35%Total Operating Revenue . . . . . . . . . $27,761,500 96.55%

Nonoperating Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . 131,880 0.46%Other Capital Credits

and Patronage Dividends . . . . . . . 860,562 2.99%

Total Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,753,942 100.00%

To supply these services it cost a total of $27,202,798

WHERE IT WENTPurchased Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,925,119 51.91%Operations and Administration . . . . 7,654,328 26.62%Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,122,599 10.86%Interest and Other Deductions. . . . . 1,482,414 5.16%Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,338 0.06%Total Operating Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,202,798 94.61%

Operating Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,702 1.94%Other Capital Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860,562 2.99%Nonoperating Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,880 0.46%

Total Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,551,144 5.39%

STATEMENT OF INCOMEAS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

OTHER CAPITAL CREDITS AND PATRONAGE

DIVIDENDS 2.99%

MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRIC 3.35%

NONOPERATING REVENUE 0.46%

IRRIGATION3.37%

COMMERCIAL ANDINDUSTRIAL 54.80%

FARM AND HOME35.03%

NONOPERATING MARGINS 0.46%

INTEREST AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS 5.16%

OTHER CAPITALCREDITS 2.99%

DEPRECIATION10.86%

OPERATING MARGINS 1.94%

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 26.62%

PURCHASED POWER51.91%

TAXES0.06%



THE 2017 ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS WAS CALLED BY ALLdirectors in writing, and on official notice of the annual membershipmeeting was mailed to members March 28, 2017. April 20, 2017, wasthe date chosen and the meeting was held at the Rotan HighSchool, Rotan, Texas, in compliance with Article 5 of the Bylaws ofBig Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Following a barbecue meal with 487 in attendance, SarahMcLen, Key Accounts Executive for Big Country Electric Coopera-tive, Inc., acted as Master of Ceremonies and called the annualmeeting of the members of the Cooperative into session at 7:03p.m. April 20, 2017. Mike Snead gave the invocation and JanaMorales sang the National Anthem.

The meeting was turned over to Mr. Roger Blackwelder, Presi-dent of the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Annual Meeting.Chairman Blackwelder called the Annual Business Meeting of BigCountry Electric Cooperative, Inc. to order at 7:07 p.m.

Chairman Blackwelder introduced Mr. Mark McClain, GeneralManager of Big Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. who introducedSpecial Guests, Board of Directors, and recognized employees. Gen-eral Manager McClain gave the manager’s report.

Mr. David Beaver, Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors,presented the Notice of Annual Meeting of Members and the Proofof Mailing. Mr. Beaver stated that notice of the meeting was mailedto 5,413 members March 28, 2017. The original Secretary’s Certifi-cate of Mailing of the notice is attached to these minutes.

The registration clerk for the meeting reported 259 membersofficially registered, and Mr. Beaver, on being so advised, declared aquorum of the membership present for the transaction of businessof the Cooperative. Mr. Beaver stated such quorum being present incompliance with Article 5, Section 5.04, of the Bylaws of the Coop-erative, and further requested for a motion to dispense with thereading of the 2016 Annual Meeting minutes. A motion was madeby Mike Valadez and seconded by Norman Ashford to dispensewith the reading of the minutes. There was no opposition, and themotion carried.

Mr. Beaver briefly reviewed the Balance Sheet and Statement ofIncome as of December 31, 2016. He then gave a brief report on the2016 Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Capital Credit Retirements.

Mr. Beaver relinquished the meeting to Attorney, Don Richardsto conduct new business and the election. Mr. Richards informedthe members that the Bylaws under Article 6, Section 6.06, made itmandatory upon the board to appoint a Committee on Nominationsand that in compliance with the Bylaws; the Board of Directors hadappointed such committee. Committee members serving were:

Mr. David Hudnall Mr. Scott Van PoppelMr. Terry Scherwitz Mr. Steve DevaneyMr. Ted Kral Mr. Marvin McDuff

The Board of Directors declared the nominations of the commit-tee in order. The Cooperative’s attorney presented the report of theCommittee on Nominations, and the report was ordered attachedto these minutes. The Committee on Nominations placed in nomi-nation the following members for the purpose of electing three (3)directors as successors to the directors whose terms expire thisannual meeting, and to hold office for the term of 3 years and/oruntil their successors shall be elected and shall qualify.

For Director District 4: Christopher Estes (incumbent) For Direc-tor District 5: Roger Blackwelder (incumbent) For Director District6: Todd Coker (incumbent)

Mr. Richards clearly outlined to the members their rights tomake nominations by 1) the Committee on Nominations and 2) thefiling of a petition bearing the names of at least 25 members incompliance with the Bylaws.

Mr. Richards stated that since there was no other candidate run-ning against Mr. Christopher Estes for District 4, Mr. Roger Black-welder for District 5, and Mr. Todd Coker for District 6, that themembers could elect them by acclamation. He entertained a motionfor the elections of Mr. Christopher Estes for District 4, Mr. RogerBlackwelder for District 5, and Mr. Todd Coker for District 6. A motionwas made by Annie Carey and seconded by Emiliano Cisneros toelect Mr. Christopher Estes for District 4, Mr. Roger Blackwelder forDistrict 5, and Mr. Todd Coker for District 6 by acclamation. There wasno opposition, and the motion carried. Mr. Richards then duly pro-nounced Mr. Christopher Estes for District 4, Mr. Roger Blackwelderfor District 5, and Mr. Todd Coker for District 6.

Mr. Richards relinquished the meeting to Chairman Blackwelder.Mr. Blackwelder then gave the President’s report.

Mr. Blackwelder introduced Mr. John Eichelmann, Golden SpreadElectric Cooperative Vice President, Member Services and then pre-sented a short video of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative to themembers.

Mr. Blackwelder asked for new or additional business. Therebeing no further business to come before the membership, Chair-man Blackwelder adjourned the 2017 Annual Meeting at 8:31 p.m.

Roger Blackwelder, President David Beaver, Secretary

MINUTES OF 2017 ANNUAL MEETING

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