IREA Voices - Monthly Board Meeting and Other News

[Michael Chiodo]

Monthly Board Meeting

 

The IREA Board of Directors will be meeting on Tuesday, April 7th, at 10:00 AM at the Sedalia Headquarters.  Arrive by 9:45 AM to check in.  This will be the final meeting of the current board of directors.

 

 

Election Process

 

I have received a number of emails asking questions about the election process, so I thought I would explain to everyone what I understand to be the process going forward.

 

You may have noticed that the ballots get mailed back to IREA.  Employees at IREA are tasked the responsibility to safeguard the returned ballots until the Annual Meeting on April 18th.  At the end of the meeting (at which final votes can be cast), the ballots will be turned over to a third party for counting.  This will take place starting Monday, April 20th, and will most likely run for three days.  All of the candidates are allowed to oversee the counting.

 

Final tallies for all election districts should be announced on Thursday, April 23rd, as long as everything goes according to schedule.

 

 

Volunteers Needed

 

Now that the bulk of campaigning is over, IREA Voices is looking for volunteers to help with clerical work that needs to be addressed.  Please email me if you are interested in helping.

 

 

Annual Meeting

 

The annual meeting of IREA (your three minutes per year to publicly address your co-op) will be held Saturday, April 18th, at 10:00 AM in Woodland Park.  You must arrive by 9:00 AM to register if you would like to speak.  Be aware that if you attend the annual meeting and voted by mail-in ballot, your mailed ballot will be discarded. and you will be required to re-cast your vote before the meeting begins.

 

Woodland Park is in district 3, west of Colorado Springs, on Highway 24.  If member-owners are interested in car-pooling to the annual meeting, please email me with your location, and we will try to connect parties together.

 

 

Thank you to all the Voices who got involved in one way or another to get the word out about the elections,

 

Michael Chiodo