The following bylaw pertains to the nomination of Jasper County REMC directors. The complete set of bylaws can be reviewed on our website at www.jasperremc.com. If you would like a set of bylaws mailed to you, we can accommodate that request.
NOMINATIONS
(a) Manner of Making Nominations. Not less than one hundred fifty (150) days before the date of a meeting of the members at which directors are to be elected, the Board of Directors shall appoint the Committee on Nominations consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than eleven (11) members with at least one (1) member from each of the three (3) districts. With the exception of a retiring director, no officer or member of the Board of Directors shall be appointed a member of such Director nomination bylaws.
The following bylaw pertains to the nomination of Jasper County REMC directors. The complete set of bylaws can be reviewed on our website at www.jasperremc.com. If you would like a set of bylaws mailed to you, we can accommodate that request.
COMMITTEE
The President of the Board of Directors and the General Manager shall provide the Committee on Nominations with procedural instructions and any other information that the Committee requires for its duties. The Committee on Nominations shall contact the members whose names are to be placed in nomination and obtain their consent for such action. The Committee on Nominations shall nominate at least one (1) qualified member for each directorate position pending election at the next annual meeting of the members. The committee shall prepare and post at the principal office of the Cooperative at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the meeting, a list of nominations for the directorate positions. Any thirty (30) or more members may make other nominations in writing over their signature not less than ninety (90) days prior to the annual meeting, and provided the Committee on Nominations finds such nominee is qualified to stand for election and has submitted a petition that meets the requirements of these bylaws, the Secretary shall post the same at the place where the list of nominations made by the committee is posted. The Secretary shall mail to each member at least ten (10) days before the meeting a statement of the number of directors to be elected, the nominee(s) designated by the Committee on Nominations and separately nominations made by petition, if any. Nominations from the floor shall not be permitted. The members may, at any meeting at which a director or directors shall be removed, as provided in these Bylaws, elect a successor or successors thereto without compliance with the foregoing provisions with respect to nominations. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall not affect in any manner whatsoever the validity of any election of directors.
