Caution: Elves at work

They’re busy here in December–and year-round.

From the dawn of their exis­tence, coop­er­a­tives have been char­ac­ter­ized as “large enough to serve you; small enough to know you.” I believe that’s an apt descrip­tion of YEC. The YEC employ­ee team prides itself in deliv­er­ing qual­i­ty ser­vice. Our orga­ni­za­tion pos­sess­es the per­son­nel, facil­i­ties, equip­ment and mis­sion to ensure that our mem­bers are served well.

Trips to the pole(s)

One way we serve you well is by keep­ing our dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem in good shape. Aging infra­struc­ture, such as poten­tial­ly decay­ing util­i­ty poles, is one of many areas YEC focus­es on annu­al­ly. Your coop­er­a­tive is res­olute in pre­serv­ing sys­tem infra­struc­ture, in each and every sea­son.

In Decem­ber, when thoughts turn to the North Pole and a cer­tain jol­ly, old elf, we’ll have some busy elves com­plet­ing our rou­tine pole main­te­nance and inspec­tions for 2014. They’ll be in and around the Ogden area along Dun­lap Roddey and Long Mead­ow roads. Then they’ll head to the Har­mo­ny area and inspect poles around and along the major roads of Canal, Kil­lian, Lib­er­ty Hill, Pitts, Row­ells, and por­tions of Reser­va­tion as well as along High­ways 21 and 5. The process should take two months to com­plete, depend­ing on weath­er.

A rite of spring

Speak­ing of tra­di­tions, please high­light Sat­ur­day, May 9, on your 2015 cal­en­dar and plan to attend our 74th Annu­al Meet­ing. Oth­er elves here are hard at work plan­ning this fun-filled day. They’ve already reserved a $15 pow­er bill cred­it for all mem­bers who reg­is­ter and are present.

The meet­ing gives us the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to know you bet­ter. Your role in YEC is essen­tial! Please review the Annu­al Meet­ing bylaw excerpts below per­tain­ing to nom­i­na­tions of trustees and let us know if you have any ques­tions.

Bylaw excerpts—Article IV Trustees, Sec­tion 4.06 Nom­i­na­tions:

Not less than nine­ty (90) days pri­or to the meet­ing, nom­i­na­tions may be made by twen­ty-five (25) or more mem­bers of the coop­er­a­tive in writ­ing over their sig­na­tures on an explic­it peti­tion doc­u­ment list­ing their nominee(s) in like man­ner. This doc­u­ment must be obtained from the coop­er­a­tive no more than one hun­dred twen­ty (120) days pri­or to the Annu­al Meet­ing and must be spe­cif­ic to each dis­trict. In addi­tion to the required peti­tion, can­di­dates must attend a Board-devel­oped edu­ca­tion­al pro­gram on Coop­er­a­tive his­to­ry, oper­a­tions and gov­er­nance not less than six­ty (60) days pri­or to the next Annu­al Meet­ing, or have a min­i­mum of three (3) years of ser­vice as an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive Trustee. The edu­ca­tion­al require­ment will be offered at the Coop­er­a­tive on two (2) spec­i­fied dates pri­or to the Annu­al Meet­ing.

The Sec­re­tary shall mail to the mem­bers with the notice of the meet­ing, or sep­a­rate­ly, but at least ten (10) days pri­or to the date of the meet­ing, a com­plete state­ment of the names and address­es of all nom­i­nees for each Trustee Dis­trict from or with respect to which one or more Trustees must be elect­ed, show­ing clear­ly those who have com­plet­ed the edu­ca­tion­al require­ment and those who have com­plet­ed a min­i­mum of three (3) years of ser­vice as an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive Trustee.

The Sec­re­tary shall post in like man­ner such nom­i­na­tions at the Coop­er­a­tive offices six­ty (60) days pri­or to the next Annu­al Meet­ing.

With 2014 rapid­ly com­ing to a close, I want to extend best wish­es for the hol­i­days. The YEC fam­i­ly of employ­ees eager­ly looks for­ward to serv­ing you well in 2015. After all, it’s our tra­di­tion.