Nomination Committee Meeting
April 8, 2009

The CVEC Director Nomination Committee will meet at 2 PM on April 8, 2009 to select one candidate from each of the three districts in the CVEC service territory to stand for election at the Cooperatives Annual Meeting in June of this year.

Here is information from the CVEC Bylaws regarding how Directors may be nominated:
SECTION 4.4 - Director Nominations. Director candidates shall be nominated as follows:
A. Nominating Committee Nominations. The Board shall appoint a Nominating Committee consisting of not less than five nor more than eleven Members who shall be selected so as to give equitable representation on the committee to the Cooperative Service Area (“Nominating Committee”). Nominating Committee members may not be existing, or a Close Relative of an existing, Cooperative Director, Officer, employee, agent, representative, or known Director candidate. At least Seventy-five days prior to the Member Meeting at which Members are scheduled to elect Directors, the Nominating Committee shall:

1. Nominate at least one individual to run for election for each Director position for which Members are scheduled to vote at the Member Meeting (“Nominating Committee Nominations”); and

2. Post the Nominating Committee Nominations at the Cooperative's principal office. The Cooperative will publish the Nominating Committee Nominations in the Cooperative's
Member Meeting notice according to the provisions of Section 3.3. The Cooperative may reasonably compensate or reimburse Nominating Committee members as determined by the Board.
B. Member Petition Nominations. Members may nominate additional individuals to run for election for any Director position for which Members are scheduled to vote at any Member Meeting (“Member Petition Nominations”). Members may make Member Petition Nominations by delivering to the Cooperative at least seventy-five days prior to the Member Meeting in writing for each Member Petition Nomination (“Member Petition”):

1. Listing the name of the Member Petition Nominee:

2. Indicating the Director position for which the Member Petition Nominee will run; and

3. Containing the printed names, addresses, Cooperative service account number, telephone numbers, and original signatures, of at least one hundred of the Members.
After verifying that a Member Petition complies with this Bylaw, the Cooperative shall post the Member Petition Nomination in approximately the same location as the Nominating Committee Nominations and publish the Member Petition Nomination in the Cooperative's Member Meeting notice.
C. Notice of Director Nominations. At least thirty days prior to any Member Meeting at which Members are scheduled to elect Directors, the Cooperative shall notify Members of the:

1. Director positions for which Members are scheduled to vote;

2. Names and corresponding Director positions of all Nominating Committee Nominations; and

3. Names and corresponding Director positions of all Member Petition Nominations.
D. Floor Nominations. Members may nominate additional individuals from the floor to run for election for any Director position for which Members are scheduled to vote at any Member Meeting (“Floor Nominations”).