Join us for the 2025 virtual Annual Meeting of the Members on June 25 at 11:00 a.m.!
The election for the East-Central Iowa REC Board of Directors will get underway on May 23, when voting opens, and continue until June 23. All votes—online and mail-in—MUST be received by June 23.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Members will be held virtually via Zoom. Members will have the option to cast their ballot online or via mail.
The core purpose and mission of East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative is to provide our members with safe, reliable, and environmentally friendly electricity. We rely on our resilience and the commitment of our team to fulfill this goal, no matter what challenges arise. Above all, we are dedicated to putting our membership first, and we remain motivated to serve our communities. We thank you for your trust and support.
ECI REC would like to acknowledge this year's Nominating Committee, which met with ECI REC's management team in February. Thank you to: District 1, Bob Hanson; District 2, Peggy Bearbower; District 3, Clint Sandburg; District 4, John Frazier; District 6, Don Shonka; District 8, Randy Merkel; District 9, Gary Maurer; and District 10, Carl Dodge.
Virtual Annual Meeting of the Members
Meeting Agenda: June 25, 2025
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10:30 a.m. – Login opens, click this link to join the Zoom meeting: TBD
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JOIN Zoom Meeting URL: Coming soon
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Meeting ID: Coming soon
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Passcode: Coming soon
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11:00 a.m. – Business meeting begins
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2024 Annual Report (link)
Order of Business:
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Introduction of Directors - Steve Rau, President
- Reading of Affidavit of Mailing of Notice of Annual Meeting - Julie Kester, Secretary/Treasurer
- Reading of the Notice of Annual Meeting - Julie Kester, Secretary/Treasurer
- Approval of Agenda (Annual Meeting Program) - Julie Kester, Secretary/Treasurer
- Minutes of Last Annual Meeting - Julie Kester, Secretary/Treasurer
- Introduction of Attorney- Steve Rau, President
- Reading of the Nominating Committee Minutes - Amanda James, Attorney
- Election Results - Amanda James, Attorney
- Adjournment of Business Meeting
Annual Meeting Mailing Materials Drops on May 23, 2025*
- 2025 Notice of Annual Meeting of Members (link)
- 2025 Know Your Director - Candidate Biographies (link)
- 2025 Voting Guide and Ballot sample (link)
*ECI REC partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems to administer the 2025 Annual Meeting mailing and ballot validation processes. They will tabulate all the ballots, both paper and online.
2025 Prizes for Voters and Attendees
- 12 $50 credits to be digitally selected from members who vote;
- Two grand prizes will be given away this year. We will randomly select a winner for one of two $100 bill credits from two pools of members - one name will be randomly chosen from the pool of members who join the virtual meeting, and the other from the pool of members who submit a ballot.