ECI REC's Board of Directors selected members from their individual districts to serve on our Nominating Committee. The committee’s purpose is to nominate one to two East-Central Iowa REC members to be placed on the ballot as candidates for the open Board seats, which will be voted on at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Members.

Nominating Committee members, pictured left to right: Carl Dodge (District 10), Bob Hanson (District 1), Clint Sandburg (District 3), Peggy Bearbower (District 2), Gary Maurer (District 9), and Randy Merkel (District 8). Present virtually via Zoom: Ernie Henderson (District 6) and John Frazier (District 4).

This year, there are three positions up for election. On Thursday, February 15, 2024, the Nominating Committee met at Urbana Administrative Headquarters to review and confirm the candidates. Below are the results outlined in the report of the Nominating Committee.

The Nominating Committee of East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative, duly appointed by the Board of Directors, hereby nominates the following members of the Cooperative for the office of director, all to be elected at the meeting to be held June 26, 2024.