Nominating petitions will be available on February 22, 2018 for the June 7, 2018 director election.

The following member/owners were nominated by the Board and have agreed to serve on the 2018 Credentials Committee: Herb Aden, Newman; Dale Gillette, Chatsworth; Terry Kaeb, Hoopeston; Roy Johnson, Penfield; and Mark Waldbeser, Loda.

The Credentials Committee will meet at Eastern Illini’s headquarters in Paxton on Thursday, April 12, 2018, to review the qualifications of all candidates who file nominating petitions to determine their eligibility to serve as an Eastern Illini director.

Directors in Directorate Districts 3, 4, and 6 will be elected at Eastern Illini’s Annual Meeting on June 7, 2018.
Incumbent directors Steve Meenen of Melvin, District 3; Bruce Ristow of Cissna Park, District 4: and Brad Ludwig of Fithian, District 6, have indicated they will seek reelection.

Nominating petitions can be picked up beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative, 330 W. Ottawa, Paxton. Each co-op member who desires to be elected to the Board of Directors must have a petition signed by not less than 25 members of the cooperative. Petitions must be filed at Eastern Illini’s headquarters in Paxton by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6, 2018.

The nominating process is conducted in accordance with the following provision of the EIEC bylaws, Article III, Section 3.5: Nominations: Any member of the Cooperative in good standing who desires to be elected to its Board of Directors may be nominated by petition signed by not less than 25 members and filed with the Secretary/Treasurer of the Cooperative not less than sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting of members. Nominations from the floor shall not be permitted. The Secretary/Treasurer of the Cooperative shall cause to be prepared and posted at the principal office of the Cooperative at least forty-five (45) days before the annual meeting, a list of the nominations for Directors thus filed with him or her.

A specimen ballot marked “Ballot for Directors” containing the names and addresses of all nominees listed in the order determined by lot conducted by the Board of Directors of the Cooperative shall be printed in or mailed with the notice of the meeting. The Secretary/Treasurer shall also have printed in or mailed with the said notice of the meeting or separately not less than seven (7) days prior to said annual meeting, a statement of the number of directors to be elected and the district from which they are to be elected.

 Eastern Illini’s Board is made up of co-op member/owners just like you.                                                                 Pictured, from left to right, are board members Steve Gordon (Rantoul), Brad Ludwig                                            (Fithian), Chad Larimore (Bememt), Harold Loy (Beaverville), Jay Hageman (Fairmont),                                      Kevin Moore (Hoopeston), Steve Meenen (Melvin), Tom Schlatter (Chairman from                                                Chatsworth), and Bruce Ristow (Cissna Park).