Director Elections

2024 Director Elections

Overview:

Members of Sawnee EMC have the unique right and privilege to determine who represents them in the affairs of the Cooperative as members of its Board of Directors. This right is supported in the Corporation’s Bylaws and in the principles of our cooperative business structure.

Sawnee EMC has nine (9) members of its Board of Directors, one (1) from each directorate geographical district that exists throughout Sawnee’s service area, of which three (3) are up for consideration each year.
 

Summary of 2024 Activities - As of September 5, 2024: 

The terms of service for the three (3) SEMC Directorate Districts that are expiring in 2024 are listed below, as well as the results of the actions that have occurred in each of these directorate districts.

• District #1 (Birmingham)
  Given the action taken by the Committee on Nominations (see minutes) for District #1 (Birmingham), and with the passing of the deadline date for petitions, and as outlined in Sawnee’s Bylaws Article 4, Section 4.09, the Committee’s nominee, Mr. Roger Coker, was deemed to be elected by the members of this directorate district and no district meeting will occur.
   
• District #6 (Matt)
  Given the action taken by the Committee on Nominations (see minutes) for District #6 (Matt), and with the passing of the deadline date for petitions, and as outlined in Sawnee’s Bylaws Article 4, Section 4.09, the Committee’s nominee, Mr. Tim Heard, was deemed to be elected by the members of this directorate district and no district meeting will occur.
   
• District #4 (Dougherty)
  The Committee on Nominations (see minutes) for District #4 (Dougherty) placed the name of Mr. Gary Porter in nomination for the office of director. Separately, the Directorate District Meeting Credentials and Election Committee received, and found to be valid, a petition from Mr. John Taylor for this district (see Official Notice of Petitions Received), thus requiring the members of District #4 (Dougherty) to determine the person to represent them on Sawnee’s Board of Directors.
  
  The Directorate District Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The results of the District #4 (Dougherty) election were as follows:
   

  CANDIDATE	NO. OF VOTES CAST	% OF VOTES
  Mr. Gary Porter	225	89%
  Mr. John Taylor	28	11%
  TOTALS	253	100.00%

  As a result of the ballots cast, and effective immediately, Mr. Gary Porter is now deemed to be the seated director for District #4 (Dougherty).

 

Future Directorate District Meeting Activities:

Below you will find the dates for the upcoming Directorate District meetings:

What Directorate District Am I In?

If you do not know which SEMC directorate district you are assigned to, use the “District Assignment” tool to the right of this text or contact us and we will be happy to advise you of your assignment.

Additional Information:

More information relating to Sawnee EMC’s 2024 director election(s) and District Meeting(s) will be placed at this site as the process progresses throughout the year.

On the right side of this page are links to useful information relating to the various 2024 director election and district meeting activities.

Questions?

Please feel free to contact Blake House, SEMC’s Vice President of Member Services, at 678-455-1510 or by email at blake.house@sawnee.coop if you have questions about the 2024 District Meeting activities, Sawnee EMC’s Director Election process or any information contained at this site.