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In accordance with Article IV, Section 5, of West Florida Electric Cooperative’s (WFEC) bylaws, WFEC has appointed a nominating committee to identify interested and qualified members to be candidates for the Board of Trustees in the co-op’s upcoming elections. WFEC’s members will elect trustees to represent the following districts:

District 4: That part of Jackson County lying west of Marshall Creek, west of the Chipola River, north of U.S. Hwy. 90 and east of Holmes Creek.
District 5: That part of Jackson County south of U.S. Hwy. 90 and west of the Chipola River.
District 6: That part of Washington County served by the cooperative.
District 8: That portion of Holmes County lying west of State Road 177 and lying west of State Road 79, from the junction of State Road 177 and State Road 79 to the south county line of Holmes County and east of the Choctawhatchee River.

To be eligible to serve as a trustee, a person must be a bona fide WFEC member residing in the respective district and meet certain other requirements set forth in WFEC’s bylaws. Desired qualifications include the ability to become bonded, the capability of receiving and sending electronic mail transmissions and successfully meeting all requirements to become a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director within 36 months. All candidates must agree to abide by Board Policy No. 126: Board Election Campaign Policy. Any WFEC member living in Districts 4, 5, 6, or 8 who are interested in running should contact a committee member in the appropriate district. All completed documents must be mailed or delivered to the Graceville office and submitted to Penny Bryan or her designee by noon on February 24. The deadline for submitting nominations by petitions is also February 24 at noon.

Please note that those candidates running in District 8 will serve the remaining one-year term for that district and will run again in next year’s election.

The following are the names and telephone numbers of the nominating committee members: