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LAST ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (2008)

SWTEC ANNUAL MEETING 2009

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LAST SWTEC ANNUAL MEETING (Aug-2008)  

A warm evening with a light breeze made almost perfect conditions for Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative's 63rd Annual Meeting.  A crowd of over 950 enjoyed a barbecue meal with all the trimmings at 7:00 p.m.  The business meeting began at 8:00 pm with State Representative Harvey Hilderbran from Kerrville being introduced   Representative Hilderbran spoke briefly to the crowd, praising Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative’s management team for taking care of business.

Hilderbran continued with reassuring news that Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst along with the Legislative Budget Board have committed to providing reimbursement to Schleicher county for unexpected expensed incurred as a result of the YFZ raid early in the year Hilderbran noted that Texas’s economy was doing pretty darn good in comparison to the nation, noting Texas’ two billion dollar surplus.  Representative Hilderbran went on to discuss the abundance of wind energy in Texas and our likely domination of that renewable resource.  Referencing the fact that the wind doesn’t always blow, he suggested our ready availability of natural gas as a backup to help solve our (state) energy problems.

Board President Steve Williams took a few minutes to report on Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative’s continued effort to secure generation assets for the membership.  He informed the members that wind continues to offer promise for our energy challenges.  Williams went on to speak of the importance of pooling with our fellow Golden Spread Cooperative members to secure our own power generation assets, noting that purchasing power on the spot market can be very expensive.

Williams continued by discussing the recent Public Utility Commission of Texas’ plan to build transmission power lines in West Texas in order to move power produced by the numerous wind farms back to the Metroplex. Williams noted that at times the existing wind turbines do not have a place to go with their power because of transmission line congestion

Jerry Johnson, board secretary, read the proof of notice and declared a quorum for the annual meeting.  Mr. Johnson reported a total of 223 members had registered by the beginning of the business session.  The minutes from the 2007 meeting were approved as reported in the annual report.

Buff Whitten, General Manager of Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative, reminded everyone that as a member, they own the cooperative. Whitten encouraged the members to review the financial data located in the annual report and to call their cooperative if they would like any additional information. He concluded by informing members if they were interested in small, home wind generators, to please contact the cooperative prior to any purchase decisions so we can provide them with information. Whitten then turned the meeting over to Attorney, Tom Gregg, for the election of directors.  After informing the members of the bylaws provision regarding elections, he asked nominating committee chairperson June Heck to give the nominating committee report.

Andrea Meador, daughter of Gloria Safont and Stan Meador drew for over 50 donated door prizes. J.B. Miller of Ozona won the grand prize,
a 27-inch color television.

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