Important Election Dates

• Annual Meeting Date - will be set by Board resolution at least 120 days prior to the annual meeting date - September 25, 2008.

• Notice of meeting must go to members not earlier than 40 days prior or later than 20 days prior to meeting - August 16-September 5, 2008.

• Director applications should be filed not less than 60 days or more than 80 days prior to meeting - July 7-July 28, 2008.

• Posting the list of candidates at the office of cooperative should be at least 56 days prior to meeting - July 31, 2008.

• Candidates will draw for places on ballot at attorney’s office at least 52 days prior to meeting - August 4, 2008.

• Sample ballot posted at all cooperative buildings at least 28 days prior to meeting - August 28, 2008.

• Secretary shall mail notice of the meeting with ballots listing candidates not less than 20 days prior and including day of meeting - September 5, 2008.

• Election Committee appointed ten days prior to annual meeting - September 15, 2008.

• Mail in ballots counted only if received in election post office box the day before the meeting - September 24, 2008.

• Protest of the election should be filed within 3 working days after the meeting - October 1, 2008.

• Committee shall reconvene concerning the protest within seven days after protest is filed – date will depend on when protest filed.

• After committee meeting where they hear the arguments, they have 3 days to either affirm the election or set it aside.

• Runoffs in the event of a tie…new ballots will be mailed out within seven days of the election - October 2, 2008.

• Only votes that count are those submitted to the election post office box within 20 days of the mailing – October 22, 2008.

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