Directors re-elected at Tri-County annual meeting

COUDERSPORT (July 11, 2009) -- Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative members returned three incumbents to the cooperative board of directors during the utility’s 73rd Annual Meeting Saturday, July 11, at the Coudersport Consistory.

Tri-County members re-elected Gerald A. Kite of Keating Summit, James R. Davis of Elkland and Alston A. Teeter of Milan to represent Districts 1, 4 and 7, respectively.

All three incumbents ran unopposed and were unanimously elected. Directors are elected to three-year terms.

About 435 members and guests attended the annual meeting, during which they heard election results, as well as business reports from cooperative President and Chief Executive Officer Craig Eccher and outgoing board Chairman James Davis.

Guest speaker Dave Rowe, retired manager of member services for Randolph (N.C.) Electric Membership Corporation and a former professional football player, provided colorful anecdotes about his playing days at Penn State University, as well as his 13-year career in the National Football League.

A defensive tackle on the Oakland Raiders’ 1977 Super Bowl XI championship team, Rowe circulated his Super Bowl ring through the auditorium for cooperative members to view.

He also spoke of his post-NFL career as a 29-year employee of a rural electric cooperative in North Carolina.

During a reorganizational meeting that immediately followed the annual meeting, Barbara J. Seeley of Roseville was elected board chairwoman. Nicholas Reitter of Genesee was elected vice-chairman of the board, and Alston Teeter was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

Unlike investor-owned utilities, Tri-County is a non-profit organization, owned by its consumer-members. A democratic organization by nature, the cooperative conducts an annual meeting each July to update members on the progress made during the year and to conduct director elections.

Annual meetings also provide members with the opportunity to offer input and voice concerns before the board of directors and management staff.

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