HUGHESVILLE, MD - Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) will host its 70th Annual Members’ Meeting on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, on the lawn at the Cooperative’s Hughesville Headquarters. Registration begins at 3 p.m. and will end promptly at 7 p.m. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., rain or shine.
At the Annual Meeting, members will vote for candidates running for five available seats on SMECO’s Board of Directors. In Calvert County, director Nancy W. Zinn is running for re-election to the one available seat. In Charles County, incumbent director John H. Bloom is running for one available seat. Director Daniel W. Dyer is running for re-election to the one available seat in Prince George’s County. Incumbent directors J. Douglas Frederick and Joseph V. Stone, Jr. and candidate Mary Ellen (Gilbert) Tancreto are running for two available seats in St. Mary’s County.
All Co-op members, regardless of their county of residence, may vote for directors from all counties. Details of the meeting, along with candidate biographies, are published in SMECO’s Annual Meeting Notice, which was mailed to members on July 28. The notice is also available on SMECO’s Web site at www.smeco.coop.
Customer-members who are unable to attend the meeting may request an absentee mail-in ballot before August 15, 2007. To request a mail-in ballot, call 1-888-440-3311, extension 4722, or fill out the online form at www.smeco.coop. Completed ballots must be returned by mail by August 27.
All members who vote will be eligible to win a $35 credit to their SMECO electric bill; 50 winners will be selected at random. Members must be present to win a grand prize. The four grand prizes include three U.S. savings bonds and one well-traveled SMECO vehicle.
SMECO will serve free water, soft drinks, and ice cream from 3 to 7 p.m. to those attending the meeting. Hot dogs and nachos will be offered for sale, with proceeds to be donated to the Southern Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross. Entertainment will be provided by the Country Memories band from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m., and SMECO personnel will conduct a Hot Line demonstration at 6 p.m. to educate customers about electricity and safety. Representatives from local energy assistance agencies will have information available. Co-op trucks and other apparatus will be on display, and customers can enroll in SMECO’s new CoolSentry program until the meeting begins at 7 p.m.
For more information about SMECO’s Annual Members’ Meeting, visit the Cooperative’s Web site at www.smeco.coop.
The Calvert Independent
