Bylaw: Article I: Membership
Section 1. Requirements for Membership.
Any person, firm, association, corporation, legal entity, or body politic or subdivision thereof may become a Member of Central Rural Electric Cooperative, (hereinafter referred to as the “Cooperative”) upon receipt of Cooperative services from the Cooperative, provided that he/she, or it, has first:
(d) paid the membership fee specified by the Board of Trustees; and
(e) executed and delivered to the Cooperative grants of easement or right-of-way on or over such lands owned by the Members, and in accordance with such reasonable terms and conditions, as the Cooperative shall require for the furnishing of electric service to him or other Members, or for the construction operation and maintenance, or the relocation of the Cooperative’s electric facilities.;and
(f) the Cooperative accepts the Membership upon compliance of all terms.
The Cooperative accepts the Membership upon the delivery of service....
Bylaw: Article IV: Trustees
Section 2. Tenure of Office
Each Trustee shall be elected at a district Member meeting held in the district he/she will represent, by and from the Members of the district, to serve until the conclusion of the annual meeting in his or her third year in office or until his or her successor shall have been selected and shall have qualified....
Section 3. Qualifications
No person shall be eligible to become or remain a Trustee of the Cooperative who:
(g) is an existing, or a close relative of an existing, non-trustee Cooperative Officer, employee, agent, or representative.; or
(h) has not completed National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director certification within three years of his or her first meeting as a Trustee, or
(i) has been absent from three consecutive regular board meetings without board consent....
Section 8. Election
All Trustees shall be elected in the following manner:
(a) ...In the event a vacancy exists at the time of the District Meeting and a quorum is not present at the District Meeting, the Board of Trustees shall appoint the Trustee for the three-year term. ...
Bylaw: Article V: Meeting of Trustees
Section 5, Meeting. The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies and procedures for meeting attendance.To be considered present at a meeting the Trustee shall be able to participate in the discussion and have his or her vote recorded.