4 May 2009
PEC4u Steering Committee’s 2009 questions to the Candidates
PEC4u’s Steering Committee sent the following questions to each of this year’s candidates.
Using the random order that the candidate’s names will appear on the ballots, here are the responses thus far to our 9 questions of 2009 (click on the names to read the response – if not highlighted, the candidate has not yet responded):
Director, District 1: Mark A. Mayfield, Bill Wilcox, Cristi Clement and Sandra P. “Sandy” Jenkins
Director, District 6: Theresa Rourke, Larry Landaker, Linda Kaye Rogers, Robbi Boone, David Bethancourt and Daryl Losaw
Director, District 7: Patrick Cox, Ph.D.
1. Why do you wish to serve as a Director of PEC?
2. Please explain what you see as the proper role of a Director of PEC.
3. What do you see as the one or two greatest challenges facing PEC in the next year?
4. There are currently pending two legislative bills in Austin regarding the governance of electric co-ops in Texas. One is known as the Rose/Fraser Bill (HB1390 and SB 921) and the other is the Swinford Bill (HB 3820). The PEC board voted on April 6 to support the Swinford Bill and to oppose the Rose/Fraser Bill. If you had been a Director, how would you have voted and why?
5. Some members have advocated what they call a “Bill of Rights” for PEC members. Basically the idea is to require that certain aspects of governance such as fair elections open to all members, Open Meetings, and Open Records provisions can be changed only by a vote of the members, not by a By-law change adopted by the board of directors. Do you view this as a good idea? Please explain briefly.
6. What role, if any, do you feel PEC should play in promotion of so-called “distributed generation” of electricity by members (solar panels, wind etc.)?
7. Based on the information available to you as a PEC member and candidate for Director, how would you rate the financial condition of PEC – strong, adequate, basically sound with a few problems, precarious, or other description. Please feel free to explain briefly.
8. Should PEC adopt term limits for Directors?
9. Do you think the cooperative model for electricity distribution service, first adopted in the 1930s, remains a viable model for the 21st Century? Please explain your views briefly.
Using the random order that the candidate’s names will appear on the ballots, here are the responses thus far to our 9 questions of 2009 (click on the names to read the response):
Director, District 1: Mark A. Mayfield, Bill Wilcox, Cristi Clement and Sandra P. “Sandy” Jenkins
Director, District 6: Theresa Rourke, Larry Landaker, Linda Kaye Rogers, Robbi Boone, David Bethancourt and Daryl Losaw
Director, District 7: Patrick Cox, Ph.D.
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