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PEC committee sends recommendations on bylaws, bill of rights to Board of 

Directors




February 9, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PEC committee sends recommendations on bylaws, bill of rights to Board of 

Directors
Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s Governance, Bylaws and Legal Committee  
met on Wednesday, Feb. 3 and voted to send key governing documents to the 

Cooperative’s full Board of Directors for consideration. When the Board  
meets on Feb. 22, it will consider approving revisions to PEC’s bylaws,
and  
whether or not to put a revised articles of incorporation, which would  
include the Co-op’s first member bill of rights, up for a member vote.

If the revised bylaws are approved by the Board, any corresponding changes

in policy would be effective immediately, including changes affecting the 

election of Directors.

While the Board has the authority to approve the bylaws at its meeting,
the  
articles of incorporation would need the approval of the PEC membership  
before the document could be amended to establish the member bill of
rights  
and update other articles. A potential vote on the revised articles would 

culminate at the Cooperative’s June 19 annual membership meeting. Members 

would be able to vote in person at the meeting or by completing and  
returning a mailed ballot. If approved by the membership, the proposed  
member bill of rights would establish core rights, such as election  
safeguards, that could not be changed without a member vote.

Members of the committee — District 7 Director and Committee Chairman Dr. 

Patrick Cox, District 4 Director O.C. Harmon, District 6 Director and
Board  
President Larry Landaker and Advisory Director Lamont Ramage — spent
months  
discussing the project, speaking to governance and ethics experts, and  
gathering feedback from PEC members.

PEC encourages members to go to www.pec.coop/CorpProfile/Bylaws.aspx  to  
review the proposed member bill of rights, revised bylaws and articles of 

incorporation the Board will consider. PEC still is accepting comments at 

Bylaws at peci.com, and members will have the opportunity to address the
Board  
at its Feb. 22 meeting.  Copyright (c) 2009 Pedernales Electric  
Cooperative, Inc., All Rights Reserved.



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