Get Involved with CVEA

CVEA encourages members to get involved with their cooperative. Opportunities include: Board of Directors, Board of Adjustment, Scholarship Selection Committee, Credentials and Election Committee, Community Meetings, Annual Meeting, and others.

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CVEA Board of Directors 2008 Director Elections

Join a dedicated group of community members that work on a volunteer basis for the benefit of all members. In 2008, there will be three director seats coming up for election:  two in Valdez and one in the Copper Basin District. As a Director, you can help make decisions that impact your neighbors and friends, the folks up and down the T-line, and all Cooperative members. The Board meets once a month, normally on the third Thursday. They also travel to participate in statewide and national meetings.

Directors serve three-year terms. If you have been a member of CVEA for at least 12 continuous months, are a member in good standing, and are not currently an employee or close relative of an incumbent director or employee, you may be eligible to be a director. For a complete list of director qualifications, please refer to CVEA's Bylaws Section 4.02, Qualifications.

Candidates participate in a petition process to become eligible. Packets explaining the nomination and petition process are available at either office.  A petition must be submitted and signatures validated by CVEA staff before 5 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2008 .  Petitions may be dropped off or mailed to our office in Glennallen or Valdez.

Director Policies If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Crisp at 835-7005.

Scholarship Selection Committee

Can you spare some time to impact our local high school students? CVEA recruits interested members to serve on the Scholarship Selection Committees in each district. Each year CVEA awards local students with financial scholarships.  Students are selected by a group of community and board members.  Committees review scholarship application packets, determine which students to interview, conduct the interviews, and select who will receive the scholarships.  Participation on the committee will require attendance at three meetings and the homework of reviewing the applications and should require approximately 12 - 15 hours of time.If you are interested in serving on the Scholarship Committee and do not have a relative (son, daughter, grandchild, niece, nephew, etc.) either by blood or marriage that may apply for a scholarship, please contact either office or email info@cvea.org .

Credentials and Election Committee

A very important part of the Annual Meeting election process is the Credentials and Election Committee. The people who serve are responsible for the validating of signatures on the backside of the envelopes and then the actual counting of ballots. The committees, one for each district, are comprised of interested members who are not employees, directors, candidates, or close relatives of these persons. The Board of Directors will appoint committee members for each district. Service on the Credentials and Election Committee takes place during the month prior to the Annual Meeting, with the majority of the work performed the week prior to the meeting. If you are interested in serving on the Credentials and Election Committee, please call either office or email info@cvea.org .

The Board of Adjustment

The Board of Adjustment acts as an appellate body when a consumer feels the Association has violated its Tariff or has otherwise not accorded him/her fair and equitable treatment.  The Board of Adjustment will hear the case from both sides, provided all complaint procedures have been completed.The Board of Adjustment is appointed from the membership at the Annual Meeting in April. The term of a seat on the Board of Adjustment is two years.

2007/2008 Board of Adjustment

Rocky Allaire and Rene Spracklen were elected to serve a two year term on the Board of Adjustment in the Copper Basin.  They join Gayle Kildal, Ken Pregizer, and Elizabeth Yahr.  Dean Willi, Dallas Rasmussen, and Cherie McKay were elected to serve in Valdez along with Steve Alley, Sr. and John Cerutti.  Thank you to these members for volunteering.