DIRECTOR ELECTIONS
Elections are held in three different districts each year.

If you are a member of Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative who lives in one of the districts up for election, and would like to run for director, please contact our office for an information packet.  

  • Board members must attend monthly board meetings and other special meetings as they are called. 
  • They are responsible for adoption of policies, to assure democratic functioning of the cooperative in accordance with the Bylaws and respect confidentiality of information provided among many other duties. 

Any member meeting the Bylaw Qualifications who has a desire to become a Director of the cooperative, may apply for an open board position. This includes minorities, women, and individuals with a disability.

Recordatorio: Cualquier miembro que cumpla con los requisitos de los reglamentos internos y que tenga interes en ser director/a de la cooperative puede aplicar para puestos vacantes en la mesa directiva. Esto inlcluye miembros de grupos que son minorias, mujeres, y personas con discapacidades.

 

 

District Map

Map of three districts
2023 Election | Open Districts, 3, 6 and 9, highlighted in blue. 

 

DIRECTOR ELECTION INFORMATION
2023 DIRECTOR ELECTIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED.

Nominations are now open for interested members in District 3, District 6 and District 9.

Nominees must meet eligibility requirements as specified in the Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative Bylaws.
Nominees must be a member of the cooperative receiving electric service at their primary residence in the district from which the director is elected. 

After the filing application time has expired, persons may still be nominated by filing a petition form (available from our office).  To become a nominee by petition requires fifteen (15) members from the District to sign in support of a particular nominee on the form which is submitted to the cooperative office.  After applications have been returned, members in each District holding an election, will be notified of those who have filed as nominees.

  • The petition deadline is February 10, 2023.

  • Should only one nominee come forward before the final deadline, that applicant will be deemed elected as Director for that District.

  • Should more than one nominee come forth by the petition deadline, either by direct nomination or petition, a biography of each nominee and a mail ballot will be sent to all members in the District on February 23, 2023. Returned ballots will be due on March 22, 2023. 

    Please return mailed ballots in the proper envelopes to the third party ballot company and not to our cooperative.  Also, allow for any possible mail delays.

The elected Directors will be seated during
the Annual Meeting
on Saturday, April 22, 2023. 

Nominees Announced 
As of the application deadline of January 4, 2023, the following members have filed for directorship: 

District #3
Steve Garbisch

District #6
Matt Maras, Joseph Pacovsky, Allen Pelvit

District #9
Larry Irvine 


 

 

District #3

Vote Box

Nominees

The following members have met the January 4th deadline to file as a nominee to serve a three-year term as a director representing this district: 

  • Steve Garbisch

 

 

District #6

Vote Box

Nominees

The following members have met the January 4th deadline, to file as a nominee to serve a three-year term
as a director representing this district: 

  • Matt Maras
  • Joseph Pacovsky
  • Alan Pelvit 

District #9

Vote Box

Nominees

The following members have met the January 4th, to file as a nominee to serve a three-year term
as a director representing this district: 

  • Larry Irvine