SMECO Names Nominating Committee For 2007 Board of Directors Election

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative's (SMECO's) Board of Directors has appointed 10 members to the 2007 Nominating Committee scheduled to meet on Saturday, May 12, at the Co-op's Hughesville Executive Building. This committee will select a slate of candidates for the five available Board seats up for election at the Co-op's Annual Meeting. The following Board seats will be up for election: one in Calvert County, two in Charles County, one in Prince George's County, and one in St. Mary's County.

The 2007 Board Nominating Committee includes the following:

* Calvert County: Terence N. Gibson, Prince Frederick; and Alyce Schwallenberg, Huntingtown.

* Charles County: Wayne A. Bradfield, La Plata; Winston W. Burroughs, Sr., Waldorf; and William B. Young, Jr., Waldorf.

* Prince George's County: Manning Clagett, Accokeek; and Ernest H. Riess, Brandywine.

* St. Mary's County: Edith M. Bell, Chaptico; George A. Brown, Loveville; and Catherine Brenda Coates, Lexington Park.

SMECO customer-members interested in being nominated should submit a resume to a member of the committee or mail it to SMECO, Attention: Patty Tennyson, P.O. Box 1937, Hughesville, Maryland 20637. To obtain a committee member's address, contact Patty Tennyson at 301-274-4489. Resumes should be submitted by Monday, May 7, 2007.

In addition to nominations made by the committee, any 15 or more SMECO members acting together may make other nominations by petition by Friday, June 29, 2007. Nominations will be posted in each SMECO office and mailed to each member with the Annual Meeting notice.

SMECO's Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at the Co-op's Hughesville headquarters. More than 1,500 members registered to vote at last year's meeting. This year, absentee mail-in voting will also be available to those customer-members who are unable to attend the meeting. Details will be published in the Co-op's monthly newsletter. Selection of the Nominating Committee members is in compliance with SMECO's bylaws. For more information regarding the committee, nominations, and qualifications of directors, refer to Article IV, Sections 4.02 and 4.03, of SMECO's bylaws. Bylaws may be obtained from any SMECO office.