Attending Wheatland Electric's Annual Meeting is not an obligation; it's an opportunity to actively engage in the democratic governance of your electric cooperative - all while helping shape our bright future!
That’s why you should mark your calendar now for APRIL 24 for our 2024 ANNUAL MEETING, located this year in Great Bend and livestreamed to seven remote locations across our service territory: Scott City, Leoti, Tribune, Syracuse, Garden City, Harper and Caldwell.
From any location, co-op members like you will be able to LEARN, VOICE, CONNECT and WIN amazing door prizes, including our GRAND-PRIZE GIVEAWAY!
LEARN
As a member-owner, your participation in our annual meeting is crucial to ensuring that we serve your needs and
priorities effectively.
As a MEMBER-OWNED organization proudly serving individuals, small businesses, farms, ranches, and industrial partners across southwest and central Kansas, we look forward to this annual event and encourage your attendance because it’s an opportunity for us to share cooperative news and updates while also hearing from you.
Spending time with you and hearing your take on our community’s energy future is important to us. In fact, it’s essential because everything we do is shaped by you!
This year’s annual meeting will provide a unique and enlightening opportunity for our members to stay informed about the CONNECTIONS we work to create every day — not just through the energy we deliver, but through the partnerships we build, projects we help fund, and programs we implement — all to empower the communities we serve.
It also allows us to share important updates about our organization’s financial health, our operational performance, and our strategic initiatives.
Attending allows members like you to LEARN about developments that may impact your electric service or hear about programs or services that could empower your or your community!
VOICE
You may be wondering if your opinion makes a difference. It does! As a voting member, you have the power to VOICE your concerns or ask your questions at the annual meeting from any of our eight meeting locations.
Members in attendance can ask questions, raise concerns, and provide feedback directly to cooperative leadership, and this can be an effective way to address any issues or uncertainties you may have about your electric service or the cooperative’s operations.
Cooperative governance is based on the principle of DEMOCRATIC MEMBER CONTROL, which means that members like you have a say in how the cooperative is run.
By attending the annual meeting, you can participate in the democratic process by VOICING your concerns. In addition, your vote is also your voice, and we encourage you to participate in our mail-in vote this spring.
Our trustees — democratically elected by members like you — are members of your community, and they are
concerned with the issues you face every day because they face them, too.
We encourage you to read more about our trustee elections and our new mail-in voting process, and we encourage your attendance on April 24 to observe the outcome of this year’s trustee elections.
CONNECT
This year’s annual meeting is all about the ILLUMINATING CONNECTIONS that we work to create daily.
Our annual meeting provides a chance for members like you to CONNECT with fellow co-op members, our cooperative staff and leadership, and our board of trustees, not to mention government officials, local business leaders, and other community stakeholders who regularly attend, too.
CONNECTING at the annual meeting is an opportunity to build relationships, network, and engage with others who share a common interest in our cooperative’s success and the communities we serve. The energy industry is in the midst of massive changes, and consumer needs and changing technology impact nearly every aspect of how we manage and deliver energy.
As we navigate these major changes in the years ahead, we need to hear from you and your neighbors to guide and inform our planning as we strive to meet the long-term needs of the communities we serve. So, whether you’re a longtime member or new to the co-op, we encourage you to CONNECT with us and contribute to our collective spirit and success!
WIN
One last (and best!) reason to attend this year is that YOU COULD WIN BIG!
In addition to enjoying a catered lunch at all of our meeting locations, members in attendance will have the opportunity to win awesome door prizes, which can range from small electric appliances, smart tech gifts, or possibly even a SIZABLE CREDIT on your next electric bill!
In fact, every member household in attendance will go home with a special member gift.
For this year’s grand-prize giveaway, we’ll be illuminating your life with a backyard/patio party package, including an outdoor television box, large-screen television, backyard lights, and more!
The winner of this year’s annual meeting grand prize will be able to create the ultimate OUTDOOR OASIS, one where friends and family can gather, relax and create lasting memories together!
SEE YOU ON APRIL 24
Whether you attend in Great Bend or one of our remote locations, we thank you in advance for getting involved because your participation means so much to us.
Most people don’t equate active involvement with their electric company with helping their community, but we’re no ordinary utility company. We’re an electric cooperative. While our core vision is to provide essential services that are safe, reliable and competitively priced to enhance the lives of our members, we’re also motivated by service to our community, rather than profits.
Your attendance at our annual meeting is a win-win equation, providing opportunities for learning, engagement, connection, empowerment and growth.
We hope you’ll learn, voice, connect, win AND EXERCISE ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS OF YOUR CO-OP MEMBERSHIP BY JOINING US ON APRIL 24!
