Notice to Voting Consolidated Telcom Co-op Members:

The Nominations Committee is seeking qualified members to fill the position of Board of Director to represent Districts 2 and 5. Any Member  from these two districts wanting to seek nominations for Director should contact the Nominating Committee members from their respective district. It is the responsibility of the Nominations Committee members to select Board Candidates for these districts. Current Directors seeking re-election are:

• Bill Schaller, District 2 – Killdeer and Grassy Butte
• Jan Stebbins, District 5 – Bowman and Ladd

The Nominating Committee met in February and will hold a final meeting in April to finalize the nominations. The results of the committee’s actions and names of the candidates will be posted in the Dickinson office, and will be included in the Annual Report. In addition, the chairperson of the committee will present a report at the Annual Meeting on June 15, 2022 at Trinity High School in Dickinson.

ARTICLE IV BOARD MEMBERS - SECTION 4. NOMINATIONS

(from Consolidated Telcom's By-Laws)

It shall be the duty of the Board to appoint, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of a meeting of the members at which Board members are to be elected, a committee on nominations consisting of one (1) member from each of the seven (7) districts described in Section 2 above. No member of the Board may serve on such committee. Upon selection, the Secretary of the Cooperative shall notify the members of the committee so selected and shall arrange the time and place for a meeting of such committee on nominations, which meeting shall be held at least twenty (20) days before the annual meeting of members. At the meeting of the nominating committee, the nominating committee shall prepare a list of nominees for Directors which shall be posted at the principal office of the Cooperative at least twenty (20) days before the meeting of members. Any fifteen (15) or more members acting together may make other nominations by petition not less than ninety (90) days prior to the annual meeting and the Secretary shall post such nominations at the same place where the list of nominations made by the committee is posted. The Secretary shall mail, with the notice of the annual meeting, or separately, but at least seven (7) days before the date of the annual meeting of members, a statement of the number of Directors to be elected and the names and addresses of the nominees, specifying separately the nomination made by the committee on nominations and also the nominations made by petition. No member may nominate more than one (1) candidate.

Any Consolidated Telcom Cooperative Member wishing to run or nominate someone for a seat on the Board of Directors in Districts 2 or 5 may contact Michelle Dohrmann at 701-483-4000 for further information.

Nominations by Petition must be submitted by March 16, 2022.  The deadline for nominations by a member of the Nomination Committee is April 6, 2022.  For more information on the petition process or to contact a member of the Nomination Committee, please contact Michelle Dohrmann at 701-483-4000.

Mail to: Consolidated Telcom
Attention: Michelle Dohrmann
PO Box 1408
Dickinson, ND 58602