MTEMC’s Annual Meeting changes venues

Meeting set for Aug. 15 at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro - Hotel and Conference Center

Middle Tennessee Electric’s Annual Meeting will be held Aug. 15 at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro - Hotel and Conference Center located next to The Avenue shopping center off Medical Center Parkway.

“In the past, we’ve always held this event at MTSU’s Murphy Center, but this year the Annual Meeting Planning Committee voted to give members a more conveniently located option,” MTEMC Vice President of Communications and Member Services Chris Jones said. “Murphy Center has always been a great venue but with the new conference center and its location next to I-24, it just made sense to try a change this year.”

The meeting, which will begin at 7:30 a.m., will feature the crowning of a new Miss MTEMC and include a truck giveaway. The meeting is scheduled to end just after 11:00 a.m., so lunch will not be served this year.

The meeting gives members an opportunity to vote on the MTEMC Board of Directors, sit in on a business session, receive a free health screening and be eligible for a number of door prizes, including a 2000 Ford Ranger XLT.

As always, the Miss Middle Tennesse Electric beauty pageant is part of the day’s events. Thirty contestants ages 16-21 will compete for the title. The winner will have her choice of $1,000 cash or a trip to Washington D.C. as part of the Rural Electric Youth Tour, valued at $1,200. The first and second runners up also earn prizes.

As part of its Bylaws, MTEMC has held a members’ meeting every year since the not-for-profit cooperative was organized in 1936 by a group of Middle Tennessee citizens. The organization has grown to become one of the largest electrical cooperatives in the country and easily the largest in Tennessee. MTEMC has a membership of approximately 185,000 residences, businesses and industries in Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson, Cannon and surrounding counties.

Members who can’t make it to the meeting but who wish to vote on the board of directors and nominating committee candidates may vote at their district offices. Voting at the Franklin, Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Mt. Juliet, Smyrna and Woodbury offices will be Aug. 10-14 from 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

For more information, call MTEMC’s Marketing and Communications Department at (615) 494-1545.

Posted on July 23, 2009.

 

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