Prepare Now for the Annual MeetingTri-County EMC will hold its 68th Annual Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 18, at its headquarters office in Gray. Registration opens at 6 p.m., and the business meeting begins at 7 p.m. Look for your annual meeting packet to arrive during the first week of October. It will feature the 2007 director candidates, a proposed bylaw change, ballots and instructions for voting by mail. When you complete and return your ballots, you will automatically be entered in the drawing for one of ten $50 prizes or the $500 grand prize. The post 3, director candidates are noted below. <<
 

Rev. Charles Richardson District 1 Bibb, Jones & Twiggs counties	Rev. Charlie Richardson of Jones County has been a Tri-County EMC Director since 1995. He is a board member for Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and secretary of the Jones County Ministerial Council. He graduated from Progressive Seminary and Wolf Creek Baptist Bible School. Rev. Richardson was a former self-employed poultry farmer and is the pastor at Cooper Hill Baptist Church in Milledgeville.
Mike S. Rainey III District 2 Jasper, Morgan & Putnam counties	As a life-long resident of Putnam County, Mike Rainey has served as a Tri-County EMC Director for 12 years. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1972. Mr. Rainey was a dairy farmer for 30 years. Since exiting the dairy business he has been raising replacement heifers for other dairy farmers. He is past president of the Putnam County Dairy Association and the Georgia Holstein Association. Mr. Rainey is an active member of the Eatonton’s First United Methodist Church.
Marion Nelson District 3 Baldwin & Wilkinson counties	Baldwin County’s Marion Nelson has served as a Director of Tri-County for seven years. He is a volunteer with the county’s fire and rescue squad and is a member of the First Baptist Church in Milledgeville. Mr. Nelson holds a B.S. in Biology from Georgia College and State University. He is a Baldwin County Environmental Enforcement Officer and a retired Ranger with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Statement of Nondiscrimination

Tri-County EMC is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provide that no person in the United States on the basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap shall be excluded from participation in, admission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of this organization’s programs or activities.   The person responsible for coordinating this organization’s nondiscrimination compliance efforts is C. Hill Bentley, CEO. Any individual, or specific class of individuals, who feels that this organization has subjected them to discrimination, may obtain further information about the statutes and regulations listed above from and/or file a written complaint with this organization; or the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Complaints must be filed within 180 days after the alleged discrimination. Confidentiality will be maintained to the extent possible.