Looking Ahead to the 2009 Annual Meeting The 70th Tri-County EMC Annual Meeting is Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Gray headquarters office. Registration opens at 6 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Your annual meeting packet should arrive by Oct. 9. It will replace October’s Current Lines. It will feature the 2009 Director Candidates, ballot and mail balloting instructions. When you complete and return your ballot, you’ll automatically be entered in a drawing for ten $50 prizes or a $500 grand prize. <<

Coming Soon ... Prepaid Service Watch this fall for exciting news about a new program allowing you to prepay for your electric service. This innovative way of paying for your usage puts you in charge, giving you a new level of control over when and how you pay your bill. >>

Co-op Conference Yields Leaders During the Georgia Cooperative Youth Conference, Baldwin County’s Logan Lavender learned about co-op principles and how to be an effective leader. She was sponsored by Tri-County EMC. >>>
Logan Lavender			>> Logan Lavender and teammates tackle challenging waters at the Cooperative Youth Conference in July. <<

Employee News

Tri-County EMC recently announced the promotion of three existing employees and an addition to the cooperative’s information technology team.

Donald Appling, a 31-year Tri-County veteran, was named vice president of construction services. He will oversee construction, maintenance, safety and training.	Lee Marsh was recently promoted to vice president of distribution services. Lee is responsible for the co-op’s engineering, mapping and the control center. He recently earned his professional engineer status.	Kim Judd, six-year systems analyst is now sr. systems analyst. He manages the information and communication systems while ensuring that Tri-County has implemented the most efficient equipment.	Jeremy Arant, started as systems analyst in August. He maintains the mainframe and personal computer network systems, helps with telecommunications, assures system security and lends technical support to Tri-County employees.
Donald Appling	Lee Marsh	Kim Judd	Jeremy Arant

Bright Ideas Education Grants Tri-County EMC offers up to $1,500 in grants to Pre-K through 12-grade teachers for innovative classroom projects. A total of $10,000 will be awarded in 2009. Apply by Dec. 1, 2009. <<

Did You Know? ...

Coined from North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives, since Bright Ideas began in 1994, these co-ops have reached more than one million North Carolina students with more than $6.5 million awarded to 5,900 classroom projects. <<