Haywood EMC is governed by a Board of Directors that represents the cooperative’s directorate districts. Each year, Haywood EMC holds elections for set districts. A timeline is announced each spring and elections are held during the summer.
Do you have an interest in serving your fellow member-owners? Serving on the board of Haywood EMC means making a difference locally by using your individual talents to help guide decisions about the cooperative to benefit the greater Western North Carolina community.
Do you have time available to help govern the cooperative? Serving on the board of Haywood EMC means attending monthly board meetings held during the weekday and lasting 3 to 4 hours, as well as the ability to attend special meetings and events, along with travel for training.
Are you interested in seeking election to the board? Director candidates must meet the director qualifications briefly outlined below. The candidate application and petition forms will be available to pick up at the Waynesville headquarters office or by calling our office at (828) 452-2281 during the designated petition window each Spring.
If the application is approved by the cooperative’s Credentials and Elections Committee, the member will be considered a candidate for the director election. If the Credentials and Elections Committee approves you as a candidate, your name will be placed on the Director Ballot and your information will be presented on Haywood EMC’s website, the cooperative’s social media channels, and on our online voting platform while the election window is open.
The Election results will be presented during the annual business meeting on the first Thursday in August at 7pm, and announced on social media and our website.
A condensed version of our Director Qualifications from the Haywood EMC Bylaws is listed below. A full bylaws document can be found on Haywood EMC’s SmartHub.
General Director Qualifications
A Director or Director candidate must:
- Be a natural person (actual person)
- Have the capacity to enter into legally binding contracts
- While a director and during the 270 days immediately preceding the Director election, maintain their primary residential abode within the boundaries of the applicable residential Directorate District
- While a Director, and during the 25 years immediately prior to becoming a Director, not
- Be, nor have been, convicted of a felony
- Plead, nor have pled guilty to a felony
- Be a member using, receiving, and purchasing electric service from the cooperative at the Director’s or Director candidate’s primary residence
- Be current in all respects regarding payment to the cooperative of additional payments and obligations, and not be subject to disconnection for non-payment of electric service at the Director’s or Director candidate’s primary residence
The full list of qualifications can be found through Haywood EMC’s SmartHub. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Haywood EMC’s Executive Assistant, Summer Lindsay, at (828) 452-2281 extension 4115.