Won’t you join us in Portland on Sept. 18?
By Jim Coode, CEMC General Manager

Three years ago in this space, then-General Manager Carl Wilson stated that history would be made at that year’s annual meeting of Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation. It was historic because it was the first time our cooperative would hold the biggest event of the year in Sumner County.

Now, it is my privilege to report that history is repeating itself, because we’re coming back to Sumner County, back to Portland High School for the 2010 CEMC Annual Membership Meeting.

And why not? More of our members reside in Sumner than any of the other four counties in CEMC’s service area. But that’s not the only reason to meet at PHS. It is a first-rate facility with plenty of space, convenient parking and excellent accoustics, and we have been made to feel welcome there. It is an ideal place for our gathering.

Our meeting will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18. Doors will open for registration and breakfast at 8AM. The business portion of the meeting will begin at 10, so you’ll have plenty of time to browse the exhibits and register for prizes. Speaking of prizes, we’ll be trying something different this year with the prize drawings. Instead of waiting until the end of the business meeting to start announcing who won what, we’ll be drawing the names of some of the prize winners throughout the business meeting.

We want our meeting to be a family affair, and that’s why we will again have a Youth Corner for children to play and have supervised fun and win their own prizes.

Musical entertainment will be provided by The Bluegrass Volunteers, a band made up of local musicians.

There are three gentlemen seeking re-election to our Board of Directors with your votes. Of course, you can vote at any CEMC district business office on Friday, Sept. 17 if you won’t be able to attend the meeting in Portland.

But we hope you will come and be with us as we report on the state of the cooperative to the membership. We think it will be worth your while!