Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will hold its 68th Annual Meeting of the Members via Zoom on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. At that time, the membership will elect trustees to fill the three seats on the Board whose terms are up for election.
The three seats up for election are Trustees Bob Fjelstad (District #1), Thane Thomas (District #3), and Shawn Ankney (District #4). All three trustees are seeking re-election for another three-year term. The districts and exchanges that they represent are listed below.
A Nominating Committee consisting of six Cooperative members has been appointed for the purpose of nominating as many qualified candidates as they deem necessary for placement on the 2021 election ballot. The Committee will meet via teleconference at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 22nd to nominate candidates to be placed on the ballot for the three positions. To qualify for placement on the ballot (per Article IV, Section 3 of the Cooperative bylaws), candidates must (a) be current members of Range Telephone, (b) maintain their principal residence in the area served by the Cooperative and in the district which that person is to represent, (c) no person shall be eligible who is in any way employed by, or financially interested in, a competing enterprise or a business engaged in selling communication service or supplies, or constructing or maintaining communication facilities, other than a business operating on a cooperative non-profit-basis for the purpose of furthering rural telephone or other communications service. In addition, no member may be nominated if he/she is related to a current employee of Range.
Anyone interested in being placed on the ballot should contact one of the Nominating Committee members below from your district prior to March 22nd and ask to be placed on the ballot for the Board of Trustee 2021 election:
District #1 – Hysham (342), Rosebud (347), Forsyth (346), Forsyth (356)
Ted Church (406) 342-5843
Peggy Deveny (406) 342-5693
District #3 – Busby (592), Lame Deer (477), Birney (984), Ashland (784)
Dick Fletcher (406) 784-2371
Rich Mitchell (406) 784-6024
District #4 – Decker (750, 757), SE Sheridan (737), Clearmont (758), Arvada (736)
Sheridan Burgess (307) 737-2261
Susan Dow (307) 750-2729
