Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will hold its 72nd Annual Meeting of the Members at the Rosebud County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall in Forsyth, Montana, on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, 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.
There are three seats on Range’s Board of Trustees up for re-election: Tyler Larsen from District #1, Jennifer Bird from District #2, and Dennis Cathey from District #5. All three incumbents have indicated they would like to be nominated for another three-year term.
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 2025 election ballot. The Committee will meet at Range’s headquarters in Forsyth at 2325 Front Street and via teleconference at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19th to nominate candidates to be placed on the ballot for the four 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, please contact a Nominating Committee member below from your district prior to Wednesday, March 19th, and ask to be placed on the ballot for the Board of Trustee 2025 election:
District #1 – Hysham (342), Rosebud (347), Forsyth (346, 356, 351)
Dave Channel (406) 346-2684
Todd Friez (406) 670-1175
District #2 – S. Miles City (421), S. Broadus (427), N. Broadus (554), Alzada (828 & 878), Broadus (436)
Melissa Billing (406) 436-2927
Bill Lambert (605) 580-3422
District #5 – Sundance (283)
Todd Kahler (307) 283-2471, (307) 290-0194 (Cell)
Billy Meyers (307) 283-3660
For more information, contact Range at 800-927-2643.
