Haywood EMC is governed by a Board of Directors that represent the cooperative’s directorate districts. We are excited to announce our upcoming election for for Districts 5 (Northern Haywood County) and 6 (Buncombe County) for three-year terms beginning August 2023.

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 big decisions about the co-op 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.

Interested in seeking election to the board? Director candidates must meet director qualifications briefly outlined below. The candidate application and petition forms will be available to pick up at the Waynesville headquarters office and the Lake Toxaway District office (by appointment) on April 5 and must be returned by May 5.

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 place on the Director Ballot and your information will be presented on haywoodemc.com, the cooperative’s social media channels, and in the July issue of Carolina Country magazine.

The Election results will be presented at the annual member meeting on Aug. 3, 2023, 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 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 twenty-five (25) years immediately prior to becoming a Director, not: ƒ
  • Be, nor have been, convicted of a felony ƒ
  • 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 at 828-452-2281.