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Join us for our 79th Annual Celebration Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Carlinville High School

Vol. 11, No. 3 March 2018 www.mjmec.coop

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Grand Prize - - Power Bill Credit$300

Meeting registration will open at 8:30 a.m., so come early and join us in celebrating 79 years of service!!

The Illinois Valley Beef Producers, Carlinville High School cafeteria staff, and Pioneer 4-H club will serve a rib-eye steak lunch.

Attendance Bill Credits!

The $15 credit will be applied to the account served under the membership. Additional services under the same membership will not receive the $15 credit. Memberships registered by proxy will not receive the $15 credit.

Cash prizes hidden in a dozen eggs!!

Steak lunch for members!

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Members registered in person at the annual meeting of members on March 24 will receive a UV Protective Umbrella. Each attending Member also will be given a $15 credit on their monthly electric bill.


Agenda8:30 AMRegistration, children’s entertainment, a bounce house and bucket truck rides (weather permitting). The Easter Bunny will be present, too!!

9 AM Live Music Performance ........................................... Ramblin' Dan and the Banjoman

10 AMCall to order ......................................................................Robert Lehmann, ChairmanFlag Ceremony.................................................................................Boy Scout Troop 63 Pledge of Allegiance (remain standing for the National Anthem and Invocation) ..........................................................................................................Boy Scout Troop 63 National Anthem ....................................................Annie Gallaher and Shelby OertelInvocation ........................................................................................................ Al Shipp

Business MeetingReport on number of members registered in person by proxyNotice of meeting .............................................................William R. Heyen, SecretaryTreasurer’s Report ...................................................................................W. Kay Schultz Chairman’s Report ...............................................................................Robert LehmannPresident/CEO’s Report ............................................................................Laura CutlerAnnouncement of MJM Scholarship recipients ...................................Nathan HatallaElection and credentials committee report ..........................Keith Bowman, ChairmanElection of directors (Registration of voting closes when election begins)Unfinished businessQuestions and answers (30 minutes)New businessAdjourn business sessionDrawing for prizes Lunch

Innovation Through Collaboration

Entertainment for the whole family!


Innovation Through Collaboration!

laura cutlerPresident/CEO

Robert lehmannBoard Chairman

Innovation is best achieved through collaboration. Sharing re-sources and ideas among many people and organizations has enabled electric cooperatives to focus on current and future challenges in the industry, while maintaining their traditional foundation.

During more than 75 years, your electric cooperative and you, our member-owners, have experienced a seismic change. Everything from setting poles, communicating with you and how technology is used has required your co-op to work collaboratively with other cooperatives, outside entities, and within the changing workforce within our office to provide the best possible service at the best possible price.

Innovative solutions from technology cooperatives are enabling us to provide more effective two-way communication with you than ever before. Through this technology, you can log onto our website and access your accounts when it's convenient for you. You can pay your bill online, view and get a better grasp on your energy use, report service issues and access outage maps, all without directly communi-cating with the office. Through this system, we can send customized

messages to alert you of planned service interruptions and to convey other important information.

Cooperatives are joining forces to create economies of scale. For instance, some Illi-nois cooperatives share resources such as right-of-way maintenance employees and equip-ment, and accounting and cyber security employees. During power outages, the Illinois Electric Cooperatives emergency work plan enables Illinois cooperatives to quickly access personnel and equipment from neighboring co-ops to help restore power faster, and send help to cooperatives in other areas of the country during widespread outages.

Generation and transmission cooperatives (G&Ts) are seeking ways to balance their power supply portfolios, while maintaining affordable rates. To achieve this, G&Ts that serve Illinois distribution cooperatives have an ownership stake in the Prairie State Gen-erating Campus in Marissa, the most energy efficient, state-of-the-art coal-fired plant in the country. They have also partnered in solar and wind farms throughout the state and continue to seek innovative ways to diversify their power supply, based on what’s best for their member cooperatives, and you.

Through embracing technology that has been implemented well ahead of many in-vestor-owned utilities, we’ve proven that though we may be small in comparison to other energy providers, we’re mighty. Our workforce now spans five generations. Tapping into the strengths and skills of each generation and working collaboratively ensures that we can serve you even more innovatively for years to come.


Events planned for your Annual Meeting

Bring the kids Tim the Twister and Sunshyne the Clown, will be making balloon animals, providing face painting, and performing a comedy magic show for the children. We will also have an indoor bounce house, crafts, bucket truck rides (weather permitting) and more! Children’s activities will continue during the business meeting.

Live MusicLive Performance by Ramblin’ Dan

and the Banjoman. They play all varieties of music such as country, rock, folk and bluegrass. They’re sure to be a crowd pleaser with their blue grass versions of classic rock songs! Not only will they provide you with musical entertainment, but they’ll have you laughing with their light-hearted humor!

A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE EASTER BUNNY!! Come see the Easter Bunny and have your picture taken with him. He will be handing out EGG-citing gifts for everyone of all ages!! Children and young adults will be given a special Easter box filled with goodies!!


M.J.M. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.Annual Meeting MinutesMarch 25, 2017

The Annual Meeting of Members of M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. was held at the Carlinville High School, Carlinville, Illinois, on Saturday, March 25, 2017.

Registration began at 8:30 a.m. and the meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Chairman Robert Lehmann. The Boy Scout Troop 63 Color Guard presented the American Flag. The National Anthem was performed by Lauren Summers and Megan Dunn accompanied by Dustin White. Troop 63 then led the members with the Pledge of Allegiance. The members remained standing for the invocation by Charlie Baker.

Chairman Lehmann then welcomed M.J.M. Electric Cooperative members, guests and friends to the 78th Annual Meet-ing of Members and introduced the MJM Board of Directors

Chairman Lehmann then announced that a quorum was present and called to or-der the business session of the 2017 Annual Meeting of Members of M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. pursuant to the Bylaws. A complete list of those registered in person and by proxy is attached to the official min-utes of this meeting of the Cooperative.

Chairman Lehmann then turned the meeting over to Attorney Lee J. Plummer to address the proposed Order of the Day and Rules of the Day. Attorney Plummer re-ferred the members to the proposed agenda as found on page one of the Annual Meet-ing Notice and pointed out that this agenda is in compliance and verbatim with M.J.M. Electric Cooperative's Bylaws. A motion was made and seconded to adopt the Order of the Day being the proposed agenda on page one of the 2017 Annual Meeting Notice. Upon voice vote, the motion carried.

Attorney Plummer then presented to the members for their consideration the follow-ing recommendations for the Rules of the

Day, which were unanimously approved by the Cooperative's Board of Directors at their December 2016 meeting:

First, that not more than 25 minutes be allocated to discuss each motion that is ad-dressed; second, that during the consider-ation of the motion, each speaker may speak for up to three minutes unless no one else wishes to speak and that the chair will at-tempt to recognize speakers with alternating viewpoints; third, that during the question and answer period, each person may speak up to two (2) minutes unless no one else wishes to speak; fourth, that Robert's Rules of Or-der will govern the conduct of the meeting; and fifth, that the Cooperative's Attorney, Lee J. Plummer, will serve as Parliamentar-ian for this meeting. A motion and second was made to adopt these recommendations as the Rules of the Day. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried. Attorney Lee J. Plummer then called upon Secretary William Heyen to present the notice of the meeting.

Secretary Heyen read the Official Notice of the 2017 Annual Meeting of Members of M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc., as mailed to all members of the Cooperative, together with his affidavit of mailing of such notice to each member as required by the Bylaws.

Chairman Lehmann then announced that the next order of business would be the consideration of the Minutes from the An-nual Meeting of Members held on March 12, 2016. He stated that Minutes had been printed in the Official Notice of the meet-ing that was sent to all of the members of the Cooperative. Chairman Lehmann asked if there were any corrections or additions. Hearing no corrections or additions, there was a motion and second to approve the Minutes as printed and mailed. Upon voice vote, the motion carried.

Chairman Lehmann then called upon


W. Kay Schultz, Cooperative Treasurer, for his report. Treasure Schultz presented his report including directing the members' at-tention to the printed financial information that was presented at the Annual Meeting. He reported that MJM's audit for 2016 had been completed by the Kevin Kelso, CPA, P.C., P.A., Certified Public Accountants. He further reported that the Board has reviewed that audit. Then Treasurer Schultz discussed the results of that audit and ended by point-ing out that a complete audit report as sub-mitted by Kevin Kelso, P.A. is available at the Cooperative office for any member that wishes to review it.

Chairman Lehmann then welcomed visitors including Don Porter and Phil Phillips from Wabash Power Cooperative; John Lowrey, Jim Pauley, Maurice Shallow, Christina Harper, Connie Newenham and Bradley Rightnowar all of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives; and former MJM employees, Gary Bauer, Bob Heyen, Nancy Joiner, George Holski, and former Director Dennis Matthews.

Chairman Lehmann then introduced Laura Cutler, President/CEO of MJM, who presented her report to the members.

CEO Laura Cutler then asked Nathan Hatalla to come forward and present the MJM Scholarship to recipients Clare Van-denBergh of Witt, and Nellie Roberts of Dow.

Chairman Lehmann then turned the chair over to Attorney Plummer to conduct the business session of the meeting. Attor-ney Plummer stated that the next item of business was the consideration of the Elec-tion and Credentials Committee report.

Registration was closed at this time. Dwayne Milner, Chairman of the 2017 Election and Credentials Committee pre-sented the report of the Election and Cre-dentials Committee and stated that the following persons had been certified as can-didates for Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Cooperative:

At the close of Dwayne Milner' s Elec-

tion and Credentials report, Attorney Plum-mer then asked if there was a motion and second to elect by acclamation the candi-dates for districts 4, 5, and 7 as certified by the Election and Credentials Committee. Upon voice vote, the motion carried and the candidates for Districts 4, 5, and 7 were elected Directors as follows: Robert Lehm-ann, Girard, Illinois - District 4, Louis John-son, Shipman, Illinois - District 5, and James Niemann, Litchfield, Illinois- District 7. A copy of the Election and Credentials Com-mittee report is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.

Attorney Plummer then asked if there was any unfinished business to be brought before this meeting. There being no unfin-ished business, Attorney Plummer then said that next item on the agenda was a 30 min-ute questions and answer period and called for questions. There was then a question re-garding solar energy. A response and discus-sion regarding solar energy followed.

Attorney Plummer addressed the mem-bers outlining the proposed bylaw changes and the reasons for the proposed changes. There was then discussion regarding the proposed bylaw changes. There was a mo-tion and second to adopt the proposed by-law changes as contained in the MJM's 2017 Annual Meeting Notice. Upon voice vote, the bylaw changes were adopted. A copy of MJM's bylaw as so amended are attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Attorney Plummer then asked if there was any new business to be brought be-fore the assembly of members at that time. There being none, there was a motion and a second to adjourn. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried, and the business session of the meeting was adjourned.

District 4- Robert Lehmann, Girard, Illinois District 5- Louis Johnson, Shipman, Illinois District 7- James Niemann, Litchfield, Illinois

Electric Operations Projects

Pole Inspection and Replacement:

In 2017, MJM completed 2,478 pole inspection's. The project was completed by Lee Inspec-tion and Consulting and out of the poles tested there was a reject rate of just under ½ a percent. MJM line crews worked on replacing 311 poles from prior inspections and 274 poles for line upgrades and revamped services at a total cost of $498,335. Crews also worked to address mainte-nance issues found-like loose hardware or damaged cross arms.

ROW maintenance:

In 2017, 232 miles of distribution lines were cleared in the areas of Jerseyville South, Newbern and Brighton South = $1,172,890. Projecting in 2018, 393 miles of distribution lines to be cleared in the areas of Brighton North, Rinaker and Palmyra = $900,000.

In 2017, 518 miles of distribution lines were sprayed in the areas of Nutwood, Staunton and Womac = $117,085. Projecting in 2018, approxi-mately 300 miles of distribution lines to be sprayed in the areas of Jerseyville South, Newbern and Brighton = $117,000.

Rebuild and Relocate Projects:

In 2017, the Cooperative undertook a number of rebuild, relocation and system improvement projects throughout the service territory. These are among a few:

• All new wires and poles to upgrade the main tie line from Nutwood East to Jerseyville West to strengthen the system and shorten up the spans. Contracted to J.F. Electric = $833,000

• Complete rebuild of a single-phase line on Bunker Hill substation. Work was both over-head and underground = $241,097

• Rebuild (poles and conductor) of an existing 3 phase line out of the Bunker Hill substa-tion to improve voltages = $157,332

• Relocation and conversion of a west feeder out of the Jerseyville substation. Line was overhead in a field and moved along the road and converted to underground primary = $49,828

• Relocation of overhead line out of a timbered area (out of the private) to the road front along Fern Glen Valley Rd = $37,751

• Added a new regulator station on a 3-phase line to improve system voltages out of the Womac substation = $20,550

• Upgrade of existing under-build conductor on the Jerseyville East line = $10,861• Member line extensions, service improvements and new services, etc.

Operations – Major projects completed in 2017


Facilities & Equipment

• Retired 4 vehicles and 1 trailer replacing them with 2 small bucket trucks and a com-pany SUV that were newer, safer and reliable = $326,484

• Updated Heating/Cooling systems at both Taylor Springs and Piasa Warehouses =$13,039

• New fencing, gate and roof at Taylor Springs Warehouse = $20,908• Replaced and/or added 432 meters = $141,582• Replaced and/or added 216 transformers = $268,579• 428 Outdoor light conversions to LED = $219,679• 71 new Outdoor LED light installations = $30,292• CT (Current Transformer) Meter Testing Kit = $16,202


Information Technology (IT)

• Moved three IT servers to virtualized servers.• Upgraded WiFi in the office and installed internet at Piasa warehouse.• Upgraded firmware at all substations on the equipment that pulls the information

from the meter to the substation to the server at the office for gathering the data from the meters.

• Completed 12 phishing simulations for IT training for employees and directors.


Dedicated to Serving MJM's Member-Owners

Congratulations on earning NRECA’s Supervisory Certification!

These gentlemen attended a co-op specific education program over a period of 2 ½ years that focused on strengthening their leadership skills, manage performance, make decisions, communicate effective-ly, time management and occupa-tional health and safety.

Celebrating 30 years of Service!

An interesting fact regarding these three dedicated board mem-bers: they each served on MJM’s Member Advisory Committee at one point of time before becoming an MJM Board Member.

Congratulations on Director Gold Status renewal!

To maintain their Director Gold credential, these directors were required to attend continu-ing education courses within a 24-month period from the time their last Director Gold creden-tial was awarded.

Left to Right: Louis Johnson, Paul Bartlett and Robert Lehmann.

Left to Right: Kay Schultz, Robert Lehmann and Paul Bartlett.

Left to Right: Mike Hart, Pete Evans, John Halder and Johnny Schmid.


• Charlie Baker, 43 yrs, Staking Engineer

• Dale Gansz, 34 yrs, Journeyman Lineman

• John Halder, 32 yrs, Line Foreman • Pete Evans, 32 yrs, Line Foreman• Johnny Schmid, 32 yrs, Line

Foreman• Traci Wadsworth, 26 yrs,

Accountant• Ron Dugan, 26 yrs, Warehouseman• Kevin Nafziger, 25 yrs, Area Utility

Leader• Kelly Bouillon, 23 yrs, Member

Accounts Representative• Dean Tepen, 22 yrs, Mechanic• Chuck Lucykow, 17 yrs, Area

Utility Leader• Joe Miles, 17 yrs, Area Utility

Leader• Mike Hart, 15 yrs, Area Utility

Leader• Susan Bennett, 12 yrs, Engineering

Secretary• Adam Crowe, 12 yrs, Line Foreman• Doug Egelhoff, 11 yrs, Journeyman

Lineman• Jared Stanton, 10 yrs, Journeyman

Lineman

• Brenda Qualls, 10 yrs, Billing Administrator

• Laura Cutler, 7 yrs, President/CEO• Jen Peterson, 6 yrs, Executive

Assistant • Jeromy Miller, 3 yrs, Staking

Engineer• Jacob Hamilton, 2 yrs, Apprentice

Lineman• Nick Hays, 2 yrs, Apprentice

Lineman• Joe Heyen, 2 yrs, Director of

Engineering & Operations• Ben Beckwith, 2 yrs, Plant

Accountant• Conner Mitchell, 2 yrs, Electronic

Technician• Nathan Hatalla, 1 yr,

Communications & Member Services Coordinator

• Chris Franzen, 1 yr, Information Technology Administrator

• Daniel Drumeller, 1 yr, Director of Finance & Administration

• Gage Gwillim, 1 yr, Level I Engineer

• Matthew Waters, 9 mths, Apprentice Lineman

At MJM's Annual Luncheon in January, the Cooperative gave special recognition to those celebrating their milestones in years of service. Left to Right: Jared Stanton, Brenda Qualls, Kevin Nafziger, Mike Hart and Ron Dugan.

Working For You- Your MJM Electric Co-op Employees


Your neighbors serving as your

Cooperative’s Directors

W. Kay SchultzGodfrey

District 1

Paul BartlettBrightonDistrict 3

Robert E. MooreMedora

District 2

AnThony HeitzigFieldon

District 9

Louis JohnsonShipmanDistrict 5


Your neighbors serving as your

Cooperative’s Directors

Dennis J. Stewart NokomisDistrict 8

Lee J. PlummerJerseyvilleAttorney

James NiemannLitchfieldDistrict 7

Robert LehmannGirard

District 4

William R. HeyenGillespieDistrict 6


Election and Credentials Committee reportCarlinville, Illinois – February 8, 2018

We, the undersigned, being the members of the Election and Credentials Committee, do hereby certify the following named persons, as candidates for the position of Director from the respective named Districts of M.J.M. ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., for terms of three years each, or until their succes-sors have been elected and qualified, beginning March 24, 2018. Further, we state that we have ex-amined the Petitions of the following named persons and found that said Petitions are in compliance with the

requirements of Article IV, Section 4.05 of the M.J.M. Bylaws and that they are qualified candidates for the respective positions. For Directors for a term of three years each, or until their successors have been elected and qualified:

Robert Moore Medora, Illinois - District 2Paul Bartlett Brighton, Illinois - District 3Dennis Stewart Nokomis, Illinois - District 8

Mission Statement:

M.J.M. Electric Cooperative shall be the electric pro-vider of choice, dedicated to providing the services and products our members want and need.

Signed: Address:


Meet the Board Candidates

Robert Moore has served 18 years as Director of District 2 and serves on the MJM Policy Committee. He earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD) Certificate and Director Gold Status from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Robert is a Member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and serves as the Fidelity Township Clerk in Jersey County.

Robert and his wife Donna live in the rural Medora area. He is the father of 3 children (Mike, Karin and Kathy) and grandparent of 4

granddaughters (Hanna, Jemma, Samantha and Abby). Robert was raised on a farm near Medora where he graduated from Jersey County High School. Robert and his son-in-law farm in the Medora and Jerseyville areas. “Serving on the MJM Board as well as several years on anther Co-op Board has helped me sharpen my skills in the decision making process in my own business.”

District 2 - Robert Moore

Paul Bartlett has served 30 years as Director of District 3 and serves on the MJM Executive and Annual Meeting Committees. He earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD) Certificate and Director Gold Status from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

Paul and his wife Mary live between Jerseyville and Brighton where he Farms with his son (Andrew) in Jersey and Madison Counties. Andrew and his wife Julie (Burns) have 3 sons (Quinn, Cole and Luke). Paul

and Mary also have a daughter (Emily Wittman) who together with her husband ( Justin) have 2 sons and a daughter (Liam, Graham and Mary Kate). Paul is a Member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and the Farm Bureau. He also serves on the Jerseyville Mutual Insurance Board and the American Legion, Post 492 Honor Guard, Sons of the Legion. Paul has been a member of MJM for 40 years.

"I began to be familiar with the electric co-op system by being on an advisory committee. With that I saw the challenges facing the coop then and in the future. When the opportunity came to be on the Board I saw it as a way to help insure reliability and costs for my neighbors and I. It has been a very rewarding experience and I am proud to represent MJM members."

Dennis Stewart has served 8 years as Director of District 8 and serves on the MJM Building/Equipment and Member Services Committees. He earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD) Certificate and Director Gold Status from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

Dennis and his wife Pam, have 2 kids (Travis and Shannon). He grew up in Nokomis where he graduated from Nokomis Unit 2 High School and has an Associate Degree from Lincoln Land Community College.

Dennis farms in the Nokomis area. Every day Dennis wants to “Serve my District the best way I can”

District 8 - Dennis Stewart

District 3 - Paul Bartlett


Income and Expenses2017 2016

Statement of IncomeResidential $ 16,454,551 $ 16,991,826Public Highways and Buildings 12,506 12,923Large Commercial 2,046,639 2,069,232Small Commercial 453,377 465,812Other Sales to Public Authorities 21,367 4,394Other Revenue 192,332 244,762Total Electric and Other Revenue $ 19,180,772 $ 19,788,949

Statement of ExpensesCost of Power $ 10,602,513 $ 10,924,937Administrative and General 1,255,228 1,347,992Operations and Maintenance 3,710,797 3,210,937Consumer Accounting, Collecting 301,425 273,453Interest on Debt 1,015,846 1,009,065Taxes 37,415 42,801Member Service and Information 188,692 197,486Depreciation of Plant 1,709,040 1,707,544Total Operating Expenses $ 18,820,956 $ 18,714,215

IncomeDollars

Expense Dollars

Residential 85.8%

Public Highways & Bldgs

0.1%

Large Commercial

10.7%

Small Commercial

2.3%

Other Sales to Public Authorities

0.1% Other Revenue 1.0%

Oper & Maint 19.7%

Admin & General

6.7%

Cost of Power 56.3%

Taxes0.2%

Cons Acct & Collect

1.6%

Intrest on Debt 5.4%

Mbr Svc & Info 1% Plant

Depreciation 9.1%


Comparative Balance SheetDecember 2017 2016What we ownThe total cost of our system $ 54,114,367 $ 51,408,888We estimate it has depreciated (16,832,582) (15,994,481)Which leaves a net value of 37,281,787 35,414,407We have cash in the bank amounting to 231,152 447,880Members owe us (current billing) 1,923,558 1,893,223Our stock of materials and supplies is worth 587,882 501,918We have made prepayments of 714,477 820,801We also have a regulatory asset of 1,017,773 1,137,163Interest earned 7,050 7,050And investments in associated organizations 5,910,087 5,525,634Investments of economic development 2,142,847 2,528,155Making our total assets $ 49,816,613 $ 48,276,231

What we oweWe owe our lenders for long term debt $ 22,834,701 22,797,103We owe for short term debt 2,028,261 1,249,200We have an obligation for taxes, interest, etc. 352,523 367,933Memberships and consumer deposits 1,220,693 1,196,087Members’ capital credits 21,572,656 20,334,663Other deferred credits and misc. liabilities 783,776 939,786Margins and other equities 1,024,003 1,391,459Making our total equities and liabilities $ 49,816,613 $ 48,276,231

Margins2017 2016

Total Income $ 19,180,772 $ 19,788,949Total Operating Expense 18,820,956 18,714,215Net Margins $ 359,818 $ 1,074,734Non-Operating Margins 43,067 55,743Capital Credits from G&T and Others 534,575 567,541Total Margins $ 937,458 $ 1,698,018


Pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws, notice is hereby given that the annual Meeting of Members of the M.J.M. Electric Cooperative will be held at Carlinville High School, Carlinville, IL, on Saturday March 24, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. to take action upon the following matters:

• To receive the reports of officers, directors and committees.• The election of three directors to serve three-year terms, or

until their successors are elected and qualified.• Any other business which may properly come before the

meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

William R Heyen Secretary

MJM Along The Lines (USPS 854-620) is published monthly for $3 per year by M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc., P.O. Box 80, Carlinville, Illinois 62626. Periodical postage paid at Carlinville, IL. POSTMASTER: Send Address changes to MJM Along The Lines, P.O. Box 80, Carlinville, IL 62626.

Official Meeting Notice

2017 2016

Average Number of Meters Billed (all rates) 9342 9282New Services Connected 94 105Services Retired 70 61Total Services in Place 10354 10327Idle Services 978 1019Total Miles of Line Energized 2127 2109Total kWh Purchased 136,986,667 141,835,531Total kWh Sold and used by MJM 127,251,351 130,999,437Percent of Line Loss 7.11% 7.64%Farm and Residential Rate: Average Monthly kWh Usage 973 1013 Average Bill per Member per Month $153.98 $159.04 Average Members per Mile 4.39 4.4Capital Credits Refunded Cumulative To Date $ 2,851,703 $ 2,447,485

Comparative Statistics

Please bring this entire booklet with you to the Annual Meeting. Again this

year, we will be registering you by scanning the unique barcode on the back of your booklet. This helps speed up the registration process.

To qualify to register for voting and to be eligible for an attendance prize and other prizes, you must be an active member. An active member is a person, firm, association, corporation, or body politic or subdivision thereof who has a member-ship certificate issued to them and is presently receiving electric service from the cooperative in their name.

If for some reason you will not be able to attend, you can still qualify your vote by properly filling in the proxy above and assigning it to an active member who is going to attend. The signed proxy in this notice will be the only proxy form accepted during registration.

Registration Process

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned member of M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc., do constitute and hereby appoint:

_________________________________________________________________my lawful attorney and proxy to vote in my place and stead at the annual meeting of members of the M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc., to be held at the Carlinville High School, Carlinville, Illinois, on March 24, 2018, and at any and all adjourn-ments of said meeting, and I hereby ratify and confirm my proxy’s vote in my stead on all matters properly brought before said meeting, including the election of directors.

Witness my hand and seal this _______ day of ____________________, 2018.

____________________________________________Signature of member giving proxy

NOTE: A member attending can vote no more than one (1) proxy.

Use this proxy if you are unable to attend the Annual Meeting but still wish to vote



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