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Annual Meeting 2025

Notice of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Members will be given to the membership by method of the June & July 2025 Illinois Country Living magazine, that will begin arriving the end of May and June. The Annual Meeting of the Members will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at our headquarters facility at 1732 Finney Road, Murphysboro, Ill. Gates will open, registration, and food service will begin at 4:30 p.m. Boxed hot dog dinners, Dairy Queen dilly bars, kettle corn & drinks will be provided to all in attendance, and $20 bill credits will be issued to each registered member (credit will be applied to August bills, one per membership). Live music will be provided until 5:30 p.m. with a live line demonstration to follow by our lineworkers. The business meeting will take place on-stage outdoors within our truck bays promptly at 6 p.m. Consumer-members will have the choice to join the meeting in person near the stage, or by listening to the radio broadcast (87.9 FM) while in their vehicle in on-site parking. We will conduct attendance prize and scholarship winner drawings immediately following the business meeting (must be present to win).

Three directors seats will be elected this year. See below for the candidate profiles. Following the meeting, scholarship winners will be drawn. To download the 2025 scholarship application, visit our Annual Meeting Scholarship page, or below.

More information can be found on our Annual Meeting webpage.