Call of Duty

Director Clifford Deal announces he will not seek re-election in 2024

United Electric Cooperative Services, Inc. (United) is searching for qualified candidates for consideration to be placed on the ballot by the cooperative’s Committee on Nominations for the 2024 Board of Directors election this Fall. 

Clifford Deal’s tenure as District Four director will conclude at the end of his most recent three-year term. This occurs upon the election of his successor in the Board of Directors election, held in conjunction with the 2024 Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for October. 

“I’m very proud of the many accomplishments that have occurred during my time on the board—one of the most notable being the consolidation of Johnson County and Erath County electric cooperatives in 2000 that brought millions of dollars in savings to the membership,” Deal said. “Most recently, I’m proud that we voted to bring high-speed fiber-optic internet to our members. United provided this service when others would not.”

The District Four position will be up for election in October 2024. Per United’s bylaws and board policy, as such when an incumbent director affirms he or she is not seeking re-election to the board, the board president shall appoint a Nominees Search Committee composed of three directors from the board and three members from the area from which the incumbent director not seeking re-election was elected.

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The board president shall appoint the three non-director members of the committee in consultation with the incumbent director and the committee.  Once the committee has been appointed and ratified by the full board, the search for nominees for consideration by the cooperative’s Committee on Nominations pursuant to Section 4.06 of the bylaws will begin. 

The Nominees Search Committee shall vet candidate applications and meet with the board and discuss its recommendations. The board, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, shall, from those individuals recommended by the committee, select not more than three potential nominees to be considered by the Committee on Nominations.  

The board shall be the arbiter of any dispute regarding the selection by the board of any potential nominee pursuant to this policy or the qualification of any individuals recommended for consideration by the Committee on Nominations as a potential nominee. 

“We are thankful to Clifford Deal for his many years of service on United’s Board of Directors,” said Board President Patsy Dumas. “We will wish him the very best when he departs the board in October 2024, and we are excited about the prospects of new leadership joining the board to help us continue our mission of exceptional service and value.”

Interested candidates can learn more about candidate participation by visiting United’s board candidate page at www.ucs.net/board-candidates or by contacting United’s Executive Assistant Lindsey Mobley at (817) 782-8381 with questions.