Members of the co-op will gather at trustee district meetings this month for the purpose of selecting candidates for the co-op’s Board of Trustees. Districts 3, 5 and 7 are up for election.

• Susan Reeves is the trustee for District 3. The meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Windsor Baptist Church, 918 SE County Road 234, Gainesville, FL, 32641. (Update 1/10: Susan Reeves was nominated without opposition.)
• Dewitt Hersey is the trustee for District 5. The meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Sampson City Church of God, 8420 NW CR 225 Starke, FL 32091. (Update 1/12: Dewitt Hersey was nominated without opposition.)
•  John Henry Whitehead is the trustee for District 7. The meeting will be held Monday, Jan. 8 at the First Christian Church, 155 NW 1st Street, Lake Butler, FL, 32054. (Update 1/9: John Henry Whitehead was nominated without opposition.)

Members who live in the district are invited to attend their district meeting. Your district is listed in the upper right-hand side of your electric bill statement. Registration for the meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m.

Each year, trustee positions on the co-op’s nine-member board of trustees are up for election. Members within the respective districts select one or two members to be candidates for the board of trustees. These candidates are voted upon by all members during the Annual Meeting election period which runs from Jan. 29 through March 11.