2024 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA
March 26-27, 2024
Grand Hotel -- Minot, ND
TUESDAY, MARCH 26 – ANNUAL MEETING
9:30 AM
Registration Desk Opens
12:00 Noon
Annual Meeting Luncheon – Executive Room
Sponsored by: CoBank
1:00 PM
Annual Meeting Convenes – Grand Ballroom
Mark Brehm, President, presiding officer
"Message from the President"
Mark Brehm, President
“Report from the Treasurer"
Bob Wolf, Secretary-Treasurer
“Report from the General Manager”
Tom Meland, General Manager
“Year in Review”
Mick Kossan, Manager of Accounting & Finance
Mark Sherman, Manager of Operations & Engineering
2:30 PM
Refreshment Break – Grand Ballroom
Sponsored by: HDR Engineering, Inc.
3:00PM
"Basin Electric Power Cooperative Report"
Chris Baumgartner, Senior Vice President of Member and External Relations
3:30 PM
“Special Guest via recorded message”- U.S. Senator John Hoeven
“Special Guest via recorded message”- U.S. Congressman Kelly Armstrong
3:45 PM
“Western Area Power Administration Report”
Lloyd A. Linke, Senior Vice President and UGP Regional Manager
4:15 PM
“Special Guest”
Lt. Governor Tammy Miller
MEETING RECESS
5:30 PM
RESCO/Ulteig Engineers/Synergy Powerline Construction/Border States Electric Supply & Widseth Smith Nolting Social– Executive Room
Heavy Hors d’oeuvres
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
7:30AM
Breakfast Buffet – Executive Room
Sponsored by: CFC
8:30AM
Annual Meeting Reconvenes – Grand Ballroom
Jean Brandt, Vice President, presiding officer
“Economic Update”
John Suter, VP of Economic Research, CFC
9:30AM
“Legislative Issues Panel”
Jim Horan, Executive Director, Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
Josh Kramer, Executive VP & General Manager, NDAREC
Chris Baumgartner, Senior Vice President of Member and External Relations, Basin Electric
10:00 AM
Refreshment Break – Grand Ballroom
Sponsored by: Pringle & Herigstad P.C.
10:15 AM
Business Session
Call to Order
Determination of a Quorum
Notice of Annual Meeting
Consideration of 2023 Annual Meeting Minutes
By-Law Amendment
Resolutions Committee Report & Consideration of Resolutions
Curtis Wiesz, Committee Chairman (Director, Northern Plains Electric)
Caucus Report
Debra Hoffarth, Legal Counsel, Pringle & Herigstad
Unfinished Business
New Business
ADJOURNMENT