Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), Corporate Offices, 850 Commerce Hwy., Jefferson, Ga., 30549, with district offices in Gainesville, Ga., Lawrenceville, Ga., Jefferson, Ga., and Hull, Ga., is a cooperative providing electric service to 10 Northeast Georgia Counties – Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison and Oglethorpe.

The cooperative is governed by a nine-member board of directors geographically representing the service area. Board members serve three-year staggered terms. Three will be elected at the annual meeting Thursday, September 18, 2008, at the Corporate Offices in Jefferson.

Nominations are presented by a nominating committee or by a duly processed petition. Procedures detailing the nominations process are contained in the Jackson EMC by-laws available at any office. At each Annual Meeting of the member-customers, three (3) directors shall be elected, by and from the member-customers, to serve for a term of three years, or until their successors shall have been elected and shall have qualified, subject to the provisions of these by-laws with respect to the removal of directors, in the following rotation: one from Hall County or Lumpkin County, one from Barrow County, one from Gwinnett County; one from Clarke County, one from Jackson County, one from Gwinnett County; one from Banks County or Franklin County, one from Jackson County, one from Madison County or Oglethorpe County.

The duly constituted nominating committee for 2008 consists of the following members:

• Mrs. Howard McClure
  Maysville, Banks County
• Mr. Clay McDaniel
  Bethlehem, Barrow County
• Mr. Freddie Massey
  Athens, Clarke County
• Mr. Quillon Butler
  Auburn, Gwinnett County
• Mr. Patti Clark
  Braselton, Gwinnett County
• Mr. Steve Blair
  Gainesville, Hall County
• Mr. Fred Gurley
  Jefferson, Jackson County
• Mr. Heyward Young
  Athens, Jackson County
• Mr. Steve Bates
  Hull, Madison County