On March 24, the MFA Oil Company Board of Directors voted to amend the cooperative’s bylaws to allow delegate voting caucuses to be moved to the company’s Annual District Meetings beginning in the spring of 2022.
The caucuses, which in past years had been held during the cooperative’s Annual Delegate Meeting, are the means by which delegates from each of the company’s eight voting districts elect their respective board member. The delegate meetings will now be organized and hosted by voting district rather than by the company’s operational districts.
“Driving to the annual meeting can be a long trip for our delegates who live on the outskirts of our territories,” says Glen Cope, chairman of the MFA Oil Board of Directors. “Moving the caucuses to the district meetings should allow more delegates to participate in the voting process since they won’t have to travel as far. The more people we can get involved the stronger our cooperative becomes.”
Prior to the vote by the board, the bylaw amendment was discussed at each of the 2021 district delegate meetings. Cope says the idea was well received by the delegates and all board members supported the change.
The caucuses are held on a staggered scheduled every three years with District 1 – Northwest, District 3 – Southwest and District 6 – Central scheduled to vote next spring.