Nominations open for TECT election

Warwick Lampp will serve as the independent returning officer for the upcoming TECT election. File photo.

It is election time again for the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust and the Trust has again appointed Warwick Lampp as its independent returning officer to manage the process.

The Trust is administered by six trustees, with three trustees retiring by rotation every two years.

The three retiring trustees this year are Peter Blackwell, Ron Scott and Paul Tustin, who can stand again if they wish.

Nomination packs are available from the Trust office, Ground Floor, The Hub, 525 Cameron Rd, Tauranga - ph (07) 578 5094, or from electionz.com on free phone 0800 666 029.

Candidates have until 12pm on Friday June 1 to submit their nominations. Candidates have to be TECT consumers and must be nominated by two separate TECT consumers. Each candidate is required to provide a profile statement of 150 words or less and a recent photo.

Warwick will also host a candidate information meeting at the TECT office, on Tuesday May 15 at 7pm. This presentation will explain how the election process works, what is involved in completing the nomination documents, and general information about being a TECT trustee.

If more than three nominations are received an election will be carried out by postal and internet voting. Voting papers will be mailed out to around 52,000 eligible voters from June 25. The election closes on Friday July 20, with election results being released after midday.

Any queries about the election of trustees or eligibility to vote can be made to the election helpline on 0800 666 029.

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4 comments

Wind it up

Posted on 12-05-2018 12:34 | By maildrop

And distribute all funds to consumers. It would be nice if people stood with an open prospectus rather than trying to sneak things through the back door. They should have all resigned over the farce proposal recently. The arrogance some representatives display is staggering.


Remember

Posted on 12-05-2018 12:38 | By Told you

Take note of the remaining trustees and vote accordingly as to the TECT Cheque debacle.


One would hope that candidates are honest and

Posted on 12-05-2018 13:22 | By SML

stand by their election statements, this time around, after at least three made major changes from what they stated in the recent TECT fiasco, when "save the cheque" transformed into "take the cheque away from the consumers"! I know many will, like myself, be paying VERY careful attention to any statements made, this time around!


Remember the names

Posted on 12-05-2018 13:36 | By Taffy

of those retiring Trustees if they stand again.They were part of that debacle of trying to get rid of our cheque. Mores the pity the rest of the trustees weren,t retiring.Let,s hope we get sufficient nominees to get rid of these three.


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