Our annual meeting was held on April 18, 2024, at our headquarters in Ramsey. Most members participated in person while others watched the live stream on Connexus’ Facebook page.

View or download the 2023 Annual Review and 2023 Financial Statements. Videos of reports from the annual meeting are posted below.

Four students who attended the annual meeting with a Connexus member won a $1,000 scholarship in our new attendance drawing. The names drawn were: Zach Davis, Brandon Forsyth, Katherine James and Justin Kroeze.

Members who voted were automatically entered into a prize drawing, and the winners were announced at the annual meeting. The following members won a prize basket: Jeffrey Severson (Spring Planting Basket), Adam Klinkhammer (Get Grilling Basket) and Barry Patrick (Sweet Surprise Basket). Voting members were also entered into a weekly drawing for a $50 bill credit. The winners were: William Connell, Alan Buttler, Carolyn Scott and Matt Spencer.

Mark Ethen - Incumbent District 1 View Bio	Sam Villella District 1 View Bio	Fran Bator - Incumbent District 3 View Bio	Angie Ronayne District 4 View Bio

Survey & Ballot Systems is an independent tabulation firm that mailed, received and tabulated the 2024 ballots. At our annual meeting on April 18, the results of the board of directors’ election were as follows:

District 1
Abel Ebane: 4,167 votes / 44.2%
*Mark Ethen: 7,192 votes / 76.3%
Sam Villella: 4,320 votes / 45.8%

District 3
*Fran Bator: 8,513 votes / 100%

District 4
Angie Ronayne: 8,625 votes / 100%

*Incumbent

Total ballots cast were 9,546 or 7.2% of eligible membership.

District 4 director appointment and officer election at organizational meeting
Due to the retirement of Ken Fiereck, the Connexus Energy Board of Directors affirmed the director appointment of Joe Gruenes at an organizational meeting that followed the annual meeting. Joe is serving the remaining one-year of Ken’s term immediately. He resides in Clear Lake and has been a Connexus member for 25 years. Joe has a strong background in business management, budgeting and statistical analysis.

The 2024 directors also elected their officers at the organizational meeting. Those results were:

• Chair – Fran Bator
• Vice Chair – Mark Ethen
• Secretary/Treasurer – Shelly Peterson
• Assistant Secretary/Treasurer – Mike Thews

Members of Connexus gathered online and in-person at the cooperative’s Ramsey headquarters April 20, 2023, for the annual meeting.

View or download the 2022 Annual Review and 2022 Financial Statements. Videos of the CEO, CFO and Board Chair’s 2022 business reports are posted below, along with our Top 5 of 2022 video. Please watch all of them!

Three board of director seats were on the 2023 ballot. Each seat is a three-year term, and all members may vote for all director districts. This year’s seats were located in director districts 1, 2 and 3.

Survey & Ballot Systems, an independent tabulation firm, mailed, received and tabulated the ballots. Here are the results:

Michael Cady - Incumbent District 1	Michael (Mike) Thews District 2	Shelly Peterson - Incumbent District 3

Immediately following the annual meeting, the 2023 directors held an organizational meeting to elect the officers for the board of directors. Here are those results:

• Chair – Fran Bator
• Vice Chair – Mark Ethen
• Secretary/Treasurer – Shelly Peterson
• Assistant Secretary/Treasurer – Michael Cady