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Collinsville Chamber of Commerce
October 6, 2011
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2011 Chamber Officers

Pres: Traci Conley
VP: Jim Dolton
Sec/Tres: Billie Francis
Pres. Elect: Bill Johnston

Directors (2011-2013):
Christine Wilson
Don Hutinson
Misty Maxwell

Directors (2010-2012):
Marilyn Hardacre
Beth Ann Langston

Directors (2009-2011):
Nichole Landrum
Ted Wright
Stacy Brown

President-Appointed
1-Year Directors:

Corbi Wells Goddard
Pam Porter
Heidi McGehee
Steven Barnes

Honorary Board Members:
Ernie Davis (Past President)
Pam Polk (City Manager)
Stan Sallee (Mayor)
Terry Due (School Supt.)
John Smaligo (Tulsa Co. Comm.)
Earl Sears (Stare Representative)
Rick Brinkley (State Senator)

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We are an active part of the communities we serve because they are the places we call home. The members we serve live, work and play in the lush rolling hills of northeastern Oklahoma.

Headquartered in Collinsville, Oklahoma, VVEC is a distribution electric cooperative. We provide electric service to residential, commercial and industrial consumers through more than 32,000 meters and more than 4,500 miles of electric line in portions of Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and Washington counties.

Among the 26 electric cooperatives operating in Oklahoma, VVEC is the third largest based on the number of meters served by the co-op. Ninety-two employees cover the Cooperative’s more than 3,200-square mile service territory daily maintaining the electric system and providing consumer-oriented service.

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Mark Rathe of the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Collinsville Chamber Thursday at the regular monthly luncheon meeting.

Rathe spoke of the task of the State Chamber to work for business friendly legislation. Rathe listed major legislative accomplishments on these 2011 topics:
* Economic Deveopment & Taxation
* Education
* Worker's Compensation Reform
* Employment Law
* Lawsuit Reform
* Health Care
* Energy & Natural Resources
* Federal

The State Chamber's staff of 25 (including 10 lobbyists) tracked 2,281 Oklahoma Senate bills and 1,168 House bills filed in 2011.

Mark Rathe