Board members serve staggered three-year terms. Each year three seats must be filled in the annual elections.  Any member is welcomed to present her/himself as a candidate. Candidate packets are available in mid August of each year at all Co-op location information desks.  Candidates must be current Co-op members in good standing.

Co-op Board elections take place the first two weeks in November each year.  All primary members with current memberships may vote.  Ballots are mailed to each member's home. Each mailed ballot includes a postage-paid return envelope addressed to an independent third party.  This independent third party verifies each ballot's validity again a current Co-op member list, assures ballots remain secure and completely anonymous, tallies the ballots and reports the outcome to the Board of Directors.

Here are the 2010 Election Packets for La Montanita Board of Directors:

2010 Election Packet in word format HERE

2010 Election Packet in printable .pdf format HERE