JIM CARLSON RE-ELECTED TO UBG BOARD  

Jim Carlson, General Manager of First Cooperative, Cherokee, Iowa and Vice Chairman of the United Benefits Group Board of Directors was re-elected to a five-year term in this year’s UBG director election held on September 29, 2006.  Each year, one position on the five-man Board comes up for election.  Ballots are cast by each of the Plan’s 450 Participating Employers on a proportional basis – one vote for each active employee-participant. 

As always, United Benefits Group strives to have three excellent candidates for each Board position, and this year was no different.  The Board and Staff of United Benefits Group would like to thank Bart Baker General Manager of Shipman Elevator Co. (Shipman, Illinois) and Rolly Svoboda, General Manager of Pro Cooperative (Gilmore City, Iowa) for their willingness to serve as candidates in this year’s election.

Also deserving recognition are members of this year’s Nominating Committee which included Ed Bosanko, Watonwan Farm Service Co., Truman, Minnesota; Dave Christiansen, Mid-Kansas Co-op Association, Moundridge, Kansas; and Ed Foster,  All-Points Cooperative, Gothenburg, Nebraska.

Serving on your United Benefits Group Board of Directors are the following individuals:

Ken Hahn, Chairman ; Planters Cooperative, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma

Jim Carlson, Vice-Chairman ; First Cooperative, Cherokee, Iowa

Ed Foster ; All-Points Cooperative, Gothenburg, Nebraska

Dave Christiansen ; Mid-Kansas Co-op Assn., Moundridge, Kansas

Stan Stark ; Farmers Cooperative Co.,  Haviland, Kansas

 These same five persons also serve as members of the Co-op Retirement Plan Committee, the governing authority of the Plan.