For the Bulletin The Bandera Electric Cooperative had 365 members attend its 81st annual Meeting of the Membership, which was held virtually through an online meeting app on Aug. 15. That amounts to a 4.29% increase from the number of members who attended the meeting last year, officials said. The regular business of the meeting was conducted including reading the director election results. Directors from districts one, two and three, Jerry Word, Frances Laue and Jeffery Slocum were re-elected respectively. Officials said this year BEC had a 79% increase in director election voting participation. In presentations to the membership, BEC CEO Bill Hetherington highlighted BEC’s ...