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Meetings/Minutes

The Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Board Meeting will be open to the public in-person in GVEA’s Employee/Board Meeting Room at 758 Illinois St, via Microsoft Teams and/or telephone. Members who wish to participate virtually will need to join using the following:

  • Open Session begins at 6:30 p.m. using these details:

Members are welcome to attend meetings. As a courtesy, we ask members interested in attending to notify the co-op’s executive administrative assistant, Susan Redlin, prior to the meeting. Email Susan Redlin or call (907) 458-5721.

Sign-up for member comments by 6:45 p.m. If you would like to make a Member Comment, please sign-up by emailing Susan Redlin or texting (907) 978-0547. Please include your full name and electric service address. Your name will be called in the order received. The member comment portion of the Agenda will immediately follow the presentations at approximately 7 p.m.

If you are on the phone only, please text your request to make a member comment (full name and services address) to (907) 978-0547.

Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA)’s Board of Directors normally meet the 4th Tuesday of each month in the board room at our Fairbanks facility. GVEA will post agendas on this webpage about 10 days prior to each meeting. Posting of meeting minutes will follow board approval (typically after the following month’s meeting).

Instructions to Join Virtual Meeting

Joining Board Meetings using Microsoft Teams

You have 3 options to join a Microsoft Teams Meeting:

  1. Dial in by phone
  2. Join the meeting using your web browser
  3. Join the meeting using the Microsoft Teams application

Dial In by Phone

Call the toll free number listed. You will be prompted for the conference ID and then the # key.

You will be asked if you are the meeting organizer, just wait for a few seconds until you are admitted to the meeting.

Once the meeting starts you will be muted. If you wish to speak during the member comment section be sure to press *6 to unmute after you have been recognized by the meeting host.

Join the Meeting using Your Web Browser

In order to use Teams on the Web for calls and meetings, you will need to be using one of the following
web browsers:

  • Microsoft Edge
  • Google Chrome

Click the link for the meeting, you will be taken to a page with these options:

Screenshot of Microsoft teams "join meeting" screen

Click on "Continue in Browser"

The first time you join a meeting your web browser will prompt you to allow Teams to access your microphone and camera:

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams
Once you allow those, you will be brought to a Teams audio/video settings screen where you can enter your name, turn on/off video and audio and pick which webcams, microphone or speakers you wish to use.

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams

Once the meeting starts you will be muted. If you wish to speak during the member comment section be sure to unmute yourself after you have been recognized by the meeting host.

To only see the video from the GVEA Board Room, you may want to pin the GVEA Board Meeting Host video.

Click on the "participants" button:

Highlight “Board Meeting Host” click the "…" button and select “Pin”

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams

Join the Meeting using the Microsoft Teams Application

Click the link for the meeting, you will be taken to a page with these options:

Screenshot of Microsoft teams "join meeting" screen

If you do not have the Teams application installed and want to install it, click the “Download” button and install the application. After the install completes you will join the meeting.

If you already have the Teams application installed, you may also get this prompt, if so click “Open”:

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams

If you have the Teams application installed and do not get this prompt, click the “Open your Teams App” button.

Once you join, you will be brought to a Teams audio/video settings screen where you can enter your name, turn on/off video and audio and pick which webcams, microphone or speakers you wish to use.

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams

Once the meeting starts you will be muted. If you wish to speak during the member comment section be sure to unmute yourself after you have been recognized by the meeting host.

Regular Board Meetings

Unless otherwise specified, all Board meetings are held in the Board Room at our main headquarters location, which is 758 Illinois St., Fairbanks.

  • There is typically a closed “executive session” that begins between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. (depending on need)
  • The open session, which all members are welcome to attend, begins at 6:30 p.m.

Board Meeting Minutes

Date Title Agenda Minutes
12/12/2023 December 12, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda is not available Minutes is not available
11/28/2023 November 28, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda is not available Minutes is not available
10/30/2023 October 30, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda is not available Minutes is not available
09/26/2023 September 26, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes is not available
08/29/2023 August 29, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes is not available
08/28/2023 August 28, 2023 Special Board Meeting Agenda Minutes is not available
07/25/2023 July 25, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
06/27/2023 June 27, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
05/23/2023 May 23, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
04/25/2023 April 25, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
03/30/2023 March 30, 2023 Special Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
03/28/2023 March 28, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
03/01/2023 March 1, 2023 Special Board Meeting: Board/CEO Retreat Agenda Minutes
02/28/2023 February 28, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes
01/24/2023 January 24, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda Minutes

Board Meeting Minutes Archive

2022 Meeting Minutes

Compiled 2022 Member Books