Council

Responsibilities

The founding members of SE&C User Group Customer Council have voluntarily joined together to facilitate the formation of this User Group. The SE&C User Group will operate under the sponsorship of the Council, with minimal assistance from SES. The Customer Council Chair person has been designated, according to the adopted by-laws, the presiding officer.

The Council will consist of a minimum of 3 and maximum of 9 SE&C customers, representing different companies. Requirements for Council member companies include:

Willingness to host a meeting and/or sponsor a mixer event,
Good financial standing with SES, and
An ongoing services and support contract in place with SE&C.

The 2010 User Group Customer Council consists of representatives from the following founding member companies:

Ameren Energy Fuels & Services
Atmos Energy
Eneco Energy Trade
GDF Suez North America
IBERDROLA RENEWABLES
Progress Energy
PSEG
Southern California Edison
Washington Gas Energy Services

Each Council governs the User Group for one calendar year. The responsibilities of the Council include:

Setting meeting schedules, location and agenda; determining specific, one-time charges associated with attending meetings, to be based on actual costs. These costs may include, for example, copying materials, meals or meeting room charges*,
Establishing communities of interest,
Driving membership registration programs,
Accepting/rejecting applications for membership,
Monitoring adherence to by-laws,
Conducting communications with membership,
Managing Users Group Web site content.

The Council will also act as the main communications conduit to SE&C management on behalf of the Users Group membership and provide content for the User Group Web site.

* There are no dues for membership.