Council
Responsibilities
The founding members of SES User Group Customer Council have voluntarily joined together to facilitate the formation of this User Group. The SES 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 SES 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 SES.
The
2010 User Group Customer Council consists of representatives from the following founding member companies:
- Ameren Energy Fuels & Services
- Atmos Energy
- GDF SUEZ NORTH AMERICA
- IBERDROLA RENEWABLES
- Progress Energy
- PSEG
- USG Corporation
- 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 SES management on behalf of the Users Group membership and provide content for the Users Group Web site.
* There are no dues for membership.
