LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL 2008
At the November, 2007 Board Meeting, your Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2008 Business Plan. The Business Plan is put in place each year to ensure we have a defined and well thought out set of benchmarks, goals and strategies that help us to achieve the overall mission and vision of the Cooperative. The Mission Statement of GVEC reads, “Building on our heritage and having confidence in the future, the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative is a team of professionals committed to exceeding our members’ expectations by identifying and investing in products and services that fulfill the needs of those we serve.” The Mission Statement for the Cooperative was updated a couple of years ago and has helped keep us focused on the needs and expectations of you, our member-owners. The items included in the 2008 Business Plan range from benchmarks that set expectations for outage tracking, call center performance and competitive rates to strategies designed to maintain financial strength, evaluate renewable energy technologies, enhance corporate communications and strengthen employee development. It is our belief that organizations that experience true and ongoing success are organizations that empower people to plan for, and respond to, changes in operating environments. The electric utility industry is dynamic, and the challenges we will face with regard to power supply, environmental concerns and competition in the labor markets, among others, are very real challenges that will take organizational focus and commitment to overcome. With that said, the outlook for 2008 is positive, and our course of action has been carefully mapped in the Business Plan.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Please contact me anytime you have questions, comments or suggestions. Email me at info@gvec.org, call me at 1-800-223-GVEC (4832) or write to me at P. O. Box 118, Gonzales, Texas, 78629. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

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