KEC Meetings

Attend KEC's 2026 Summer Meeting in Overland Park.

2026 Summer Meeting Registration

(registration form for internal co-op use only — please complete online registration)

Register by July 20, 2026 | Cancellation by July 24, 2026

Schedule

Aug. 1 — Trustee Training

9 a.m.-4 p.m. 901.1 Basic Parliamentary Procedure for Directors
9 a.m.- 4 p.m. 2640.1 Financial Decision Making

Aug. 2 — Trustee Training and Social

9 a.m.-4 p.m. 926.1 Navigating in the Era of Uncertainty
9 a.m.-4 p.m. 958.1 Succession Planning: Developing a Purpose-Driven Organization
4-5:30 p.m. KEC Social

Aug 3. — KEC Summer Meeting

7 a.m. Registration opens
8 a.m. Meeting called to order
12:10 p.m. Luncheon
- Dr. Fran Luntz, speaker
1:40 p.m. Meeting reconvenes
3:10 p.m. Meeting adjourned
3:15 p.m. KEC Board Meeting

Saturday, Aug. 1 Director's Training Workshops

2640.1 Financial Decision Making

This course is designed to help directors assess their cooperative's financial position via financial statements used in financial reporting and planning, as well as key ratios developed from these financial statements. Participants will also recognize how board decisions impact their co-op's financial position.

KEY TOPICS

Identifying the key financial decisions boards make.
Recognizing the uniqueness of the cooperative business model and a typical cooperative's financial attributes.
Recognizing three financial documents and related key financial ratios.
Explaining how board decisions impact the financial position and financial statements.
Understanding the difference between reporting a cooperative's financial results and understanding a cooperative's financial position.
Describing the audit function.

901.1 Basic Parliamentary Procedure for Directors

This course provides an overview of what directors need to know about parliamentary procedure to become more effective participants in board meetings. Participants will understand the purpose and use of proper procedure in business meetings and become familiar with the basic structure and content of Robert's Rules of Order.

KEY TOPICS

How parliamentary procedure helps ensure effective, democratic meetings.
The essential rules of debate.
The key elements of agendas and minutes.
Procedures for voting, elections and secret ballots.

Sunday, Aug. 2 Director's Training Workshops

926.1 Navigating in the Era of Uncertainty

We live in an era defined by uncertainty, where change is constant, and disruptions can emerge from almost any direction. Global economic volatility, shifting energy markets, rapid technological advances, political upheaval, geopolitical tensions, climate-related events, and evolving workforce dynamics all converge to create a future that is harder than ever to predict. This course focuses on tools and strategies to help boards think differently, govern more effectively and change how they develop and pursue strategy.

KEY TOPICS

Leading through Uncertainty & Strategic Foresight
Navigating Economic, Political & Geopolitical Volatility
Rethink Capabilities, Investments in Digital Transformation
Workforce Transformation & Leading in Times of Change
Organizational Resilience & Change Readiness

958.1 Succession Planning: Developing the Purpose-Driven Organization

Board, CEO and staff succession planning are essential to ensuring tomorrow’s purpose-driven organization. Personnel change is inevitable in every organization. Often, such change can be challenging, especially when vacancies occur in leadership positions. This course focuses on the board’s responsibility and role in ensuring that the cooperative has a succession plan in place for the CEO and its overall leadership. Also discussed is the board’s role in ensuring that the CEO has a process in place to ensure ongoing development of the organization’s workforce potential and a plan to ensure leadership continuity and quality.

KEY TOPICS

Succession planning and development.
The board’s fiduciary responsibility for assuring a qualified and capable workforce.
Competencies expected in today’s executive leadership positions.
Changes in CEO leadership.