§ 17-10-218 — Filling vacancies

If a patron member director's position becomes vacant for a
director that was elected by patron members, the board shall
appoint a patron member of the cooperative to fill the
director's position until the next regular or special members'
meeting. If the vacating director was not a patron member, the
board shall appoint a patron member to fill the vacant position.
At the next regular or special members' meeting, the members or
patron members shall elect a director to fill the unexpired term
of the vacant director's position.