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      <SeverancePayment>false</SeverancePayment>
      <SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan>false</SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan>
      <EquityBasedCompArrangement>false</EquityBasedCompArrangement>
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        <NamePerson>DEAN FUCHS</NamePerson>
        <BaseCompensationFilingOrg>87715</BaseCompensationFilingOrg>
        <DeferredCompFilingOrg>65723</DeferredCompFilingOrg>
        <NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg>7675</NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg>
        <TotalCompensationFilingOrg>161113</TotalCompensationFilingOrg>
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        <NamePerson>DAVID STUVA</NamePerson>
        <BaseCompensationFilingOrg>141271</BaseCompensationFilingOrg>
        <DeferredCompFilingOrg>71546</DeferredCompFilingOrg>
        <NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg>10315</NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg>
        <TotalCompensationFilingOrg>223132</TotalCompensationFilingOrg>
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        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 6</Identifier>
        <Explanation>MEMBER OWNED COOPERATIVE</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 7a</Identifier>
        <Explanation>ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 7b</Identifier>
        <Explanation>MEMBERS APPROVE ALL BYLAW CHANGES</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 11b</Identifier>
        <Explanation>REVIEWD BY MANAGEMENT AND EMAILED TO BOARD MEMBERS</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 12c</Identifier>
        <Explanation>ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt VI, Line 15a</Identifier>
        <Explanation>ANNUAL BOARD REVIEW</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Pt XI</Identifier>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Explanation>INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS = 110</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Explanation>TOTAL TO PART XI, LINE 9 = 179,977</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f</Identifier>
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