2009 Alberta Beef Producers Fall Producer Meetings and Elections

[loric]

2009 Alberta Beef Producers Fall Producer Meetings and Elections

Zone 1 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Nov 2 Medicine Hat, Ralph’s Bar and Grill
Kee Jim, ALMA Board of Directors
Nov 4 Brooks, Ramada Inn
Ryder Lee, CCA Manager of Federal and Provincial Relations
Nov 6 Vauxhall, Legion
Andrea Brocklebank, CanFax Interim Manager

Zone 2 Meeting 7:00 pm start
With a Free Supper 5:30 pm
Nov 2 Fort MacLeod, Auction Market
Travis Toews, CCA Vice President

Zone 3 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Nov 2 Sundre, Legion
Ryder Lee, CCA Manager of Federal and Provincial Relations
Nov 5 Longview, Community Hall
Rick Burton, ABP Chair
Nov 9 Strathmore, Golf and Country Club
Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, ALMA Board of Directors
Nov 12 Cochrane, RancheHouse
Andrea Brocklebank, CanFax Interim Manager
Reynold Bergen, ABP Research and Technical Manager

Zone 4 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Oct 28 Pollockville, Community Hall
Rich Smith, ABP General Manager
Nov 4 Veteran, Community Hall
Travis Toews, CCA Vice President
Nov 9 Hughenden, Community Hall
Reynold Bergen, ABP Research and Technical Manager

Zone 5 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Free supper, beef on a bun, at 6:00 pm
Oct 27 Leslieville, Community Hall
Speaker TBA
Nov 3 Big Valley, Community Hall
Ryder Lee, CCA Manager of Federal and Provincial Relations
Nov 5 Spruce View, Community Hall
Glenn Brand, Beef Information Centre, Chief Executive Officer

Zone 6 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Oct 26 Camrose, Regional Exhibition
Glenn Brand, Beef Information Centre, Chief Executive Officer
Oct 29 Breton, Community Hall
Travis Toews, CCA Vice President
Nov 2 Ponoka, Legion
Larry Thomas, CCA National Coordinator, Canadian Beef Advantage

Zone 7 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Free supper at 6:00 pm
Nov 4 Mayerthorpe, Legion Hall
Ted Haney, CBEF President
Nov 10 Westlock, Memorial Hall
Andrea Brocklebank, CanFax Interim Manager
Rick Burton, ABP Chair

Zone 8 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
Oct 28 Flat Lake, Community Hall
Rob McNabb, CCA General Manager, Operations
Cattle Inventory and the National Check-off
Oct 29 Hairy Hill, Community Hall
Rob McNabb, CCA General Manager, Operations
Nov 4 Kitscoty, Winfield Inn
Larry Thomas, CCA National Coordinator, Canadian Beef Advantage

Zone 9 All Meetings 7:00 pm start
With a free supper, beef on a bun, at 6:30 pm
Oct 28 Savanna, Rec Plex
Reynold Bergen, Technical & Research Chair
Oct 29 Grande Prairie, Stonebridge Hotel
Rick Burton, ABP Chair
Nov 4 Grimshaw, Elks Hall
Kevin Boon, ABP Vice Chair
Nov 5 High Prairie, Legion Hall
Rich Smith, ABP General Manager

[per]

Lori, I have a question about the board and delegates. Not sure how to ask it but here goes. Once you are named to the board do you still need to be a delegate? To make the question simpler, If Rick is not a delegate does he hold the Chairmanship and when he is the past chair does he keep his board seat even if not a delegate? Not picking on Rick just curious and he is an easy example.

[grassfarmer]

Another request for you Lori, could someone at headquarters do some math on the cost of the ABP "anti refundable levy campaign" I'm sure this question will be raised across the province and I don't think producers should be fudged off with a "we don't know" "we can't separate that out from our regular expenses" responses. This was clearly a major campaign that was launched by the board of ABP who presumably authorised the spending of a large sum on an advertising campaign for one thing. I think producers have the right to know how much money was spent on this.
Thank you.

[loric]

Thanks for the comments guys. Firstly to Per - in order to be on the board, you must be a delegate. Next year Rick will be considered a Past-Chair. He will not be a delegate. He will hold the Past-Chair position for one-year.

Grassfarmer - I can certainly get a tally of costs on the ads done regarding Bill 43. In the meantime, I can assure you the cost was nowhere near what the rumour mill was circulating.

[loric]

The cost of two producer letter mail outs and additional media news advertising and meetings related to the announcement of ALMA and ALMS cost $92,000.

[loric]

My mistake on the above costs. I read something wrong.
Costs include:

$19,077 for the letter mailed to producers.
$20,406 Extra radio ads
$31,747 for print ads

Total cost is: $71, 230

[grassfarmer]

Thanks for the info Lori.

[grassfarmer]

On second thoughts are these costs for the anti bill 43 campaign that I asked about or for "meetings related to the announcement of ALMA and ALMS"??

[loric]

This is on the Bill 43 announcement.