CWB got a sale to Saudi Arabia

[Burbert]

Typickle, the CWB makes a big, big, sale and angriville says its time for them to go, again. They ain't doin ther job, just a bunch of lazy pinkos. Me and ma wit our home computer kin do way better..... Yeah right

[charliep]

Heard a price of USD $253/tonne CIF (delivered Saudi port). Backed off ocean freight (either St. Lawrence or west coast) minus all other domestic costs to move from from port a local elevator and would be interesting to see how close this price is to a domestic ethanol plant value. Strange how North America imports Saudi crude oil and exports grain back to them.

[Hopperbin]

My guess is that the grain is already sitting in an East Coast Deep Sea Port costing western Canadian farmers storage and everyone else inbetween has already been paid except Western Canadian farmers.
Why does the East and Bloc support the CWB so much?

[cchurch]

Why don't you ask your man Jeff Nielson, if the sale was good?

[charliep]

Just curious why a board of director would have a comment on an individual sale. My assumption is the BofD job is to set strategic priorities and performance measures for the operations of the CWB. Daily sales activities are the responsibility of the operations side as lead by the CEO and carried out by CWB employees.

[wd9]

Charlie, you know the answer. They are unwilling to learn what governance even is. Most of the farmer directors are there to be a working board member and mimic Larry the cable guy. Git er done.

Solution: Have the board of directors prove they have adequate board governance training to govern the CWB. If not, a plan on how they will accomplish that. Make it public to farmers.

[Jeff Nielsen]

Charlie has it right, as directors our duties are to ensure through the CEO our strategic plan adopted by the whole board is carried out. Sale targets are a part of that plan, yet we don't monitor individual sales.
As to credibility of the members of the board, guess that is something farmers need to ask, I have outside of the CWB while a director of the former AU board taken and received my designation as a Chartered Director - from the Directors College (thedirectorscollege.com).
This is a comprehensive course providing the training and understanding of how to provide value to the organization you are a board member of.
Most CWB directors are enrolled in this, some have completed it, and some have gone all the way and have, like myself received formal designation as a Chartered Director.
The CWB encourages all directors to take this course.
Jeff Nielsen

[gregpet]

Jeff, who pays for this director colege?

[poorboy]

Hopefully the CWB paid for the course. As a farmer and not big CWB supporter it would be terrible if you had to pay for a lot of courses and credentials to run as a CWB candidate. It would exclude most people from ever wanting to run for the position if you have to pay money for courses.

This is definately one situation where the CWB SHOULD be covering everyones training. I pay for most of the courses that my employees need if my farm is to benifit directly.

[Choice2U]

I can summarize this thread in two lines:
1. CWB supporters trust the CWB sale and are flabbergasted as to why anyone would question it
2. Those that don't trust the CWB have questions.
Sounds like a typical CWB debate to me.