Agricore United delegates support Market Choice

[boone]

Adam Smith: So does the AU passing of motions still look like a kangaroo court, as the old UGG system did? Any time the directors have an agenda it would take on the life of a Union Convention with all the speakers at the mike staged and the motion to close as well as the seconders could have been recorded before the subject was broached. It looked more like Alice through the looking glass to me. Actually for them to lay low for two years must have taken a bit of patience on U.G.G. involments part, kudo all around. Just curious, comments if any.

[AdamSmith]

boone,

I would have to say that these resolutions in particular were definatly not part of a board of directors plot. The mover of the first choice resolution was hardly a plant. An older Hutterite gentleman representing Fort Macleod Alb. was neither lengthy at the mike nor polished. In a nutshell when asked to speak to the resolution he said he agree's with Minister McClellan (She spoke to the delegates the previous day) and then sat down. All other speakers who spoke in favour were impromptu as well. After two elderly gentelmen were at the mike opposing the resolution, I was the first to the mike (without any proding from anyone)to speak in favour. About four or five other delegate also spoke in favour, then the question was called.

As I said in my initial posting, I believe the majority of the management and directors wish these resolutions never passed. I have no definitive proof of this, It's just a gut sense.

[AdamSmith]

I just visited the Agricore United web site and there is no mention of this historic happening, at least as of yet.

Back when it was a Ted Allen operation, a news release would have been issued on Thursday (the day the resolutions passed)reporting this watershed event.

As I see it, if there is no news release by Tues. Feb 17 at the latest, this will be a clear sign that the company wants to sweep this event under the rug.

Pity

[boone]

Adam Smith: this does ring true here and just to correct and separate here the press release would have been in the hall well before the delegates had voted. Been there watched that? Lorne Hein 1985, they should have locked us all in until the vote was taken, small bladders can be quite an eyeopener sometimes. anyway glad to see they can't control the rank and file no matter what they have chewed up and regurgitated for us to swallow.

[frustrated1]

AU still exists? In our area they have two high throughputs and something like 26 sales types. They've managed to chase away even the diehards that bled wheat pool green. Once the wheels are under the grain it's moving up to 100 or more miles away, no excuse for that. We've got half a dozen small grain andor chemical and fertilzer companies start up in the past 2 years. How in all of God's green earth should they have half a hope of being competitive? And yet they thrive. Around here, absoluetly nothing AU could come up with would surprise anyone.

[wedino]

Forward looking news release by AU.

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