Midterm Meeting - June 24 & 25

FINAL AGENDA

CONFIRMED AGENDA FOR 2009 MIDTERM MEETING
Wed, June 248:00 am
BOD Meeting
 
9:00 am
Registration Opens
 11:30 am
WELCOME LUNCHEON - Proudly Sponsored by Western Canadian Farm Progress Show 
 12:45 pmCall to Order (including election of Meeting chair)
 1:00 pm
President's Address - Greg Marshall
 1:15 pm
GM's Message - Nial Kuyek
 1:30 pm
Review of financial statements to April 30
 1:40 pm
Committee Reports
 2:10 pm
Q&A with APAS Executive and BOD
 2:45 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK - Courtesy of Balfour Moss 
 3:00 pm
Introduction of By-law Amendments and  Policy Resolutions
 4:30 pm
Adjournment followed by "FARM GATE TO DINNER PLATE" event and entertainment at the Saskatoon Farmers Market
 5:30 pm

Greetings by His Worship Mayor Donald Atchison from the City of Saskatoon

Welcome on behalf of the Saskatoon Farmers Market by Debbie Claude, General Manager

Remarks from Greg Marshall, APAS President.  

 9:00 pm
Market closes - Saskatoon Soaps perform on patio
 10:00 pm
Hospitality Room hosted by APAS Executive and BOD opens. Sponsored by WBM Office Systems
   
Thur, June 25
7:00 am
BREAKFAST
 8:00 am
 Call to Order
 8:05 am
Presentation by Earl Geddes, VP of Farmer Service, Canadian Wheat Board
 9:00 am
Presentation and Q&A by the Prairie Farm Leaders - Ian Wishart of KAP,  Humphrey Banack of WRAP, and Greg Marshall of APAS
 10:00 am
REFRESHMENT BREAK  -  courtesy of the Farmers of North America
 10:30 am
Presentation and Q&A by Honourable Bob Bjornerud, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture.
 11:10 am
Presentation by Laurent Pellerin - President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture
 12:00 pm
LUNCH
 1:00 pm
Presentation  by Jamshed Merchant - Assistant Deputy Minister of Environmental Services Branch, Agriculture & AgriFoods Canada
 2:00 pm
Producer Payment Security Mechanisms - Robert Hyde, Scott Wolfe Management Inc.

 

 3:00 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK - courtesy of the Radisson Hotel Saskatoon
 3:30 pmResolutions - Debate and Decisions
 4:30 pm
Adjourn

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