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Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting August 10, Banff, Alberta

Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting August 10, Banff, Alberta. Agenda 4:30 Welcome by COG President 4:40 National Director Report 5:00 Auditor’s Report 5:20 Elect Auditors for 2010 5:25 COG 2010 BOD 5:30 Member Q &A Social break & refreshments

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Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting August 10, Banff, Alberta

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  1. Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting August 10, Banff, Alberta Agenda 4:30 Welcome by COG President 4:40 National Director Report 5:00 Auditor’s Report 5:20 Elect Auditors for 2010 5:25 COG 2010 BOD 5:30 Member Q &A Social break & refreshments 6:20 Sheila Hamilton, Sun Works 7:00 Tony Marshall Highwood Crossing 7:40 General Discussion More socializing....

  2. HOWDIE!

  3. Accomplishments 2009 • Policy • Outreach to Farmers • Markets Intelligence • Markets Development • Outreach to Consumers • Organizational Changes

  4. Policy • Advocacy for free standards • Organic Standards Maintenance • Standards Interpretation Committee (Sic) • Aquaculture • Food Safety • AAFC Organic Study • Agri-subcommittee Food Safety • Stakeholder Reference Group next round of Agricultural Policy • Organic Value Chain Roundtable • Strategic planning • Studies

  5. Farmers: Knowledge • Workshops • Developed and field-tested 5 new workshops • Two-day train the trainer event in Saskatchewan • 20 workshops over 2 years in Prairies • 8 workshops last year in Ontario • 45 Standards training workshops across Canada in partnership with COTA and IOIA Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development Saskatchewan Agriculture

  6. Farmers: Knowledge • Publications • Two new books in Practical Skills Series: • Growing Potatoes Organically • Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers

  7. Farmers: Knowledge • Two new books in the Practical Skills Series in pre-production to be launched at Organic Connections, November 2010: • Organic Strawberry Production • Record Keeping for Organic Growers

  8. Farmers: Knowledge • Two new books in the Practical Skills Series in production: • Scaling Up Organically • Organic Livestock Handbook Revision

  9. Farmers: Knowledge • TCOG new look thanks to Carrie Ann Watson Editor: Janet Wallace Layout: Karyn Write Production: Gilmore Printing

  10. Farmers: Outreach • Farm Conferences/Tradeshows winter 09 • COG Ottawa Eco Farm Day, Cornwall, ON • Conference Committee Guelph Organic Conference • Agribition, Regina • Crop Production Show, Saskatoon • Eco Farm, Asilomar, CA • Toronto International Farm Show • MOSES Organic Farming Conference, LaCrosse, WI • Guelph Organic Conference

  11. Farmers: Outreach • Farmer Mentoring/Farm Tours • Manitoba Farm Mentorship Program • COG Ottawa Farm Tours • COG Organic Food Council of Manitoba Farm Tours • COG PWW Farm Tours

  12. Farmers: Markets Development

  13. Farmers: Markets Development • Institutional Outreach • Menu-planning • Pricing • Delivery/Invoicing • Connecting retail and institutions to local farmers • Co-operative Development • Farmer Groups • Transitional supports • Farmer Cooperative Symposium, Kemptville, ON

  14. Farmers: Markets Development • Phase II Growing Up Organic • Pilot Eastern ON • Organic Central • Co-operative Development • Eastern Ontario Organic Farmers Co-operative

  15. Consumers: Outreach • COG Organic Directory/Chapter Directories • COG Toronto Annual Conference • COG Toronto Booth @ Consumer Shows • COG Ottawa Feast of Fields • COG PWW Consumer events • Organic Week October 9-16, 2010

  16. Market Intelligence • Thanks to Anne Macey of COG Island Natural Growers, COG has been collecting statistical information about Canada’s organic farming and processing sectors for over 20 years

  17. 2010-2011 • Ongoing • Farmer training • Consumer/farmer conferences • Publications, etc. • Food Safety – Develop business plan to work with mainstream commodity groups • Develop & deliver webinar series • Phase II Growing Up Organic • New strategic plan in development

  18. Organizational Changes • SOD: chapter to Affiliate • Niagara, Kawartha, Prince Edward County: disbanded • Membership fee change from fixed fee to donation

  19. Membership New membership fee structure as of October 1, 2009

  20. Auditor’s Report Balance Sheet: Assets pg 3 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  21. Auditor’s Report Balance Sheet Liabilities and Net Assets pg 3 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  22. Auditor’s Report Statement of Changes in Net Assets pg 4 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  23. Auditor’s Report Statement of Operations pg 5 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  24. Statement of Cash Flows pg 6 Auditor’s Report Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  25. Auditor’s Report Pg 13 Note 4 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  26. Auditor’s Report Pg 18 Note 9 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  27. Auditor’s Report Note 11 pg 19 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  28. Auditor’s Report Note 13 pg 19 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

  29. Questions?

  30. 2010 Budget/Mid-year Actuals

  31. Consolidating Chapter Financials? • Options: A) Not Consolidated • Chapters incorporate on their own (no longer COG chapters) • Undertake their own audits (include financials as notes to COG’s financial statements) B) Consolidated • Adopt COG’s financial systems/controls, transfer financial data quarterly • COG manages chapter finances

  32. Elect Auditors for 2010 • Member Vote

  33. 2010 COG Board of Directors • Acclaimed 2010 • Gavin Dandy, ON • Daniel Brisebois, QC • Returning Board Members • Vivian Vilich, BC • Sheila Hamilton, AB • Lorraine Beaudette, SK • Janine Gibson, MB • Geneviève Grossenbacher, ON • Regional Representatives • Arnold Taylor, Prairie • Carrie Ann Watson, Ontario • Roxanne Beavers, Atlantic

  34. Convene AGM • Motion to convene Thank you .....now for the fun part

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