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Ontario Ginseng Growers Association Seventh Annual General Meeting

  • March 11, 2009    8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Delhi District Hungarian Hall, 71 King Str., Delhi

AGENDA

  • 8:30 a.m.    Registration -----Coffee, ginseng tea, pastries
  • 9:30 a.m.    Opening Remarks, and call to order - Doug Bradley, Chair
  • 9:40 a.m.    Reading of AGM minutes of March 2008, Denton Hoffman, P. Ag, General Manager
  • 9:45 a.m.    Reports by:
    Chair, Doug Bradley
    General Manager, Denton Hoffman
    Research Committee Chair, Rob Geier
    Social Committee Chair, Dave Smith
    Buyers/Market Dev. Committee
    Chair, Ken Van Torre
  • 10:15 a.m.    Financial Statements Report by: Auditor - Millard, Rouse, Rosebrugh and Denton Hoffman
  • 10:30 a.m.    Acknowledgements
  • 10:35 a.m.    Greetings from: Norfolk County-Mayor Dennis Travale, elected officials, AAFC-Yvan Beaulieu, FPMC-Marilyn Sewell, OFVGA-Brenda Lammens, and OMAFRA-Annette Anderson
  • 10:45 a.m.    Election of Directors followed by break
  • 11:45 a.m.    University of Western Ontario (Ontario Ginseng Innovation Research Centre) - Edmund M.K. Lui, Ph.D, Associate Professor
  • 12:15 p.m.    Lunch
  • 1:30 p.m.    ACC Farmers Financial - Brian Hughes, General Manager & CEO
  • 2:00 p.m.    Naturex - Alvin Ibarra, Scientific Manager-NAT'LIFE Division of NATUREX
  • 2:30 p.m.    OMAFRA - Sean Westerveld, Ph.D, Ginseng & Medicinal Herbs Specialist
  • 2:45 p.m.    University of Guelph - Maury E. Bredahl, Ph.D, Director -Centre for Agribusiness Research and Management
  • 3:00 p.m.    Question period open to the floor directed to Denton Hoffman, General Manager and Doug Bradley, Chair - topics to include future production, alternative marketing, future association funding
  • 3:30 p.m.    Concluding remarks and adjournment of AGM 2009- Doug Bradley, Chair

The OGGA will be providing educational material and other information on North American ginseng at the following consumer shows:

Canadian Health Food Association
Oct 15-17, 2005
Metro Toronto Convention Center

National Women's Show
Oct 28-30, 2005
Metro Toronto Convention Center

Royal Winter Fair
Nov 4-13, 2005
Toronto Exhibition

Whole Life Expo
Nov 25-27, 2005
Metro Toronto Convention Center

Off the Beaten Path: Forging New Roads in Diabetes Management
Canadian Diabetes Association, 2005 GTA Diabetes Symposium Series

  • York Region:
    Tuesday, November 8, 2005; Premier Ballroom & Convention Centre, 9019 Leslie Street, Richmond Hill; 6:00 – 9:00 PM;
  • Toronto:
    Tuesday, November 15, 2005; Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto; 6:00 – 9:00 PM;
  • Peel Region:
    Tuesday, November 22, 2005; Mississauga Convention Centre, 75 Derry Road West, Mississauga; 6:00 – 9:00 PM;
  • Durham Region:
    Tuesday, November 29, 2005; Lviv Hall, 38 Lviv Blvd in Oshawa; 6:00 – 9:00 PM.

For more information on all of these symposia, interested parties should call the CDA at 416-363-0177 or 1-800-226-8464.

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North American Ginseng was an important medicine for the people of the First Nations and was used in a number of different ways such as a tonic to strengthen mental abilities and to increase fertility.

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