Events
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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