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Transcript of 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 President4:40 National Director Report5:00 Auditor’s Report5:20 Elect Auditors for 20105:25 COG 2010 BOD5:30 Member Q &A
Social break & refreshments6:20 Sheila Hamilton, Sun Works7:00 Tony Marshall Highwood Crossing7:40 General Discussion
More socializing....
HOWDIE!
Accomplishments 2009
Policy Outreach to Farmers Markets Intelligence Markets Development Outreach to Consumers Organizational Changes
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
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
Farmers: Knowledge
Publications› Two new books in Practical Skills Series:
Growing Potatoes Organically Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers
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
Farmers: Knowledge
› Two new books in the Practical Skills Series in production: Scaling Up Organically Organic Livestock Handbook Revision
Farmers: Knowledge
TCOG new look thanks to Carrie Ann Watson
Editor: Janet WallaceLayout: Karyn WriteProduction: Gilmore Printing
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
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
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
Farmers: Markets Development
Phase II Growing Up Organic Pilot Eastern ON Organic Central Co-operative Development Eastern Ontario Organic Farmers Co-operative
Farmers: Markets Development
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
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
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
Organizational Changes
SOD: chapter to Affiliate Niagara, Kawartha, Prince Edward
County: disbanded Membership fee change from fixed fee
to donation
Membership
New membership fee structure as of October 1, 2009
Auditor’s Report
Balance Sheet: Assets pg 3
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s ReportBalance Sheet Liabilities and Net Assets pg 3
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s ReportStatement of Changes in Net Assets pg 4
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s ReportStatement of Operations pg 5
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s Report Statement of Cash Flows pg 6
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s ReportNote 4
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Pg 13
Auditor’s ReportNote 9
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Pg 18
Auditor’s Report
Note 11 pg 19
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Auditor’s Report
Note 13 pg 19
Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants
Questions?
2010 Budget/Mid-year ActualsProject B-
RevenueA-Revenue B-Expense A-Expense
OPERATIONS
$221,905 $143,770 $220,651,448
$125,277
PROJECTS
Prairie Workshops
$51,800 $29,944 $51,800 $35,991
GUO $25,501 $26,260 $27,380 $30,324
CMF $18,311 $18,311 $21,029 $21,029
Publications $56,023 $13,591 $56,023 $13,591
Food Safety $49,970 $18,053 $49,970 $17,368
Organic Week
$8,000 $3,000 $8,000 $0
TOTAL $431,510 $252,243 $432,144 $232,698
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
Elect Auditors for 2010
› Member Vote
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
Convene AGM
Motion to convene
Thank you
.....now for the fun part