Tuesday, November 11
4:00–6:00 pm
Registration
Wednesday, November 12
7:00 am........... Breakfast
Buffet
Registration
8:30
am........... General Session
Blair
Wilson; ICC President, Presiding
........... Welcome
– Celia Gould, Director, Idaho State Department of Agriculture
........... Co-op
Issues and Trends – Paul
Hazen, CEO; NCBA, Washington, D.C.
9:30
am........... Break
10:00
am........... Director Education Sessions
........... Audits – Responsibilities of the
Board and Management
........... ........... Phil
Blakney & Paul Blakney; Cordell Neher, Wenatchee
Legal Responsibilities of a
Cooperative Director
Don Franklin; Miller
Nash, Seattle
Selecting the Most Effective
Directors
Tom Tracy; Northwest
Farm Credit Services, Spokane
Panel Discussion of Case Studies
Monte Janicek, Producers Supply Co-op
Alan Keudell, Norpac Foods
Basic Co-op Finance and Income
Distribution Alternatives
David Barton; Kansas
State University, Manhattan, KS
12:15...........
Lunch
John Ripple; ACCO
President, Presiding
Simplot
– An Idaho Business Success Story
Rick Phillips, Director of Public Relations; J.R. Simplot Company
1:45
pm........... Director Education Sessions
........... Audits – Responsibilities of the
Board and Management (Repeat from morning session)
........... ........... Phil
Blakney & Paul Blakney; Cordell Neher, Wenatchee
Legal Responsibilities of a
Cooperative Director (Repeat from morning session)
Don Franklin; Miller
Nash, Seattle
The Role of a Cooperative Director
Jack Ingram;
Producers Supply Co-op, Nampa
Balance Sheet Management and
Equity Management Alternatives
David Barton; Kansas
State University, Manhattan, KS
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Convene State Council Annual Meetings
5:30
pm
Joint Welcome Reception
6:00
pm Joint
Awards and Recognition Banquet
Master of Ceremonies – Blair
Wilson
Thursday, November 13
7:00
am
Breakfast Buffet
7:15 am
State Council Board of Directors Meetings
8:30
am........... Director Education Sessions
........... Effective Planning/Productive
Board Planning Meetings
........... ........... Ed
Gunderson; CHS Business Solutions
Conducting Effective Meetings
Rick Waitley; Idaho
Cooperative Council
Ask the Experts (or other
appropriate topic)
Bill Hutchison;
Foster Pepper Tooze, Portland
10:30
am
Break
11:00 am
General Session
Antone
Mickelson, WSCFC President, Presiding
Mega
Trends
in
Agriculture
Dr. David Kohl;
sponsored by Northwest Farm Credit
11:45
am
Luncheon
Adjourn