CSTA Annual Meeting Loews le Concorde Hotel Québec City, Québec July 15, 2013 MINUTES

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1 CANADIAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION L ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DU COMMERCE DES SEMENCES 2039 Robertson Road., Suite 505, Ottawa, Ontario K2H 8R2 Telephone (613) csta@cdnseed.org FAX (613) CSTA Annual Meeting Loews le Concorde Hotel Québec City, Québec July 15, 2013 MINUTES Opening... CSTA President Stephen Denys opened the meeting by thanking sponsors and introducing the CSTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors. He announced that, as a way of thanking the people of Québec for their hospitality, and in recognition of the tragedy at Lac Mégantic, CSTA has contributed $20 from each registration to the Canadian Red Cross to assist with recovery efforts in Lac Mégantic. The annual President s address focused on the accomplishments that CSTA has made, and the change in direction to become a more inclusive organization that succeeds in facilitating consensus and working partnerships. CSTA s diverse membership and the commitment of its members to work together puts it in the best position to work with the entire value chain to achieve common goals. Staff Report... Patty Townsend provided the staff report for , including: Membership Report CSTA welcomed 3 new members: FMC Corporation; Pitura Seeds and Xite Bio Technologies. There were four membership cancellations: 2 due to acquisitions or mergers within the CSTA membership; one company is no longer in business and one member cancelled membership. CSTA s total membership is 122. Financial Report the audited financial report for was presented. As was expected from this last year year of transition,csta incurred a budget deficit. Total revenue was $902,792 and expenses were $941,188. The balance sheet is still healthy, and member equity is still well within CSTA s guidelines at 1.4 times the operating budget plus conventions. A 5 year projected revenue and expense table was also presented, showing that with annual membership fee increases at the rate of inflation, CSTA will continue to run break even budgets. The report highlighted some of CSTA s major projects and accomplishments and announced the results of the CSTA investment survey.

2 External Relations Report... Todd Hyra, Chair of the External Relations Workgroup provided an overview and update of CSTA s external relations activities for , in each of the categories of external relations: Member Relations; Government Relations; Farmer/Producer Relations and Public Relations. The ER workgroup is encouraging members to review and use all of the resources on the CSTA website, and to review, comment and use the new Government Relations handbook. Annual Business Meeting 1. Call to Order... The meeting was called to order at 9:16 a.m. with President Stephen Denys in the Chair. 2. Agenda... Peter Entz/Todd Hyra: That the agenda be approved as provided. CARRIED 3. Minutes... Dave Baute/Doug Knight: That the minutes of the July, 2011 Annual Meeting be approved as circulated. CARRIED 4. Bylaws... In order to comply with the new Not-For-Profit Corporations Act, CSTA has to amend its bylaws and file Articles of Continuation to replace its letters patent. Staff presented the changes that are required to the bylaws, and what is required in Articles of Continuance. In addition to the required bylaw amendments, in order to meet the notice requirements of the new Act, regarding auditors reports, the Board of Directors has approved a change in the CSTA year end from May 31 to January 31. Jeff Bertholet/Georges Chaussé: That the amended bylaws be approved by the CSTA membership as circulated and presented. CARRIED with no opposition. Todd Hyra/Dave Hansen: That the Articles of Continuance be approved by the CSTA membership as circulated and presented. CARRIED with no opposition Auditor... The Executive Committee, acting as the Audit Committee recommends to the members that the firm of Collins Barrow be appointed CSTA s auditor for Scott Horner/Doug Knight: That Collins Barrow be appointed CSTA s auditor. CARRIED

3 5. Election of the Board of Directors... The Nominating Committee notified the membership 60 days in advance of the Annual Meeting of its nominations for 6 open positions on the Board of Directors. A second call was made 30 days prior to the annual meeting. No further nominations were received, and nominations were closed. The President declared the following to be Acclaimed to the CSTA Board of Directors: Jeff Bertholet, to serve a 2 nd 3-year term Kevin McCallum, to serve a 2 nd 3-year term Georges Chaussé, to serve a 1 st 3-year term Duane Johnson, to serve a 1 st 3-year term George Lammertsen, to serve a 1 st 3-year term Marty Vermey, to serve a 1 st 3-year term The list of members of the Board of Directors is attached. 7. Adjournment... Darrell Dziver/Dave Baute: That the meeting be adjourned. CARRIED. The meeting was adjourned at 10:05 a.m.

4 CSTA Board of Directors Peter Entz, President Richardson International Ltd Richardson Building One Lombard Place Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0X8 Tel: Fax: Cell: Scott Horner, 2 nd Vice-President Hy-Tech Production Ltd. Box 1454 Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4K2 Tel: Fax: scotthorner@hytech.ab.ca Jeff Bertholet BASF Canada Inc Downey Road Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 4L8 Tel: Fax: jeff.bertholet@basf.com Brent Derkatch Canterra Seeds Chevrier Boulevard Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 1Y7 Tel : Fax : Cell : b.derkatch@canterra.com Dave Harwood DuPont Pioneer Box 730 Chatham, Ontario N7M 5L1 Tel: Fax: Cell: david.harwood@pioneer.com Dave Baute, 1st Vice-President Maizex Seeds R.R Mint Line Tilbury, Ontario N0P 2L0 Tel: Fax: dave@maizex.com Stephen Denys, Past President Pride Seeds P.O. Box 1088 Chatham, Ontario N7M 5L6 Tel: Fax: Cell: sdenys@prideseed.com Georges Chaussé La Coop Fédérée 2405, de la Province Longueuil, Québec J4G 1G3 Tel: Fax: Cell: Georges.chausse@lacoop.coop Darrell Dziver BrettYoung Seeds Ltd. Box 99, St. Norbert P.S. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3V 1L5 Tel : Fax : darrell.dziver@brettyoung.ca Todd Hyra SeCan 94 Woodington Bay Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 1M9 Tel: Fax: Cell: thyra@secan.com

5 Duane Johnson Syngenta Canada 6700 Macleod Trail South Suite 300 Calgary, Alberta T2H 0L3 Tel: Fax: Cell: Kevin McCallum DL Seeds Box 2499 Morden, Manitoba R6M 1C2 Tel: Fax: Cell: Marty Vermey Hyland Seeds 5 Hyland Drive Box 250 Blenheim, Ontario N0P 1A0 Tel: Fax: (519) Cell: (519) mvermey@hylandseeds.com George Lammertsen Bayer CropScience th Ave. N. Bay 10 Lethbridge, Alberta T1H 5E5 Tel: (403) Fax: (403) George.lammertsen@bayer.com Jim Schweigert - ASTA Representative Gro Alliance LLC 613 North Randolph Street Cuba City, Wisconsin Tel: Fax: jim.schweigert@groalliance.com Dan Wright Monsanto Canada Inc Research Lane Guelph, Ontario N1G 0B4 Tel : Fax : Cell : dan.b.wright@monsanto.com