Colorado Dry Bean Administrative Committee

The next meeting of the Committee's directiors will be on Monday, December 12th, 2011. It will be held at Colorado State University's ARDEC facility in Fort Collins. The meeting with start at 9:00am.

Dealer Directors

Larry Lande, Northern Feed and Seed, Lucerne (President of CDABC)

Bob Byer, Producers Co-op, Olathe

Grower Directors

Brent Adler, Wray

Harvey Colglazier, Holyoke

Troy Seaworth, Wellington

                                                          COLORADO DRY BEAN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

                                                                                     Minutes of Board Meeting

                                                                                                August 22, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Larry Lande, president, at 11:30 pm at the Eaton Country Club.

Directors present were Harvey Colglazier, Troy Seaworth and Brent Adler. Four of the Committee’s five directors being present constituted a quorum. Visitors present were:

Bob Schork, CDBAC administrator

Wendy White, Colorado Department of Agriculture

Tim Burleigh, Colorado Department of Agriculture

                Dr. Mark Brick, Colorado State University

                Dr. Jerry Johnson, Colorado State University

                Dr. Howard Schwartz, Colorado State University

Prior to the meeting, the directors met at 8:30 at ARDEC. They were given a tour of Dr. Brick’s variety trials and of Dr. Schwartz’s plant density, mold and rust screening plots.

Bob Schork presented the Committee’s ytd financial results. He noted that assessments were running above the budget and expenses were in line with the budget. As a result he estimated a surplus for the full year and an ending cash balance in excess of $70,000. There was a brief discussion among the directors about the Committee’s financials. Brent made a motion to accept the summary as an accurate record of the Committee’s financial status. Troy seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.

Bob next presented the minutes of the director’s December 2010 meeting. The directors noted that the date of the meeting was 12/15/2010, not 12/25/2010. They unanimously accepted the minutes as an accurate record of their meeting.

The directors discussed that USDA crop forecast for the 2011 crop calls for Colorado bean production to be 627,000, 50% of 2010’s production. The US total bean forecast was down 36% from 2010. The directors discussed the effect of this on their 2012 budget. Cutting dues to the USDBC was discussed. Harvey asked for a copy of their 2011 budget and ytd financials.

The directors reviewed the August 2011 Colorado Bean News. Bob noted that Larry, Wendy and he had met with Howard and Mark McMillian twice since the last director’s meeting to propose changes to the newsletter. Everyone liked the new format and changes made by Dr. Schwartz and Mark McMillian. There was a discussion about increasing future issues to 12 pages. The additional cost will be discussed at the director’s December budget meeting.

Larry reviewed the results of the USDBC’s July meeting. He said most of the activity was related to the APA initiative. He said it was defeated by a narrow margin, but several directors of the USDBC were still pursuing it. He said he and the RMDBA voted against the proposal. Larry also discussed other internal issues at the USDBC that he felt were affecting the Council’s effectiveness. The directors discussed withdrawing from the Council next year in light of budget restraints so that CSU research funding could be maintained. Larry suggested that some of the funds could be used to promote greater participation with the Committee and bean dealers in the Colorado Proud program to promote greater awareness of Colorado beans.

The directors set December 12^th for the next director’s meeting. It will be held at ARDEC and the primary agenda item with be to develop a budget for 2012 and review CSU research funding requests.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 pm by unanimous consent.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Schork,

Administrator