February Annual Members meeting & Board of Directors meeting

AGENDA - February 20, 2025

Annual Members Meeting
If no members are present, the Board of Directors meeting will begin early.

9:00 am  

 

 

Call to order – John Ellis, Vice President
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – John Ellis
Approval of Minutes from previous meeting as emailed

9:05 am

 

 

 

Announce Board Directors - John Ellis

District Directors: to serve 4-year term with no limit on number of terms served

District II

John Ellis

District IV

Brice Lauppe

Appoint Agency Directors to serve one year term with no limit on number of terms served.

Agricultural Commissioners Association

Humberto Izquierdo

California Seed Association

TBD

California Dept of Food and Agriculture

Nicole Hostert

UC Cooperative Extension

Mark Lundy

California Farm Bureau Federation

Christopher Reardon

UCD Dept of Plant Sciences

Dan Potter

UC Advisory Committee Members
Appointed Advisory Committee members to serve one year terms

College of Ag & Environmental Sciences

Anita Oberbauer

Seed Biotechnology Center

Allen Van Deynze

Foundation Seed Program

Timothy Blank

 

Native Seed Advisory Committee - Glenn Powell

Heritage Growers

Pat Reynolds

Heritage Growers

Mason Shorts

Great Valley Seed

Emma MacInnes

Native Seed Group

Jody Miller

Native Seed Group

Jeff Quiter

Native West Nursery

Cameron Yackly

 Announce Board Officers nominations
Nomination of board officers one-year term - Tom Hearne
President - John Ellis
Vice-President - Brice Lauppe
Secretary/Treasurer - Dan Howe
Past President - Kurt Rubin
9:15 amField Services Report - Timothy Blank
*If there are no members present the field services report will be moved to the Board of Directors meeting.
9:30 amADJOURN

 

Board of Directors Meeting

9:15 am  

 

 

Call to order – Vice President John Ellis
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – John Ellis

9:20 am

 

 

 

Seat Directors - John Ellis

District Directors: to serve 4-year term with no limit on number of terms served

District II

John Ellis

District IV

Brice Lauppe

Appoint Agency Directors to serve one-year term with no limit on number of terms served.

Agricultural Commissioners Association

Humberto Izquierdo

California Seed Association

TBD

California Dept of Food and Agriculture

Nicole Hostert

UC Cooperative Extension

Mark Lundy

California Farm Bureau Federation

Christopher Reardon

UCD Dept of Plant Sciences

Dan Potter

Seat UC Advisory Committee Members - John Ellis
Appointed Advisory Committee members to serve one year term with no limit on number of terms served.

College of Ag & Environmental Sciences

Anita Oberbauer

Seed Biotechnology Center

Allen Van Deynze

Foundation Seed Program

Timothy Blank

 

Native Seed Advisory Committee - John Ellis

Heritage Growers

Pat Reynolds

Heritage Growers

Mason Shorts

Great Valley Seed

Emma MacInnes

Native Seed Group

Jody Miller

Native Seed Group

Jeff Quiter

Native West Nursery

Cameron Yackly

9:25 am

Nomination & election of board officers - Tom Hearne

Seat board officers to serve a one-year term. No person shall hold the same office for more than three consecutive terms.

9:30 amApproval of Minutes from September 2024 meeting as emailed - President
9:35 am

Approval of Varieties List recommended for certification in California - Ashley Koala

Native Seed Standards - Ashley Koala

9:40 amExecutive Committee Report – John Ellis
9:50 amBreak
10:00 am      

Financial Report - Katy Soden

10:20 amCCIA Activity and Field Services Report - Timothy Blank
11:00 amDirector/Agency reports 
12:00 pmADJOURN

Next meeting date

  • Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Davis
    Dinner Wednesday, June 25, 2024
  • September 21-23, 2025 in San Luis Obispo
    Hotel San Luis Obispo 877 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401