September Board of Directors Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

9:00 am  

 

 

Anti-Trust Statement
Call to order – President Glenn Powell
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – Glenn Powell
9:05 amApproval of Minutes from June 2024 meeting as emailed - Glenn Powell
9:10 amCTC Report - Ashley Koala and Timothy Blank
a) Approval of Variety List - Ashley Koala
b) Sunflower Standards update - Ashley Koala
c) Native Seed Species list - Timothy Blank
9:30 amExecutive Committee Report – Glenn Powell
9:40 am

Appoint 2024-25 Nominating Committee - Glenn Powell

a) Board Officers to be seated at the February Board of Directors meeting:

  • Tom Hearne
  • Glenn Hawes
  • Chuck Schonauer

b) District Elections- elected District Directors will be seated at the February 2025 Board of Directors meeting. Elected District Directors serve 4-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

Current Director
District II - Glenn Powell
District IV - Brice Lauppe

c) Directors At-Large for re-appointment. Directors At-Large serve 4-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

Director At-Large - Dan Howe

d) Review Agency Directors to be seated at the February 2025 Board of Directors meeting. Agency Directors serve 1-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

  • Ag Commissioners Assn - Humberto Izquierdo
  • Calif Seed Assn - John Ellis
  • Calif Farm Bureau Federation - Chris Reardon
  • Calif Dept of Food & Ag - Nicole Hostert
  • UCD, Dept of Plant Sciences - Dan Potter
  • UC Cooperative Extension - Mark Lundy
9:45 am

Review 2025-26 Standing Advisory Committees of the Board - Glenn Powell

a) Certification Technical Committee (CTC)

  • Ashley Koala
  • Timothy Blank
  • Alex Mkandawire
  • Nicole Hostert
  • Joshua Hegarty
  • Yossue Trejo

b) Research Advisory Committees

Alfalfa

  • Kurt Rubin
  • Bob Simas
  • Michael Rethwisch
  • Chuck Deatherage
  • Timothy Blank
  • Doug Gross

Small Grains

  • Glenn Hawes
  • Ron Rubin
  • Grant Baglietto
  • Timothy Blank

Beans

  • Tom Hearne
  • Chuck Schonauer
  • Michelle Leinfelder-Miles
  • Alex Mkandawire
  • Larry Kubo

Cotton

  • Frank Saviez
  • Yossue Trejo
  • Glenn Powell
  • John Ellis

c) University of California Advisory Committee

  • College of Ag & Environmental Sciences - Anita Oberbauer
  • Seed Biotechnology Center - Allen Van Deynze
  • Foundation Seed Program - Timothy Blank
9:50 amField Services Report - Timothy Blank
10:20 amBreak
10:30 am

Financial Report - Katy Soden

10:45 amDirector/Agency reports (2-3 minutes each)
 ADJOURN

Upcoming meeting dates:

  • Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Davis
  • Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Davis