Operating Committee Meeting Under Way
Posted by Diane – September 19th, 2007
The action-packed September meeting of the Beef Promotion Operating Committee is just getting under way, with all producer volunteer leaders on the committee in attendance. The agenda for the two-day meeting is extensive and promises some active discussion about how to invest checkoff dollars in Fiscal 2008, which begins Oct. 1. (The agenda is posted below.)
During the day today, the Operating Committee — comprising 10 members of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and 10 members of the Federation of State Beef Councils — will hear presentation of a total of 40 “Authorization Requests,” or program proposals for checkoff funding in the coming year. They will ask questions they have about each proposal today, then tonight determine which programs they want to “set aside” for debate during tomorrow’s meeting. And with a tight budget for FY08, a lively debate is inevitable. Stay tuned.
