2008 Cattle Industry Convention

The 2008 Cattle Industry Convention is on tap for Feb. 6-9 in Reno, Nevada. Below is an abbreviated schedule of the joint meeting of CBB and NCBA on Saturday, Feb. 9. For agendas of the CBB and checkoff committees that will be meeting earlier in the week, please click on “Committees” in the menus along the left side of this page and visit the individual committee pages. For further information, contact Diane at dhenderson@beefboard.org.  

Joint Meeting of the
Cattlemen’s Beef Board &Â
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Board of Directors

DRAFT

7:30 a.m.
1.  Joint Call to Order -  John Queen, NCBA President & Ken Stielow, CBB Chairman Presiding
a. Invocation – Dave Bateman, CBB Vice Chair
b. Pledge of Allegiance – Ken Stielow, CBB Chairman

2. CBB Call to Order- Ken Stielow, CBB Chairman, Presiding
a. Call to Order
b. Establish Quorum
c. Agenda Approval
d.   Approval of Minutes ¬
e. FY 2007 Financial & Audit Committee Report – Neil Kayser, CBB Secretary/Treasurer; Laurie Bryant, CBB Audit Committee Chairman
f.   Executive Committee Report & Approval of Minutes – Dave Bateman, CBB Vice Chairman
g.   Management Report – Tom Ramey, CBB Chief Executive Officer

3.  NCBA Call to Order – John Queen, NCBA President, Presiding
a. Recognition of Sponsor, Elanco Animal Health -
b. Comments from Sponsor
c. Establish Quorum
• Policy Division – Steve Foglesong, Policy Division Chair
• Federation Division – Gary Voogt, Federation Division Chair
d. Seating of Substitute Directors
e. Agenda Approval
f. Approval of Minutes

4.   Joint CBB-NCBA Business
a.  Operating Committee Report – Ken Stielow, CBB and Operating Committee Chairman
b.  Evaluation Committee Report – Carl Crabtree, Evaluation Committee Chairman
c.  Committee Reports
• Research & Knowledge Management – Keith Hansen, Group Chair
• Public Opinion & Issues Management – Jay O’Brien, Group Chair
• Global Consumer Marketing – Sid Sumner, Group Chair
• Industry & Producer Services – Charles Miller, Group Chair
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5. CBB Nominating Committee Report & Elections – Jay O’Brien, CBB Nominating Committee Chair

6.   CBB Adjournment

7.   NCBA Business – John Queen, NCBA President, Presiding