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		<title>Convention Parting Thoughts and Reminders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Cattle Industry Convention has come and gone and hopefully you have found the information posted here valuable in helping understand the work of the Beef Board.  This website has been documenting the activity of the organization on behalf of beef producers for going on five years now.  You can quite literally scroll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/02/convention-parting-thoughts-and-reminders/</link>
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		<title>Voting For Priorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After all the committees meet during convention the leaders got together for a special extra meeting to set their priorities.  This was done via a wireless electronic process.  You can see CBB Board member Robert Fountain, Jr. (Secretary/Treasurer) holding up his device before they got started.
I spoke about the process with Rick Husted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/02/voting-for-priorities/</link>
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		<title>Working On Public Relations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a photo from the Join Veal Committee meeting which took place at the Cattle Industry Convention.  I didn&#8217;t get to conduct an interview with anyone since they were still hard at it when I stopped by.
However, I did get to speak with Joyce Bupp, co-chair of the Joint Public Relations Subcommittee.  Joyce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/02/working-on-public-relations/</link>
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		<title>Discussing Issues Managment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of the work done by the Cattlemen&#8217;s Beef Board is in committees.  These meetings are open and as I&#8217;ve found over the years, a great learning experience to attend.  If you want to really get to know how the checkoff works then get involved or just attend the meetings and listen in.
One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/02/discussing-issues-managment/</link>
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		<title>Outstanding CattleWoman of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Outstanding CattleWoman of the Year is a big supporter of the National Beef Cook-Off and the Beef Board.  She&#8217;s Linda Brake from Arizona.  I spoke with her after the award was announced by the American National CattleWomen and she seemed a little overwhelmed by the honor.  
Linda says she feels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/02/outstanding-cattlewoman-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>New CBB Chairman Dan Dierschke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome new CBB Chairman Dan Dierschke, Texas rancher.  Dan took the gavel this morning at the annual meeting and I spoke with him about his priorities for the coming year.
Dan says he has three goals as chairman:  1) develop an effective response to the increasing demands of the anti-animal use activists, 2) continue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/new-cbb-chairman-dan-dierschke/</link>
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		<title>CBB Management Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each annual meeting of the CBB concludes with a report from the CEO.  Tom Ramey reported this morning and I have his comments recorded for you to listen to.
Tom detailed the changes in the staff during the last year and says he feels real good about the people who are working on behalf of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/cbb-management-report/</link>
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		<title>Annual Meeting Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual business meeting of the CBB was held this morning and a series of reports given with the session presided over by outgoing Chairman Lucinda Williams.  
We heard the financial and audit report from Tom Jones and Dave Fugate and then the executive committee report from Dan Dierschke.
I&#8217;ve recorded their reports for you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/annual-meeting-reports-2/</link>
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		<title>Rich Otley Graduates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is CBB graduate Rich Otley.  Rich didn&#8217;t retire from the staff last night, he graduated. 
So a portion of the CBB Banquet program was given to honoring Rich for his years of service as Director of Evaluation.  He was even given the light box he became so famous for.  If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/rich-otley-graduates/</link>
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		<title>Saying Goodbye to Lucinda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the annual CBB Banquet we honored outgoing Chairman, Lucinda Williams.  She&#8217;s seen here with one of the quilts she made for the staff and board.  All board members were asked to sign them before they left.
Then we heard comments from both Dan Dierschke, incoming CBB Chairman and Tom Ramey, CBB CEO.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/saying-goodbye-to-lucinda/</link>
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		<title>CBB Update Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual CBB Update Session had a special guest this year.  Ed Avalos, USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs made some brief remarks.
He said he&#8217;s looking forward to working with his counterparts in Mexico to help open that market up more.
The CBB Update session is conducted annually and provides producers with an opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/cbb-update-session-3/</link>
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		<title>Dairy Forum And Lunch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dairy Producer Communications Forum and Lunch has become a tradition at the Cattle Industry Convention.  It&#8217;s an opportunity for beef and dairy producers to get together and discuss common issues.
At this year&#8217;s event producers had a presentation from Melissa Slagle and Stan Erwine titled, &#8220;Telling Your Story Workshop.&#8221;  They discussed and gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/dairy-forum-and-lunch/</link>
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		<title>2009 Retail Demand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday of convention week and that means lots of committee work going on.  However, there has already been a lot of committee work.  Take the Evaluation Advisory Committee which was lead by David Bateman, past CBB Chairman (left).
The committee received a presentation from Dr.  James Mintert, Purdue University on what happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/2009-retail-demand/</link>
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		<title>I Heart Beef Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well who doesn&#8217;t love beef, eh?  So the I Heart Beef campaign is a great concept for an &#8220;in-between&#8221; seasons promotion don&#8217;t you think.  I interviewed Kim Essex, NCBA, to learn more about the program.
Kim says they&#8217;ve sent information about the promotion to 10,000 reporters across the country and they&#8217;re doing a lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/i-heart-beef-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Training For Beef Ambassadors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a morning this week with the 2010 National Beef Ambassador Team.  The morning was spent in a social media training workshop, where I helped to equip the ambassadors with the tools they need to write an effective blog post to share the positive agriculture story with consumers.
At the conclusion of the workshop, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/social-media-training-for-beef-ambassadors/</link>
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		<title>Lucinda Williams Addresses Cattle Industry Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the opening general session of the Cattle Industry Convention today we heard from Lucinda Williams, Chairman, Cattlemen&#8217;s Beef Board.  
Lucinda spoke about her observations from a year as Chairman of the CBB and offered a number of thoughts for consideration.  I&#8217;ve also got her presentation on video which I&#8217;ll upload and add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/lucinda-williams-addresses-cattle-industry-convention/</link>
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		<title>Peek Inside Executive Committee Mtg.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that not all beef producers can attend the annual meeting of the Beef Board and that&#8217;s part of the purpose behind this blog, to give you a transparent look into the activities and decisions being made on behalf of U.S. beef producers.  With that in mind, here&#8217;s a peek inside the Executive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/peek-inside-executive-committee-mtg/</link>
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		<title>Looking To The Future With The Checkoff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Ramey is the CEO of the CBB and he&#8217;s seen here providing information to CBB Chairman Lucinda Williams at the Operating Committee Mtg.  I spoke with him this morning about the issues and work being done here from the staff perspective.
Tom says this annual meeting is where they go over the financial reports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/looking-to-the-future-with-the-checkoff/</link>
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		<title>Admin Subcommittee Getting It Done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the very important committees that meets early here at the Cattle Industry Convention is the Administration Subcommittee.  Leading the meeting was Robert Fountain, Jr. pictured on the left.
Robert says the committee is responsible for overseeing the funding that is related to the officers and executive committee to carry out their duties to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/admin-subcommittee-getting-it-done/</link>
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		<title>Reallocating Dollars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Beef Board Operating Committee had a big challenge here at the Cattle Industry Convention.  A number of previously funded projects returned unused dollars which now became available for re-allocation.  This happens normally and so a number of what are called AR&#8217;s or Authorization Requests (amended) were made from other projects that had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beefboardmeeting.com/2010/01/reallocating-dollars/</link>
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