Alberta Grain Commission "Name Change"

[rockpile]

T4, YES! and a whole bunch of more grassroots
rural folks. And I would completely respect the
opinions of those who did not just 'suck up' to me!
One thing I wouldn't do is surround myself with a
bunch clones! Out of conflict come 'great' solutions.
Otherwise, I would like to quote John Diefenbaker
to you - "politics can be like a rocking chair - a lot
of motion but it never moves anywhere!" In the end,
I would be bold enough to give authority to
individual producers or groups who could come
forward with innovative and revolutionary ideas.
Just my point of view, I guess I'm a dreamer...
Rockpile

[katoe]

What are the names of appointees? Every once in awhile you see in a paper the name of an appointee but I have never seen alist of them all.I note that the last one that George G. appointed was Dennis Naninga who was a fellow director with George from his Ab Pool/Agricore days.Hmm! Perhaps a favor being returned. Any way it seems you are there to give them what they want to hear so they can say they are listening to farmers.Eg. I have never heard of an appointee that was a fan of orderly marketing.At a Unifarm meeting years ago a motion was presented to recommend that the AGC be disbanded but it was tabled because as the mover of the tabling motion stated. How can we vote on getting rid of something we know nothing about?

[charliep]

The information you request on the Alberta Grains Council is below. Information on first
page is a little out of date on the price survey but the tabs are reasonably up to date.

[URL="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agc2620"]agc[/URL]

I work very closely with AGC as with all Alberta Commissions and Associations. That is one
of the privileges I have in my job.

[rockpile]

Hi Charlie, that is a fairly respectable and diverse
group compared to the 'bums and losers' they used to
have! Still, I don't buy in that the product is worth the
cost. Out of curiosity, do you have a degree in Ag-
Economics from the U of A? Attained in the early 70's?
Just curious.
Rockpile

[charliep]

The year would be 1975. Hard to believe that 35 years go that fast.

[katoe]

Took a look. Seems to me the WCWGA and WCBGA and every other group that is against the CWB have awell funded group working for them.

[charliep]

I'll bite. Which group is that?

[Burbert]

Politicians and their klingon friends do really, really, really good work when it comes to Ag. That is they all feather their nests, and share wit one another! Most have never farmed, but they had a cuz or unc who did in Sask years ago, sos they knows what it is all about, cusz they spent Summer holidays on the farm, and if was really fun. OR they are formally trained and have AG DEGREES, BUTT never farmed, and still they know it all, in theory, how it should work, Supply and Demand, basis for Gag.... Yeah right, try, lying and cheating thats the reality....