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Organic Council of Ontario Annual General Meeting 2016 Agenda

Theme: Turning Over a New Leaf March 24th, 2016 Guelph, Ontario

9:00-9:30: Arrival and Registration 9:30-9:45: Welcome from OCO’s President and Chair, Tom Manley 9:45-10:00: Presentation of Highlights on Check Off Work, Carolyn Young 10:00-11:00: Presentation by Marni Karlin, VP of Government Relations, OTA 11:00-11:45: Questions and Small Group Discussion 11:45-12:45: Lunch and Networking 12:45-1:15: Updates on the Organic Standards, Board Director Ted Zettel 1:15-1:40 Updates and Discussion on Ontario Organic Intra-provincial Regulation 1:40-2:00: Small Group Discussions on Ontario Organic Standards 2:00-2:15: Break 2:15-4:15: Business Portion of AGM 4:15-4:30: Closing Remarks by Chair, Members Dismissed 4:30-5:00: Brief Meeting of New Board

Organic Council of Ontario--Annual General Meeting 2016,

Business Meeting Agenda March 24th, 2016 2:15pm-4:14pm

Agenda Purpose Who Time

1. CalltoOrder Tobegin Chair 2:15 2. ApprovalofAgenda Approval Chair 2:17 3. ApprovalofMinutesfrom2015AGM Approval Chair 2:20 4. ElectionofBoardMembers

a. ProducerNominees(1mineach) Introductions Nominees 2:30 b. ProcessorNominees(1mineach) Introductions Nominees 2:32 c. Distributor/MarketerNominees(1

mineach)Introductions Nominees 2:34

d. RetailNominees(1mineach) Introductions Nominees 2:36 e. CertifierNominees(1mineach) Introductions Nominees 2:38 f. NGO/AssociationNominees(1min

each)Introductions Nominees 2:40

g. AtLargeNominees(1mineach) Introductions Nominees 2:42 h. CollectionofVotesandProxyVotes

VotesCollected

Staff 2:50

5. Reports a. Treasurer’sReport Information Treasurer 2:50 b. Auditor’sReport Information Treasurer 3:05 c. ChangingfromAudittoFinancial

ReviewApproval Treasurer 3:35

d. ActivitiesReport(StaffandBoard) Information Staff 3:50 6. ElectionResults

a. NewBoardMembersNamedb. OutgoingBoardMembersThanked

DirectorsNamed

Chair 4:00

7. Adjournment Chair ToEnd 4:15