2016 Convention Agenda
Embassy Suites Hotel – Loveland, Colorado
November 10-12, 2016
Resilience • Innovation • Results
Thursday, November 10, 2016
8:00 a.m. Board Meeting – John Q. Hammons Board Room
Noon Registration Opens (Closes at 5:00 p.m.)
1:00 p.m. Welcome – Dale McCall, RMFU President - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
Perspectives on Election and the Ag Economy
Luke Runyon - Harvest Media
Barbara Patterson - NFU
1:45 p.m. Innovation Fair - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry rooms – Harrison Topp, Aubriel Jones
Featured topics:
Solar & hydro-electric systems, Pasture-to-Plate, regenerative farm practices, farming w/ disabilities, geothermal heat pump systems, best agronomic practices, techniques for high protein hay, urban farming
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Grant Writing Workshop - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
Dawn Thilmany, Martha Sullins
Guidestone/Land Link Workshop – Jennifer Vistacion
5:00 p.m. Colorado Building Farmers Reception Big Thompson A & B
5:30 p.m. Policy Committee meeting - John Q. Hammons Board Room
7:00 p.m. County Officer Dinner – The Summit (Invite Only)
· County Achievement Awards
Friday, November 11, 2016
7:00 a.m. Registration Opens
Silent Auction opens – River Birch C
7:50 a.m. Singing/Door Prize Drawings
8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony – Dale McCall, Presiding - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry rooms
Presentation of Flags & Pledge of Allegiance – FFA State Officers & SYAC
Call to Convention – Ken Anderson, Secretary
Preliminary Report Credentials and Elections Committee- Sally Harms
Welcome and Call to Order – Dale McCall, President
Report of Rules Committee
8:20 a.m. NFU Report – Roger Johnson, President
9:15 a.m. Nominations for President, Vice President, Directors I, III & IV – Chuck Holum
9:30 a.m. Treasurer’s Report – Ken Macy/Mary Mahon
9:45 a.m. Kyle Bradley – FUSA General Manager
10:00 a.m. Break
10:10 a.m. Door Prize Drawings
10:15 a.m. Reconvene General Session - John Field, Presiding
Cooperative Achievement Award – Amy Beres
Nominations for RMFU Delegates to 2017 NFU Convention – Chuck Holum
San Diego CA – March 2017
10:40 a.m. Navigating the Ag Economy–Dr. James Pritchett—CSU Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
11:45 a.m. FUSA/RMFU Luncheon – River Birch A/B – Dale McCall
President’s Award
Kathleen Merrigan - Executive Director of Sustainability, George Washington University
Former Deputy Secretary and COO of USDA
Door Prizes
1:00 p.m. Reconvene General Session - Chad Franke, Presiding - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
Ag Economics Panel
Becca Jablonski, CSU
Brent Young, CSU Extension
Tanner Emhke, CoBank
Ice Cream Social/Break
3:00 p.m. RMFU Policy – Jan Kochis, Chair
State Policy Adoption
Colorado – Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
New Mexico – Carter Lake B
Wyoming – Carter Lake A
5:00 p.m. Harvest Moon Gala registration open
5:30 p.m. Harvest Moon Gala Reception/Cash Bar – River Birch C
Meet Don & Peggy Brown, Commissioner, Colorado Department of Agriculture
6:00 p.m. Harvest Moon Gala – Bill Stevenson, Emcee - Pinyon Pine
Farm Family of the Year Award
FUSA Agent of the Year
9:30 p.m. Harvest Moon Gala Dance – Pinyon Pine
Saturday, November 12, 2016
7:00 a.m. Registration Open (Closes at 12 noon)
7:50 a.m. Singing/Door Prize Drawings
8:00 a.m. Convention Reconvenes – Barb Marty, Presiding - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
John Stencel Leadership Award – Barb Marty & Harrison Topp
8:15 a.m. Candidate Speeches – Chuck Holum
President, Vice President, Board of Directors, NFU Delegates
9:00 a.m. Presentation on Soil Health
Examples from the Farm – Curtis Sayles
Soil Health Panel
Fred Midcap
Cindy Lair
Rob Jones
10:00 a.m. Delegate Registration Closes – Final Delegate Roster
11:00 a.m. Final Election and Credentials Committee Report – Sally Harms
Election – Chuck Holum
President, Vice President, Director Districts I, III, & IV, NFU Delegates
12:00 a.m. RMFU Education Luncheon – River Birch B/C
1:00 p.m. Convention Reconvenes- Jan Kochis, Presiding - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
Remarks—President Dale McCall
1:30 p.m. National Policy Adoption – Jan Kochis, Chair - Aspen Daisy/Elderberry
3:00 p.m. Break (inside room)
5:00 p.m. Convention Reception – Kathleen Box, Presiding - Snowberry/Goldenglow
Report of Election Results
Delegates
Directors
Installation of Officers – Chuck Holum
Closing Remarks – RMFU President
Convention Adjournment
Sunday, November 13, 2016
8:30 a.m. Board Reorganization – John Q. Hammons Board Room