January 28, 2018 – General Membership Meeting Minutes

January 28, 2018 Annual General Membership Meeting Minutes
Call to order 12:30 pm by Suzanne Shriner, President
1. Approval of the 2017 AGM minutes. Kay Dixon moves to accept and Jim Monk second. Motion carries
2. Brief review of 2017- President Suzanne Shriner
Includes
a. Cherry
i. Cherry prices up this year with $2.00/lb average. More people selling direct which has helped increase the price. Green was selling for $17/lb and fancy $25/lb
ii. Overall yield of cherry was down. Consensus was that it was weather related and more twig bore damage.
iii. CBB was up slightly
b. Labor issues- Difficulty getting workers. However, this has been nationwide. KCFA has discussed with our Senators to try to find solutions. If any ideas please volunteer to work on this and other political issues.
c. Standards for green beans- sunset in a year and will need impute for action
d. Elections- Richard Creigan will run for Senate and his seat will have Brenda Ford run
e. Kona Hills- 1500 acres They are requesting an exemption to import seed for other coffee trees rather than Kona typica. There is concern about cross pollination and the diminishing of the Kona brand. A representative from Kona Hill was present and tried at address concerns but the cross pollination issue was not able to be addressed.
3. Financial-Jim Monk
a. Accounts are up to date and we are financially sound. We received grants from the county for Slow Foods Nation and from both the state and county for the Expo.
4. Membership- Chet Gardner
a. Member down a small amount but is relatively stable
b. He also asks for volunteers to help with the website
5. Expo 2018 and Slow Food Nation 2017
a. Slow Food was in Denver and was attended by 20,000 people. Kay, Colehour and Karen represented KCFA.
b. Expo 2018 will be April 6 at old A pavilion. Volunteers are needed to help with the event. A blind tasting of different grades of coffee is planned. A special thank you to those who indicated a willingness to help.
6. Election
a. Up fpr relection- Kay Dixon, Sandra Scarr, Karen Zulkowski and Suzanne Shriner
b. Nominated previously- Bruce Corker and Mark Dubay. Nominated from the floor Armando Rodrequiz and Colehour Bondera
c. Incumbents Chris Coleman, Allan Frank, Jim Monk, Chet Gardner and Cecelia Smith.
Post meeting election of officers for 2018
President Suzanne Shriner
Vice President Sandra Scarr
Secretary Karen Zulkowski
Treasurer Jim Monk