SaskCanola is pleased to announced today that six nominations have been received to fill four seats at the Commission's board table; elections will subsequently take place from November 1st to 30th by way of electronic voting.
The six nominees include Keith Fournier from Lone Rock/Maidstone, Gerry Hertz from Edenwold, Kyle Korneychuk from Pelly, Patricia Lung from Humboldt, Wayne Truman from Redvers, and Doyle Wiebe from Langham. All six candidates will also be featured on SaskCanola's monthly radio program in November to discuss their priorities for the canola industry.
Registered producers* will receive a web based election letter the week of November 1st that will instruct them how to select their Board choices from the nominatd candidates in the online voting platform. There will be an option lsited in the letter for registered producers who wish to vote by way of paper ballot. The Returning Officer will be Ann Smith of Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan at Box 21038, Saskatoon SK, S7H 5N9, or fax at 306-975-6850. Voting, either electronically or by paper ballot, must be completed by November 30th at noon CST.
The results of the election will be announced mid-December and at SaskCanola's Annual General Meeting on January 9, 2017, held in conjunction with the CropSphere conference.
*A registered producer is any producer who has sold canola in either of the previous two crop years and has not requested a levy refund in the past year.
Source : Saskcanola