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2009 CONVENTION PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
CONVENTION DATES
January 18-20, 2009 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 17-19, 2010 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 16-18, 2011 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 15-17, 2012 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND (100th
Annual)
97th
Annual Convention and Industry Show
of
the
NORTH DAKOTA GRAIN DEALERS ASSOCIATION
January 18-20, 2009
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
REGISTRATION:
Sunday - 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Club Room
III
Monday - 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Holiday Inn Club Room III
Persons who have pre-registered can pick up their
registration packets at the PRE-REGISTERED table in Club
Room III on Sunday or Monday.
EMERGENCY:
Phone 911
TRANSPORTATION:
The
Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau
will provide complimentary van service between major
motels and the headquarters Holiday Inn during convention.
For more information call 282-2700 ext 7331and ask for
the Grain Dealers Transportation Service.
PROGRAM:
Holiday
Inn is headquarters. Exhibits are located in the front
lobby, Harvest Hall, Dakota Hall, Press Room & Atrium. Hospitality suites
are poolside. Program events, including breakfasts,
luncheons, Association Banquet, and workshops will be held
in the Great Hall of the Holiday Inn. The Great Hall
is divided into the Embassy, Royale, Crowne & Sterling
rooms.
THE
LADIES LUNCHEON & PROGRAM will
be held at 11:45 a.m. on Monday the 19th in the Crowne
& Sterling rooms of the Holiday Inn. Register in Club Room III for
Spa at the Inn being held in Mezzanine Suites I & II on
Monday, January 19. Buses will leave for the West Acres Shopping
Center after the luncheon.
DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS-Monday evening:
Your
Association will be sponsoring 3 - $75 cash prizes to be
drawn from those pre-registered. An additional 3 - $75
cash prizes will be drawn from among all registrants.
Drawing held at the Monday evening dance. Be sure to
deposit your Grand Prize ticket in the elevator. YOU
MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.
DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS-Tuesday brunch:
Your Association will be
sponsoring 3 - $75 cash prizes at the Tuesday brunch.
YOU MUST BE PRESENT
TO WIN.
BE
A GOOD EGG:
Your
North Dakota Grain Dealers Educational Foundation will be
taking tax-deductible contributions at the convention.
Association Directors and wives will be operating an
exhibit booth for this purpose. Be a Good EGG (Educational
Gift Giver) and buy a Good EGG button. Monies collected
are used to provide agricultural scholarships and
equipment grants at seven North Dakota institutions of
higher learning. Our goal this year is $5,000.
RESOLUTIONS
FOR VOTING DELEGATES:
Copies
of resolutions submitted by the 10:30 a.m. Monday, January
19 deadline and approved by the Resolutions Committee will
be available for voting delegates later that day at the
Educational Foundation Good EGG booth.
RAILROAD MEETING ROOMS
CP, DMVW & NP - 215; RRVW -
287; BNSF - 172.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 17, 2009
12:30
p.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . Board of Directors luncheon - Mezzanine Suite III
1
p.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Board of Directors meeting - Mezzanine Suite
IV
6
p.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Board of Directors, staff, convention
committee, and past presidents social and banquet
Mezzanine Suites I & II
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 18, 2009
8
a.m. - 12 noon . . . . .
. . .Exhibitor setup
11
a.m. - 6 p.m.. . . . . .
. . .Registration, Holiday Inn Club Room III
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.. . .
Exhibitors' hors d’oeuvres – NFL conference championships
on Big Screen TVs
12
noon - 5 p.m. . . . . . .
. .Flavored coffees & cookies in registration area
courtesy of Holiday
Inn
12:30
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibits open -
NFL Conference Championships on Big Screen TVs
- Grazing food and beverages in the exhibit
area
1:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legislative
Committee meeting in Mezzanine Suite II
2:00 p.m. . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
Safety/Health/Environmental Committee meeting in
Mezzanine Suite III
2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . .Transportation Committee meeting in Mezzanine Suite IV
Support
your Educational Foundation by purchasing a GOOD EGG
button.
3:00
p.m. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .Hospitality Center opens, poolside Holiday
Inn.
Afternoon and evening - grain companies, hospitality and
banquets. The following schedule was available at press
time.
CARGILL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holiday
Inn Embassy Room
Convention Kick-off Cocktail Party . . . . . .3:00 p.m. - 7:00
p.m.
CHS.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holiday Inn -
Crowne and Royale Rooms
Social & Hors d'oeuvres . . .. . . . . . . . . . .6:00 p.m.
- 8:30 p.m.
F.G.D.I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holiday Inn - Sterling Room
Social. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
ADM-BENSON QUINN . . . . .Ramada
Plaza Suites
Banquet (by invitation only)
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009
- Wear
your registration badge
-
7
a.m. - 4 p.m. . . . . . .
. . . . . Registration, Holiday Inn Club Room III
7:30
a.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Breakfast Great Hall (Serving through
to 8:10)
Sponsored in part by Red River Valley & Western
Railroad, North Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Fargo and North Dakota Farm Credit Services.
Entertainment: . . . . . . . . . . .
Concordia Jazz Band
Presiding. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . President Clyde Krebs
Invocation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kim Alberty, Fargo, ND
Presentation
of colors . . . . . .West
Fargo Jr. ROTC
The
Star Spangled Banner
. .John
and Jane Olson
Welcome
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cole Carley,
Fargo-Moorhead Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Greetings:
Public Service Commission
Introduction
of head table & Association Directors
SPEAKER.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Ernie Mancini
"Why Not??"
Announcements
Break
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Visit Exhibits
Coffee
in exhibit area courtesy North Dakota Wheat Commission and
North Dakota Barley Council.
- Support
your Educational Foundation by being a GOOD EGG. -
10 a.m. –
noon - Ladies - Spa at the Inn – Mezzanine Suites I & II
(pre-register in Club Room III)
Spa at the Inn courtesy of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention &
Visitors Bureau and North Dakota Grain Dealers
Association.
10 a.m. – noon Workshop 1
– Great Hall, Embassy & Royale Rooms
TOPIC 1: Managing Volatility with a Master Trade
Agreement
SPEAKER:
David Barrett, Attorney
at Law
TOPIC 2:
Managing Financing and
Commodity Market Volatility
SPEAKERS: Preston
Kranz and Milt
Lund, CoBank
Ami Heesch, Country Hedging
MIke Kvistad, ADM-BQ
11:00
a.m. . . . . . . . . Resolutions Committee meeting,
Room 422 Holiday Inn
Break
. . . . . . . . . . . .Visit Exhibits
11:45
a.m. . . . . . . . . Ladies Luncheon - Great Hall, Sterling and Crown Rooms
Join us for a delicious lunch, bingo for prizes, and
door prize drawings.
