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2008 CONVENTION PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
DATES
January 20-22,
2008 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 18-20, 2009 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 17-19, 2010 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
96th
Annual Convention and Industry Show
of
the
NORTH DAKOTA GRAIN DEALERS ASSOCIATION
January 20-22, 2008
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 21st in the Crowne
& Sterling rooms of the Holiday Inn. Entertainment
will be Larry
O. Variety Comedy Show. Register in Club Room III for
Spa at the Inn being held in Mezzanine Suite III on
January 21. At 2:00 p.m. in Mezzanine Suites I & II
Danielle Morehart from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North
Dakota will speak about Walking Works and Health Insurance
Highlights. Buses will leave for the West Acres Shopping
Center during the afternoon.
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
21 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.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 19, 2008
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 20, 2008
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
noon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibits open -
NFL conference championships on Big Screen TVs
- Grazing food and beverages in the exhibit
area
2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety/Health/Environmental Committee Meeting in
Mezzanine Suite II
2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Transportation Committee meeting in Mezzanine Suite I
Support
your Educational Foundation by purchasing a GOOD EGG
button.
3
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 21, 2008
- 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: . . . . . . . . . . .
Highway 113 Band
Presiding. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . President Clyde Krebs
Invocation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan DeRouchey
Presentation
of colors . . . . . .Fargo
North High School Jr. ROTC
The
Star Spangled Banner
. .Tanya Hepper, Mandan, ND
Welcome
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cole Carley,
Fargo-Moorhead Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Greetings
from NGFA: Ron Olson, Chairman
Introduction
of head table & Association Directors
SPEAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Chitwood, Sulphur, Oklahoma
"Overall Wit and Wisdom"
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 Suite III
(pre-register in Club Room III)
10 a.m. – noon Workshop 1
– Great Hall, Embassy & Royale Rooms
TOPIC 1: Congressional Rail Legislation and
Surface Transportation Board Activities
SPEAKERS: Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senator for North
Dakota
Francis Mulvey, Vice Chairman, Surface Transportation
Board
TOPIC 2:
Risk Management in Volatile Markets
TOPIC 3:
Biotech Grains Today & Tomorrow
SPEAKER: Ron Olson, VP of Operations, General Mills;
Chairman, National Grain and Feed Association
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
PIANIST:
. .. . . . . . . .Darin
Henze, Fargo, ND
ENTERTAINMENT:. . .Larry O. Comedy Variety
Show
