ONTARIO CHAROLAIS BOARD MEETING - Charolais Banner

with Jeff Mafi the judge. The Charolais will not be having a salein London as the national is being held in Toronto. There is acourse been offer this year on Quality Start Here. There is asteer or heifer carcass competition this year, also a marketanimal show on Friday at 5:00 p.m. Barry reported that he has abus trip arranged from his area to go to NABC for Friday andthen to Keady Auction for a Pre sort calf sale on Saturday.Brent was congratulated for being our new OCA nationaldirector replacing Dr. Bryan Hicks has stepped down at theNational AGM in Quebec in June. Brent reported that the fallmeetings have been scheduled, the new committee has beenstructure, Brent new job is on the market developmentcommittee, he also mentioned the new computer system inCalgary is up and running and hopefully register your calveswill be quicker. They had 14 applicants for the feildmans job,but the board felt they needed to be the right man for the job. Atthe National Meeting the vote for herd enrollment move from$20.00 to $25.00 per head, and the single animal enrollment thatOntario put forth was defeated. The National Sale avg.$3,900.00.Pete had asked Brian and Keith if they know how the entrieswere for the Boss Show in Renfrew on September 9. Theyhadn’t heard but hope to be 35-40 head for show. The CharolaisYouth had 25-30 head at Peterborough for the Eastern ChallengeCup.Pete next topic was fundraising, beer for year, week-endgetaway, or steak for a year, were the topics. The board felt thatwe should be promoting our own product. That steak for yearwould be an asset. Brian to talk to Jim Clark on corn fed beef