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January
2012
MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF
CONNECTICUT, INC.
35th Annual Meeting & Preseason Workshop
Notice
January 14, 2012 • 8:00 am - 3:30 pm (Light
lunch served)
Haddam Extension Center • Rt. 154, Haddam, CT
8:00 am Registration, refreshments, mingle,
visit vendors, test hydrometers
9:00 am Annual Meeting-Special makeup meeting
for canceled 11/5/11 meeting
Minutes from last Annual Meeting - November
2010
Treasurers Report
Nomination and Election of Officers and
Directors
Adjourn Special Annual Meeting
9:15 am Preseason Business Meeting: Mark
Minutes from January 2011 meeting
Reports and announcements
Dues: Brian Atwood
ALB Update: Kay Carroll
Maple Education Program: Rob Lamothe
Recipe Book Update: Kay Carroll
Ag Day: Art Roy
IMSI Report: Richard Norman
NAMSC Report: Mark Harran
2012 IMSI/NAMSC Convention update: Ron Wenzel
Old Business
New Business
Adjourn Preseason Business Meeting
10:00 am Break, mingle, visit vendors, Steve
Broderick testing hydrometers
10:30 am Guest Speaker #1: Bruce Gillilan,
Leader Evaporator, will share some “secrets” he has learned, from years of
experience, for maximizing the quantity throughput and quality output from your
current evaporator as in “Boiling 101.”
11:30 am Guest Speaker #2: Dave Chapeskie,
Executive Director, IMSI will inform us regarding progress toward implementing a
new worldwide standard grading and classification system for pure maple syrup,
including plans to test implement the new standard in Connecticut in 2012. Dave
will also include an update on IMSI’s efforts to bring together and
disseminate information on the nutritional benefits of maple syrup to help us
communicate the news.
12:30 pm Light lunch, visit with vendors and
other members
1 :30 pm Guest Speaker #3: Fred Pike,
Goodrich’s Maple Farm, All you would ever want to know about Reverse Osmosis
machines. Maybe one is right for you?
3:30 pm Adjournment
Directions:
The Annual Meeting and Pre-Season Workshop
will be held at the Middlesex County Extension Center in Haddam, Connecticut.
From the North: Take Route 9 South, past Middletown, to Exit 10. Follow
the ramp to the first light and turn right onto Route 154 (South). The office is
5.7 miles south on the left just past the post office.
From the South: Take Route 9 North to Exit 7, Route 82 extension. Follow
the Route 82 extension to the ‘T’ (flashing light) and turn left onto Route
154 North. The office is 2.9 miles on the right.
From the East: Take Route 82 West across the Haddam swing bridge.
Take a right at the ‘T’ onto Route 154 North. The office is 2.5 miles on the
right.
March 2012
2012 Hebron Maple Festival
To
be held March 2012 (Check back here for details.)
October 2012
NAMSC
/ IMSI Annual Meetings
October 22-25,
2012
Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa Mystic, CT