2012
CENTENNIAL Convention
January 15-17, 2012
Entertainment,
Ladies Events & Speakers
2012
Exhibitors
2012 Hospitality Hosts
Fargo
Hotels
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CONVENTION DATES
January 15-17, 2012 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND (100th
Annual)
January 20-22, 2013 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
January 19-21, 2014 - Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
CENTENNIAL
Convention and Industry Show
January 15-17 - Holiday Inn - Fargo, ND
(updated
01/06/2012)
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 7307 and 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.
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
16 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 -
701; RRVW - 287
PROGRAM
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
Noon.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Board of
Directors luncheon - Mezzanine Suite III
12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
. . . . . . . . Board of Directors meeting - Mezzanine
Suite IV
4 p.m. - 6
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee and juice mixer for
past and present Directors
and spouses, convention
committee,
staff - Sterling Room
6 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social and dinner for past and present Directors and
spouses,
convention committee, staff - Sterling Room
. . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 15, 2012
8
a.m. - 12 noon . . . . .
. . .Exhibitor setup
11
a.m. - 6 p.m.. . . . . .
. . .Registration, Holiday Inn Club Room III
Ladies, sign up today for wine glass painting and
The Winery
on Monday.
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.. . .
Exhibitors' hors d’oeuvres – NFL Playoff Games on TVs
throughout the
exhibit area.
12 noon - 5 p.m. .
. . . . . . .Flavored coffees & cookies in registration area courtesy
of
Holiday Inn
12:30
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibits open -
NFL Playoff Games on TVs throughout the exhibit area
-
Grazing food and beverages in the exhibit
area
2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety/Health/Environmental Committee Meeting
in Mezzanine
Suite III
2 p.m.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation Committee meeting in Mezzanine Suite IV
for
Committee members and Directors only
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.
FGDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .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 - Crystal Ballroom
Banquet (by invitation only)
Social. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30
p.m.
Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30
p.m.
Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00
p.m.
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
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
Farm Credit Services in ND - Fargo •.Mandan • Minot
Entertainment: West Fargo High School Jazz
Ensemble
Presiding: President Paul Lautenschlager
Invocation: Rick Miske, Beach Co-op Grain
Presentation of colors: Wahpeton Marine Corps Colorguard
The Star Spangled Banner: Darci Haugeberg
Welcome: Cole Carley - Fargo-Moorhead Convention
& Visitors Bureau
Announcements
Speaker: "Going Against the Grain" the elevated
humor of Roger Radley
Break - Visit Exhibits
Coffee in exhibit area courtesy of North Dakota Wheat
Commission and North Dakota Barley Council
9:45 a.m. - 11:30
- Ladies - Yes
You Are Creative!
Wine Glass
Painting Class by Kay Hilde -
Mezzanine Suites
I & II
Pre-register in Club Room III.
Courtesy of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors
Bureau
10:30 a.m. – noon Workshop 1
– Great Hall - Embassy & Royale Rooms
Topics: Honoring the
Past
Do You Remember When...?
Speakers:
John O'Meara, Gilman Beck, Tony Johannessen,
Roger Wagner, Steve Strege
11:00 a.m. . . . . . . .Resolutions Committee
Meeting - Room 422 Holiday Inn
11:45 a.m. -
Ladies Luncheon - Great Hall - Crown & Sterling
Rooms
Entertainment by Acappella Xpress
Join us for a delicious lunch and door prize drawings
Luncheon sponsored in
part by North Dakota Soybean Council
Punch courtesy of the
Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau
12:00
noon . . . . . . .Men's Walkaround Luncheon in Exhibit
Area
Different foods in Dakota Hall, Harvest Hall and lobby.
Visit all three food locations!
Sponsored in part by North Dakota Soybean Council and
Northern Plains Grain Inspection
Break - Visit
Exhibits
*** Support
your Educational Foundation by being a GOOD EGG.***
1:45-4:00 p.m.
Ladies - Visit The
Winery and learn everything from the basics in Wine
101, etiquette, and food pairing. A variety of
wines will be available for
tasting. Buses for the tours will leave from Door
#2 at the West Entrance
(by the gift shop). Pre-register in Club Room III.
Courtesy of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors
Bureau
2:00-3:30 p.m. Workshop 2 Great
Hall, Embassy & Royale Rooms
TOPIC
1: Current Safety & Health Topics
& FDA Topics
Speaker: Stu
Letcher, NDGDA Safety & Health Director
followed immediately by
TOPIC 2: OSHA Inspections:
You Are Next - Preparation, Rights,
Obligations
Speaker: Eric Conn, Head of
OSHA Practice,
Epstein Becker Green, Washington, DC
3:30 p.m. - Break - Visit Exhibits
3:30-5:30 p.m. Roaming
Barbershop Quartet singing first in the Exhibit Area and
then in the Pool Area
5:00
p.m. . . . . . .Social Hour -
Poolside - Holiday Inn
6:15 p.m. . . . . . .Banquet - Great Hall
Recognitions and Awards
Entertainment: Brinnon & Marks
Entertainment sponsored in part by Canadian
Pacific Railway, Dakota Missouri Valley & Western
Railroad, Northern Plains Railroad and Minot Grain
Inspection
9:00 p.m. . . . . . .Association Dance - Great
Hall
Dance to Johnny Holm Band
Prize Drawings (must be present to win)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012
8:00
a.m. . . . . . . .
.Breakfast, Great Hall
Sponsored in part by Viterra
Entertainment: West Fargo High School Chamber
Orchestra
Greetings: ND Public
Service Commission
Speaker: Amy Dee-Kristensen - "Just Do It"
10:15
a.m. . . . . . . . Voting
delegate check-in and Annual
Business Meeting
District 1 -
Embassy A
District 2 - Embassy B
District 3 - Embassy B
Districts will caucus separately to elect Directors,
followed by mass meeting for reports, resolutions and
election announcements
11:45
a.m. . . . . . . . .Bierstube
Luncheon - Great Hall
Brats, Polish Sausage, Kraut, Beer
Sponsored in part by Jamestown Grain Inspection
Entertainment: Kringen Accordion Band
Convention Review DVD show
1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . .Convention adjourns
2:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . .Board Reorganization
Meeting - Mezzanine Suite III
