The Rural Voice, 1986-04, Page 94NEWSLETTER — Grey County Federation of Agriculture
446 10th St., Hanover, Ontario N4N 1P9 519-364-3050
Getting
the job
done
Job #1 with the Grey County
Federation of Agriculture is
representing the views of the ma-
jority of our members. The job
gets done through a system of
township directors' meetings to
discuss the concerns of the
members they live and work with
every day. Each township is
represented at the county level by
the township director, usually the
president of the township federa-
tion. The job only gets done when
everybody involved does their job.
The Grey County Federation of
Agriculture meets each month and
prior to the meeting sends an agen-
da and a copy of the last month's
minutes to each township's
representative. If the agenda or
minutes include a topic of interest,
or a contentious point, the
township director can call a
meeting or discuss the item with his
fellow directors to be prepared for
the meeting. To get the job done
we need a representative from each
township at every meeting.
Last month's meeting dealt with
a number of items including in-
surance required to cover liability
under the spills bill, Grey Federa-
tion's moratorium on farm
foreclosures, the FCC alternative
financing proposal, and the con-
tinuing problem of garbage
disposal by landfill. The absence
of representatives from the
townships of Keppel, Sarawak,
Bentinck, Normanby, Sydenham,
Holland, Glenelg, Proton, St. Vin-
cent, Euphrasia, Collingwood, and
Osprey resulted in a lengthy discus-
sion and the passing of at least two
motions to try and ensure that
future decisions represent the con-
cerns of the membership.
If the Grey County Federation
of Agriculture is to succeed in
representing Grey County farmers,
you as a member must make your
views known, talk to your
township directors, and be sure
your township has an informed
representative at each county
meeting. ❑
Don Hill, GCFA President
98 THE RURAL VOICE
Bentinck Township
Federation of Agriculture
Information Night
8 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 1986
Lamlash Hall
Guest Speaker is Jack Wilkinson,
second vice-president of OFA
TOPIC: Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act
Everyone is welcome
Coffee will be served
ONTARIO FARM
MACHINERY DEPOT
John Benedictus
R.R. 1, Dundalk 519.923-2728
Make your voice heard
At the February 26 meeting of
the Grey Federation of Agri-
culture, Carol Gott, representing
the South East Grey Community
Council, spoke on the work her
group is doing toward setting up
rural child day care centres in the
county. They are trying to find out
the kind of service needed and
where. Carol asked the federation
for a letter of support to help ob-
tain start-up money from the
government. A motion to send
such a letter was defeated.
Some directors are opposed to
these centres saying parents should
take care of their children
themselves. Anyone with a need
for these services should make
their voice heard now while grants
are available to assist in getting
them into operation.
On March 18 an information
meeting on garbage disposal spon-
sored by the Euphrasia Township
Federation was held in Rocklyn.
Grey County Council is starting a
study into garbage disposal in-
cluding recycling and incineration;
the county uses from 6 to 8 acres
per year for landfill sites.
Proton Federation is sponsoring
an information meeting on forages
at Swinton Park on April I.
The Grey and Bruce Federations
will have a booth at the Chesley
AgriFair April 8 and 9.
The Meet the Members dinner
and Tommy Cooper Award will be
at Chatsworth on April 19.
Bill Pullen
Executive Director