SCMCo-op 2011 Annual General Meeting

We invite all members and any interested individuals to attend our 2011 Annual General Meeting. We will meet in the Pioneer Room of the Creekside Seniors Centre (501 Cedar Avenue, 100 Mile House) at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

The meeting will include an update on our abattoir project and the election of a new slate of Directors. As all of our current Board members are serving a one-year term that will expire at the AGM, we are inviting nominations (self or otherwise) for the election of seven Directors. We have established a policy to elect 3 or 4 Directors to a one-year term and 3 or 4 to a two-year term to ensure some future continuity on our Board from one year to the next. Please remember that only paid-up members – or, in the case of an organization or business, their appointed voting representative - are eligible for nomination to our Board and to vote (if necessary) in the election of Directors. Further to that, your membership must be paid for at least 30 days prior to the AGM (therefore, before February 28th).

The Board of Directors
South Cariboo Meat Co-op

Update from SCMCo-op

We are happy to report an important milestone in the development of the SCMCo-op abattoir. We have now submitted a formal application to the BC Centre for Disease Control for a Class B, provincial license for a red-meat slaughter-only facility. While this process will take some time, with the expected fine tuning of the application to meet their requirements, we should have approval for construction long before our May 1, 2011 ground-breaking target date. Once that is in place, we can work with them through the construction phase. From there, we will get formal approval for our application when the facility is ready for final inspection, just before we begin operating – in line with our August target.

As always, if you are looking for more information on our project, or have any questions, please contact us at info@southcariboomeat.coop or 250-395-6775.

The Board of Directors
South Cariboo Meat Co-op