Central Farm Service Board of Director Application

Deadline to submit applications October 30, 2020
 

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Birthdate:	CFS Director Policies state that no person who will be 70 years or older at the time of the election will be eligible to be nominated as a director.

 

Family:
Describe your farming operation:
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful director?:
List your Board/Committee/Volunteer experience:
Organizations/Memberships:
Education:
What do you see as issues or challenges facing agriculture and CFS?:
How will cooperatives thrive in the future?:

The CFS Board of Directors, recognizing the responsibility of leadership, has adopted the following policy as a guideline for directors: 

The following characteristics should be considered:

• Personal characteristics of honesty, loyalty, and stability
• Knowledge of cooperative principles and practices
• Ability to analyze, organize, and arrive at a decision
• Exhibit sound business management through successful management of personal business
• Courage to support the policies of the board
• Supportive of the cooperative, both in voice and in patronage
• Strong desire to serve on the board
• Willingness to attend local, regional, and state meetings, seminars, and training institutes
• Courage to resist pressures of special interest groups

Most importantly, a CFS Board Director must be an “actively engaged” producer of agricultural products, who does at least $3,000 in business with the co-op each fiscal year. “Actively engaged” in reference to the sale of grain and/or livestock is when said producer derives a minimum of $5,000 from the sale of grain and/or livestock as stated on Schedule F of the patron’s IRS tax return. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I acknowledge the following:

• I understand the guidelines set above and wish to apply as a candidate for the CFS Board of Directors.
• I have no loyalties or affiliations that would interfere with being a member of the CFS Board of Directors.
• I am not an officer, director, or employee of any organization that competes with CFS in any manner.
• I understand that the above information may be used in a future CFS publication.

 

Signature:
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