PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE COLORADO GRAIN, MILLING AND FEED DEALERS ASSN: The President's year of this association runs from February to February, and this, has been one of the busiest years in our 37-year history. Services to the membership have more than tripled; more committees are at work; our public relations program has expanded tremendously; our cooperation with the National Association has been more exten­ sive; our directors have been busier than ever; and our meager financial income has been used entirely to further this program. 1. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES (a) We obtained 21 new members and lost 11. (b) Thirteen bulletins were published. They have been enlarged over previous years and have included more complete feed news. The news bulletins have been more up to date, accurate and newsworthy, I am sure you wi 11 agree. (c) The Legislative Committe~ and your secretary have spent many hours on legis­ lative work, in which they were successful in helping to block a 22% increase in Workmen's Compensation Insurance premiums, obtained partial success in an appropriation for Colo­ rado State University wheat quality research, and successfully passed a new feed bi 11 and pink wheat bill. (d) Because of increased activities, office correspondence has increased, with postage costs up to $500 and telephone up to $400. (e) The Country Elevator Committee was successful in getting increased bonds re­ quired of truckers and is currently seeking to increase the bonds on scale installors. We have a copy of all bonded agricultural handlers, including truckers, available for anyone who wants a copy. (f) Mutual cooperation with the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee was a constant goal for the year, even under sometimes difficult circumstances. Five ~ighly successful meetings were held in eastern Colorado with members and the C.W.A.C., which did much to alleviate misunderstandings. The meetings were held to get your grass-roots thinking on these problems. Efforts are sti 11 under way to improve relations between producers and handlers. You wi 11 be interested to know that as a result of resolutions adopted at these meetings, and similar meetings in most other wheat states concerning sedimentation testing, it is ?robable that the U.S.D.A. wi 11 permit elevator operators to store wheat either on a sedimentation station average or a protein basis. It is clear that without the united efforts of the entire industry, we would not have been able to achieve this compromise with the U.S.D.A. (g) Cooperation with the National Association has included many letters from this office to our Congressional delegation and to the U.S.D.A.; a successful national member­ ship campaign in Colorado; cooperation on the national cost studies; and we worked close­ ly with ' the National officers and executive committee in helping to create this current 66th annual convention and its various social events. Your help in this convention has been magnificent. We also sent your secretary to the national convention in Washington last year at the expense of the Association, at which he gained information which was helpful to us in making this convention a success. (h) Your secretary is currently preparing the 1962-63 Mountain States Directory which wi 11 show an increase in advertising and greater accuracy in listings, to make our directory one of the best in the United States. We would appreciate it immensely if each of you would personally thank these firms who advertise in our directory, because it is one of only three methods we have of financing the association. 2. COMMITTEE WORK (a) The Youth Activities Committee again successfully sponsored the annual 4-H Club Grain Market"ing· Contest and the Junior Milling and Baking contest. Both of these turned out to be the largest and most successful in our history. We have one of our Milling and Baking scholarship winners currently at Fort Collins, the scholarship being paid for by the association. (b) The E~ecutive Committee has held regular meetings with the secretary concern­ ing association problems, activities and decisions. (c) The Legislative Committee, in addition to legislative work as above reported, was also successful in helping to get the inventory tax reduced 5%. (d) D,:spite the death of our former active Chairman, D. L. Chase, the Feed Commit­ tee has re-established the joint Colorado State University--Feed Industry Coordinating Committee, which has been meeting regularly to establish joint recommendations which feed dealers and C.S.U. could make to livestock and poultry producers. Three new members have been added to this committee for more wide-spread representation and better balance. The Feed Committee also cooperates actively with the American and Midwest Feed Manufac­ turers' Association. (e) The Country Elevator Committee has held a series of meetings with the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee to establish joint action as to wheat mi 11 levy collections and administration, surveys and cost analyses. They also have met with the State Agri- more .... culture Department on several occasions to work out mutual problems concerned with grain storage and state laws, and are currently working with the Wheat Marketing Special­ ist at Colorado State University to conduct an elevator management school early in May. (f) The Resolutions Committee has worked closely in supporting resolut_i.ons sub­ mitted to the U.S.D.A., Congress and our Nat!onal Association. (g) The ·Membership Committee staged a whirlwind contest for ~ew m~mbers and their efforts are contihuing along that line. (h) The Transportation Committee's work this year has been largely supplying information on transportation, rates and policies. 3. DIRECTORS (a) Your directors held five meetings during the year to take action on associa­ tion business. These meetings usually last al 1 day, and please keep in mind ~hat all of the directors pay their own expenses at these meetings, including the one heid at Lost Trai 1 Ranch last June. · The Association does not reimburse the directors for any of their expenses. The membership owes the directors a vote of thanks for the time and money they spent on this voluntary basis, on :behalf of the Association. Major decisions which vitally af,fect the success of any trade association and its contribution t.o the': 1menibers'hip are -_debated widely at tfrese directors• meetings. '· . 4. PUBLIC RELATIONS (a) Concerning association activities, your secretary was able to obtain 18 stories and 7 pictures in the Denver Post; 22 stories and 4 prctures in; the Rocky Mountain News; and 9 stories in virtually eve_r:y weekly newspaper in the rural areas of Colorado. This sets an .all-time record for publicity in the Association. In addition, he obtained 36 stories and 14 pictures in the various trade papers and journals throughout t~e country. (b) A.n economic survey 'was conducted through the membership, which indicat~d that the grain, and feed industry is <;:ine of the _largest in the state, and this material has been pr~pare~.· in the form of a lS-minute speech which the secretary has given o~ various occasions ,and w:,ich other members are being cal led upon to give, to better acquaint the public with : the contribution this industry makes to the economic bloodstream of Colorado. · (c) In addition to attending the National Convention in Washington, your .secretary also attended . the Wyoming grain a.nd feed c;onvention and both of the Colorado Press Associ­ ation conventions. To my personal knowledge, he has spent considerable of his own personal funds in helping to promote publicity space in the various papers and radio stations. (d) In his 21 months with the Assoc.iation, the secret,ary has made one complete tour of the stat~, cal ling on the membership, and wi 11 embark on another tour sbon. '-INANCES · '. i " (a) This Association· has only three methods OT income: dues, con~ention and directory profits. This ~o~ey' is spent as outlined above, for rent, office services, printing, postage, wages, ' tra'vel, committee wo:-k, di rectory printing, taxes, scholarships, and convention expenses. Being a non-profit association, the money taken in is spent entirely for association se~vices and activities, in which our primary goal is to help imp~oye and protect your business. In conclusion, I want to thank all those members who have served on committees, / particularly the Feed and Country Elevator Committees, the directors and the Executive Committee, and all of you who have attended these meetings at your own expense. It has been a great pleasure on my part to have worked with the Executive Secretary .. Bob Wier, and his assistant Elaine Holmbeck, over the past year, who in many instances have spent considerable time over their usual' routine hours to meet deadlines and to see .that the pertinent information was made available to the membership. Because of th~ir ~articular interest in seeing that your Association functioned to the best of their abi_lity, they have been very receptive to any suggestions from the membership, and welcome any that you may see fit to offer. Remember, this is YOUR Association, and we hope you wi 11 use the services of these fine people to the utmost; I am sure they will see that any sugges- tions on the part of the members wi I I be properly considered. I am grateful to all members for having done your part to make your Association one of the finest in the United Jtates. /<J/-1 v.~// . /V tf (e/~½ D. G. E 11 is President - Co L'o 'tad o § 'ta in, di( iL£in9 and 9 e£d r.bea.fe: 't!.