INFORMATION MEETING AGENDA
Community Bible Church, 100 Meadow Creek Drive, Ilderton Ontario
January 8 2025
9:00 am - Registration
- Dealer Displays
9:30 am - Welcome
- Adoption of Agenda
- Minutes of 2024 Meeting
- Financial Report
- Resolutions, adoption of Local Committee Terms of
Reference
9:50 am - OMSPA Update
- Summer Tour 2024/25
10:10am - OMAFRA update
10:30 am - Bill Hubbert
Over view of Hubberts Maple, woodlot layout to finished
product and marketing
11:15 am - Ontario Maple Install Mike Gagnier
11:30 am - Sap Master Spile Trial Jamie Biss
11:45 am - Dealer presentations
12:00pm - Lunch & Dealer Displays
Bourbon Barrel maple syrup tasting
1:00pm - Neil Cruise
Tapping tips and leak management
Monitoring systems
2:00 pm Election of directors from the floor and nomination committee
South Western Directors 2023
Arthur Cohen, Chad Jakeman, Amy Shaidle, Joel Robson, Bill Vandenberg, Nelson McLachlan, Reid Crinklaw
2:15 pm Producer Profile presentation of maple operation
3:15 pm Open discussion on syrup marketing / pricing
Upcoming South Western events
January 25
Maple syrup judging school
Location is Fortrose Maple Company
27382 Coldstream Rd
Proper use of testing and grading equipment, tasting good samples, poor sample and determining off flavors and causes of off flavors.
Each participant is to bring a 250 ml kent bottle of maple syrup with no label or markings to be judged by group.
At the end of the day each participant will be given a certificate for completing the workshop. This will qualify you to judge at local fairs and competitions, but most of all the experience of tasting 20 – 25 other sample of syrup.
Open to anyone with an interest in maple syrup production, Back yarders to commercial operations.
Cost is $50.00 including Lunch
Email nelson.mclachlan@isp.ca or call / text 519-318-1260 to register.
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