CENTRAL ONTARIO VINICULTURE ASSOCIATION

THE ANNUAL SEMINARS: 2004
Minutes from the 2004 Annual General Meeting

Seminars Year Five, April 25, 2004

The fifth annual day of seminars will be held Sunday April 26th 2004 at Willow Springs Winery near Stouffville {Directions to Willow Springs Winery.} The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is free. By special arrangement with Alain Breault, the Canadian Distributor of Northern Winework, the cold-climate grapegrowing and winemaking book will again be available for the price of $35 at the AGM and the seminars.

The day is planned as less formal than previous meetings, more discussion than seminar-driven.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Free to anyone interested in attending)

9:30 a.m.: Registration and collection of membership dues ($25.00 per person for the year). Anyone who wishes a lunch should register with Larry in advance at littlefatwino1@cogeco.ca

10:00 a.m: Annual General Meeting
Welcome by Carl Kimmett, Vice President
Introductions
Call to Order for AGM of COVA
Business Meeting
Election of Officers for 2004 / 2005
Adjourn the Business Meeting

10:50 Break

11:00 a.m.: Speaker # 1, Ken Tuccoli, "Marketing the Small Winery"

12:00 noon: Speaker # 2, Simon Shum, Graduate Student, Trent University, "Climate Study for Grape Growing in the Central Ontario Region"

12:30 p.m.: Lunch (Informal Wine Evaluation)

1:30 p.m.: Speaker # 3, Wm. Dowson "Insurance Needs for the Small Winery"
Emmerson Insurance Brokers, 193 Queen St., Port Perry, Ont. L9L 1B9, 905-985-4102

2:30 p.m.: Discussion of Current Issues
Bert Andrews - "Fruit Winery Issues"
Neil Lamont - "Marketing in the Local Area"
Other Issues

3:30 p.m.: Thank you to our hosts and safe trip home

PROPOSED COVA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2004 / 2005:
 President: Dr. Bryan Pell Email Bryan Pell
Vice President: Carl Kimmett Email Carl Kimmett
Treasurer: Dr. Liang Liu Email Liang Liu
Secretary: Paul Ward Email Paul Ward
Director: Bert Dunn
Director: Irwin Smith Email Irwin Smith
Director: Larry Paterson Email Larry Paterson
Director: Neil Lamont Email Neil Lamont
Director: Rick Wagner Email Rick Wagner
Director: Wally Henry Email Wally Henry

COVA Home Wine Growers www.littlefatwino.com