Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Business Meeting

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Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Business Meeting

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020

Caucuses – 5:30 p.m. • Session – 6:30 p.m.

In an effort to ensure the health and safety of our Oklahoma Farm Bureau members, friends and staff, we will hold an annual business meeting for 2020 in place of our traditional in-person annual convention.

The meeting will be held Thursday, November 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m. as OKFB members in districts 1, 4 and 7 will hold caucus to elect state board members and state Women’s Leadership Committee members.

The live reports and presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Watch our 2020 online business meeting from the comfort of your own home, the cab of your tractor, or anywhere you have a data connection capable of streaming video content.

Tune in to watch the online business meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. The meeting stream above will go live when the meeting begins, and will also be available on OKFB’s Facebook and YouTube accounts, which are linked above.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members will gather at locations in each of the nine Oklahoma Farm Bureau districts to watch our virtual business meeting together. Patterned after our successful August Area Meetings, safety protocols will be followed to ensure the health and safety of our members.

In addition to our nine gatherings, OKFB delegates in districts 1, 4 and 7 will gather to elect state board members and state Women’s Leadership Committee members.

Locations for our virtual meetings are listed below:

Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m.

• Call to order, district 1, 4, and 7 caucus meetings begin

Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

• Reconvene for main business session
• Greetings from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt
• Greetings from AFBF President Zippy Duvall
• Announcement of district caucus meeting results
• Approval of minutes of the previous meeting
• OKFB Foundation for Agriculture update
• OKFB Ag Fund and Ag PAC updates
• OFBMIC policyholders meeting
• Approval of financial report
• OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee incoming/outgoing members
• Approval of delegates to serve at AFBF 2021 online annual meeting
• Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee incoming/outgoing members
• Adjourn

Members in districts 1, 4 and 7 will meet in-person on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. to elect district representatives to the OKFB board of directors and the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee prior to the district gatherings.

Following the district caucus meetings, OKFB members will join at each caucus location to view the online business meeting, which starts at 6:30 p.m.

Separate meetings will be held to elect the OKFB WLC chair and the OKFB Young Farmers and Ranchers committee.

The locations of the three district caucuses are the same as the in-person gatherings for OKFB members to watch our online virtual business meeting. The locations of the caucuses are below:

The OKFB board of directors voted to postpone the organization’s policy development process until 2021, meaning the OKFB policy book will remain unchanged through next year’s annual meeting.

County Farm Bureau members are encouraged to continue submitting policy ideas to the home office to inform board members and staff of the wishes and ideas of members. The state board of directors also is able to provide direction to staff in enacting grassroots policy.