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MSBA Agricultural Law Section
Annual Report for 2006-2007

The Agricultural Law Section again published its Agricultural Law Newsletter.  Special thanks to our editor Andrea Silbermann.  Articles can be submitted at any time to ASilbermann@aol.com. The section planned and hosted the 16th Annual Agricultural and Rural Law Institute.  Our featured speakers included Congressman Tim Walz and Robert Sip from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

On April 13, 2007, in conjunction with the Agricultural and Rural Law Institute, the section held its Annual Meeting.  Officers, section council members, assembly delegate and alternates were elected and other business was conducted.

Special thanks to retiring section council member Mark Madsen and to Brian Boysen, who served for many years as an officer of the section and kept the section alive and well.

The section has elected to host CLE programs during its section meetings, beginning with “The Promise (and Pitfalls) of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program” On June 27, 2007.  Thank you Jill Krueger from the Farmer’s Legal Action Group for teaching this program.

Council Members, Officers, Delegate and Alternate for July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007:

Name                                       Term Expires                            Notes

Patrick Costello                        June 30, 2008                          Delegate to MSBA Assembly

Matthew Benda                        June 30, 2008                          Elected Chair for 2007-2008

Jill Krueger                               June 30, 2008

Rick Stermer                            June 30, 2008

Rick Mollin                               June 30, 2009

Gary Petersen                           June 30, 2009                          Elected Treasurer for 2007-08

JK (Ken) Meyers                     June 30, 2009 

Brian Boysen                            June 30, 2009

Gary Hansen                            June 30, 2010                          Elected Vice-Chair for 2007-08
                                                                                                Alternate to MSBA Assembly  
Joe Thompson                          June 30, 2010

Edna Boyle-Lewicki                 June 30, 2010

Michael Dove                           June 30, 2010                          Elected Secretary for 2007-08

Respectfully Submitted,

Matt Benda, Chair
Peterson, Savelkoul & Benda, Ltd.
211 South Newton
Albert Lea, MN 56007
mbenda@albertlealaw.com

MSBA Agricultural Law Section Annual Report 2005-2006

1. October 2005 Conducted legislative survey requesting input from section members.

2. November 17, 2005 The Section Council voted to provide $1,000 for the Katrina Legal Assistance Fund

3. November 2005 through March 2006 Assisted Minnesota CLE in planning the 15th Annual Agricultural and Rural Law Institute and planned the Section annual meeting to occur on the same date.

4. March 2006 (Winter 2005/Spring 2006) newsletter published and accessible on website.

5. April 7, 2006 combined Annual Meeting with Agricultural and Rural Law Institute, officers, section council members, assembly delegate and alternate elected, amended bylaws and conducted other business. The Minutes are to be posted on the website.

6. Council Members, Officers, Delegate, Alternate for July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007:

7. Special thanks to those Council members leaving office, Kurt Anderson (who also served as Assembly Delegate in 2005-2006) and Gail Von Bargen. Thanks again to Andrea Silbermann for continuing to edit the newsletter and to all the contributors. A general thanks to all the section council members and section members and MSBA staff for the continued support. I pledged to seek another person to serve as secretary for the coming year so that I don’t become recycled but for now I am the secretary and looking forward to another productive year.

Respectfully Submitted,
Brian Boysen, Chair

MSBA Agricultural Law Section
Annual Report 2004-2005

1. August 27, 2004 Annual Meeting with election of section council members and officers.

2. October 9, 2004 Co-Sponsored Judicial Reception in New Ulm, MN at historic Lind House.

3. April 1, 2005 combined Annual Meeting with Agricultural and Rural Law Institute, officers and section council members elected, planned for newsletter and other business. The Minutes are posted on the website.

4. June 2005 newsletter published and accessible on website.

5. Council Members, Officers, Delegate, Alternate for July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006:

6. Special thanks to David Moeller for his service in 2004-2005 as a section council member and for his work over the years in helping with the Agricultural and Rural Law Institute. Thanks as well to Patrick Costello for his dedication to the section and the task of energizing it; to Kurt Anderson for supporting the newsletter; to Andrea Silbermann for stepping forward to edit the newsletter and to all the contributors. A general thanks to all the section council members and section members and MSBA staff for the continued support.

Respectfully Submitted,
Brian Boysen, Chair