Special committees appointed by the board are nominating, auditing, 

 and service committees. The nominating committee appraises the nom- 

 inations for directors, the auditing committee reviews the auditor's 

 report, and the service committee assists the board on policy decisions 

 in the sales and service programs. 



Employees 0-- The cooperative currently has a full-time general manager. 

 The part-time employees are a bookkeeper, a clerk, and seasonal workers. 

 to handle produce packing and miscellaneous work as needed o Before 

 1969 the cooperative also employed an auctioneer and two men to handle 

 produce at the auction on a seasonal basis. 



Policies . -- The objective of the sales program is to convince growers 

 of the need for quality produce to obtain satisfactory prices and to 

 stimulate an increase in sales through the cooperative. 



The cooperative plans to expand its services to members. An enlarge- 

 ment of its vacuum cooling facilities and its grading and packing 

 program for peppers are recent steps in this direction^ 



Operations \ 



The cooperative's sales and service operations are handled by the 

 general manager and clerical personnel at the office in Cedarville, 



Major crops sold through the cooperative are snap beans, lettuce, 

 onions, squash, and strawberries. Other crops include lima beans, 

 cabbage, cucumbers, and peppers. 



Services Provided Members »-- Since early 1969, the auction market 

 has been discontinued and all produce sales handled through the 

 cooperative are either direct or through brokers. 



The cooperative has begun an expanded program on vacuum cooling of 

 produce and recently installed a grading and packing service for 

 cucumbers . 



Sales . -- The cooperative's produce sales volume has declined drasti- 

 cally over the 5 years (1965- through 1969 seasons) as shown in 

 table on the next page. 



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