Charolais International AGM

Charolais International Annual General Meeting

Edinburgh, Scotland – June 23, 2012

Charolais International President Dai Lewis (Wales) opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Greetings were also given on behalf of The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Keith Brooke, Honorary Treasurer.

The minutes were read and adopted from the Charolais International Annual General Meeting in France in May, 2011. The financial report was presented and approved.

It was announced that Regis Gremion was resigning as SecretaryTreasurer of Charolais International after many years as he has left the Herdbook Charolais, and Cecilia Crapoulet from Herdbook Charolais was accepted as his replacement.

Discussion was held on Genomics which was the topic of the last World Technical Conference in France and will be the topic of discussion at the next World Technical Conference in Sweden being held next June. There are many things to get worked out as to how all Charolais member countries can work together to improve the quality of the Charolais genomics without duplication of bulls that are being mapped and SNPed.

The World Charolais Congress in 2014 is being held in France, probably at the end of August in conjunction with a major show, but no details were presented as they are not finalized. The 2015 World Charolais Technical Confernce will be hosted by the Canadian Charolais Association.

An election of the new executive was held, with the new President being Lennart Nilsson, Sweden; VicePresidents Michel Baudot (France) and Helge By (Canada). Past President is now Dai Lewis (Wales).

The meeting was adjourned.

Anders Wiklert, Sweden and Lennart Nilsson, Swedish incoming President, present Dai Lewis with a gift of appreciation for his work as President of Charolais International New Secretary Cecelia Crapoulet, President Dai Lewis and outgoing Secretary Regis Gremion during the meeting 2012 World Charolais Association Voting Delegates: L-R: Front: Lars Bjornberg, Sweden; Michal Baudot, France (Vice-President); Dai Lewis, Wales (Past-President); Cecilia Crapoulet, France (Secretary-Treasurer); Lennart Nilsson, Sweden (President); Michael McGirl, Ireland; Nuala Hourihane, Ireland; Regis Gremion, France (retiring Secretary-Treasurer). Back: Ben Harmon, England; Terrance Farrell, Australia; Lee Eaton, USA; David Benson, England; Wilfried Zachert, Germany; Anders Wiklert, Sweden; Wayne Semenoff, New Zealand; Zoltan Domokos, Hungary; Neil Gillies, Canada; Wade Beck, Canada; Marilou Wagner, USA; Istvan Jansco, Hungary; Henri Vidal, France.