POLICY DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS It is time for our process to develop policy for 2013 to begin.

We have decided to take a more custom approach to these meetings. In some cases, we are combining this meeting with a meeting with your Congressman or their aide. However, this wasnt possible in all cases because of the field district alignment with the congressional districts or the Congressmans schedule. Below are the dates of the meetings that we have scheduled. Your District Field Services Director will make sure that county leaders know when these meetings are scheduled if they are not listed or if we dont have all of the information. After your district has its meeting, a list of ideas surfaced from your meeting will be mailed to each county Farm Bureau Board member in your district. If your county would like more information or research on a specific issue, you should contact your District Field Services Director and they will request the information from the Governmental Relations or Commodity and Marketing Department. I hope that everyone will begin thinking about Farm Bureau policies that need to be changed, maintained or new policies that need to be developed. We hope that you will continue to stay engaged and engage other producer members in this process. The integrity of our policy development rests in county Farm Bureau leaders hands. This is the time for all ideas on policy issues to surface and let the discussion begin. SOUTHSIDE DISTRICT Date: Time: Location: March 6, 2012 5:30 P.M. (Leadership Training and then PD Meeting) Sheldons Restuarant

NORTHERN DISTRICT Date: Time: Location: March 14, 2012 5:30 P.M. Orientation 6:00 P.M. Meeting with Congressman Wolfs aide, Dave Stegmaier 7:00 P.M. Dinner and then Policy Development Meeting The Apple House, 4675 John Marshall Hwy, Linden, VA 22642

MIDWEST DISTRICT Date: Time: Location: Directions: March 29, 2012 5:30 P.M. Pulaski County Farm Bureau Office, 5828 NorthWind Place, Dublin, VA 24084 Exit 98 Off I81. Travel North on Rte 100 for 1.7 miles. Take right on Rte 11 North. The county Farm Bureau office is 1.4 miles on left.

VALLEY DISTRICT Date: Time: Location: March 29, 2012 5:00 P.M. (This is a PD Meeting only.) Best Western Inn and Conference Center, Waynesboro, VA