Dawson back as co-op president Several new faces among directors as elections held during ‘quiet, business-focused’ AGM.


did not seek re-election. Re-elected to represent the northern portion of the valley was Malcolm Mitchell of Lake Country.


Both Dhaliwal and Mitchell ran uncontested.


By Scott Trudeau


operative by the board of directors during a meeting on Nov. 8. The board also re-elected Colin Pritchard as vice-president for the north region, while Darshan Jassar was elected vice-president for the south. Nirmal Dhaliwal of Osoyoos, formerly vice-president for the south, did not let his name stand. The board itself was elected at the co-op’s annual general meeting Oct. 24 in Peachland.


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Jora Dhaliwal of Kelowna replaces Philip Patara, also of Kelowna, who


obert Dawson, of Cawston, was re-elected president of the B.C. Tree Fruits Co-


The other growers representing the northern area are Pritchard, Karmjit Gill, Kamlesh Parmar and Pritchard, all of Kelowna.


Re-elected for the southern region were Dawson and Dhaliwal. Dhaliwal is also a member of the board of the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association, as well as being president of the BCFGA-owned Plant Improvement Company. Other directors for the south valley include Gordon Hahn of Oliver, Darshan Jassar of Penticton and Ron Vollo of Summerland. Alan Tyabji, chief executive officer of the co-operative, said the AGM was “very quiet and very business oriented and focused on the progress that we’ve made in the last year.”


During the past year the co-op has


This included pictures of the Controlled Atmosphere storage rooms for apples in Winfield. A video of the new electronic defect sorter for the apple line was also shown.


“These growers come from all over B.C., so we didn’t want them all having to go to places that they would have no other reason to go, so everybody got to see everything,” said Tyabji.


“The sum total of the assets that they were watching were over a hundred million dollars and so this allowed them to view each of the facilities operating.”


invested $10 million upgrading some of its facilities. Earlier figures suggested improvements would cost about $40 million.


Tyabji said changes introduced at this year’s AGM included showing overhead and street view pictures of the 18 properties owned by the co- op and were followed by pictures of each stage of upgrading to the facilities it owns.


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