Leaders plan for coming year.

This year over 30 leaders took part in the summer Regional Workshops. The Regional Leadership Workshops are held for certain NAMA regions. These leaders spend a good deal of time planning for the coming year. The workshops have also become a place where chapter and regional leaders can get together and talk about what works, what doesn't and what their strengths and challenges are. It's also a great place to network with fellow chapter leaders.

This year Region IV held their workshop in Chicago on May 25; Region II took place on June 15 in Kansas City; and Region III took place in Northfield, Minn., on June 23.

In attendance at the Region IV workshop:

John Ameis, JGL, Inc., Mid-America membership chair

Jane Griswold, Hoards Dairyman, Badger president

Julia Goebel, Rhea and Kaiser, Chicago president

Mike King, 5MetaCom, Mid-America president and Region IV regional director

Randy McDaniels, E.W. McDaniels Mktg. Comm., Heartland membership chair

Jeff Smith, Farm Progress Companies, Heartland professional development chair

Toni Tripp, 1st Farm Credit Services, Heartland communications chair

Krista Wolf, GROWMARK, Heartland president

Kathi Conrad, NAMA

Dan Kane, kane, INC.

Via teleconference: Ken Dean, High Plains Journal, national membership chair

In attendance at the Region II workshop:

Ken Dean, High Plains Journal, MoKan membership co-chair, national Membership chair

Kristin Marshall, Nicholson Kovac, MoKan careers co-chair

Stephanie Perry, Golden Harvest Seeds, Midlands president

Becky Rasmussen, Drake & Co., Gateway president

Melissa Sanders, AdFarm, MoKan treasurer

Don Schultz, Clear Channel Ag Networks, Region II regional director

John Seatvet, High Plains Journal, Great Plains president

Steve Tomac, John Deere Agricultural Marketing Center, MoKan president

Chuck Zimmerman, ZimmComm, Gateway communications co-chair

Eldon White, NAMA

Dan Kane, kane, INC.

In attendance at the Region III workshop:

Jim Gresham, Adculture Group

Bret Kealy, Bock & Associates, Regional director

Cliff Meyer, Farm & Ranch Guide/MN Farm Guide, Region Ill regional director

Becky Peterson, Farm Credit Services, Northern Prairie president

Terry Reilly, IFT Publications, Cornbelt president

Doug Reynolds, Solutions, Inc., Iowa president

Peter Rupert, Bock & Associates, North Central president

Jill Wenzel, Adculture Group, North Central professional development chair

Jenny Pickett, NAMA

Dan Kane, kane, INC.