No Form number WMB--Dist. 1 Independent Walnut Growers Petition --WMB N

OMa NO. 0581.0178

""alnut Marbling Board
1540 RIver Park Drive. Suite 203
Bacr8mento CA 1881s..t801
Ph (118) 122-8888 Fax (118) 123-2548
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DISTRICT 1 INDEPENDENT WALNuT GROWER'S PI: .,...ON FOR PROPOSING NAMES TO BE INCLUDED ON
THE WALNUT MARKETING BOARD NOM'INATION BALLOT
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Ten (10) ormoreoftheunder8Icined
gruw8I8 whosewalnuton:haRIa
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InDlstrfct1 andareeligibie to proposeI1OI1)InatIons
pursuant to SectIon
984.37(b)of MarketingOrder No. 984, 88 amended, hereby petIUontheWalnutMarketingBoardto InciLideon the nominatingballotthe name of:
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(as you would like It to appear on the ballot)

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or ALTERNATE MEMBER (eln:I. only one) to rePresentgroup (5) 88 set fcxth In 984.35(aX5).

petitionsfor MemberandAItem. Member1*1tIon8.
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GROWER'S NAME
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THIS PETITION IS TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, '

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984.35(a)(4) One meniber to I'8pI888f1tg~

whomatket
thelrwalitutB
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of such handIer8 had ~

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more than 60 peramt of the

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cooperative handJ8rs
orIndet:J8ndent
handlers,
whichever
category
of all walnuts cerUfted88 men:hantable by.all handl818during

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the twomarketlng.y88f8
pl8C8dlng
the'year InWhichnominations
W8f8made the rneIitber~
Independent h8ndJ818shall'beiIQniInatedat large IntheStateofCalifornia;
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One member to represent growerefrom District1 who market theirwalnuts thrOughInde~ent

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984.35(a){6) One memberto representg~from

District2 who markettheirwalnuts throughIndependent
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District
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the CQUntIes
In the StateofCalIfornia
thatDe,north
of a Onedrawn'onthe southboundariesofSan
Mateo.Alameda.San Joaquin,Calaveras. AlpineCounUei~
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ofallotherwalnutproducing
counties
Inthe.State OfCalIfornIa
southof the'boundarypneset forth
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984.437(b) Anyten or moregrowers
eligible
toserveInthe.grower
member'posItIons
specified In §984.35(8)(5) and (CS)
and who marketedan
aggregateof 500 ormoretons ~ walnuts thrQugh
Independent
handl818
durtrig
the~
yearpnadlng theyearInwhichBoardnomInaUons
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held. may petItIotithe Boardto Includeon the nomlnaUonballotp 8 dl8trtct
thenameof-" eligiblecandidate,for,the applicable position,
andthe name
of an eligible candidate to serve 88 his alternate. The names of the eUglblecandidatespropOsedpursuantto this paragraphshall be Includedon the
ballottogetherwiththe nameSofany Incumbents
who al8 willingto conUnue serving ontheBoard.
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