No Form number WMB--At Large Independent Walnut Growers Petition

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AT LARGE INDEPENDENT,WALNUT G.ROWER'S PETITION FOR PROPOSING NAMES TO BE INCLUDED ON
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THE' WALNUT MARKETING
BOARD NOMINATION BALLOT.
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Ten (10) or more of the undersigned gRJW818
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purumt to'SectIon984.37(b)~ MIPeIIng'Order No. 984, 88 am8nded,

herebypetitionthe WalnutMarketingBoardto Includeon the nominatingballOtthe nameof::

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(_ you would like Itto appear on the ballot)
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88 a candidate for the position of MEMBER or ALTERNATE MEMBER (GIrds only one) to I8present group (4) 88 set forth In 984.~8)(4).

Useseparate petitionsfor Memberand ~
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THIS PETITION IS TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 1,

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BACKGRQUt:ID..IHmRMATION
.984.35(a)(4) .One member to I8pI888ntiI~
whomarket
thelrwalnuia
through
coap8rative
tiandIenJ
brIndependent
handlers,
whichever
category
morethan60 peroent of the k8meIw8Ight
ofallwalnutscertified88 merchant8bIeby all handlersduring
of suchhandlers had cerIIfted~ ~
the two.marketingyearspl8C8dlng
theyearInwhlohnomInatIOns
wer8made- themember~tIng
g
whomarkettheirwalnutsthrough
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handl.. shallbe nominatedat largeInthe State of CaI~mIa: '.
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984.35(a)(5) Onemember
to representgrowersfromDistrict1 whomarkettheirwalnutsthrough~nt

handlers:and

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984.35(a)(6) Onememberto representgrowersfromDistrict
2 whomarketthtPrwalnutsthroughIndependent
. handlers.
984.35(c)

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(1)
District1~
DI8tiIct 1 encompa8888the countIe8lnthe Stateof c.l1fomIathatUenotthof a Onedrawnon the south'boundarIesof San
Mateo.Alameda. San Joaquin.Calaveras. and AlpIne Counties..
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(2)
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DI8trIct
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countle8lntheStateof CalIfomIa
~ of the boundaryUne88t forth
Insubparagraph
(1)ofthis paragraph. . i .
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984.437(b) 'Any 1Bnor more growersellg~1e to serve Inthe growermemberposltlons.pecIftedIn §984.35(aX5) and (6) and who marketedan
aggregate of 500 or men tons of walnutsthrqUghIndependenthandlersduringthe rnarIceJIng
y8ar precedingthe year In whichBoardRQmlnations
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held, may petitioh the Boardto Includeon the nominationballotfor a dI8IrIctthe named an eligiblecandidateforthe applicableposition.and the name
of an eligible candidateto eerve 88 his alternate.The names of the eligible candidates proposed pursuantto this paragraphshall be Includedon the
ballOttogether with the names of any
Incumb;nt&
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