No Form number WMB - Dist. 2 Independent Walnut Growers Petition WMB No

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DISTRICT 2 INDEPENDENT WALNUT GROWER'S PI: 1,1110NFOR PROPOSING NAMES TO BE ,INCLUDED ON

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Ten (10) or men of the Undendgned",un" woo.8 Walnutordiards are
In DIstrIct"2 and are
to propose r1OI'IIIndons pursuant to SectIon
984.37(b) 9f MarketingOrder No. 984. 88 amended. her&bypetIUonthe WaI"ut MarkeUngBoard to Incl.;deon the nominating ballot the name of:
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88 8 candidate for the position'of MEMBER or ALTERMATE MEMBER (circle only one) to represent group (6) 88 set forth In 984.36(8)(6).

U.. eeparat8petitionsfor Memberand Alternate~"""'r poslllons.

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THISPETITION
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One member to I8pI888I1tgRNI8r8who market theIf walnull ttuou9h

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cooperative
handlers
orIndependent
handlers,
whichever
category
~ CertIfIed merehan morethan50 p&n)8QtofthekemeIweIght
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certIfted... merehantablebyallhandlers
during
the lwc)marketingyeanapracedlng
1M}88f' InWhICh
~natIonaweie tRad8 the I8IIbet r8pn1eentlng
grOwers
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through
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984.35(a)(4)
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984.35(a)(5) One memberto repl'888ntgrQW81'8
fromDistrict1 whomarkettheir walnutS

Independenthandl818;and

fromDlatI10t
2 who markettheirWalnuts tiuoughIndependent
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984.35(a)(6) One memberto representg~

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(1)
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. DistrIct1 encomp&8888
thecountiesInthe Stateof C8UfomI8..fhat
lIe.northof a OnedraWnonthesouthboundarte8
ofSan
Mateo,Alameda, San Joaquin,CalaV8fB8,ageI.AlplneCounties.
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District2,
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2 shall.consistofallotherwalnutproducing~tIea IntheSlateof ~
southOftheboundaryline88t forth
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984.437(b} Anytenormoregrowers eligibleto serve In thegrowermemberposlUons
epecIfIed
JI1§~.35(a)(6) and (6) and who marketedan
aggregateof 500 or11IOI8
tons of walnuIB thRJugh
Independent
handlenl duringthe
Ung)WI' pl8C8dlngthe year In which Boardnominations
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held, may petitioh the Board to tncI
on thejnomIoatIonballotfora dJstrIct
the nameof an eI~
candidate for the applicableposition,and the name
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of an eUglble candidate to serve 88 his alternate. The names of the eligiblecandidatesproposedPUl'8U8l1t to this paragraph shall beIncludedon the
ballot together with the names of any Incumbents whoare wlUlng to continue servb1g.on the Board~
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