Board building

The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation Board of Directors met in Kansas City, Missouri today.  The Foundation funds scholarships, internships, research, farm broadcasting college curriculum and other projects. 

Gary Baker, Ph.D., Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Bloch School, UMKC, spent some time helping us get our arms around how we'll implement the new strategic plan we worked very hard and spent several months drawing up.  He liked our plan and had some great suggestions for us.

Gary told us that the roots of philanthropy in America go back to barnraising.  I thought that was a great connection since many of those who listen to us or partner with us in some way are the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren of those orginal philanthropists.

Many of us are here in KC for the annual National Agri-Marketing Association Convention which officially kicks off with "Best of NAMA" awards ceremony this evening.

(The NAFB Foundation Board is pictured here, left to right:  Ken Anderson, Ayres Kahler; Cyndi Young, Brownfield Ag News; Terry Henne, WSGW Radio; Randy Koenen, Red River Farm Network; Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network; Katherine Trent, Katherine Trent, Ltd., Partnering in Agriculture; Greg Akagi, Kansas Ag Network; Hugh Whaley, Osborn & Barr Communications; George Logan, J/G Enterprises; and Bill O'Neill, NAFB.)