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2017 - 2018 State Study Committee
Synopsis of Recommendations
1. Realign Districts on the Michigan Farm Bureau Board of Directors (ADOPTED).
• District 12 created.
• Macomb County moved from District 6 to District 3.
• Mason County moved from District 7 to District 9.
• Clare, Gladwin and Arenac moved from District 8 and Ogemaw, Iosco and Huron Shores form District 10.
2. Creation of Member Engagement Coordinators (NOT ADOPTED)
• Based on time needed to assist regular members
• Focus is to increase member involvement and provide county program support
• 25 Full-time County Volunteer Coordinators statewide
• 2 Financial Services Coordinators
• 3-4 Additional Health Services Specialists
• Transition existing staff to new roles where possible
• Change would not happen all at once, CAMs would transition to full time
• Estimated administrative cost savings of $273,000 statewide
3. Restructuring County Finance (NOT ADOPTED; LATER ADDRESSED BY MFB BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
• We recommend all membership dues be $50.
• Regular member dues pay AFBF Dues and $2 to Core Programs.
• 50% of remaining regular member dues retained by county FB.
• 50% of remaining regular member dues pooled into newly created district fund and divided by associate member population of each district.
• All associate member dues payable to MFB to fund expenses such as dues notice mailings, technology fees, identification card mailings & proposed member engagement coordinator model
• Any remaining funds would be combined in the newly created district fund.
4. Creation of District Fund Boards (NOT ADOPTED)
• Creation of district board consisting of each county president, one state Young Farmer Committee representative
and one state Promotion and Education Committee representative and chaired by district director.
• Eliminate the current grant program.
• MFB to develop a suggested process and guidelines the district boards.
• A per diem from the fund to be paid to members of the district board.
5. Limit the Number of Voting Delegates to 300 (NOT ADOPTED)
• Every county gets a minimum of two delegates
• The formula for calculating initial delegates remains the same
• Once total delegates are calculated, if the actual number of delegates is over 300, each county will receive a percentage of delegates similar to the percentage of delegates received with the larger delegate base.
• We recommend county Farm Bureaus naming allotted delegates as serving in their capacity for a year.
• We recommend keeping core program slots at the same level prior to instituting the 300 cap.
6. Creating Additional Dues Payment Options (ADOPTED).
• Amending the bylaws to allow for additional payment methods for dues payments to align membership dues payments with other common payment cycles in the insurance industry.