MARL at Big Iron

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the MARL Booth at The Big Iron Show in Fargo. It was a great chance for: future MARL applicants to learn about leadership development opportunities, alumni to reconnect, people to network with the Rural Leadership North Dakota Program, share the MARL story, grow our presence in NW Minnesota and to say thank you to funding partners.

A big thank you to those who helped staff the booth:
Board Chair - Cam Fanfulik
Board Members - Jennifer Thatcher and Dr. Martin Tadlock
Class VII Board Representative - Joan Lee
Class IV Alumni - Dr. Mike Metzger
Class VIII Participant - Ben Askegaard
Executive Director - Dan Hoffman

MARL Board Member Jennifer Thatcher staffing the MARL Booth at the Big Iron Show in Fargo.

(L to R) MARL Class VIII Participant Ben Askegaard, MARL Executive Director Dan Hoffman and MARL Board Member Dr. Martin Tadlock enjoyed sharing MARL leadership development opportunities with show attendees.

Great Time-2014 MARL Golf Tournament

Thank you to everyone who made the 2014 MARL Golf Tournament a great time.

A big thank you to Tournament Co-chair Gary Lager, Yvonne Lager, Co-chair Reuben Bode, Judy Bode, donors and our sponsors for making this special event possible. Thank you to Brothers Boneless Grill operated by Ryan and Craig Bode for donating the delicious evening meal.


Happy Golfers (L to R): Carey Tweeten, Rick Smith, Joniah Smith, Jim O'Connor and Pat Sullivan.



Thank you sponsors! TASC came on as a hole sponsor after the sign went to press.

MARL Farmfest Social/Picnic and Another Networking Opportunity

Thank you to everyone who contributed towards making Farmfest a successful event for MARL! The MARL Farmfest Social/Picnic was a fun way for us to reconnect and to make new friends. A big thank you to all who helped make this possible, especially our gracious hosts Bruce and Ann Tiffany.

The deadline to save $15.00 MARL Golf Tournament scheduled for August 18 is close at hand. Register now by clicking here:
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New MARL Board Officers and Farmfest Social/Picnic

Congratulations to the newly elected MARL Board of Directors Officers:

Chair-Cam Fanfulik
Vice Chair-Jennifer Thatcher
Secretary-Sarah Betzold
Treasurer-Sander Ludeman

Thank you to the retiring officers for their service:

Chair-Jim Checkel (Jim has also retired from the board)
Vice Chair-Joel Mathiowetz
Secretary-Jennifer Thatcher
Interim Treasurer-Sander Ludeman              You are invited (see below):

             MARL FARMFEST SOCIAL & PICNIC

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Bruce & Ann Tiffany Farm Home

32503 - 327^th Street, Redwood Falls, MN 56283

5:00 pm   Social and MARL Reunion Time     

6:30 pm   Picnic Style Meal

Extensive Burger Bar

Salads - Baked Beans - Chips - Dessert

Lemonade, Water, Pop or BYOB  

Meal Cost: $20.00 per person payable at the event.

This event will also be used as a fund raiser for the MARL-Curt Watson Endowment Fund (a separate jar will be at the beginning of the food line to allow you to help grow this endowment). 

Please RSVP by noon on Saturday, August 2 to allow the caterer time to prepare the correct amount of food. Please send a reply email with the names of people that want to reserve a meal to: Dan.Hoffman@SMSU.edu.

If you need directions or have other questions call Bruce on his cell phone at 507-828-0193. You are welcome and requested to invite your family, ag industry leaders, government officials, classmates, potential participants and MARL funding partners to this event.

At the 2014 MARL Farmfest Social and Picnic you will:

                +Reconnect with your MARL Friends and Funding Partners
                +Visit with several members of the newly selected MARL
                  Class VIII
                +Meet the new MARL Board Officers and current
                  MARL Board Members
                +Learn about the 2014 MARL Golf Tournament scheduled for
                  Monday, August 18 at North Links Golf Course in North
                  Mankato from Committee Co-Chair Gary Lager
                +Hear about the 2015 Alumni Study Tour to Ireland from
                  Committee Lead Jim O'Connor

Congratulations MARL Class VII

 

Congratulations to MARL Class VII. On March 28, 2014 the class officially graduated and advanced to being MARL Alumni. This impressive class of leaders demonstrated and further developed their leadership skills over the past two years while being involved with MARL. On graduation night it was clear Class VII had used their talents to assemble a very organized and successful auction. 

 

Congratulations Class VII on your leadership development journey and welcome to the MARL Alumni. Thank you for being a great class and giving so much of yourselves to advance your skills and the MARL organization. I am certain we will hear from and see this class being involved in many alumni activities, organizations and leadership roles around Minnesota in the future. More information about this class and MARL is available by clicking here: www.MARLprogram.org.

New MARL Donor

Absolute Energy President Rick Schwarck (fifth from left) was instrumental in a
generous contribution to MARL from Absolute Energy L.L.C. of St. Ansgar, Iowa.

MARL Alumni, Jim O'Connor, Rick Smith and Darrell Ingvaldson joined MARL Executive Director Dan Hoffman for a presentation to the Absolute Energy Board about the importance of investing in agriculture and rural leadership development. According to Absolute Energy President Rick Schwarck the ethanol company obtains seventy percent of the corn it uses from Minnesota and they want to be involved in Minnesota. Thank you Absolute energy for being a new MARL donor. The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association is also a MARL Funding Partner and MARL welcomes Minnesota ethanol and bio-fuel companies and cooperatives to join with Absolute Energy to be MARL Funding Partners.
(photo courtesy of Darrell Ingvaldson and Ardis Jensen)

 

It Is Time

It is time to nominate qualified candidates for MARL Class VIII. Do you know someone in your business, organization or community that has demonstrated leadership and appears ready to learn, grow and move to the next level? Click on the Fact Sheet link below to learn more about MARL and Class VIII. Then move on to the Class VIII Brochure and Nomination Form, print it out, fill in the nomination information and mail it to Southwest Minnesota State University. You may also place the information requested on the nomination form and email it to SMSU.MARL@smsu.edu.


Click on these links for more information:
Class VIII Fact Sheet

Class VIII Brochure and Nomination Form
Class VIII Application Form


Please direct interested MARL Class VIII Candidates to the MARL web site at www.MARLprogram.org. Once there click on "Participate in the Next Class." Applications for MARL Class VIII are due on or before March 14, 2014.