Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  We were incorporated in Canada in 2006 and received charitable status a year or two later. That was a big hurdle for some of the educational opportunities we like to provide. But since we've been able to get that charitable status, we've been able to do a bunch of educational opp

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes, sir, we do. We work with Ducks Unlimited. We work with the National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and numerous other non-profit wildlife conservation organizations, as well as state, provincial, and federal organizations. We don't have a specific l

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  There is no fee. The membership whom I spoke of was the membership of our organization, the QDMA. Fees are not required for these cooperatives. Many times it's the information that we provide that has been the impetus for people to become involved in the cooperatives. But there i

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Most of the cooperatives we work with are informal ones through the landowners. Some of them will have an actual contract that they sign, or an agreement, but most are informal in that they are handshake deals where the parties agree to follow a loose set of guidelines that are d

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning and present to the committee. The organization that I work for, the Quality Deer Management Association, does cooperatives from a little different end than what we've heard so far this morning. We

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  I sure can. Good morning. Thank you for having me.