National Mango Board seeks nominees for 2008 term
National Mango Board seeks nominees for 2008 term
The National Mango Board is seeking candidates for nomination for terms starting Jan. 1. Industry members are encouraged to submit candidate's names to the NMB staff no later than April 30. Once NMB staff members have a qualified list of candidates, they will submit them to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which will make the final selection.
To quality as a nominee, the candidate must be involved in the mango industry and be willing to perform board member duties. Each position requires two nominees. There are three positions available as an importer (two in District III and one in District IV) and three openings for foreign producers.
Board members are appointed by the U.S. secretary of agriculture for a three- year term and may serve a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. An importer is defined as any person importing 500,000 or more pounds of mangos in a calendar year as a principal; or as an agent, broker or consignee of any person who produces or handles mangos outside the United States for sale in the United States; and who is listed as the importer of record for such mangos.
For the two available positions in District III, these areas include the U.S. Customs Districts of El Paso, TX; Nogales, AZ; Great Falls, MT; and Pembina, ND.
For the one position open in District IV, these areas are the U.S. Customs Districts of San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Columbia-Snake, OR; Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK; and Honolulu, HI.
A foreign producer is defined as a person who is engaged in the production and sale of mangos outside of the United States and who owns or shares ownership and risk of loss of the crop for sale in the U.S. market; or who is engaged outside the United States in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, mangos beyond the person's own family use and having value at first point of sale.
To quality as a nominee, the candidate must be involved in the mango industry and be willing to perform board member duties. Each position requires two nominees. There are three positions available as an importer (two in District III and one in District IV) and three openings for foreign producers.
Board members are appointed by the U.S. secretary of agriculture for a three- year term and may serve a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. An importer is defined as any person importing 500,000 or more pounds of mangos in a calendar year as a principal; or as an agent, broker or consignee of any person who produces or handles mangos outside the United States for sale in the United States; and who is listed as the importer of record for such mangos.
For the two available positions in District III, these areas include the U.S. Customs Districts of El Paso, TX; Nogales, AZ; Great Falls, MT; and Pembina, ND.
For the one position open in District IV, these areas are the U.S. Customs Districts of San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Columbia-Snake, OR; Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK; and Honolulu, HI.
A foreign producer is defined as a person who is engaged in the production and sale of mangos outside of the United States and who owns or shares ownership and risk of loss of the crop for sale in the U.S. market; or who is engaged outside the United States in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, mangos beyond the person's own family use and having value at first point of sale.
