Enrollment in “Safety Management for Grain & Processing Facilities” (GEAPS 540) has opened to GEAPS members and others in the grain industry.
Team it with the GEAPS/NGFA OM&T seminar for an unbeatable pair!
In the online survey, 57.5 percent of 113 respondents said their overall impression of Exchange 2008 was “excellent.”
Most feedback was positive, and all is valuable for consideration for the next Exchange.
How do we identify, develop and engage the next generation of GEAPS volunteer leaders? Who will be interested and able to do the job?
As the current generation of grain-operations pros turns gray and heads toward retirement, questions like these have been asked repeatedly.
From April 10-12, 166 attendees descended on the Potawatomi Inn at Pokagon State Park near Angola, Ind., for the yearly Great Lakes Regional Conference. The conference was planned jointly by local chapters of GEAPS and the International Association of Operative Mills (IAOM).
GEAPS leaders and grain company executives gathered in Scottsdale, Ariz., March 25 to meet as part of an initiative designed to help GEAPS organization become more useful, responsive and relevant.
A member-led meeting aimed at exploring regional interest in a new GEAPS chapter is planned for later this month. GEAPS wishes to clarify that the meeting is a member initiative and only exploratory; no additional chapters are currently planned.
Registration will open soon for the annual Operations, Management and Technology Seminar, and GEAPS and the National Grain & Feed Association (NGFA) are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the two days of educational sessions.
This year’s seminar, “Safety, Health, Environmental Quality and Facility Security,” will be held July 29-30 in St. Louis, Mo.
If you’re upgrading your professional education, building your career or just trying to learn something useful, apply now for a GEAPS scholarship. Although there’s competition for the funding, chances of receiving some aid are good.
Due to changing employment, Mike Myrick of GEAPS’ Hoosier Chapter has resigned his position as International Board chair. Following GEAPS leadership succession protocol, Tom Price, Board chair in 2007-08, will resume service, effective immediately.
GEAPS’ Cornbelt Chapter and the Grain & Feed Assn. of Illinois have scheduled a multi-part educational program for grain-operations professionals on Wednesday, March 19, in Bloomington, Ill.
OMAHA, NEB. – GEAPS honored 27 companies at Exchange 2008 for their outstanding safety records last year. The companies, representing 387 separate grain facilities, recorded nearly 13.1 million employee hours without a work-related lost-time injury or illness during 2007.
