The state of Wisconsin is putting the call out for active dairy producers to serve on the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board’s (WMMB) Board of Directors. Nominees should be interested in serving the state’s dairy industry and directing its future.

WMMB Directors guide the organization’s financial affairs, affirm its mission, develop and set WMMB policies, and serve on one of two standing committees — Cheese Business or Communications and Local Promotions. Directors spend an average of 200 hours per year on WMMB activities. Each year, one-third of the 25-member WMMB Board of Directors is elected to three-year terms. To qualify, a nominee must be an active dairy producer who sells milk into commercial channels and lives in the district where nominated. Each potential candidate also must acquire five signatures from active dairy producers within the district, complete the nomination form and have the “Affidavit of Eligibility” certification requirement notarized. Nominations must be postmarked by March 17, 2007. This spring, the following eight districts will hold director elections:

District 3 Lincoln, Oneida, Price and Taylor counties
District 6 Chippewa and Eau Claire counties
District 9 Menominee, Shawano and Waupaca counties
District 12 Portage, Waushara and Wood counties
District 15 Adams, Juneau and Monroe counties
District 18 Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties
District 21 Crawford and Vernon counties
District 24 Dane and Jefferson counties