2005-05-02
Nomination of a designated administrator

On October 8th, 2004, the Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec (RMAAQ) approved the merger agreed respectively by the general meetings of the producers of the ex-joint plans of the wood producers of the Outaouais-Laurentides and Montréal territories. A new joint plan, that of the South-West Quebec’s forest products producers, has been in effect since January 1st 2005 in place of the previous ones which automatically ceased to exist. A few months later, in April 2005, the RMAAQ concluded that the plan entrusted to the South-West Quebec forest owners association did not favour the objective of the plan, which was efficient and orderly marketing of the product , due to an internal conflict denounced by the association’s administrators. As the administration could not stand to be so paralysed for very long, it held an open meeting which resulted in the nomination of a designated administrator on May 2nd 2005. Since then, the designated administrator is the only one authorized to take decisions, give directions and sign, or authorize the signature of, documents, cheques and drafts for the administration and management of the joint plan of the South-West Quebec forest product producers. This function has been taken on by Mr. Jean Gobeil, forestry engineer, since October 14th 2005.