RoseDMI

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Dear Rose

I understand your interest in the Dairy Management Inc. article and I have followed your comments on the that article's talk page. You have asked that the article be changed to clarify the nature of the organization. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia anyone can edit. You, me, them, anybody. You can make the changes to the article yourself.(Click on the 'edit' button and your words are automatically in the article.

But of course this works both ways. If you change it, I (or anyone else) may change it back. We have to reach some sort of consensus or we descend into endless bickering.

So, welcome to Wikipedia. Please make whatever edits you like to any article you like and the community will return the favor by doing the same. I hope you enjoy your time here. If I can be of any help, please click on my name below and leave me a message. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 19:56, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Question

Are these statements correct:

Dairy Management was incorporated in 1995 as a nonprofit corporation by members of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and United Dairy Industry Association. It is funded by a checkoff program administered by the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board.

I must confess that I am quite confused regarding the nature of the association between the government of the United States and Dairy Management. User:Fred Bauder Talk 19:17, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Response to Fred Bauder

Fred— I would be glad to help clear the confusion in regards to the nature of the association between the government and Dairy Management Inc. Here’s the info:

When confronted with this exact question, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California said: “DMI does not constitute or act as a government agency. Rather, it is more like a government contractor, providing staff support to the National Dairy Board (NDB) under an annual contract.”[CITE 1] So, although some of its work is subject to government oversight, DMI is not part of the government, it’s a private corporation.

Here’s another entry from a 1997 administrative law decision:

“Oversight of NDB is provided by the Secretary [of Agriculture] as required by the [Dairy Production Stabilization] Act, and though DMI is in no sense a "Government Corporation," being instead a private not-for-profit corporation that performs tasks that could be performed by an outside contractor for UDIA and NDB."[CITE 2]

Specifically, DMI is a private, not-for-profit District of Columbia corporation.[CITE 1] and provides the following services to NDB:

• Administrative staff support for implementing assessment collection procedures, documenting the collection of assessments, and implementing a compliance program approved by NDB;

• Financial management and accounting services; and

• Development of programs and strategies and managing the implementation of programs approved by NDB.[CITE 2]

DMI performs similar services for the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA), another private entity.[CITE 1] and DMI employees are not government employees.[CITE 1]

Fred, thanks for the ongoing dialog.

RoseDMI (talk) 15:54, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

[CITE 1] ANN M. VENEMAN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA MILK PRODUCERS ADVISORY BOARD, AND FRANK HILARIDES, A CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARMER v. DAN GLICKMAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, No. CIV-S-97-0973 DFL PAN. (D.C. Ed. Cal. 1998), available at http://www.dm.usda.gov/oaljdecisions/vol60/Vol60_at_382.htm.

[CITE 2] In re: ANN M. VENEMAN, SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, AND THE CALIFORNIA MILK PRODUCERS ADVISORY BOARD, AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, AND FRANK HILARIDES, A CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARMER., 56 Agric. Dec. 629, 656 (USDA 1997)