US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA1664

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 001664 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/W - EWILKES-SCOTT; 
WHA/PDA - JCARPENTER; 
MONTREAL, TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FOR PAOS; 
HALIFAX AND QUEBEC FOR CONGENS; 
CALGARY FOR PA FIELD REP; CALGARY PLEASE PASS TO WINNIPEG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, CA, IV Program 
SUBJECT: FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Allan Scholz 
(Alternate Candidate) 
 
REFERENCE:  OTTAWA 1504 
 
1.   Post nominates Allan Scholz, President, A.N. Scholz and 
Associates, Calgary as an alternate candidate for a 21-day 
individual or ITT project on U.S. water policy and 
management.  Mr. Scholz has full country team approval. 
EVDB nomination follows. 
 
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VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: slw@pd.state.gov 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VRW 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 354 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: Scholz, Allan Neil - Individual 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2006 
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SESSION-DATE: 
RETURN-POST: 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1037 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 526774 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Agriculture 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Allan 
M-NAME: Neil 
L-NAME: Scholz 
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POSITION-CODE: 330 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 01/28/1953 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Langenburg, Sask. 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Canada 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Canada 
RES-CNTRY: Canada 
START MEMO POSITION: 
President, A.N. Scholz and Associates, Inc. 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Executive Director, Saskatchewan Agrivision Corporation 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
- Vice-President and Management Consultant, Trimension 
Training and Consulting Group, Inc., Saskatoon, 1993-98 
- President, A.N. Scholz and Associates, Inc., Saskatoon, 
1987-93 
- Owner/manager, Scholz Pedigreed Seed Farm, Churchbridge, 
Saskatchewan, 1980-87 
- Marketing Representative, Hoechst Canada (now AgrEvo, 
Aventis),  Regina, Saskatchewan, 1984-86 
- Manager, Agronomic Services, CSP Food, Ltd, Corporate 
Office (now Canamera), Saskatoon, 1980-84 
- Rural Extension Advisor (CUSO), Ministry of Agriculture, 
Royal Thai Government, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 1976-79 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Minnesota (regular visits to relatives); 
short pleasure trips to North Dakota, South Dakota,  Idaho, 
Montana, Las Vegas; 
conferences in Ft. Lauderdale, North Dakota 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
No recent international travel 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
BS, Agriculture, Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan, 
1973 
BEd, Non-Formal Adult Education, University of Saskatchewan, 
1976 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Agricultural Institute of Canada 
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers    (CAPS) 
Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association 
Canadian Society of Extension 
Saskatchewan Consulting Agrologists 
Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists 
Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce, Member 
Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
--Researched and wrote "Community Success Stories"; a 
collection of community profiles of eight rural Saskatchewan 
communities taking steps towards positive rural economic 
renewal 
--"Don't Turn Out the Lights: Entrepreneurship in Rural 
Saskatchewan", 2000 (book focuses on 18 successful 
sustainable, rural-based ventures),  (nominated for 
Saskatchewan Book Award in 2001) 
--Columnist for Prarieland Farm newspaper, a bi-monthly 
Saskatchewan publication, 1996-97 
--Numerous articles, commentaries, reports and  keynote 
presentations at conferences, both 
domestic and international, where proceedings  have been 
published 
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START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
Non-smoker 
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FIRST-LANG: English 
ENGL-READ: 5 
ENGL-SPEAK: 5 
ENGL-COMP: 5 
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OTHER-LANG: Thai 
OTHER-LANG-ID: TH 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 3 
COMP: 3 
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OTHER-LANG: Indonesian 
OTHER-LANG-ID: JN 
READ: 1 
SPEAK: 1 
COMP: 1 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Field Rep Betty Rice 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Al Scholz has been very active in the current dialogue in 
Saskatchewan regarding rural economic development, 
appropriate land use, and issues surrounding the use of 
water.  He has been involved in organizations such as the 
Saskatchewan Agrivision Corporation, which recently 
established a provincial water council to determine 
Saskatchewan's water needs and to essentially "drought- 
proof" the economy.  Al has been involved in a variety of 
areas with respect to rural economy in Saskatchewan, 
including rural population growth and retention, grain and 
livestock development, and resource management.   He's a 
good listener too-Al spends a fair amount of time talking to 
people in rural communities, after which he writes articles 
about best practices and lessons learned in those 
communities.  Outgoing and bright, Al would gain much from a 
study tour on water management, one of the looming 
environmental and economic questions of the coming decades, 
as well as other developments in rural economics. 
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NOM-OFF: ConGen Calgary 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: No 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: NONE 
NOMINEE-ID: 525 
PERSON-ID: 403 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CA 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CA 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CA 
FIRST-LANG-ID: EN 
E-I-TYPE-ID: N 
NOM-POST-ID: 526774 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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DICKSON, CHARGE