b'POSITION OFAUTHORITYFor Doug Miller, the Canadian Seed Growers Association belongs at the helm of Canadas seed certification system.Marc ZienkiewiczIF YOU WOULDhave asked Doug Miller back in September whether hed be executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers Association (CSGA), he would have prob-ably told you it was unlikely. But when the CSGA started focusing on its 2.0 business model and digging into how it can be a better version of itself as an association, he got really excited.I knew there was a lot of potential to be able to leverage the work that weve done to-date with our SeedCert platform and the improvements weve made to our certification system, says the 33-year-old new executive director of the CSGA.These are very significant times were in. Theres been a lot of work happening at CSGA. Our members and stakeholders are all coming together to envision a collective future state for CSGA. Ive met with grow-ers in almost every province. Ive sat down with every CSGA provincial branch. I know the issues on the front lines, he says. Our association has a very long and proud history, but we need to move it 10GERMINATION.CAJULY 2021'