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The CAG meeting convened on July 11, 2012, at 4 pm. Seven of the 11 appointed members were present. Absent were Philip Tom, Jocelyn Skrlac, Robin Bassett and Kerri Ward.

Ray Galey, a Central Saanich farmer, was sitting in the public area. As the meeting began he stood up and pontificated unhindered by CRD staff for several minutes. He then left. Ray Galey has never attended a single meeting of the CAG before this one.

One of the management options that was rated at this meeting was contraception. Jan Pezarro, the facilitator, wrote on the flip-chart the heading "Immunosuppression." Terry Michell (a commercial farmer) pointed out the error in the term, which is immuno-contraception, and the heading was scratched out and corrected. During the discussion that followed it was evident that no member on the CAG had received any information or research on immuno-contraception. In fact, Sol Kinnis (an urban gardener) perceived it as a hormonal contraceptive. The rating system progressed over the next hour, and immuno-contraception received a low rating.

Sharpshooting was discussed and given a high rating by the six CAG members who voted.

Ungulate vehicle collision mitigation was divided into two categories with one part to be considered at the next meeting, and this phase ran well past the 8 pm timeframe for the CAG meetings.

Correspondence may have been discussed after most of the public left.