Hey Animal Science Club!
Here are the Meeting Minutes for 28 September 2005 (courtesy of Jen Puttress):
Last weeks minutes were approved by the club.
The inside account stands at $1171.25 and the outside account is at $648.65. Our Ag Carnival entry fees have been paid ($25 per team)
Hayride Committee
ANSC Club and AZ Fraternity are almost done finalizing the agreement for the hayride. As it looks now, AZ can only provide about 15 members on Friday, and 7 on Saturday. There will be 7 stations to the hayride, 6 “scary” stations and 1 command center in the Townsend parking lot. Because of the smaller member commitment, it looks as though ANSC Club will manage 4-5 stations, with AZ doing 1-2, and both clubs will be splitting the command center. The profits will likely be split 70-30 with AZ. The hayride committee came up with a $600-700 budget for the hayride. Included in the budget is a $30 budget for each station. Hopefully, we will soon hear from allocations and ACE funding to see if they will help cut our costs. So far, drivers for the hayride are covered. We also had some new rules from Scott, the farm manager. These new rules provide for more possibilities at the stations.
Station leaders volunteered, and then the club split into teams. So far, the teams are as follows (* indicates station leader).
Command: Danielle Smarsh
Jodi Lasko
Station 1: Jen Puttress*
Matt Brodsky
Jenna Scibilia
Amanda Kilby (?)
Kelsey Baker
Lauren Soutnard
Station 2: Jay Tobias *
Rachel Beeson
Heather Kurtas
Karrin Moore
Lorna Dougherty
Caitlin Kennedy
Station 3: Amanda Pisano *
Sara Doub
Emily Adams
Samantha Sack
Kelsey Paras
Erin Stough
Station 4: Allison Jervis *
Robert Gooden
Michelle Laperra
Vincent Baldanza
Tommy Hart
Katie Koenig
Stephanie Moran
Jessie Bussanick
Dawn Lenihan
Station 5: Stacy Green *
Lynsey Schoonover
Erin McDoweh
Kaitlyn Lutz
Allison Goodman
The brainstormed ideas include (but are not limited to) chainsaws, cars, zombies, scarecrows, hanging dummies, and a lot of screaming. If you were not at the meeting and would like to sign up for a team, please email Jen Puttress at jenp@udel.edu
OLD NEWS
Trip to Kilby Cream
Allison Jervis spoke to the club about how fun the trip was. The ice cream was fantastic, and we got a tour of where the ice cream was made.
Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival will be held this Saturday, October 1st on Webb Farm at 10:00. Please make every effort to be there on time. We ask that all participating arrive at 9:45 or as soon as humanly possible. There will be 8-9 events, including the auction, where we will be auctioning off our pedal tractors. When you arrive, please remember to sign in and sign a waver. There will be free lunch at noon. All the proceeds from the auction will benefit AgrAbility. There is a possibility that there will be a speaker from AgrAbility explaining where the proceeds go. NAMA will be conducting the auction since they do not have the members to make a team. The team captains are responsible for making sure everyone has signed in and signed the wavers. Please seek out your captain when you arrive on Webb Farm.
ANSC Team John Deere
Stacy Green Carolyn Schneck
Dawn Lenihan Jay Tobias
Lauren Soutnard Robert Gooden
Liz Roy Karrin Moore
Amanda Pisano Lynsey Schnoonover
ANSC Team New Holland (Team Ninja)
Jen Puttress Megan Wolters
Danielle Smarsh Matt Brodsky
Amanda Kilby Brandon Moulder
Jenna Scibilia Michelle Lipara
Erin Stough
DUES!!!
Bring them next week or face humiliation by llama!!!
New Business
Ag Day Prep
The Ag Day Planning class wanted to know if we would like tents for Ag Day in case it rains. Since we usually use about a 40x40 space, the 20x20 tent they offered would not be enough. However, without chickens and pigs, we may be able to use the space if necessary. Amanda will be emailing back pushing for the tent.
Kahunaville
Next week, we will meet briefly in 037 Memorial at 6:00 for short committee/station meetings. Then, we will be walking directly to the Russell lot to take a drive to Kahunaville to go line dancing. Cars will be leaving at various times at night if you don’t want to stay all night. If you were not at tonight’s meeting and would like to go to dance with us next week, please email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu. Please give your name, email, and whether or not you can drive. If you can drive, please say how many people you can take.
See you next week…and wear your dancing shoes.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Hello Animal Science Club! Here are the minutes from our very short meeting on 9/21:
Treasurer's Report:
Inside Account: $1,171.25
Outside Account: $698.65
Dues
Last call for dues is next meeting, 9/28! Dues are $10, which you can give to Matt in either cash or check (made payable to Animal Science Club). If you can't make it to the meeting, you can drop off your dues in the ANSC club's mailbox in 104 TNS. Remember, for new members, your dues go toward National Block and Bridle membership, and you'll get a niffty certificate.
Newark Community Days Report
Thanks everyone who came out on Sunday and helped with the ANSC club's table at Community Day. We made a lot of little kids happy with all sorts of farm animals, butterflies, robots, and pirates painted onto their faces. All in all, it was a very successful day, and we raised $80.02 in donations to be sent to the Humane Society for animal victims of hurricane Katrina. As far as things to keep in mind for next year's Community Day, we should think about advertising for our Halloween fundraiser on Community Day and take advantage of this great publicity opportunity.
Ag Carnival
We had team sign-ups for Ag Carnival at the meeting. If you're still interested in participating on one of our two teams, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu. Ag Carnival is on Saturday, 10/1.
Haunted Hayride
We discussed some preliminary ideas for the hayride. Once again, it is scheduled for Friday, 10/21 and Saturday, 10/22. The exact times and prices per person/wagon are still being debated. However, there was talk about having cheaper tickets for the earlier children-friendly hayride (which is tentatively during the Saturday ride from 6pm-7:30pm). Also, we discussed possible unifying themes for the Hayride, such as having a "story teller" on the wagon, who narrates as the hayride goes through stations related to urban legends/scary movies/etc. In addition, we talked about publicity opportunities. One idea was to get a kiosk in Trabant and give out free tickets for answering correctly different Animal Science-related trivia, or have a buy-one-get-one sale. If you have any other hayride ideas, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu.
Kilby Cream
At the end of the meeting, the club adjourned for a trip to Kilby Cream. Hope everyone had fun!
Alright. That's it for this week's minutes. See you all at the next meeting on Wednesday, 9/28 at 6:15pm in 037 Memorial!
Treasurer's Report:
Inside Account: $1,171.25
Outside Account: $698.65
Dues
Last call for dues is next meeting, 9/28! Dues are $10, which you can give to Matt in either cash or check (made payable to Animal Science Club). If you can't make it to the meeting, you can drop off your dues in the ANSC club's mailbox in 104 TNS. Remember, for new members, your dues go toward National Block and Bridle membership, and you'll get a niffty certificate.
Newark Community Days Report
Thanks everyone who came out on Sunday and helped with the ANSC club's table at Community Day. We made a lot of little kids happy with all sorts of farm animals, butterflies, robots, and pirates painted onto their faces. All in all, it was a very successful day, and we raised $80.02 in donations to be sent to the Humane Society for animal victims of hurricane Katrina. As far as things to keep in mind for next year's Community Day, we should think about advertising for our Halloween fundraiser on Community Day and take advantage of this great publicity opportunity.
Ag Carnival
We had team sign-ups for Ag Carnival at the meeting. If you're still interested in participating on one of our two teams, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu. Ag Carnival is on Saturday, 10/1.
Haunted Hayride
We discussed some preliminary ideas for the hayride. Once again, it is scheduled for Friday, 10/21 and Saturday, 10/22. The exact times and prices per person/wagon are still being debated. However, there was talk about having cheaper tickets for the earlier children-friendly hayride (which is tentatively during the Saturday ride from 6pm-7:30pm). Also, we discussed possible unifying themes for the Hayride, such as having a "story teller" on the wagon, who narrates as the hayride goes through stations related to urban legends/scary movies/etc. In addition, we talked about publicity opportunities. One idea was to get a kiosk in Trabant and give out free tickets for answering correctly different Animal Science-related trivia, or have a buy-one-get-one sale. If you have any other hayride ideas, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu.
Kilby Cream
At the end of the meeting, the club adjourned for a trip to Kilby Cream. Hope everyone had fun!
Alright. That's it for this week's minutes. See you all at the next meeting on Wednesday, 9/28 at 6:15pm in 037 Memorial!
Friday, September 16, 2005
Hey Animal Science Club! Here are the minutes from last night's meeting:
Attention: Room Change!
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Animal Science Club meetings will no longer be held in Perkins. Our new meeting place is room 037 Memorial. Sorry for the confusion last night, but thanks to everyone for being so cooperative!
Treasurer's Report:
Inside Account: does not have books yet
Outside Account: $698.65
Nationals
Unfortunately, rising costs for Nationals (estimated total cost of about $400) has led to decreased member interest. So, we will no longer be going to Nationals this year. On the positive side, because we will no longer be putting our carwash profits toward Nationals, we have $160.68 that we can put toward some other use. We will vote on the use of the carwash profits at a later meeting, but some ideas included putting the money toward T-shirts, using it to fund Ag Carnival costs, etc.
Newark Community Days
Community Day is this Sunday, 9/18 from 10am-4pm on the Green. The ANSC Club will have a table across from Sharp on the North Green, where we'll be doing face-painting, crafts, and other fun, kid-oriented activities to get involved with the community. In order to help set-up and clean-up, we have shifts starting at 7am and going until 5pm. Sign-up sheets were passed around at the meeting, and if you are still interested in helping out, please contact Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu. Remember: to be an active member (as stated in our constitution), you need to participate in at least one fundraising and one service project per semester. (Community Days counts toward a service activity.)
We also discussed what charity we would like to benefit with our "Donations Jar" profits from Community Day, because we decided that we would receive more donations if we designated a charity ahead of time and posted signs about it on Community Day. One idea was to give our donations to a Humane Association for animal victims of hurricane Katrina. Another idea was to donate our money to a Therapeutic Riding Stable. After voting on the issue, we decided to give our Community Day donations to the Humane Association. However, we may want to benefit the Therapeutic Riding Stable at a later date and use that as an additional service activity.
Ag Carnival
This fun, Ag-Club event will be held on Saturday, Oct 1st on Webb Farm. Team sign-ups will be at next meeting. We can encourage everyone to come out and enjoy Ag Carnival, and if you're interested in participating in some of the day's friendly competition, please think about joining a team--because the ANSC Club can have as many teams as we want!
We also talked about what event the club would like to sponsor. (Every participating club sponsors one of the day's activities.) We decided that we're going to try and sponsor a Pedal Tractor obstacle course. (Pedal tractors, from my understanding, are like little kids' bicycles... so our obstacle course will make for a very comedic event!) The club talked about possibly purchasing pedal tractors ($60 each) with the money we earned from the carwash, or maybe buying some sort of other cheap bike and pretending it's a "tractor." However, the best idea yet was to ask companies to donate Pedal Tractors to the club, which we will then auction off as our item for the Auction.. and all of the proceeds will go toward Agribility. Amanda is going to try and contact different companies (perhaps the Tractor Supply Company, Deer Creek Equipment, etc.) and ask if they would like to make a charitable donation to our club. We may even invite the companies to the Carnival for lunch/Auction, and we can ask them if they would be willing to donate other additional items to the auction. If you have any additional ideas on how we can handle our Pedal Tractor obstacle course, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.
Dues
Once again, to be an active member, you must pay dues! All dues must be given to Matt by October 5th. (Dues are $10 and can be given in either cash or check made payable to Animal Science Club.)
Halloween Fundraiser
This was the big decision of the night: to do a Haunted Hayride or a Halloween Festival. Some of the major issues discussed for the Hayride were liability (who's responsible if someone gets hurt?), incurring costs (how will we pay for possible damage to tractors, etc.?), and drivers (do we have responsible and reliable people to drive the tractors?). One of the problems discussed about the Festival was the potential parking hazards. After much debate about pros and cons, the club voted on the matter... and the decision was that our Halloween Fundraiser will be the Hayride. The Hayride is going to be a lot of hand work, and it will require major effort from everyone in the club, but as long as we put our hearts and souls into it... it has the potential to be an extremely fun and profitable fundraiser.
Here are some of the logistics that we've already begun to discuss about the Hayride:
-Hold the Hayride on the weekend of Oct. 21st and 22nd. This is parent's weekend, and we have a home football game on Saturday, both which give us excellent publicity opportunities.
-Can we get ACE funding? The University will fund a percent of the start-up capita of an event if it provides an alternative to drinking.
- Need to talk to Scott (farm manager) and plan stations, teams, and budgets.
-Get pumpkins donated? And sell them and perhaps cider, cookies, etc. to people while they're waiting for the Hayride.
-Avoid liability issues by having participants sign a waiver.
-Run a dusk ride for little kids.
-Let people reserve wagons in advance for specific times at reduced rates. (Popular with fraternities, sororities, and other clubs.)
-Do we want to run the Hayride for 2 or 3 nights?
-Split the Hayride with Alpha Zeta. Should it be 50/50, and each club is responsible for their own publicity, stations, etc.?
-Need to track down experienced tractor drivers. Would their incentive be a financial reimbursement from the club?
There is a lot more that we need to discuss before the Hayride can really get moving. A Hayride committee was formed to talk about these issues and to collaborate with AZ. I was appointed as committee chair, and also on the committee are Matt, Carolyn, and Jessie Bussanich. If you have preliminary Hayride questions/suggestions, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu.
New Service Committee Chair
Our former Service chair can no longer attend club meetings for personal reasons, so Danielle Smarsh will be our new Service chair. If you are on the Service committee, you may want to contact Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu.
Trip to Kilby Cream
The club will be taking a trip to Kilby Cream (an ice cream shop with dairy facility) after a quick meeting on September 21st. The meeting next week will be pushed up to 6pm so that we can discuss Ag Carnival preparations, and then we will be meeting at 6:30pm in the Russell parking lot to head to the Kilby Cream. If you are interested in joining us on our ice cream adventure, please contact Lynsey at lschoon@udel.edu.
I think that's it for yesterday's meeting. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 9/21 at 6pm in 037 Memorial. (Note the change of time and place!)
~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary
Attention: Room Change!
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Animal Science Club meetings will no longer be held in Perkins. Our new meeting place is room 037 Memorial. Sorry for the confusion last night, but thanks to everyone for being so cooperative!
Treasurer's Report:
Inside Account: does not have books yet
Outside Account: $698.65
Nationals
Unfortunately, rising costs for Nationals (estimated total cost of about $400) has led to decreased member interest. So, we will no longer be going to Nationals this year. On the positive side, because we will no longer be putting our carwash profits toward Nationals, we have $160.68 that we can put toward some other use. We will vote on the use of the carwash profits at a later meeting, but some ideas included putting the money toward T-shirts, using it to fund Ag Carnival costs, etc.
Newark Community Days
Community Day is this Sunday, 9/18 from 10am-4pm on the Green. The ANSC Club will have a table across from Sharp on the North Green, where we'll be doing face-painting, crafts, and other fun, kid-oriented activities to get involved with the community. In order to help set-up and clean-up, we have shifts starting at 7am and going until 5pm. Sign-up sheets were passed around at the meeting, and if you are still interested in helping out, please contact Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu. Remember: to be an active member (as stated in our constitution), you need to participate in at least one fundraising and one service project per semester. (Community Days counts toward a service activity.)
We also discussed what charity we would like to benefit with our "Donations Jar" profits from Community Day, because we decided that we would receive more donations if we designated a charity ahead of time and posted signs about it on Community Day. One idea was to give our donations to a Humane Association for animal victims of hurricane Katrina. Another idea was to donate our money to a Therapeutic Riding Stable. After voting on the issue, we decided to give our Community Day donations to the Humane Association. However, we may want to benefit the Therapeutic Riding Stable at a later date and use that as an additional service activity.
Ag Carnival
This fun, Ag-Club event will be held on Saturday, Oct 1st on Webb Farm. Team sign-ups will be at next meeting. We can encourage everyone to come out and enjoy Ag Carnival, and if you're interested in participating in some of the day's friendly competition, please think about joining a team--because the ANSC Club can have as many teams as we want!
We also talked about what event the club would like to sponsor. (Every participating club sponsors one of the day's activities.) We decided that we're going to try and sponsor a Pedal Tractor obstacle course. (Pedal tractors, from my understanding, are like little kids' bicycles... so our obstacle course will make for a very comedic event!) The club talked about possibly purchasing pedal tractors ($60 each) with the money we earned from the carwash, or maybe buying some sort of other cheap bike and pretending it's a "tractor." However, the best idea yet was to ask companies to donate Pedal Tractors to the club, which we will then auction off as our item for the Auction.. and all of the proceeds will go toward Agribility. Amanda is going to try and contact different companies (perhaps the Tractor Supply Company, Deer Creek Equipment, etc.) and ask if they would like to make a charitable donation to our club. We may even invite the companies to the Carnival for lunch/Auction, and we can ask them if they would be willing to donate other additional items to the auction. If you have any additional ideas on how we can handle our Pedal Tractor obstacle course, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.
Dues
Once again, to be an active member, you must pay dues! All dues must be given to Matt by October 5th. (Dues are $10 and can be given in either cash or check made payable to Animal Science Club.)
Halloween Fundraiser
This was the big decision of the night: to do a Haunted Hayride or a Halloween Festival. Some of the major issues discussed for the Hayride were liability (who's responsible if someone gets hurt?), incurring costs (how will we pay for possible damage to tractors, etc.?), and drivers (do we have responsible and reliable people to drive the tractors?). One of the problems discussed about the Festival was the potential parking hazards. After much debate about pros and cons, the club voted on the matter... and the decision was that our Halloween Fundraiser will be the Hayride. The Hayride is going to be a lot of hand work, and it will require major effort from everyone in the club, but as long as we put our hearts and souls into it... it has the potential to be an extremely fun and profitable fundraiser.
Here are some of the logistics that we've already begun to discuss about the Hayride:
-Hold the Hayride on the weekend of Oct. 21st and 22nd. This is parent's weekend, and we have a home football game on Saturday, both which give us excellent publicity opportunities.
-Can we get ACE funding? The University will fund a percent of the start-up capita of an event if it provides an alternative to drinking.
- Need to talk to Scott (farm manager) and plan stations, teams, and budgets.
-Get pumpkins donated? And sell them and perhaps cider, cookies, etc. to people while they're waiting for the Hayride.
-Avoid liability issues by having participants sign a waiver.
-Run a dusk ride for little kids.
-Let people reserve wagons in advance for specific times at reduced rates. (Popular with fraternities, sororities, and other clubs.)
-Do we want to run the Hayride for 2 or 3 nights?
-Split the Hayride with Alpha Zeta. Should it be 50/50, and each club is responsible for their own publicity, stations, etc.?
-Need to track down experienced tractor drivers. Would their incentive be a financial reimbursement from the club?
There is a lot more that we need to discuss before the Hayride can really get moving. A Hayride committee was formed to talk about these issues and to collaborate with AZ. I was appointed as committee chair, and also on the committee are Matt, Carolyn, and Jessie Bussanich. If you have preliminary Hayride questions/suggestions, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu.
New Service Committee Chair
Our former Service chair can no longer attend club meetings for personal reasons, so Danielle Smarsh will be our new Service chair. If you are on the Service committee, you may want to contact Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu.
Trip to Kilby Cream
The club will be taking a trip to Kilby Cream (an ice cream shop with dairy facility) after a quick meeting on September 21st. The meeting next week will be pushed up to 6pm so that we can discuss Ag Carnival preparations, and then we will be meeting at 6:30pm in the Russell parking lot to head to the Kilby Cream. If you are interested in joining us on our ice cream adventure, please contact Lynsey at lschoon@udel.edu.
I think that's it for yesterday's meeting. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 9/21 at 6pm in 037 Memorial. (Note the change of time and place!)
~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Minutes
Hello Animal Science Club. Here are the minutes from tonight's meeting:
Icebreaker
We started off tonight's meeting with a small social activity to get everyone better acquainted. The topic was "if you were an animal, what would you be," and we had such interesting answers as a flamingo, beetle, rhino, and a few cows. Good times were had by all.
Advisor Introduction
The Animal Science Club would not be where it is today without the help of our two wonderful advisors, Mr. Dan Severson and Dr. Lesa Griffiths. Not only do they voice their input at meetings, but they've also accompanied us on such trips as Nationals and Regionals. We're all very appreciative of our advisors and look forward to their guidance during this upcoming school year. To our new members, Dan Severson gives this advice: "Have fun and enjoy it. But work."
Fall Freshmen Social
Tomorrow, 9/8 there will be a social for Ag College Freshmen in the Hen Zone from 6:30pm-8:30pm, and free pizza will be provided. This is a great opportunity for freshmen to meet others in the Ag College and to find out more about other Ag clubs.
Committee Meetings/Reports
-Social
The Social committee will be planning a trip to Kahunaville instead of our meeting on Wed, Oct 5th. Wednesday nights are Country Night at Kahunaville, which means lots of line dancing to all of our favorite country tunes! Sign-up sheets and further information will be provided at upcoming meetings. The Social committee also hopes to plan an animal-themed movie night, pizza at a meeting, and/or games (DDR, Catch Phrase, etc.) at future meetings. If interested in helping plan social activities and being a member of this committee, please contact Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.
-Fundraising
The Fundraising committee will plan to have a Donation Jar at our booth on Newark Community Day (Sunday, Sept 18th). The money we collect will go toward some charitable function, which we will vote on at a future meeting. To be a part of the Fundraising committee, please contact Liz at lizroy@udel.edu.
-Service
The Service committee talked about raising money for the Katrina victims. Ideas were brought up about using the money we raise from our Donation Jar to send blankets to the victims. Also, the Service committee discussed plans for our Agrability auction at the Ag Carnival (Sat, Oct 1st). The ANSC club used to hold an auction where we would auction off people for 2 hours of their time; however, under new University polices, people-auctions are no longer allowed. So, after much tossing around of ideas, we decided that every team that enters Ag Carnival will have to auction off something (a shoe, grandma's antique dishes, whatever!), and all of the proceeds of the auction will still go toward Agrability. The incentive for teams to auction off nicer items (and hence raise more money) will be that the team that sells their item at the highest price will earn the most points. (The whole point of Ag Carnival is compete against other clubs to come in first place and ultimate winners of the day.) To be a member of the Service committee, please contact Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu.
-Pre-Vet
The Pre-Vet committee will be planning a guest speaker and a trip to the Plumpton Park Zoo this semester. They hope to get Dr. Marshall to be a speaker at one of our meetings. He is one of the very charismatic professors in the Animal Science Department, and he is also an Equine Vet. We hope that he will give the club a closer look into the practices of large-animal veterinary medicine. If interested in becoming a member of the Pre-Vet committee, please contact Amanda at aepisano@udel.edu.
-Livestock
The Livestock committee will be planning a trip to Kilby Cream and also organizing practice for livestock-judging for Regionals. The live-stock judging practices may include trips to other farms and other exciting activities. To be a member of the Livestock committee, please contact Lynsey at lschoon@udel.edu.
Car Wash Report
The Car Wash this past Sunday was a success, and we brought in $160.68 for our 3 hours of work. Thanks to everyone who helped out! As far as future car washes are concerned, we may want to find a better place to hold the Car Wash, and we definitely need to implement sign-up sheets. However, we hope to iron out some of these details and have another Car Wash in the Spring.
Halloween Fundraiser: The Hayride vs. Festival Debacle
Last year, we had a Halloween Festival at Webb Farm. It was geared toward little kids, and we had games, face painting, arts & crafts, and a bake sale. As far as fundraising was concerned, the Festival didn't do as well as we had hoped. There just wasn't enough publicity. The three years prior to last, the club had held a Haunted Hayride throughout the UD Farm. The Hayride started off as a huge hit in its first year, but didn't do so hot in the following years. Anyway, with Fall on its way, the club has to make a decision soon on the fate of its Halloween fundraiser. Will it be a bigger and better Halloween Festival, or a fun and hopefully profitable Haunted Hayride? We encourage you to way pros and cons for either fundraiser and come prepared to vote on the matter at next week's meeting. We'll gather logistics on either fundraiser and present them next week.
Dues!
In order to be an active member, you've got to pay your yearly dues. Dues are $10. For new members, this money will go toward a one-time National Block and Bridle fee. You can start bringing in your money and giving it to Matt at next meeting.
Internship Available
There is an Animal Keep student intern position available at the Brandywine Zoo. If you are interested, please contact Leslie Brennan at Leslie.Brennan@state.de.us or call at 302-571-7747x202.
Nationals
If we decide to drive to Nationals in Ohio, we will take 2 members' cars and leave early Thursday, Oct 20th. The drive should take between 9 and 12 hours, depending on traffic. We won't get back to UD until late Sunday, Oct 23rd. However, we are going to look into cheap flight prices, so flying may be an option. Registration fee is $190, but then there will also be hotel room costs (as cheap as $89 per room "regardless of occupancy), a few meals, gas?, and personal expenses. If you are still interested in attending Nationals, please email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu. She needs checks made payable to OSU Saddle & Sirloin Club for the registration fee of $190 by next Wednesday if you plan on going! Nationals is sure to be an amazing time, so we hope that you will think seriously about attending.
Wow. I think that sums up tonight's meeting. See you at the next meeting on Wednesday, Sept 14th at 6:15 pm in the Kirkwood room of Perkins!
~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary
Icebreaker
We started off tonight's meeting with a small social activity to get everyone better acquainted. The topic was "if you were an animal, what would you be," and we had such interesting answers as a flamingo, beetle, rhino, and a few cows. Good times were had by all.
Advisor Introduction
The Animal Science Club would not be where it is today without the help of our two wonderful advisors, Mr. Dan Severson and Dr. Lesa Griffiths. Not only do they voice their input at meetings, but they've also accompanied us on such trips as Nationals and Regionals. We're all very appreciative of our advisors and look forward to their guidance during this upcoming school year. To our new members, Dan Severson gives this advice: "Have fun and enjoy it. But work."
Fall Freshmen Social
Tomorrow, 9/8 there will be a social for Ag College Freshmen in the Hen Zone from 6:30pm-8:30pm, and free pizza will be provided. This is a great opportunity for freshmen to meet others in the Ag College and to find out more about other Ag clubs.
Committee Meetings/Reports
-Social
The Social committee will be planning a trip to Kahunaville instead of our meeting on Wed, Oct 5th. Wednesday nights are Country Night at Kahunaville, which means lots of line dancing to all of our favorite country tunes! Sign-up sheets and further information will be provided at upcoming meetings. The Social committee also hopes to plan an animal-themed movie night, pizza at a meeting, and/or games (DDR, Catch Phrase, etc.) at future meetings. If interested in helping plan social activities and being a member of this committee, please contact Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.
-Fundraising
The Fundraising committee will plan to have a Donation Jar at our booth on Newark Community Day (Sunday, Sept 18th). The money we collect will go toward some charitable function, which we will vote on at a future meeting. To be a part of the Fundraising committee, please contact Liz at lizroy@udel.edu.
-Service
The Service committee talked about raising money for the Katrina victims. Ideas were brought up about using the money we raise from our Donation Jar to send blankets to the victims. Also, the Service committee discussed plans for our Agrability auction at the Ag Carnival (Sat, Oct 1st). The ANSC club used to hold an auction where we would auction off people for 2 hours of their time; however, under new University polices, people-auctions are no longer allowed. So, after much tossing around of ideas, we decided that every team that enters Ag Carnival will have to auction off something (a shoe, grandma's antique dishes, whatever!), and all of the proceeds of the auction will still go toward Agrability. The incentive for teams to auction off nicer items (and hence raise more money) will be that the team that sells their item at the highest price will earn the most points. (The whole point of Ag Carnival is compete against other clubs to come in first place and ultimate winners of the day.) To be a member of the Service committee, please contact Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu.
-Pre-Vet
The Pre-Vet committee will be planning a guest speaker and a trip to the Plumpton Park Zoo this semester. They hope to get Dr. Marshall to be a speaker at one of our meetings. He is one of the very charismatic professors in the Animal Science Department, and he is also an Equine Vet. We hope that he will give the club a closer look into the practices of large-animal veterinary medicine. If interested in becoming a member of the Pre-Vet committee, please contact Amanda at aepisano@udel.edu.
-Livestock
The Livestock committee will be planning a trip to Kilby Cream and also organizing practice for livestock-judging for Regionals. The live-stock judging practices may include trips to other farms and other exciting activities. To be a member of the Livestock committee, please contact Lynsey at lschoon@udel.edu.
Car Wash Report
The Car Wash this past Sunday was a success, and we brought in $160.68 for our 3 hours of work. Thanks to everyone who helped out! As far as future car washes are concerned, we may want to find a better place to hold the Car Wash, and we definitely need to implement sign-up sheets. However, we hope to iron out some of these details and have another Car Wash in the Spring.
Halloween Fundraiser: The Hayride vs. Festival Debacle
Last year, we had a Halloween Festival at Webb Farm. It was geared toward little kids, and we had games, face painting, arts & crafts, and a bake sale. As far as fundraising was concerned, the Festival didn't do as well as we had hoped. There just wasn't enough publicity. The three years prior to last, the club had held a Haunted Hayride throughout the UD Farm. The Hayride started off as a huge hit in its first year, but didn't do so hot in the following years. Anyway, with Fall on its way, the club has to make a decision soon on the fate of its Halloween fundraiser. Will it be a bigger and better Halloween Festival, or a fun and hopefully profitable Haunted Hayride? We encourage you to way pros and cons for either fundraiser and come prepared to vote on the matter at next week's meeting. We'll gather logistics on either fundraiser and present them next week.
Dues!
In order to be an active member, you've got to pay your yearly dues. Dues are $10. For new members, this money will go toward a one-time National Block and Bridle fee. You can start bringing in your money and giving it to Matt at next meeting.
Internship Available
There is an Animal Keep student intern position available at the Brandywine Zoo. If you are interested, please contact Leslie Brennan at Leslie.Brennan@state.de.us or call at 302-571-7747x202.
Nationals
If we decide to drive to Nationals in Ohio, we will take 2 members' cars and leave early Thursday, Oct 20th. The drive should take between 9 and 12 hours, depending on traffic. We won't get back to UD until late Sunday, Oct 23rd. However, we are going to look into cheap flight prices, so flying may be an option. Registration fee is $190, but then there will also be hotel room costs (as cheap as $89 per room "regardless of occupancy), a few meals, gas?, and personal expenses. If you are still interested in attending Nationals, please email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu. She needs checks made payable to OSU Saddle & Sirloin Club for the registration fee of $190 by next Wednesday if you plan on going! Nationals is sure to be an amazing time, so we hope that you will think seriously about attending.
Wow. I think that sums up tonight's meeting. See you at the next meeting on Wednesday, Sept 14th at 6:15 pm in the Kirkwood room of Perkins!
~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary
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