Hello ANSC Club!

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful weekend. Here are the minutes from last week's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,074.30

Committee Reports
Service: Unfortunately, Steve Cook cannot accommodate us for the April 22nd date...however, he really needs help on March 18th or 19th. So if enough people could/can want to go, we could go on the 19th (next Sunday). Anyone who is interested should please email Danielle (dsmarsh@udel.edu) asap so she can be in touch with Steve! A few members from the club will give a dairy tour for the disabled woman at around 4pm on Wednesday, April 19th (email dsmarsh@udel.edu if interested in helping!). Also, we will be having our AgrAbility Speaker come talk to the club on Wednesday, March 22nd.
Pre-Vet: Concerning a Pre-Vet speaker for March 22nd, a few different people have been emailed, including a researcher on campus and an Army Corp. Vet. More information about our speaker next meeting.
Livestock: We will have a guest speaker form Purdue on Wednesday, April 12th.
Fundraising: The club voted on whether or not to hold a Car Wash or a Dog Wash or both. We decided to just concentrate on a Car Wash, and the location/date of the Car Wash will be discussed next meeting.
Social: We voted and decided that the location of our Banquet will be Timothy's, and it will be held on Wednesday, May 10th (clear your calendars!). Robert will look up a tentative menu and the club will be given options to choose from at a future date. Also, the club will discuss prices/person when it gets closer to the Banquet. *Reminder to Committee Chairs: Please fill out event reports online on the Club's webpage!

Regionals
Amanda took our thank-you card and cakes to the ANSC office on Monday. Also, notice that our accomplishments at NESA made it into Talk of Townsend... once again, congratulations to everyone who participated! Check out our website for photos from Regionals. http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/

Ag Day T-shirt Vote
We voted on a club t-shirt design for Ag Day at the meeting. The club decided on Carolyn's idea with the "Duck, Duck, Blue Hen" theme. Please contact Carolyn if you would be interested in a shirt (cschnek@udel.edu).

Ag Day
As in previous years, the club will have a petting zoo, face painting, educational displays, and arts & crafts at Ag Day. Please start thinking of craft ideas, and we will vote on them at this week's meeting. Also, start thinking of ideas for our educational displays. (We will work on our posters/displays at the few meetings right before Ag Day.) Not only will our club need lots of help from members on Ag Day, but the Ag Day Class is also asking for volunteers. Please contact Sarah Moore at smoo@udel.edu if you are interested in volunteering. Also, consider submitting t-shirt ideas to the t-shirt design competition held by the Ag Day Class. Lastly, the club voted to donate money to Ag Day so that we will get our name put on the official Ag Day shirts.

High School Judging/Quiz Bowl Competition
Amanda and Jenna met with Dr. Gelb, the ANSC department chair, to discuss the practicality of our idea to hold an ANSC competition for Delaware High School students. They told him what we plan on doing and how it will benefit the ANSC Club and the Ag College. Dr. Gelb was enthusiastic about the idea, but he will have to discuss it with other faculty members at the next Department meeting. Dr. Gelb recommended that we keep it small-scale (just Delaware FFA clubs and High School students), and that we start looking into budgeting and donations. Also, we will need to set up a committee that will be responsible for planning this event, which we anticipate will be held in the Fall. Please start thinking about if you'd like to be a part/head of this committee.

Alright. That concludes the minutes from last week's meeting. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday the 15th at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary