Hey everyone, here are the minutes for the meeting held on September 20th.
Treasurer’s Report
The account is at $1312.60
Dues
The last day for dues is at next weeks meeting (September 27th). New member dues are $15 and returning member dues are $10.
Newark Community Day
We made $142.50 in donations. Good job! Again, the most popular attraction was face painting, although the fish did bring a good amount of people as well.
Cowtown Rodeo
We are going to Cowtown Rodeo this Saturday. Cowtown was called, and we can have one person in line with the money to buy tickets. Tickets are $8/person. Please try your best to bring exact change. The rodeo starts at 7:30, and we were advised to be there at 6:30. Please arrive at the Russell Lot at 5:30, we will be leaving at 5:45. The Russell Lot is behind the Russell Complex, right of Lovett and Haines. An attached list will have all the people signed up for Cowtown. If you are on the list and cannot make it, please email me at jenp@udel.edu. If you are not on the list and would like to come, email me as well, including name, if you can drive, and if so, how many people can fit in your car.
Kilby Cream
Next weeks meeting will be a social/educational event at Kilby Cream. Kilby Cream is a creamery owned by the family of club member Amanda Kilby. It is about 20-30 minutes away in Cecil county, Maryland. We will be having ice cream and seeing how it’s made. We will be meeting in the Russell Lot at around 5:15-5:30, and leaving as close to 5:30 as we can. So do not go to Sharp Lab next week! Attached is a list of people who have signed up. If you have decided you don’t want to go, please email me. If you haven’t signed up and would like to come, email me with you name, if you can drive, and if so, how many people.
No Show, No Call Policy
With so many trips coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to review the no call no, no show policy. If you sign up for an event, and cannot attend, it is your responsibility to let someone know. We do not want to be late for events because someone does not show up. Also, all members get points for attendance. Points can be used at the end of semesters, usually as discounted or free admission to an event. You will lose a point for each no call, no show. Again, please be responsible and let someone know if you are not going to attend an event you signed up for.
Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is fast approaching. Ag Carnival is on Saturday, October 7th. Animal Science Club is sponsoring the charity auction benefiting AgrAbility. Flyers were passed out this meeting for handing out to the public. Do not put flyers on the walls or bulletin boards on campus, they are not stamped. However, you can put them on your doors in the dorms. Our goal is to get the public out to the auction, which begins at 1. So, if you have family or friends in the area, try to get them to come out! Also, we are still trying to come up with a list of things to auction, so everybody that has ideas or definite things to auction, email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.
Stacy made letters to mail to our alumni asking them to either come and bid, or for help donating objects or services. Thank you, Stacy.
Attached is a list of people signed up for Ag Carnival. I have arbitrarily put you into 3 teams. These teams are not final. If you are not on the list and would like to participate in Ag Carnival, please email me. If you are on the list and either can’t do Ag Carnival, or are going to be on another team, email me! Thanks.

I’ll see you next week! Remember, we are meeting in the Russell Lot for a trip to Kilby Cream.
~Jen

Hi everyone, here are the minutes for our meeting held 9/13.

Treasurer’s Report
account- $1312.60

Dues
Please bring dues by our meeting on Sept 27. Our dues for new members is $15 and for returning members is $10. Cash or check, please make checks out to Animal Science Club

Newark Community Day
We are planning on using our donations for the Walk for Animals sponsored by the Delaware Humane Society on October 1st. Then, whatever we raise for that we will match from our donations and give to the Windcrest (sp?) Adoption center. For more information on the Walk for Animals or to sign up for our team, email Kaitlyn Lutz (kaitlyn@udel.edu).
We now have the coupons for our goldfish. We have decided to make the price $1/3 tosses.
If you would like to sign up for a shift, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Cowtown Rodeo
Our trip to cowtown rodeo is on Saturday, September 23. The price is $8/person for the group rate or $12/person individual. The rodeo starts at 7:30, we need to be in line at 7 at the latest, and it takes about a half hour to get there. If you are interested in going and have not signed up, or have signed up and have since realized you can not go, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is on Saturday, October 7. We have decided not to sponsor a physical event, but instead to concentrate on our AgrAbility auction. Please bring ideas of what we can get to auction off. Some ideas from today are tickets to a sporting event/zoo/aquarium, we can contact a beef farmer for some cuts of meat, gym membership, or peddle tractors. If you have more ideas please email Jenna at (jschib@udel.edu). In addition to thinking of things to get donated, we also have to start publicizing the event to bring in people from the community who have money. If you are interested in being on a team and have not already signed up, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Steve Cook
Every year we try to go to Steve Cooks farm. So far there are several possible dates at the end of the fall where we can help Steve prepare beef cows for show or vaccinate sows before farrowing. There is no sign up yet, but be prepared for future information.

Block & Bridle National Convention
The national block and bridle convention is being held January 25-27 2007 in Kissimmee Florida. If we register before October 16 the registration is $185/person and there is a special rate of $89/room at a local hotel. This event is a leadership event with one day of tours of local agriculture facilities and one day of speakers. The tours this year range from meat processing plants, fruit, ranches, horses, and wildlife. The tours are on a first come first serve basis, so registering early is key. In order to cover some of the costs, we are going to try to get supplemental money from the school. One of the organizers of the convention this year is Kathleen, a former Animal Science Club president now at the University of Florida.

Hey everyone, here are the minutes for our meeting on 9/6

Approval of Secretary’s Minutes from last week

Treasurer’s Report
account- $693.06
We are also looking to change banks from WSFS to either Citizens Bank or Delaware National, both of which have no maintenance fees for checking account, something we had trouble with in the past.

Dues
Club dues are due to the treasurer on Sept. 27. New members pay $15 and old members pay $10.

Newark Community Day
Newark Community day is Sunday, September 17. It is a community street fair event. We use this event to raise funds for a charity to be decided on later. Last year we gave to Louisiana Humane Society. We need a table and chairs, so if anyone has a table and some chairs, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.
We are planning on having a fishbowl toss. Winners would get a coupon redeemable for a goldfish at a local pet store. Price has yet to be decided, but some possible numbers would be $.50 for a toss and $1.50 for five tosses. We signed up for shifts during the meeting. They are as follows:
9:30-11:30
11:30-1:30
1:30-3:30
3:30-5:30
Erin McDowell
Michelle Pasawicz
Lisa Brody
Matt Mullin
Amanda Kilby
Erin Stough
Allison Mecaughey
Chelsea Berdolt
Lorna Dougherty
Genia Pultorak
Haley Tammany
Danielle Smarsh
Dawn Lenihan
Tanya Mejia
Janine Poreda
Jen Puttress
Shannon Thomas
Kendra Daniels

Stacy Green
Jessica Donnelly
Nicole Hughes


Kaitlyn Lutz
Allison Goodman



If you would like to help out for a shift, please email me. We would like more people at our middle shifts, especially members who have done community days before. Also, please come with ideas for a charity for our next meeting.

Cowtown Rodeo
Cowtown is a rodeo held in south Jersey. It was decided we would be going on September 23. There is a fee to get in, but if there are more than 20 people going, we can get a group discount. If you are interested, please email me with you name and if you can drive a car, and if so, how many people. Also email me if you signed up, but have since decided you can’t come.

Baltimore Zoo
We are trying to get a trip to the Baltimore Zoo organized. We are trying to in touch with Linda Pill, a former student. They no longer do behind the scenes tours, but there are besides the scene tours done by docents. If we decide to go by ourselves, the fee would be $11.50 if we have a group of 20 or more, or $15 if there are less than 20 people. The trip has been tentatively scheduled for mid October.

Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is a competition sponsored by AgCC where all ag organizations compete against each other in competitions such as tug-of-war, pie eating, and pumpkin chucking. It is being held on Saturday, October 7 this year. Each group participating is in charge of sponsoring an event. Animal Science Club traditionally sponsors both a physical event, and a charity auction to help AgrAbility. AgrAbility is an organization that helps disabled farmers in the Delmarva area. Since the auction is our event, we need to publicize well in the community, and decide what we want to auction. Last year, our auction item also was part of our event, peddle tractors. Please bring ideas for an event or auction item to our next meeting.

Committees
At the end of the meeting we voted on committee chairs and then broke into committee meetings. All active members must be on a committee.

Fundraising Committee
The fundraising committee is chaired by our treasurer, Danielle Smarsh. There most important thing right now is deciding on who to donate to from our Community Day donations. They are also thinking about getting local farmers to bring/donate pumpkins at our Halloween event for children to paint. They were also thinking about doing clean up at places like Dovar Downs and after football games to get paid for our time.

Pre-Vet Committee
The pre-vet committee is being co-chaired by Vincent Baldanza and Tom Hart. Right now, they are thinking of possible speakers, such as a bird/wildlife vet, and equine vet, or a possible trip to Camden Aquarium.

Social Committee
The social committee is being co-chaired by Chelsea Berdolt and Matt Mullin. Right now, the social chairs are helping to organize the trip to Cowtown, and a possible social event at Kilby Cream ice cream parlor with a tour around the dairy farm. They are also thinking of ice breakers to do at the beginning of meetings so everyone gets to know the new members.

Livestock Committee
The livestock committee is being chaired by Lisa Brody. They are thinking about a possible speaker from Hatfield.

Service Committee
The service committee is being chaired by Erin Stough. The service committee is planning service activities at Delaware Humane and possibly having a blanket and food drive for dogs and cats. They are also thinking about going to schools to talk about the animal science major to those who may not know too much about it.

Other News
Animal Science club is looking for two volunteers to be our representatives at AgCC. Meetings are every other Weds (or Weds as needed) at 4:45. A ride will be provided to Animal Science Club after. If you are interested, please email me back. The position will be given out on a first come basis.

Australia Study Abroad this winter. Dr. Saylor and Dr. Barber will be taking a group to Australia this winter and are still looking for those interested. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Saylor at bsaylor@udel.edu. Freshman are welcome. The deadline is Sept. 25, so please hurry so your spot is not taken. Check out the UD study abroad page. The application is also here. http://international.udel.edu/studyabroad/programs/database.asp?PWDID=392 this is the page for the ANSC program.
http://international.udel.edu/studyabroad/default.asp and this is the site for all of international studies.

The animal science club has a website. It should be updated this weekend. Check out pictures from last year! Information should be up to date soon! http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/index2.html

Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you next week
~Jen

Hello ANSC club members old and new! Here are the minutes for our first meeting on Weds, 8/30/06.
Introductions
President- Jenna Scibilia is a Junior Animal Science major with a minor in Spanish. Her other activities include AgCC, Ag Ambassadors, Sigma Alpha, and gymnastics club. Last year she was club treasurer.
VP- Kaitlyn Lutz is a Senior Animal Science major with a minor in biology. Kaitlyn is also an Ag Ambassador. Last year she was the livestock committee chair.
Treasurer- Danielle Smarsh is a Junior Animal Science major. She also is an Ag Ambassador, in AgCC, and HTAC, an on campus theatre group. Last year she was the service committee chair.
Secretary- Jen Puttress is a Junior Animal Science major with a minor in biology. She also participates in Ag Ambassdors, AgCC, and Alpha Zeta. Last year she was one of the club historians.
Historian- Stacy Green is a Junior Animal Science major. She is also in Ag Ambassadors, ALD, AgCC, and Alpha Zeta. This is her second year as club historian.
Historian-Michelle Lapera is a Sophomore Animal Science major. Her activities include Ag Ambassadors and Sigma Alpha. Last year she was the pre-vet committee chair.
Advisors- Our advisors are Dr. Griffith and Dan Severson.
Upcoming events in September:
Trip to Cowtown Rodeo on a Saturday.
Newark Community Day is on Sunday, September 17. We use this event to raise donations for an animal related charity. Last year we raised money for the Louisiana SPCA. This year we will be giving out coupons for free goldfish and have our usual face painting.
We are planning a trip to the Baltimore Zoo at the end of the month. More information will be forthcoming.
Meeting Agenda:
For the first meeting we had a social event to introduce our new members to each other and to our old members. We made, and ate delightfully sweet ice cream.
Information for interested students who could not attend this meeting:
I apologize for the late email with the information, but there was some miscommunication with Event Services. For those of you who could not attend, do not worry. In fact, we really hope that you attend our next meeting. For those that can not attend due to class/lab conflict do not worry either. We hold many weekend events that you are encouraged to participate in, and you can always start attending business meetings in future semesters. Don’t let your class conflicts discourage you from being a part of the club.
Next meeting:
For now, the meeting next week will be in the same place at the same time. However, there will be another email next week confirming the location, as the room we were in was less than optimal, we’re going to try to fix that. For now, we will be meeting in 103 Sharp Lab at 5:30. For those who don’t know where Sharp Lab is, it is the building next to Gore Hall on E. Delaware.
Next meeting we will be deciding on committee chairs. Please consider being a chairperson.
Social Committee: Committee duties include planning social events which promote fellowship among members.
Fundraising Committee: Committee duties are to design and run fundraising activities for the club. The Treasurer shall serve as Chair of this committee.
Livestock Committee: This committee is responsible for organizing and planning all livestock activities. The livestock committee should arrange for at least one guest speaker per semester.
Pre-vet Committee: this committee is responsible for organizing and planning all pre-vet, companion animal, and exotic animal activities. The pre-vet committee should arrange for at least one guest speaker and/or event per semester.
Community Service Committee: this committee is responsible for planning all community service events.
Please keep in mind that all active members must serve on a committee, so if you don’t want to be a chair, please think about which one you would like to help out with.
We have a lot of exciting events planned for this semester. See you next week.
~Jen Puttress
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