Animal Science Club Minutes 10/3/07

I. Treasurer’s Report:
account: $1036.40

II. Dues were discussed. Old members owe $10 and new members owe $15. To be an active member of the club, you must pay dues, and it helps us fund fun events.
**If you haven’t paid dues yet, please get them to Dawn ASAP!

III. Newark Community Day was recapped. In total, we made $130.42 for Faithful Friends, a no-kill animal shelter.

IV. Our other events were recapped as well, including our trips to Kilby Cream, Cowtown Rodeo, and our speaker from NC State, Jeff Huckel.

V. The Ag Carnival and AgrAbility Auction will be held this Saturday, October 6th, from 10am-3pm! Registration is at 9:30am, so we will meet in Lot 19 at 9:15am to carpool to Webb Farm.
Ag Carnival:
-There will be 3 teams of mixed members, and the list is attached to this email.
-If you have old Ag Day t-shirts, please bring them to Ag Carnival so we can match.
-Our event will be Day in the Life of a Farmer. Directions and rules of this game are also attached to this email.
AgrAbility Auction:
-The auction will begin at 12 noon, with registration at 11:45am. Please bring money if you’d like to bid on the prizes.

VI. Committees met and discussed future events and activities. Chair people then reported back to the club:
a. Fundraising: Anticipating the Amazon giftwrap in the end of November. Thinking about participating in a fund raiser at one of the various places on Main Street.
b. Social: Anticipating social dinner meeting next week at Damon’s Grill. Possibly a hayride/pumping picking event was discussed on or around October 20th. Also, there will be a Halloween costume party at Danielle’s house on Halloween, with details to come later.
c. Pre-vet: On Saturday, November 17th, a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo or Baltimore Aquarium was discussed. Also, we could get a group of us together and train at the Delaware Humane Society to volunteer there.
d. Service: AgrAbility Auction prizes were discussed. Working on getting a pet therapy speaker in to talk with us. Also, the Main Street Mile is October 20th, which we might like to participate in.
e. Livestock: Looking into getting an animal behaviorist to come speak to us. We will also practice livestock judging when we visit Steve Cook’s farm, with details to come later.

VII. Next week’s meeting (Wednesday, October 10th) will be a social dinner at Damon’s Grill! We will meet at 5:30pm in Lot 19 to carpool, and will leave no later than 5:45pm.

***If you would like to come and haven’t signed up at the last meeting, please email me (kkoenig@udel.edu) and let me know by TOMORROW, FRIDAY 10/5. We will be putting in the reservation tomorrow night, so please email me before then. Thank you!