Animal Science Club Minutes 4/30/08

I. We welcomed Dr. Dallatore, a veterinarian from Windcrest Animal Clinic to speak with us about his career as a general practice veterinarian. He shared a typical day at the clinic with us as well as talked about vet school.

II. Treasurer’s Report:
$1061.02

Side note: Our outside account does not contain the money made at Ag Day yet.

III. Ag Day was recapped. We made $496 and our exhibit won first place overall! Everyone did a fantastic job and was really enthusiastic, making this year one of the best. Thanks to everyone who helped out, it was greatly appreciated!

IV. Committee meetings
o Fundraising:
 Grotto’s: Thursday, May 8th, 4-9pm. Hand out the flyers starting the beginning of that week to everyone you know!
o Service:
 Relay for Life: Saturday, May 3rd. Please donate on behalf of the club!
 Webb Farm cleanup pending
o Pre-vet:
 Done for the semester. Great job!
o Livestock:
 Harrington Raceway: Sunday, May 18th, 1pm. Susan Garey has offered us a behind-the-scenes tour before its time to watch the races!
o Social:
 ANFS Movie Night: Tomorrow, Thursday, May 1st, 7pm at the Townsend Commons. Episodes of Good Eats and Unwrapped will be features and refreshments will be served!
 Balloon animals tutorial with Dan: Wednesday, May 14th after club
 Banquet: Wednesday, May 21st, 6pm at Klondike Kate’s on Main Street

V. Sign ups!
o Harrington Raceway: please sign up by May 14th to be included in the trip. The cost is not known yet, but you will be notified soon. If you sign up over email, please include your name, email, cell phone number, and if you can drive/how many. You can still sign up at next week’s meeting.
o Banquet: sign ups for the banquet will be open for the next two weeks. The cost will be partially covered by club funds, and the rest of the cost will be announced. If signing up over email, please include your name and email. You can still sign up at next week’s meeting.

VI. Elections
Nominations for elections will be collected next week. If you can’t be there, email me (kkoenig@udel.edu) nominating yourself or someone else for a position. Elections will be held at the May 14th meeting. If you are running for a position, please be prepared to give a little one minute speech about yourself. Remember, if you are running for President, you must have been a chairperson or officer prior.

VII. General Announcements
o AgCC Advisor Appreciation Luncheon: Thursday, May 22nd at 11:30am. Pick up a form to nominate your club or academic advisor for an award!
o AgCC is currently looking for people to run as officers. If you are interested, grab an application to fill out.
o The 1st Annual Senior Picnic is going to be held at Webb Farm on May 16th from 2:30-5pm. All seniors and grad students are welcome to attend this event sponsored by this semester’s production classes!
o The link to donate to Relay for Life is:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifeSouthAtlanticDivision?team_id=280365&pg=team&fr_id=9379
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 7th.
It will be at 6:00pm in 111 Memorial Hall.