Animal Science Club Minutes 10/8/08

I. Treasurer’s Report:
o account: $1384.29
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*Dues reminder: Please pay Dawn dues as soon as possible. They are $15 for new members and $10 for returning members. You can pay with cash or a check made out to “Animal Science Club”.

II. The Ag Carnival was recapped. It was a lot of fun competing against the rest of the Ag School, including the grad student team and especially the professor team! If you have any pictures from the event, please email them to one of our historians (mlapera@udel.edu or afetsko@udel.edu) or bring them into next week’s meeting on a CD or flash drive. The AgrAbility Auction was a huge success, and we raised $940 for the cause! Great job everyone!

III. Sweatshirts
o We voted on a design for the Animal Science Club sweatshirts. The front will be our club name surrounded by various farm animals, while the back will have animal tracks crossing over it.
o The colors the club voted on were: brown sweatshirt with sky blue printing
o Each unisex hooded sweatshirt will be $15.
o Sign ups were started this week, and will be available next week as well. If you would like, you can sign up for one via email by sending kkoenig@udel.edu your name and sweatshirt size.

IV. Milburn Orchards trip
o We are going to Milburn Orchards on Sunday, October 19th for apple picking!
o We will carpool from Lot 19 at 11:15am that morning.
o It will be $8 to pick all the apples you want.

V. Pumpkin Sale
o We are holding a pumpkin sale on Monday, October 27th.
o It will be stationed on the Trabant Patio
o Sign ups for shifts (anytime is good, we know you have classes) will start next week.
o Please tell everyone about our sale… Advertisement is key!

VI. Committee meeting ideas:
o Service: Tentative Steve Cook farm help trip on November 15th; help at a therapeutic riding center; hold a local shelter drive for towels/blankets/toys; invite a speaker from AgrAbility to come talk to us.
o Social: Milburn Orchards trip October 19th; meeting held at California Tortilla on October 22nd; tentative potluck dinner at Ally’s house in November.
o Fundraising: Pumpkin sale on October 27th; tentative Amazon.com gift wrap dates (2) in late November, early December.
o Livestock: Tentative trips to: a swine farm, Herr’s factory, New Bolton, UD Dairy unit; invite Dr. Dyer and/or Scott to talk to us.
o Pre-vet: Vet school panel November 12th; invite various veterinarian speakers to talk to us; Philly Zoo/Baltimore Aquarium in the spring

VII. Announcements
o AgCC is hosting a fundraiser at Gotto’s Pizza after our meeting next week on Wednesday, October 15th. Come to club hungry so we can journey over together afterwards for some food to support AgCC!


Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 15th.
It will be at 5:30pm in 123 Memorial Hall.
See you there!