Animal Science Club Minutes 3/4/09

I. Treasurer’s Report:
o Inside account: $1059.79

o If you have any receipts from NESA, please bring them to Dawn so you can be reimbursed.

II. NESA Recap
This past weekend was really fun. We stayed in 2 different hotels and woke up early every morning, so it was quite tiring as well. We competed in livestock judging (the mystery animals were Labrador Retrievers), Quiz Bowl, paper presentations, and original research. We had a great banquet, and some of us braved the dance (aka hoedown) afterwards.
We had a lot of winners this year, including:
o 9th Place in Quiz Bowl: Adam, Sarah, Seth, Kelly
o 4th Place in Quiz Bowl: Dan, Dawn, Kim, Julia, Amanda
o 2nd Place in original research: Lorna
o Livestock judging improved overall!

III. Ag Day!
o T-shirts: The design chosen will be a cow and chickens with the saying “Brown Chicken Brown Cow” on the back, with the circular crest on the front left. The colors will be a light blue shirt with brown writing and pictures. We will begin sign ups next week.
o Animals: Each committee will need to make a poster for each type of animal. This is be completed by the end of March.
o Balloon animal training: Dan will teach anyone interested how to make balloon animals after a regular meeting sometime in April.
o Shifts for Ag Day will be as follows: 8:30–10am, 10–12pm, 12–2pm, 2–4:30pm. There will also be a shift the Friday before for general setup. We will start sign ups on March 25th, so please try to have an idea what shift you can do by then.

IV. Committee Chair updates:
o Pre-Vet:
 Baltimore Aquarium trip on Saturday, March 14th. It will be $16.95 per person to see the aquarium, dolphin show, and behind the scenes. We are leaving Lot 19 at 10am, and enter the aquarium at 12:30pm. If you would like to sign up via email, please email Katie (kkoenig@udel.edu) with your name, cell phone number, and if you can drive/how many.
 Dr. Dallatore (exotics vet) and Kate Christian (animal physical therapist) will be speaking at our meeting on March 25th.
 UPenn vet panel on Thursday, April 9th from 5–7pm. It will probably be in Memorial Hall, but it is not yet determined.
o Livestock:
 Susan Garey will be speaking at our meeting on April 29th.
o Fundraising:
 Sally from AgrAbility will be speaking in Townsend on Wednesday, April 15th. We are going to listen instead of a normal meeting.

V. Announcements:
o If anyone has any pictures from NESA or last semester’s trip to Steve Cook’s farm, please email them to Michelle (mlapera@udel.edu) or Ally (afetsko@udel.edu) so they can be included in our club scrapbook.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 11th.
We are meeting at 5:30pm at Grotto’s Pizza on Main Street to support AgCC.
See you there!