Animal Science Club Minutes 4/29/09

I. We welcomed a guest speaker, Susan Garey, to talk with us about Extension work. If you have any questions for her or would like to contact her, her email is truehart@udel.edu and her phone number is (302) 730-4000.

II. Treasurer’s Report:
o account: $662.54
o o Ag Day earnings: $779.25! Great job everyone; this is the highest amount of donations we have recorded in Dawn’s records. We also won 2nd place overall for our awesome exhibit!

III. Ag Day suggestions:
A few suggestions were made at our meeting to make next year’s Ag Day even better. Some ideas brought up were: using 2 big tents rather than 1 big and 1 small, have more facepainting supplies and chairs, purchasing a portable microphone for demonstrations.

IV. Service opportunities:
o Volunteer with Renee Luther the week of May 11th. Times are Tuesday 10-12pm, 1-3pm. Wednesday 10:30-1:30pm, 5-8pm. Thursday 5:30-8:30pm. All day Saturday. We are looking for 5-10 people to go to each lesson and each group must have a driver.
o Steve Cook’s farm help on May 9th. Clean up loose hay and straw, refill barns, dehorn calves, put up shade cloth and sprinkler systems, and open up barn windows.

V. Relay for Life:
Relay is this Saturday, May 2nd. If you are signed up to participate, please keep a lookout for an email with information later in the week. If you are not signed up and want to come hang out for a while and eat snacks, feel free to join us! Donations are very welcome at the event.

VI. Banquet:
Our end of the year banquet is now being held at Deer Park Tavern on Main Street, rather than Kildare’s. The time is still 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 20th. Tonight was the last night to sign up. The menu includes a buffet with stuffed chicken, stuffed shells, and assorted salads. Also, since we made so much money on Ag Day, the banquet will be free for all active members! Hooray!

VII. Upcoming elections!
The executive board positions available are: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and 2 Historians. We will hold nominations next meeting (May 6th) and have elections on May 13th. If you would like to be nominated or nominate someone and will not be at next week’s meeting, please send your request in with someone else or email me (kkoenig@udel.edu) to let me know. Remember, to run for the position of President, you must have been an executive board member or committee chair person for a year prior.

VIII. Announcements:
o We won 1st place in AgCC’s participation contest! For a prize, we gained half of their Pie-in-the-Face earnings from Ag Day. Good job everyone!
o If you are interested in purchasing an Ag Day Nalgene bottle from Collegiate 4H, please email Lorna (lorna@udel.edu). They are $8 each.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 6th.
It will be at 5:30pm in 111 Memorial Hall.
See you there!