Animal Science Club Minutes 3/17/10

I. Treasurer’s Report
o Account: $2,072.04

II. Membership
Anyone who has any questions about membership can contact one of the officers (contact info is at the end)

III. Ag Day
Ag Day is on April 24th (Saturday). Sign ups will continue at the next meeting. Shifts are Friday at 2pm (set up), Saturday 8:30-10am, 10-12, 12-2, and 2-4:30 (clean up). We will be teaching balloon animals after spring break. For active membership we ask that you participate in at least one Saturday shift.

IV. Ag Day T-Shirts
It is a teal shirt with white writing with the slogan, “Just moo it” along with a cow patched Nike swoosh. The t-shirts are $10.00 each and the last day to sign up/ pay is April 7th.

V. Fun facts about cows
o Have been called “foster mothers of the human race” because they produce much more milk than we can ever hope to produce.
o Cows must have a calf before she can produce milk!
o A cow can milk usually for 3-4 years
o Often about 2 years old at birth of first calf.
o Chew their cud about 8 hrs/day.
o We will have Holstein cows

VI. Banquet
The club voted and we will be going to Deer Park on the last day of classes. This is where we went last year and those who went enjoyed it. It was also more affordable.

VII. Guest Speaker
Patrick Carol from the Delaware Humane Society came to speak to us about their facility and their practices. They are a non-profit organization that does not kill any of their animals and rely on donations and volunteers to run the program. If you are interested in volunteering or even just going in for a tour, check out their website: www.dehumane.org under the “Volunteer” section.

VIII. Upcoming Club Activities
April 10 (Saturday) – Steve Cook’s farm (disabled farmer); sign ups start next Wed.
April 14 (Sunday) – begin taking nominations for E-board
April 21 (Wednesday) – Guest Speaker from Virginia Tech
April 28 (Wednesday) – Emu Farm; *In place of a regular meeting* (aka not a
mandatory meeting – just for fun); Leave from behind Townsend at 4:45pm; sign
ups start next Wednesday.

IX. Announcements
o Livestock Judging Club Preemptive Announcement: Becca Sheahan is working hard to start up a Livestock Judging Club, which will become an official club by April 30. There will be an interest meeting later this spring.

**Our next meeting will be next Wednesday, March 24th at 6pm in Memorial Hall Room 111**
~ See you there ~

Executive board contact info:
President: Nicole Aizaga; naizaga@udel.edu
VP: Ally Fetsko; afetsko@udel.edu
Treasurer: Amanda Otteni; amandao@udel.edu
Secretary: Issey Chew-Chin; simonec@udel.edu
Historians: Julia Robinson; jlr@udel.edu
Carrie Kozar; ckozar@Udel.edu