Call to Order and Welcome: Thomas Ault

Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes

September 7th, 2017

WSLR 116, 6:00 p.m.

Call to order and Welcome: Thomas Ault, [email protected]

Pledges:

 Pledge of Allegiance – Josh Schonfeld

 4-H Pledge- Elizabeth Zorn

Recreation/Mixer – Morgan Ritzi

 Ultimate Rock Paper Scissors and Screaming Circle

Secretary’s Report – Sara Holderbaum, [email protected]

 If you did not get this email, please reply ;)

 If there are any corrections to the minutes, let me know!

Treasurer’s Report – Abigail Belcher, [email protected]

 Current Balance: $4,967.79

 $10 for semester, $15 for academic year – checks payable to Purdue Collegiate 4-H

 Club T-shirts, Fleece Jackets, and Polos for sale!

 New Club T-shirt design contest

o Brightly colored

o Winner gets a free T-Shirt!

o Due on the 14th at 5pm

Introductions of Officers

Thomas Ault – President, [email protected] Andrew Smith – Vice President, [email protected] Sara Holderbaum – Secretary, [email protected] Abigail Belcher– Treasurer, [email protected] Anthony St. John – State Networking Director, [email protected] Abby Hunnicutt – Agriculture Council Representative, [email protected] Maddie McFadden – Service Director for Officer Trainings, [email protected] Morgan Ritzi – Service Director for Murdock, [email protected] Laura Peterson – Service Director for Murdock, [email protected] Molly Towns – Technology, [email protected] Ashlie Fields – Publicity, [email protected]

www.four-h.purdue.edu/collegiate4h Kendall Gatewood – Regional Conference Chairperson, [email protected] Steve McKinley – Advisor, [email protected]

New Business:

Officer Elections – Thomas Ault, [email protected]

 Social Director

o Duties: Recreation, Spring banquet, Liaison between other clubs

o Moved to elect at next meeting

 Historian

o Duties: Director of scrapbook committee, Awards, Club Photographer

o Caitlyn Tuholski is our new Historian! Congratulations!

Regional Conference – [email protected]

 October 20th – 22nd, Purdue

 Early registration due September 15 - Spread the word to 4-H’ers at other colleges!

 www.conf.purdue.edu/collegiate4h2017

 Members get a discount code! (Wait to register yourself!)

 Sponsor Letter to send to all friends , relatives, and local businesses: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7VxIoykNvj9Zk9lWXpkTmJPbm8?usp=sharing

Fall Retreat – Andrew Smith, [email protected]

 September 28th from 6 to 8:30 pm

 Pickett Park – Behind the IM Gold Fields, next to the Sand Volleyball Courts

 Popsicle Social at 6, Food at 6:30, Fun to follow!

Murdock – Morgan Ritzi, [email protected], & Laura Peterson, [email protected]

 Every Monday, pick up at 2:35 – back to campus by 4:15

 Spend time with 3rd & 4th graders doing fun activities!

 Next week: clothespin monsters and airplanes

Ag Council Leadership Conference – Abby Hunnicutt, [email protected]

 September 14th, 5:45p-8p, Ross-Ade Stadium

 2 spots open! Let Abby know

College of Agriculture Hog Roast – Abby Hunnicutt, [email protected]

www.four-h.purdue.edu/collegiate4h  Wednesday, October 18th, 5:30p-7p, Ag Mall

 Farmer Olympics Team – 4-6 People per team; there will be a sign up

 Bonfire, food, and marshmallows will be shared by all!

Boo at the Zoo – Molly Towns, [email protected]

 October 26th, 7p-10p, Columbia Park Zoo

 Pickup available - Will leave from WSLR at 6:30p

 We dress up and run games, dance around and chase each other, fall of rocks…. It’s a lot of fun

 Free Food provided!!!

Winterization – Anthony St. John, [email protected]

 November 11th in the morning

 Help out raking leaves, cleaning gutters, etc. for residents

 Breakfast and lunch provided!

Officer Trainings – Maddie McFadden, [email protected]

 Traveling to counties in Indiana to train 4-H members in grades 7-12 how to be better officers and members for their clubs and communities.

 Wednesday, October 11th – Marshall County, will leave from campus by 4:30p

County Fair Project Judging – Thomas Ault, [email protected]

 Sign-up sheet attached in previous email.

 Help judge projects at County Fairs

 Respond to Steve ([email protected]) by September 15.

CDE’s and Skill-a-Thon - Steve McKinley , [email protected]

 September 16

 Opportunity to help with: Dairy Foods, Meats, Horticulture, Livestock Skill-a-Thon

4-H Congress

 Just keep it in mind – we may have the opportunity to go!

 Network with 7-12 Graders and tell them about Collegiate 4-H

 October 14, Indiana State Fairgrounds

www.four-h.purdue.edu/collegiate4h

Next Meeting: September 21 st at 6 pm in WSLR 116

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