December 7th Meeting Minutes

IU Collegiate 4-H Meeting Minutes:

The December 7, 2006 IU Collegiate 4-H meeting was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal. A total of ten members were present at the meeting.

Old business: Holiday Hoopla, sponsored by Girls, Inc., will occur on Saturday, December 9, 2006. All those who volunteered need to be present at 9:20 am for the cooking workshop. Our group is scheduled to volunteer from 9:20 until 12:30, be prepared to stay later if needed. Later we will be caroling with the Jr. Leaders from 4-6:30. Sabrina, Renee, and Jessica volunteered to attend.

New business: Our first order of new business was to conduct officer elections for the following calendar year. After nominations were closed for each officer it was moved by Lindie to accept Jessica as our President and Jacob seconded the motion. The motion was passed. Lindie moved to accept Ellen as Vice-President; this was seconded by Katie and the motion passed with a unanimous decision. After voting, Katie was elected as the club Secretary. Ellen then moved to accept Lindie as the club’s Treasurer, seconded by Renee. The motion passed.

Next on the agenda was the formation of Standing Committees. Volunteers for the 4-H Youth Development Programming Committee were Sabrina, Lindie, Sam, Kara, and Ellen. This committee will be chaired by Jessica. Those volunteering to be on the Service Committee were Katie, Jacob, Renee, Jessica, Sabrina, and Lindie. The chairperson will be decided upon a later date. Members who volunteered for the Fundraising Committee were Ellen and Jessica. It will be chaired by the treasurer, Lindie. Volunteers for the Social Committee were Jacob and Kara with no decision on who will chair this committee. Heather, Ellen, and Sam volunteered to form the Publicity and Promotions Committee with Renee acting as the chairperson. Members of the Regional Communications Committee are Sabrina and Heather. This committee is chaired by Jessica. Jessica and Ellen will co-chair the History and Website Committee.

Following the formation of these committees the club reviewed and revised the Constitution and By-Laws. There were several changes, most of them being typo or clarification errors, one section was struck due to a conflict with prior wording. Jacob moved to strike the section and Lindie seconded the motion. It was carried. Lindie then moved to approve the Constitution, this was seconded by Jacob, Ellen, Sam, Sabrina, et al. Motion passed unanimously.

Events already scheduled on the 2007 calendar are a visit to the Boys and Girls Club on Friday, January 12. We will do a program that will educate the children on different types of 4-H projects. Monday, January 15 the club will be participating in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service project at Bloomington South High School. Our specific activity will be potato stamping. Further details will be forthcoming. There will be two shifts one from 10:45 until 12:45 with Katie, Jessica, Ellen, and Jacob volunteering to be present. From 12:45 until 2:15 Renee, Sabrina, and Sam will be overseeing this activity. On the evening of the 15^th Officer Training will be provided by the Purdue Collegiate 4-H Club at Clay County. Ellen, Jessica, Renee, Sabrina, Sam, Katie, and Jacob will be attending this event. Currently the specifics of this event are unknown. Further details will be provided by e-mail.

Discussion of the next meeting ensued and it was decided that meetings will be held on Tuesday evenings at 8:15 in the Education Building. The specific room will be provided in a later e-mail after details have been finalized.

Tuesday. January 9, 2007 the Service and Publicity and Promotions Committees will meet. The first meeting of the IU Collegiate 4-H Club during the 2007 calendar year will occur on January 16, 2007 with more details forthcoming.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,
Katie Graham
IU Collegiate 4-H Secretary

November 9th Meeting Minutes

The fifth meeting of the IU Collegiate 4-H Club was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal at 7:03PM. Jessica led an icebreaker called 1 to 20.
Members Present: Jessica, Renee, Sam, Sabrina, Jacob, Katie, Kara, Heather, and Jennifer.
Excused: Ellen.

Confirming Final Events for Fall Semester

1. Boys and Girls Club December 1, 3:30PM
   We will be holding our 2nd program at the Boys and Girls Club. All volunteers need to complete an application and complete a 30 minute training. Heather and Jennifer took applications for the next time.
   If you haven't completed your training yet, please get an application from Jess, so we can get you set up.



2. Salvation Army Sorting- December 2, 10-2
   The Salvation Army Thrift Store has recieved too many donations this fall and need our help sorting, hanging and moving merchandise to the floor for sale! Renee's done this before and insists that it's oddles of fun.
   (Volunteers include: Jennifer, Sam, Sabrina, Renee, Jess) Contact Jess if you're interested.



3. Girls Inc Holiday Hoopla- December 9 morning
   This is Girls Inc's largest fundraiser of the year and they need about 100 volunteers for the day to help with various Christmas activities. We will be providing assistance with this event in the morning.
   (Volunteers include: Kara, Jess, Sabrina, Katie, Sam, Renee, Heather) Contact Jess if you're interested.
   



4. Christmas Caroling with the Jr. Leaders- December 9 4-6:30PM
   We will be bused around Bloomington to carol in different neighborhood with the Monroe County 4-H Junior Leaders.
   (Those interested include: Heather, Jess, Renee, Sabrina, Sam)



5. Ice skating November 11 7-9
   This event was cancelled due to lack of transportation.



6. Strategic Planning Party November 11 2PM-??
   The location was relocated from Katie's apartment to a lounge in Forrest. Sabrina is in charge of coordinating the location. We will be drafting the club constitution and determining how our club will function in the future. It could take a few hours.

Next Spring's Events!

1. MLK Day "Fair of Fun- Monday, January 15- 11AM-3PM
   This event is being held at the Bloomington High School South. They want student organizations from IU and BHSS to host activity tables for over 200 elementary school kids.
   Applications for intent to participate are due Novemeber 25th.
   During the meeting, the club decided to do potato stamping of 4-H clovers and also have a display for 4-H recruiting. We hope to contact the county 4-H Jr. Leaders to ask if they would like to host an activity table next to us and assist in 4-H recruitment.
   Jess will complete and turn in the application & talk to Jeff.



2. Officer Training 'Training' Wednesday, January 18 6PM
   Purdue Collegiate 4-H is offering a training for how to lead officer trainings on this date. As it would be quite difficult for us to travel to this event, we are hoping to utilize Purdue Extension's video conferencing system to watch their club's training. The club will have more information at the next meeting after we hear back from the Purdue club.



3. Monroe County Volunteer Training- January 20 10AM-2PM
   During this event, we wil be responsible for leading a roundtable discussion about what IU Collegiate 4-H can do for 4-H clubs. We'll meet and greet with the county 4-H leaders and you can find a leader who has a project similar to your interests, if you're interested in working with a club. The keynote speaker is Dr. Renee McKee, the Indiana state 4-H leader.
   We will also be participating in various training parts during this to fulfill our volunteer training requirement! PLEASE put this date on your calendar, as it is essential for you to be there if you haven't completed the volunteer training in your home county.



4. Chocolate Fest- Saturday, February 3
   This event is being held at the Bloomington Convention Center. We'll be volunteeering in the morning or afternoon and get to sample hundreds of chocolates in the evening!



5. Monroe County/Area 4-H Officer Training- (the week of February 5-10)
   The club hasn't confirmed a date yet, since we're waiting on members to finish scheduling for next semester. We need to decide before December. It will be on a weeknight from 6:30-8:30 at the county fairgrounds.



6. National Collegiate 4-H Conference- February 15-18
   The club needs the names of those interested in attending, so we can begin coming up with fundraising ideas.
   (Interested: Jess, Renee, Sabrina, Sam, Heather)



7. Monroe County Find-Out Night January/February
   This is a countywide 4-H open house. The club will have some sort of display. The club is also interested in looking into fundraising opportunities at this event.
   



8. IU Relay for Life Team March 31-April 1
   Our club is very interested in having a team. We discussed various fundraising ideas and how members could have friends donate online. Heather and Jennifer volunteered to serve as co-captions of the team. They will try to get us registered this month and report on the progress at the next meeting.
   (Interested members include: Jess, Jacob, Katie, Renee, Sam, Sabrina, Jennifer, Heather)



9. Area Project Workshop Day- Saturday, April 14 10AM-2PM
   We will be offering workshops on our various project areas of expertise throughout the day. Monroe County 4-H'ers and neighboring counties will be invited to this event. We will need to know everyone's area of expertise.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:17. Following the meeting, those attending the November 10th Boys and Girls Club program met briefly to confirm their plans.

Collegiate 4-H Can Goods Collection Results

On November 5, 6 members of IU Collegiate 4-H collected can goods in a local neighborhood. We collected 220 pounds of donations for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank!



Great job everyone!

October 26 Meeting Minutes

The fourth meeting of the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club was called to order at 7:04 by Jessica Falkenthal. Refreshments were provided by Jacob Taulman.

Regional and National Information

Jess told the club about her visit to the 2006 North Central Region Collegiate 4-H Conference last weekend. The club won the North Central Region New Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year Award!
Information was passed around about the 2007 National Collegiate 4-H Conference, which will be held February 15-18th, 2007 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The conference will include workshops, social opportunities, good food, fun, and a service project in New Orleans followed by an evening out in New Orleans for Mardi Gras!
Purdue Collegiate 4-H will be hosting the 2007 North Central Region Collegiate 4-H Conference next November!

Fundraising Committee Report

The fundraising committee met last Thursday and came up with the following list as potential fundraising activities: Membership dues, coupon books, asking local farms for donations, cleaning the Extension Office for money, restaurant promotions (like Coldstone Creamery, Pizza Hut, Bucceto's, etc), writing letters to local businesses, and the Indiana 4-H Foundation. The Building Leaders for the 21st Century Grant Application was found on the Indiana 4-H Foundation website and the club may consider applying for it.
First we need a IU faculty or staff member as our advisor, so we can establish a bank account through IU.

Boys and Girls Club

We will be visiting the Boys and Girls Club once a month on a Friday afternoon to play with the kids (ages 7-12) and run a program for about an hour The committee met last Thursday and came up with the following as potential activities for club members to do with the Boys and Girls Club members: icebreakers & teambuilding activities (Orange Game, Balloon Game, telephone, human pretzel), 4-H demonstration, work with foods, show poster 4-H projects like giftwrapping, and making and explaining the 4-H clover as a craft project! We would like to bring 4-H brochures, flyers or tri-folds and maybe 4-H stickers if possible. We would also like to request that we are in a room that has chairs for 40 and a dodge ball from the Boys and Girls Club.

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity:
You will need to attend a mandatory 20 minute volunteer training and fill out a volunteer application on Friday, November 3 at 3PM
(If you're still interested and can't make this training, please contact Jess and she will arrange another time for your training.)

Friday, November 10th from 4-5 PM we will be holding our first event with the kids.

The club is located at 311 S Lincoln St, Bloomington, IN which is 3 blocks from campus. It's a 10 minute walk from Ballentine.

For the first visit, we plan to:
**Need extension office flyers (STICKERS)
*Human knot
*memorize names with a ball
*ABC story game
*switching chairs
*songs
*4-H clap
*chair game
*relay races

Corn Maze Trip

The club cancelled the corn maze trip due to homecoming and bad weather.

Junior Leaders Weiner Roast

On October 28th, our club has been invited to a weiner roast with the County 4-H Junior Leaders. It will be a great opportunity to socialize and see how we can work together in the future!
Those interested in attending pending that they can find a ride are Lindie, Renee, and Jess. Sabrina & Sam-maybe.

Trick or Treating for Can Goods

This event was moved to next Sunday (November 5) at 3:30 in the Hoosier Hills neighborhood behind the Boys and Girls Club.
On Friday after the volunteer training at the Boys and Girls Club, a few members will flyer the doors of the neighborhood to warn residents that we are coming and to prepare can goods!

Next Week's Committee meetings

The BGCA & Service committees will meet on November 2nd at 7PM.

Upcoming Events

November 11th- The club is going ice skating. Jacob will coordinate this.
Following ice skating, members are invited to Katie's apartment in Hunter Ridge (Near the mall- take the C bus) for pizza, planning for next year and working on updating the constitution.

Congratulations Indiana University Collegiate 4-H!

Indiana University Collegiate 4-H was named the North Central Region New Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year during the North Central Region Collegiate 4-H Conference this weekend!

October 12th Meeting Minutes

The third meeting of the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal at 7:05PM. Refreshments were provided by Jessica.

Reviewing National 4-H Week Events
The club discussed the ice cream social and the Sycamore Land Trust trail building that were held during National 4-H Week.

Events

1. Monroe County 4-H Achievement Day (October 15th, 2PM Monroe County Fairgrounds)
   This event is being held to congratulate Monroe County 4-H members for their achievements this year. While we won't have any presentation going on during this event, the club was hoping to have a few members attend to show their support and perhaps do some networking. Jessica and Ellen are interested in attending if they can find a ride. Contact Jessica via e-mail if you are interested in attending


2. New Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year Award (Due October 19th)
   The club reviewed the application for this award. One award will be presented for the Regional New Club of the Year during the Regional Conference next weekend. The regional winner will advance to the national new club of the year award competition. The club is interested in applying as we believe it will be a great benchmark for us along with a great opportunity for club promotion.
   Jessica will send out a version of the application and others can contribute
   Contact Jessica if you would like to assist in filling it out!


3. Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference (October 20-22)
   Jessica will be attending and will have a report following the conference. Regional Dues are $50 for our club and will be due at the conference. Since the club does not have a back account established or established dues, Jessica volunteered to front the money. Sabrina moved that Jessica be reimbursed by the club for $50 for the club's regional dues, after the club has money. Jacob seconded. Motion passed 6-0.


4. Collegiate 4-H Weekend!
   On October 28th, Collegiate 4-H is having several events! Rides will be provided. E-mail iucollegiate4h @ gmail.com to let us know how many are coming. Friends are welcome!
   
   • Club Trip to Corn Maze (noon-??) Ellen will contact the corn maze about prices and group rates.
   
   
   • Monroe County Jr. Leaders Weiner Roast (October 28th, 4:30PM)
     We will be attending the weiner roast with the County Junior Leaders. This will be a great opportunity to socialize and get to know the teens.
   
   
   • Trick or Treating for Can Goods- After the weiner roast, we will head back to Bloomington neighborhoods to go trick or treating for can goods. Members are encouraged, but not required to dress up! The Junior Leaders will be invited to participate with us. The can goods will be donated to Hoosier Hills Food Bank. The food bank has had a very low number of donations this year and has had to resort to purchasing food! We hope to help them out with a few hundred pounds of food! We will need a few drivers to go with each group and store the can goods between streets. Lindie will contact the food pantry to get a list of specific items that they need and also the hours that we can drop everything off
   
   
   More information will be available next week!
   


5. Trick or Treating for Can Goods ENCORE (Sunday, October 29, 3PM)
   Everyone has a second opportunity to go trick or treating for can goods. If you couldn't attend on Saturday, please consider helping on Sunday!


6. Upcoming Service Projects
   
   • Boys and Girls Club monthly after school program- Beginning November 3, Collegiate 4-H will be starting to volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club on the first Friday of every month. Each member will need to attend a 30 minute volunteer training and complete an application prior to this. Jessica will arrange a training during the October 28 or November 2 meeting time or 30 minutes prior to the event.
     If you're interested in doing this service project, please come to our BGCA planning meeting on Thursday, October 19th at 7PM in Ballentine 006. We will be discussing and planning what we want to do for the first month!
   
   
   • Monroe County 4-H Volunteer Training- (January)
     The club will be assisting in conducting a workshop to help train the county's 4-H volunteers
   
   
   • Monroe County 4-H Find Out Night- (January)
     This is a massive open house for the county 4-H program. All 4-H clubs and projects are put on display and people throughout the county are invited to learn about 4-H! We will be assisting here. More information to come!
   
   
   • Chocolate Festival– (February, Bloomington Convention Center) The club will assist the morning of this event with cutting chocolate cakes, cookies, brownies, etc... and then get to participate in the chocolate buffet! (Imagine the entire convention center filled with glorious chocolate!)
     Read more at http://www.weekofchocolate.com/
   
   
   • Spring Officer Trainings for counties In the spring, we will be holding officer trainings for southern Indiana county 4-H programs
   
   
   • Upcoming Social Events
     November- A Collegiate 4-H Thanksgiving! We will gather at someone's house or apartment and have our own feast! Those without kitchens can feel free to use the kitchen to cook something!
     ICE SKATING
     December- We will be going Christmas shopping together in Indianapolis! We hope to invite the Purdue Collegiate 4-H Club as well!
   
   

Announcements

Meetings
Next Thursday, October 19 at 7PM, we will hold a meeting to discuss our involvement with the Boys and Girls Club.
A fundraising committee will also be formed and meeting next Thursday as well! Please come help us discuss fundraising options and create a plan towards raising money for club events and trips!

From now on, we will hold meetings every 2 weeks, and hold committee/planning meetings on the other weeks. This will give us an opportunity to bring everyone together twice a month and try to make our general meetings fun while also having our necessary planning times! Jess will try to get our room changed to Teter or Wright, so it will be easier for people to walk to (and closer to buses) when it gets cold. You will be updated if the room changes!

Club Logistics
In November, we will discuss what offices and committees our club needs, along with how we want to operate. We hope to draft a new constitution, and vote on officers by the end of November.

Jacob will be providing refreshments for the October 26th meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10PM.

Photos from this week's events!

Collegiate 4-H members celebrate National 4-H Week


Collegiate 4-H members building trails for the Sycamore Land Trust on National Collegiate 4-H Service Day

View more pictures!

September 28th Meeting Minutes

The second meeting of the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club was called to order by Jessica Falkenthal at 7PM. Refreshments were provided by Jessica.

Introductions
Members introduced themselves by stating their name, how long they had been involved with 4-H, the county they were from and

What is Collegiate 4-H?
Jessica briefly covered what Collegiate 4-H is and some ideas for the year.

North Central Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference
The conference is being held October 20-22 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Registration fees are $60 if paid by the 29th. CORRECTION: Members have through October 7th to register. It will be a great networking opportunity and they will be touring Mount Rushmore and more! Jessica will be roadtriping with others from Ohio and you're invited in the roadtrip as well!
More information is available at http://4h.sdstate.edu/page.cfm?title=SDSU%20Collegiate%204-H%20Club

National 4-H Week
National 4-H Week is October 1-7th. We are going to celebrate by holding an ice cream social on Tuesday, October 3rd at 8:30PM at the Coldstone Cremery on Kirkwood.
Everyone is invited and you can bring friends!
Make sure to be festive by wearing green and/or white!
The IU Circle K club will be holding a fundraiser there by scooping the icecream, so you can help them by saying you're there to support Circle K. Hopefully they'll invite their members to one of our future fundraisers in return!

Camping Retreat
We will be going on a Camping Retreat (in a NICE large cabin.) at either Monroe County or McCormicks Creek on October 27-29th. We'll participate in lots of group bonding, fun, and maybe a ropes course or hiking if you're interested.
Please reply with your interest in attending so we can estimate costs and make plans!

Committee/group signup
Members signed up for committees. (If you weren't present, please e-mail iucollegiate4h @ gmail.com or Jessica with your interests!

• Retreat Committee
  Plan the end of October Camping Retreat!


• Service Committee
  Plan future service projects (1-3 per month)


• Social Events Committee
  Plan future social events (1-2 per month)


• Education & Outreach Committee
  Plan workshops for 4-H members


• Mentoring


• Promotions & Publicity
  Design flyers, write articles for 4-H newsletters, flyering and chalking

Retreat and Service Planning Meeting
Instead of meeting during 4-H Week, we will hold 2 committee meetings: the service committee and retreat committee will be meeting. Anyone interested in helping plan the October Camping Retreat OR Service Events for the semester, we'll be making plans during "committee meetings" on Thursday, October 5th at 7PM in Ballentine 006. Please plan to attend if interested!

Club members played Animal Noises and the Human Knot icebreakers before the meeting was adjourned at 7:40PM.

Next meeting: October 12, 7PM Ballentine 006

September 21st Meeting Minutes

The first meeting of the Indiana University Collegiate 4-H Club was called to order by Ellen Weinzapfel at 7PM. Ellen led the club in introductions. Refreshments were provided by Jacob Taulman. The 4-H Pledge was led by Brad Mrozinski.

Information Form & Community Service Areas of Interest Form
Information forms were filled out and turned in to Jessica. If you weren't present, please see attached document and e-mail to Jessica!

Collegiate 4-H Announcement List
Members will be added to the Collegiate 4-H Announcment List

What is Collegiate 4-H?
Next Jessica Falkenthal discussed what Collegiate 4-H is. Collegiate 4-H is an opportunity for college students to be adult volunteers for the 4-H program. No 4-H experience is required! (If you are still a 4-H member, you're welcome to join as well.) We have 3 main components: Service, Social, and 4-H. Social events could include (depending on what the social committee decides) a BBQ, going out to eat together, bowling, iceskating, camping, laser tag, movies, etc. Service activities could vary depending on members' interests, which is why it is important to fill out the attached form!
Potential activities involving 4-H include mentoring local 4-H members, presenting workshops to county 4-H and clubs, offering officer trainings, hosting a winter retreat for 4-H members at IU, and holding a "Visit IU" event to give high school aged 4-H members a taste of college life, campus
(An example is available at http://clubs.ca4h.org/collegiate4h/ucd/ysddays2006.htm )
Please visit http://www.collegiate4h.org/links.asp to find more ideas from other clubs that you'd be interested in for our club and bring at least one to the next meeting!

Many opportunities exist at the regional and national level for Collegiate 4-H members. Jessica is already involved as a webmaster for the national website, which means she's part of the national leadership team.

Brainstorming Session
The club participated in a brainstorming session of potential activities for the club.

National 4-H Week
October 1-7th
National 4-H Week is held annually as a time to celebrate, promote and share the 4-H movement! We'd like to hold a social event and do some 4-H and Collegiate 4-H promotion this week. Be thinking of ideas!
More information is available at http://www.collegiate4h.org/docs/natdocs/Advocacy/4-HWeek/

National Collegiate 4-H Service Day
Saturday, October 7th
We hope to conduct a service project on this day. After everyone's filled out the Service Form, we'll be able to find an appropriate project that everyone will enjoy!

North Central Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference
The National Collegiate 4-H Organization is divided into 4 regions. This conference is being held October 20-22 in Rapid City, South Dakota and will give clubs the opportunity to meet and learn from other clubs. Delegates will have the opportunity to tour Mount Rushmore, learn how to pan for gold, network, and have fun! Registration fee is $60. Flights to Rapid City are $500; however, flights into Denver are only $200 and then an 8 hour drive from there.
Registration fees are due to South Dakota State University Collegiate 4-H by September 29. If interested, contact Jessica.
More information about the conference is available at http://northcentralregion.collegiate4h.org/

CLUB OPPORTUNITIES
Camping Trip
The club expressed interest in a club camping retreat at the end of October during the October 27-29 weekend. We would be camping in a cabin with facilities). Jessica will look into possible arrangements to be discussed at the next meeting. Actual dates (including whether the event will be 1 night or two) and times will be voted on via the listserv.
Please set yourself up to vote by registering a Yahoo ID at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iucollegiate4h/

Leadership Team
Instead of electing officers during the first month while our club is forming, the club is going to have Leadership Team instead. The Leadership Team will rotate who facilitates meetings, creates agendas, takes notes, and any other duties normally done by officers (until our new constitution is established.) or around December.

Constitution
The club currently has a temporary constitution in effect until we can decide how we want to operate. A new constitution needs to be writing including how many officers the club has and what their duties are, how the club will be run, how much dues will be (if any), when elections take place.
If you're interested in assisting in making these decisions or maybe helping write part of the constitution, please e-mail Jessica at j.falkenthal@gmail.com

Minute was adjourned late at 8:20PM (Normally it won't go this long.)

Next Meeting:
September 28th, 7PM Ballentine 006.

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