General Meeting April 16, 2008

Attendance:
Corey, Virginia, Alison, Ellen, Abby, Alicia, Jess, Kara, Lindie


Fall 2008 Committee Elections:

• Service: Virginia
• Alicia
• Social: Corey
• Lindie
• Publicity and Promotion: Alison
• Virginia
• Regional Communications: Jess
• History and Website: Alison and Ellen (co-chairs)
• Corey
• Fundraising: Alicia
• Jess
• Other Committees:
• National 4-H Week: Jess, Ellen, Lindie, Virginia
  
• 4-H Event Planning: Jess, Ellen, Lindie
• Our 4-H Club: Jess, Ellen, Lindie
• College Prep Day: Jess, Virginia, Alicia, Ellen, Livy

Upcoming Events:

• Adopt a Highway
• Sunday, April 20 at 11 am
• Contact Abby for more info
• Campus Organizations Award Ceremony
• Tuesday, April 22 at 7:30 at Neal Marshall Cultural Center
• Everyone is invited!
• Dinner and awards (good luck C4-H!)
• Study-a-thon
• Sunday, April 27 for 8 hours
• TBA location: Read or Teter
• Fundraiser! Easy and fun (and good for the GPA!)
• Judging
• Monroe County Fair June 19-26
• If interested, contact C4-H to add name to spreadsheet for entire state

Fall 2008 Planning:

• Umbrella Club
• 4 meetings Sept-Nov from 6:30-7:30 (exact dates TBA)
• Monroe County Library
• Encourage and educate new 4-H members!
• Teach club/ 4-H procedures
• Possible mini project workshops/ sampling
• National 4-H Week
• Saturday, October 11
• Service event with kids TBA
• PTO recruitment
• Early September
• Send speakers to PTO meetings to promote Monroe County 4-H
• Social Events
• Hiking/ picnic at Griffy Lake or Upper Cascades Park
• Geo-caching
• Laser tag

We are looking forward to a great semester and welcoming our new members! Thanks for everyone's dedication and work over the past two years! Keep the ideas and energy flowing :)

Project Workshop Day De-brief (Conference Call) April 9, 2008

Attendance:
Lindie, Jess, Ellen

Project Workshop Day De-brief:

• Location: Fairgrounds
• Time: 1-4:30 (afternoon)
• Book weekend early
• Weekend after share the fun?
  
• Don't offer lunch
• 30-45 minutes per session
  
• Monthly workshops???
• Monroe County
  
• 2 workshops a time
• Coordinate with umbrella club
• Bring in guest judges for possible consultation
• Project superintendents come in for presentation
• Tailor offerings
• Find out what the enrollment numbers are
• Send out flyers specifically?
• Ellen can check out fair
• Officer training
• Independent of project workshop day
• Offer fewer options (3 at a time?)
• Members not all engaged
  
• GPS hunt 4-H related
• More hands-on activities
  
• Advertise
• Club meetings
• More direct correspondence with club leaders
• Spring volunteer leaders fair
  
• Early in newsletter
• Junior leaders
• Website updated!
• 4-H yardsigns with clovers
  
• Brainstorm with Jeff about improvements
• Icebreakers
• Need more ideas!
  

New Business:

• Next week's meeting (Wed. April 16) will be our last of the year! Committee elections and potluck celebration will also occur.
• Welcome to 4-H Party
  
• Early in school year
• Promote 4-H and explain what it's about
  

Meeting Minutes April 2, 2008

Members Present: Ellen, Jess, Corey, Virginia, Alicia, Alison, Gail, Kara, Jennifer, Mary

Committee Chairs nominated:

Service- Gail, Virginia, Jennifer

Promotions- Alison

Social- Corey, Abby

Regional Communications- Jess

History and Website- Ellen, Alison

We will finalize nominations and vote at our next (and final) meeting of the school year, April 16, 2008.

This Friday, April 4, 2008, at 7 PM in Elletsville is the Monroe County Share the Fun. Corey, Kara, and Jess will be attending. Anyone wishing to attend needs to contact the others and figure out rides,etc.

This Saturday, April 5, 2008- Project Workshop Day!!

Please arrive at 9 am if possible to help with setup.

Wear green 4-H shirt (or green shirt) with nice jeans.

Ellen will be sending out final schedule. The officer training sessions will be set up as follows:

10-15 minutes: Good meeting/bad meeting skits

20 minutes: Split off into specific groups

20-30 minutes: Come together and practice officer meetings

Lindie and Ellen will plan Human Scavenger Hunt for an icebreaker.

Jennifer will buy soda and water for event. Everyone was asked to donate a bag of chips for event too. Ellen will get pizza ordered, and plates/napkins.

To get copies of your handouts, e-mail them to Jess by tomorrow. She will have Jeff make copies Friday, and give them to you Saturday. Otherwise, you can e-mail them to Ellen, or print them at any IU library. (Make at least 15 copies!)

If you wish to make a powerpoint, all the rooms have ppt capabilities, and we don’t need a special password!! So go for it!!

Ellen will go to Staples on Friday to get supplies, tell her if you need anything in particular. Jess will bring nametags.