Leader’s Council (LC) Attendees and Minutes of 2/12/07

 

Ron Higdon, Connie Higdon, Jeannie Sizemore, Sophia Sizemore, Monica Townsend, Dave Ladwig, Bev Gadbaw, Thomas Friedman, D’anna Miller, Paul Pearce, Al Richards, Susie Richards, Charlene Wright, Ole Helgerson, Kay Day, Tina Goodnight, Jessica Goodnight

 

Previous meeting minutes were read by Kay Day and the Treasurer’s Report was given by Charlene Wright. It was Moved, Seconded, Passed (MSP) that both be approved as read by the group attending, with the exception of some small date corrections to the Treasurer’s Report.

 

Kay also passed around Get Well and sympathy cards for Mike Dudley – he has been ill and his mother passed away.

 

Committee Reports

 

Horse Advisory

Livestock Advisory

Home Ed Advisory

Teen Advisory

Camps

 

Office Report given by Ole Helgerson. 1) The fee schedule was recently discussed with the Skamania County Commissioners and the 2) Ad Hoc committee recently discussed sponsorships which won’t e happening.  3) There is concern that 4-H is down 137 active members and Ole encouraged the group to get signups and enrollments in. 4) The $606 annual insurance bill was given to LC, then to Charlene to handle. 5) The LC meeting location may need to change – Ole to work it out.

 

It was MSP to accept the reports as given.

 

Old Business

 

Pam Hunter has agreed to be the trophy coordinator.

 

New Business

 

1) MSP to pay the annual insurance bill of $606.

2) MSP to approve spending $200 on four Stitch Camp scholarships.

3) MSP to approve spending $262 for KYG scholarships, to be spread evenly among 14 participants.

4) Discussed posters – decided to table discussion pending the need for rule clarification.

5) Discussed plans for new 4-H kitchen via presented sketch. Scott Pineo suggests that the new kitchen should be in the area where photography was last year which is 3x the current size of the kitchen. A few components are still needed with donations of new

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equipment being sought. Further discussion turned to use of the new kitchen and the locking up of 4-H equipment. Other groups may use the kitchen, after agreeing to terms via a use contract. Fine tuning of the completed project will be carried out by Charlene, Scott, Lenora.

6) Paul noted that the county commissioners plan to continue to support the fair. He noted that they have long-term plans for more improvement but many things hinge on federal funds that are dwindling. They have determined to make a concerted effort to continue working toward county-wide efficiency, hence many changes will be forthcoming, however this will not change the level of commitment to 4-H. He did say that fee structures have changed in an effort to maintain program support as it has been and that they will continue moving towards further efficiency through consolidation, property sales, and other avenues as necessary.

7) Ole said a “thank you” to Paul and the other commissioners for their support of the 4-H program and noted that they’d be moving to and be open for business at the Rock Creek Center on April 1st.

8) Paul challenged the group to find a way to support/fund covering the arena. He asked the group to imagine what uses the fairgrounds could then have that would draw folks in. The goal is for the fairgrounds and the Rock Creek Center area to be the “gem of the gorge”.

 

Good of the Order

 

Next Meeting 3/12/07 at 7:00pm – location to be determined

 

Adjourned 8:23pm

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Tina L. Goodnight

 

Tina L. Goodnight

Secretary by default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Livestock Advisory 2/12/07

 

Attending:  Paul Pearce, Susie/Alfred Richards, Ole Helgerson, D’Anna Miller, Tina/Jessica Goodnight, Amanda Harper, Ron/Connie Higdon

 

Paul informed the group that there were going to be some changed to the weigh-in procedure (?) or dates (?) – Paul has a list in hand with those changes noted.

 

The group discussed the configuration of the newly covered show arena area.

 

The idea of having various livestock clinics was discussed again. It was suggested that they could be arranged/sponsored/held by various clubs for the purpose of teaching Fitting and Showing. Volunteers are being sought to host them and it is hoped we’ll have some dates set by next month’s meeting (3/12/07).

 

Discussed the need to reach out to the individuals that show open class.

 

And we will still be having the youth market sale.

 

The value of a white ribbon was discussed and the group was reminded that getting a white does not mean losing. It means knowledge gained and effort made with a ways to go.

 

Paul informed the group that the 2007 fair theme is “99 Reasons”, intended to mean all the reasons you can think of that have to do with why we love our fair.

 

Adjourned to Leader’s Council meeting at 7:00 pm.

 

 

Tina Goodnight