4 h minutes january

2009-2010 4-H Dairy Steer Club

January 2010

Meeting Minutes

Meeting: January

5th

Minutes

presented by

Austin Brown,

Club Secretary

Meeting Agenda

o Meeting Called to order – Our President, Caroline, called the meeting to order

o Recite 4-H pledge and Pledge of Allegiance - we all need to practice our 4-H pledge!

o Discuss why we castrate and dehorn (why it is good to do it) and what tools we use – Wayne showed us what kind of tools are used for castrating and dehorning

o Set date for Castrations and Dehorning if anyone needs help – we set the date for Wayne to help everyone get their calves castrated and dehorned – Saturday, January 23rd

o Work on Breed Cross word – everyone worked on their crossword puzzle with parents – the worksheet listed different breeds of cattle – Wayne suggested we look up some of those breeds and see what they look like

o Decide on community service project – the group decided we do want to do a service project this year and discussed ideas for a community service project – we decided we would adopt a nursing home and our first activity will be to make Valentines cards and deliver them to the members of the nursing home – we will work on the cards at our next meeting

o Hand out project record book information – we discussed the sheets for the project record book and stressed we need to start working on them now

Attendance

Brooke BoltonAustin BrownMichael BrownCaroline BumgardnerDaniel GodfreyLuke GoforthCaroline GreeneCharlie GreeneChristian GreeneShelby Greene

Susan GreeneEmma McswainMichael McswainRegan MitchemCarver ThompsonCole ThompsonEly ThompsonMcKenzie WinthropSydney WinthropMontana York

Next Meeting: February 2nd

Don’t forget:

Let Wayne know if

you need him to

help with castration

and dehorning

Look up pictures of

breeds to share

Practice your 4-H

pledge!

Next meeting we

will be working on

rope halters and

service project

4-H Time is Family Time!

Caroline &

Shelby

Greene

Charlie & dad

Ely & dad

4-H Time is Family Time!

Carver, Cole & Ely with Dad

Luke & dad

4-H Time is Family Time!

Bro

oke

and D

ad

4-H Time is Family Time!

4-H Time is Family Time!

Daniel & Dad

4-H Time is Family Time!

The Mcswain’s: Mom and Dad with Emma and Michael

4-H Time is Family Time!

Austin & Dad

4-H Time is Family Time!

4-H Time is Family Time!

Caroline

Wayne

Leader and President