District 7 Evaluation Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Thewinter meeting of the District 7 Agricultural Educators / District Evaluationswas held on February 5, 2008 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The meeting was called to order at 9:25a.m. by President-Jeff Ellis.

BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES!!

• Secretary Report—Debra Burden
• They are posted on the district website, and minutes stand as read.
• Treasurer’s Report—Susan Metzger
• Balance is $3,161.10
• For those that haven’t paid their dues please do ASAP.
• Lunch from subway was paid out of the account.
• Moved by Susan Metzger to approve report. Report will stand as read.
• OAAE – Please pay your dues if you haven’t already.
• Legislative—Jeff Ellis
• Watch your emails for any updates.
• Camp—Scott Sharp
• Camp Registration-the price will increase to $150 per member and $75 per advisor starting this summer.
• Dates:
• Session #1—June 9-13^th
• Session #2—June 23-27^th
• Session #3—June 28^th-July 2^nd
• Session #4—July 7-11^th
• Session #5—July 14-18^th
• Ohio Leadership Camp—July 11^th-14^th
• Restrooms in Dorm’s #3 and #4 will be ready for use. Total cost of the restroom addition was over $300,000.
• Keep Charlotte in your thoughts and prayers.
• See website for upcoming dates on Fall Camp.

• CDE—Tom Holton
• Rick Metzger moved to allow changes to adapt the Tractor Trouble Shooting rules if needed to keep the contest going this year. 2^nd by Jeff Tilley. Passed.
• See website for all the new rules.
• You are encouraged to attend the Invitational Contests to practice the new rules.

• Fruit Coordinator—Chuck Miller
• Trophies—Jeff Tilley
• Will continue the same as in the past.
• Double check names on the website to ensure correct printing on the plaques.
• Foundation—None.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS—None

NEW BUSINESS

· District President Elections/ Training

o Candidates must still gothru the state selection process and will be elected at the District OfficerTraining.

o Dan Raubenolt moved tochange District Officer Training from April 10^th to April 17^thbecause of State Officer Interviews being April 12 this year. 2^nd by Steven Priest. Motionpassed.

o Christie Bachman movedto have teachers conduct the officers’ session at District OfficerTraining. 2^nd by RickMetzger. Motion passed.

· District Dues

o Susan Metzger proposedthe idea of using district funds to purchase gift cards to compensate judgesfor all district contests.

o Cindy Brill moved to puta budget together and bring it to the Spring District Meetings and discuss itthen. 2^nd by Jeff Tilley(who volunteered to coordinate). Motion Passed.

· Upcoming District Dates

o Public Speaking isTuesday, February 19th at Pickaway-Ross JVS

o District Tractor TroubleShooting Contest is February 27^th.

o District MechanicsContest is March 11^th.

o District Small EnginesContest is April 8^th.

o District OfficerTraining is April 17^th at Lancaster.

· Items for DelegateCouncil—

o Loren Young is still ourdistrict representative.

· Award Nominees forOutstanding Young Member, Teacher, Program, Adult Program, Ideas Unlimited, andTeachers Turn the Key, etc. Allapplications are available online and are due to Valerie Graham no later thanApril 1^st. If you haveany questions regarding any of those contact Valerie.

· Announcements

o Post-Evaluations will beat Fairfield Union from 3-5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 7^th.

· Adjournment

o Motion to adjourn by RyanRismiller 2^nd by Steven Priest. Motion Passed.

STATE DEPARTMENT UPDATES—Steve Gratz

• Katy Endsley is now Steve’s assistant. She will prep the state officers with their speeches, Ohio FFA Center, and is working on the possibility of updating it.
• The constitutional bylaws are updated.
• MFE will be held at hotels in November and in January next school year.
• Career Tech is now recognizing 7^th and 8^th grade Ag programs.
• FYI—be aware of the rising need to do background checks for chaperones.
• Melissa Bell-Foundation Director
• Agriscience Fair contest will still be held on Thursday.
• Is eliminating Thursday night session of the State Convention.
• Will begin Friday with a breakfast fundraiser for $65 to attend.
• State Convention schedule has ALOT of new changes to it this year. Check out the website for all of the changes.

• Discussed the possibility of changing from the Reporters scrapbook to the Public Relations Award. 9 people don’t want to change, and 9 wanted to have the options explored.
• See the newsletter that is being sent out once a week for all current updates or find the archived ones on the website.
• State Evaluations are February 29^th and March 1st.
• HOT Conference will be at the University of Northwestern-Lima Campus this year. Watch your emails and the website for updates.
• The State Webpage is in the process of being redone completely. The new one will be up and running sometime after camp registration is completed. It should be a lot more user friendly.
• There may also be a possibility of Districts and Chapters being able to obtain their own website through the same program.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debra Burden

Secretary/Asst. Chair