District 7 Evaluation/Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, February 10, 2014

The Evaluation /Winter Meeting of the District 7 Agricultural Educators was held on February 10^th, 2014 at the Ohio FFA Center. The meeting was called to order at 2:20 p.m. by President-Brian Breece.

BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES!!

• Previous Minutes are on the web.

• Treasurer’s Report
• Balance as of 2/10/14 is $2,447.36
• Reminder that dues are $1 per member each year, and if you haven’t paid for this year yet, you need to do so right away.
• Susan will be getting the gift cards for the upcoming judges.
• Moved by Susan Metzger to approve her report. Report will stand as read.

• Chair—Brian Breece
• Our district really needs teachers to participate in the State Evaluations on February 28^th and March 1^st. Please let Brian or Brenda Correll know if you can help. Each district should have at least 4 representatives and we only had 1 so far.

• Legislative-Scott Sharp
• Scott updated us on the following:
• Reminder to watch emails in regards to Legislative items.
• Scott passed out papers on OAAE dues and how to assist payment with those 0.57 dollars.
• Scott also passed out information on House Bill 59 and how it is based on the state share to add up to 45 days of extended programming. This could be very useful for those who don’t have at least 45 days of extended time.

• Membership-Gina Neff
• Gina encouraged you to apply for membership to OAAE if you haven’t already.
• OAAE applications are out and you are encouraged to apply
• NAAE Conference is June 24-26^th in Lexington, KY

• CDE—Tom Holton
• Reminder about the upcoming CDE online tests for this year.
• Job Evaluations/Ag Sales is Wednesday, Feb. 12^th at Lancaster
• District Public Speaking is Wednesday, Feb. 19^th at Amanda-Clearcreek.
• AIDS is Saturday, Feb. 22^nd at Evolution Ag
• The first heat will start at 7 a.m. and second heat at 10 a.m.
• Ag Mechanics at Teays Valley on March 4^th
• Watch the calendar for upcoming dates.

• It was moved by Kim Weiss and 2^nd by Debra Burden to move to get the Greenhand Quiz moved back to May to be tested with the Cooperative/Grain/etc tests. During the motion Kim Weiss also amended the motion to include 8^th graders in that test. Amendment died due to lack of a second. Motion then failed for Tom to take this to the CDE Committee.

• FFA Advisory Committee—Rachel Scior
• NONE
• Camp Board—Adam Staley
• NONE

• Mentor—Debra Burden
• Reported that all new teachers seem to be getting along good.
• Scott Sharp encouraged them that if they needed help with anything to please call any Ag teacher in our District that we would all be glad to help them too.

• Trophies—Jeff Tilley
• Just a reminder to check the website for correct spellings and results BEFORE plaques are printed.

• Alumni—Jeff Ellis
• Deadline for new membership is April 1^st so please get them in to Lexie ASAP.

• Other—
• State Officer / Election of our District President will take place at the State Convention. Absentee ballots will still be accepted. Watch your email closer to convention for those details.

• District Officer Training is March 12^th at Fairfield Union at 4:00 p.m. Please turn in reservations prior so they can plan accordingly.

• State and American degrees needs to be fixed and need to be at Lancaster by 5:00 p.m. at the Ag Sales/Job Interview Contest in order to be verified and forwarded to the state.

• The Spring Ag Teachers Meeting will be April 16^th at 4 p.m. at the Ohio FFA Center.

• Tom Holton moved that we return to having our district meeting before any reports from the state department. Rachel Scior seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

• ODE Update—NONE today.

· Adjournment

o Motion to adjourn by Jeff Tilley 2^nd by Rachel Scior. Motion Passed. Meeting adjourned at 3:32 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debra Burden

District 7 Secretary