District 7 Fall Meeting Minutes

 August 24, 2016

The Fall Meeting of the District 7 Agricultural Educators was held on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at the Ohio FFA Center.  The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by President Tom Holton.

Dinner was provided by Bill Diley with DB Yummers. Bill Diley also gave a short presentation about the fruit sale and changes with the ownership of DB Yummers.

• Previous Minutes are on the web and they will stand as read.  

• Treasurer’s Report- Rachel Scior

• Balance is $5,011.28

• Please hold off on paying dues until the transition of the new treasurer is established.

• Motion to accept reports- Deb Burden
• Second to accept reports- Aaron Miller
• Reports passed

• Delegate Council—Rachel Scior

• New Policy Guide- on Google Drive for District
• Google Drive is up and running- Contact Rachel if you would like access to the drive. The following is on the drive currently

• Policy Guide
• Contest Dates
• Contact List

• Legislative-Scott Sharp

• Scott said that nothing happened really over the summer
• He also reminded us that it is a budget year

• Membership-Gina Neff

• Pay your dues and talked about the benefits of joining these groups

• CDE Skills—Debra Burden

• If you are hosting a District Contest, you need to send the results to Tom Olgesbe in Excel format by the date stated in the State CDE Rules Drive. Be sure to ‘CC’ Deb on the email to help with confusion or if the results are lost.

• Send the results to this email address: cde@ohioffa.org

• There is a new website for the rules. Be sure to read the General Guidelines. Everything from the general rules to the scantron sheets are on there.

• be sure to download and the print to get the correct format
• You need to have a Google account in order to access.

• If you qualify for a state contest. you need to go to the state website, go to registration form, and enter the names (must match what the district submits) on the Google Form.
• There is a new contest- Ag. Mechanics Engineering or could be called Welding Fabrication. Check the rules for more details on this contest.
• Items to take to CDE committee when they meet in November:

• Jeff Tilley moved that we limit six students per school for the Vet. Science/Animal Management CDE. 2nd by Rachel Scior. Motion passed 13-5
• Scott Sharp moved to try to avoid the National Farm Machinery Show when planning dates for the Ag. Communication contest in the future. 2nd by Jeff Tilley. Motion passed

• Camp Board—Adam Staley

• Facebook page has pictures of the new building that is going up. Check it out!
• The sponsors will have the opportunity to have a hard hat walk through of the building and a chance to see where they logged.
• We need to encourage our students to go to Greenhand camp, if not we could see some changes.

• Mentor—Deb Burden/Susan Metzger

• Make sure if you need, contact others for help. Everyone is willing to help

• Trophies—Jeff Tilley

• We will continue to use the same trophy vendor unless anyone objected.  No objections.  
• Just a reminder to check the website for correct spellings and results BEFORE plaques are printed.
• www.acffa.org/d7

• Advisory Council--Matt Weade

• None

• Alumni-- Jeff Ellis

• none

• Tracey Kitchel from Ohio State College of Agriculture gave a short update on what is going on at the University.

• Cassandra Palsgrove then gave us updates from ODE.  Please see the presentation information in your email.  

• OAAE Delegate Council- Rachel Scior

• Meeting October 15
• nothing will be taken

• Old Business        

• Calendar Dates for 2016-17 School year was set. Please see attached.

• New Business

• New Officers were elected as follows:

• Treasurer- Jake Wuebben

• Moved by Debra Burden Second Amy Myers

• Motion passed

• Mentorship- Jena Kemmerer

• Moved by Keller Moore Second by Rachel Scior

• motion passed

• Jake Wuebben moved to adjourn the meeting and Deb Burden second. Motion Passed

Respectfully Submitted,

Alyssa Bregel

Alyssa Bregel

District 7 FFA Secretary

2016-2017 District 7 Calendar of Events

DATE                EVENT                                        PLACE                        TIME

8/24                Ag Teachers Fall Meeting                         FFA Center                        4:00pm

9/26                OLLC Legislative Conference                Ohio Statehouse

9/22                Knox Co. District 7 Forestry CDE                Knox Woods                        3:00pm

9/27                Soils CDE (Licking County)                             ____TBA _        _                  9:00AM                                                                                        (Practice pit opens at 8:00 a.m.)

TBA                Fruit sales State wide starting date

11/14                Food Science CDE  (max 16/school)                 Zane Trace HS                4:00pm

11/16                Tentative Leadership Night                        Amanda CC                        6:00pm  Tentively

11/21               Job Interview  CDE                                              Clear Fork                               4:00 PM  

*Cover letter, Resume, and area of application is due by Novemeber 11th    dotsonm@clearfork.k12.oh.us

12/5                Parliamentary Procedure CDE                Danville                                 4:00pm

1/24                 Ag Communications CDE                                  Amanda CC                                    3:00 PM

*Media plans are due Friday, January 20th

2/4                 Ag/ Power Diagnostics  (APD)                         _____TBA        (start time depends on heat1or2)

2/6                    Regional Evaluation Meeting (w/District 6)        Ohio FFA Center                9:00 a.m.

2/15                 Agricultural Sales CDE                         Amanda CC                        3:00 PM  

2/15                Public Speaking  CDE                        Amanda CC                        3:00pm

3/8                   District Officer Training                        Fairfield Union                4:00PM

3/14                Ag Mechanics Skills CDE                        Teays Valley                        3:00PM

4/4                Outdoor Power Equipment CDE                Teays Valley                        3:00pm

4/19                Ag Teachers Spring Meeting                        Ohio FFA Center                4:00pm