The spring meeting of the District 7 agricultural educators was held on April 7, 2005 at Lancaster High School, and was called to order at 4:50 pm by President Christi Bachman. Craig Wiget provided the following State Department information:
· When sending email to teachers in the district, the following email address must be used: ode_ve_agri_07@pmdf.ode.state.oh.us
Do not “cut and paste” the address when emailing. The address must be retyped with each correspondence.
· Entries for the Ohio State Fair must be submitted by June 20, 2005. Additional information concerning the fair may be found at the following website: www.ohiostatefair.org.
· HOT conference will be held June 14-15, 2005 at the ATI campus in Wooster. Information will be targeted towards ag science and agribusiness/production areas. Registration is $150. Cut off for rooms at the Best Western is May 29th. Tours through Wayne county will be featured. Pre-registration and details of the conference is available on the Ohio FFA website.
· Ohio ACTE conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati on
August 3-5, 2005. Check the web site, www.ohioacte.org for more details.
· OAAE summer conference will August 16, 2005 at Tolles Tech. Updates on the state ag ed department and FFA activities will be discussed. The website for additional information is: http://www.oaae.info
· Teachers are asked to correctly input information for EMIS. Improper data will cost money for the school district. Comprehensive high schools need to schedule students by grade level. Ag Science is for 9th and 10th graders, Ag Business & Production is for 11th & 12th graders. A “M29 error” could result if students are entered into two areas, ag science and ag business/production. Use the higher level listing for those students.
· Supplemental Equipment Funds are available through a grant process. Equipment needed to be purchased between 6/1/2004 and 6/30/2005. These dates correspond with the .57 weighted funds. Available funds for the ’05-’06 year will depend upon the new budget.
· Ohio FFA convention will have entrance fees of $15/member and $5/adult. Check the Ohio FFA website for additional information.
· Restructuring of the Ohio FFA Board of Trustees is under consideration. The governing committee would consist of a local ag ed supervisor, teacher educator representative, local school administrator and five ag ed teachers. The governing board would select a teacher from each district to be a regional representative for the board.
· FFA evaluations consisted of 630 state degrees submitted. 121 degrees were disqualified. If the applicant was disqualified on something other than their SAE, the student can go through another review. A fee will be assessed. Suggestions for next year evaluations need to be emailed to Steve Gratz.
· Teachers are asked to make sure they are following quality programming standards. Standards should be acceptable by their advisory committee, measurable, and improvement driven.
· John Collett reported that the FFA race day is 8/20/2005. People attending do not have to be FFA members. People wanting to get into the “pit areas” must be 18 years old.
· Chevy Scholarship Program will have FFA enrollment until 4/30/2005. Dealership enrollment will be from 4/30/05 through 6/30/05. The program will operate 8/15/05 through 11/7/05. Donations are being asked for a ticket. Last year over $193,000 was raised.
Cindi Williams moved and Brian Breece seconded the motion to accept the secretary and treasurer report. Treasury contains $1141.18.
Membership – Dues are $260 if paid before July 1st, after that date they will be $290. Payroll deduction is possible for your convenience.
Legislative – information pertaining to legislative have been emailed to teachers.
Camp – Cost for camp this year will be $100. If sending ten or more FFA members, the teachers are asked to stay with them during the camp.
CDE Advisory – District 7 will add a contest date for the food science CDE. No complaints were received having the state spring contest and the wildlife/nature contest running concurrently. Review representatives from District 7 for CDE’s were suggested: Rick Metzger, parli pro; Scott Sharp, ag communication; Lauren Young, general livestock & greenhand quiz; Jeff Tilley, forestry & wildlife. Any changes made would be for the 2007-2008 year. Rich Brill moved that District 7 is opposed to losing district representation on the CDE advisory committee. Jeff Tilley seconded the motion. Motion passed and will be taken to the CDE advisory committee for concerns.
Fruit – John Collett asked that chapters work with suppliers that are willing to put a kickback from sales to the FFA foundation.
Trophies – Jeff Tilley asked that teachers check the spelling of the winners. Plaques will have black plastic with gold lettering.
Ethics – none
Alumni – Blue and Gold Classic is July 12, 2005. Leadership conference will take place at the end of July
The district calendar was reviewed. Fall meeting will be September 1, 2005. Food Science CDE will be November 17, 2005 at Canal Winchester. Parli Pro CDE will be held at Clearfork instead of Westfall. Pickaway County will have their public speaking run-off on February 2nd or 16th (schedules pending). Spring meeting will be held April 6, 2006 at Lancaster with officer and COLT training. State convention is May 4-6, 2006.
Items for Delegate Council – none
Elections – Jeff Ellis, Chair & Alumni; Debbie Dugan, Secretary; Susan Metzger, Treasurer; Cindi Brill, OAAE membership; Garrett Swendal, Legislative Scott Sharp, Camp board; Tom Holton, CDE advisory; Chuck Miller, Fruit Coordinator & FFA Foundation; Jeff Tilley, Trophies; Kay Holton, Ethics.
District Concerns – State degrees having current semester grade on their transcript.
Scott Sharp moved that District 7 support the review committee of 1 representative from each district to review all state degrees for correctable errors. Steve Priest seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM by Jeff Ellis. Seconded by Dan Raubenolt.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Metzger
Secretary