District 7 Evaluation Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

The fall meeting of the District 7 Agricultural Educators / District Evaluations was held on February 7, 2006 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The meeting was called to order @ 9:09 a.m. by President-Jeff Ellis.

BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES!!

• Secretary Report
• Moved by Steve Priest to approve minutes. Minutes stand as read.
• Treasurer's Report
• $100 Donation to the Turner Scholarship Fund
• Balance is $556.09
• Moved by Susan Metzger to approve report. Report will stand as read.

• OAAE -- Pay your dues!!! There are still a lot of teachers not involved in the organization.

• Legislative
• We need to target important people in each county to also contact the State Legislatures regarding our programs. If you have any names, please forward them to Jeff Ellis by March 1^st.
• Camp
• Camp Registration-the price will increase back to $110 per person starting this summer.
• Possible lodge might be built for small groups to use; a firm has been hired to look at all of the options.

• CDE
• The contests that are being reviewed will be meeting at Tech-Update to work on the revisions. The changes won't take place until 2007 school year.
• The Natural Resources "might" be combining back to one contest again.

• Fruit Coordinator - Make sure your report forms are sent in to the state.
• Trophies - will continue the same as in the past.
• Ethics - None.
• Alumni - Alumni Banquet was last week and went well!

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

NEW BUSINESS

- District President Elections

o Candidates must still go thru the state selection process.

o It was moved by Rick Metzger and 2^nd by Scott Sharp that the District 7 President will be elected at our Officer Training on April 6^th at Lancaster High School. Motion passed.

- District Dues

o It was moved by Jeff Tilley and 2^nd by Adam Staley that District 7 Dues be set at $1.00 per member for the upcoming school year. Motion Passed.

o Please have dues paid by District Fall Meeting if possible.

- Upcoming District Dates

o Public Speaking is Tuesday, February 21^st at Pickaway-Ross JVS

o Licking County Agri-Science Fair is April 12^th at 10:00 a.m. If anyone is interest in being a judge please contact either Steven Priest at Utica or Debra Dugan-Burden at Johnstown. This is a good opportunity if another county is considering starting their own County Agri-Science Fair Project.

- Items for Delegate Council--none

- Award Nominees for Outstanding Young Member, Teacher, Program, Adult Program, Ideas Unlimited, and Teachers Turn the Key, etc. All applications are available online and are due to Val Graham no later than April 1^st. If you have any questions regarding any of those contact Val.

- Announcements

o Welcomed Eric Valentine who is substituting while Christie Bachman is on maternity leave.

o Parli-Pro CDE

§ Rick Metzger, B.J. King, and Dan Raubenolt were selected to form a Parli-Pro Committee to look at the contest options. Options will be presented at the Spring Meeting in April.

o Farm Bureau has an Ag Educational Program on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. on Channel PBO

- Adjournment

o Motion to adjourn by Steve Priest 2^nd by Ryan Rismiller. Motion Passed.

STATE DEPARTMENT UPDATES

• State Evaluations are March 3^rd and 4^th. All winners should be posted to the website by the following Monday.
• Proficiency Awards Changes
• 1^st place--$100
• 2^nd place--$75
• All Gold Rated awards will receive a Gold Pin on state at the State Convention.
• Others receiving a Silver or Bronze ratings will receive their pin in the mail.
• All State Winners in each division will have to display a "Science Fair" type display of their SAE projects and such for everyone to see at the convention.
• They will be recognized on Friday evening with the CDE awards.

• Career Show will now be located in the Ohio Building rather than the Celeste Center.

• All interactive games, weather permitted, will now be located in the Pavillion rather than the Celeste Center.

• Saturday’s Morning Convention Session will now run from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• National Chapter Award
• National Chapter Award—Form I, II, and III (a new form) are all mandatory for each chapter to complete by March 1^st.
• Those top 10-15 chapters in each division will have large posters that will be posted at the Convention.

• On Thursday evening, there will only be 1 Banquet in the Celeste Center. There will not be a separate one in the Rhoades Center. With the additional seating they will now be able to seat up to 1500 people in the Celeste Center for that banquet.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debra Dugan-Burden

Secretary/Asst. Chair